AC/DC - Back In Black

8.9 | 1075 votes |

Release date:	July 1980
Style:	Hard rock, Blues rock
Owners:	1505 have it 74 want it 1 trades it

01. Hells Bells
02. Shoot To Thrill
03. What Do You Do For Money Honey
04. Given The Dog A Bone
05. Let Me Put My Love Into You
06. Back In Black
07. You Shook Me All Night Long
08. Have A Drink On Me
09. Shake A Leg
10. Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution

Top 20 albums of 1980: 2
Top 200 albums of all time: 59

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Lyrics (10)

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Rating:
10

" He is unique, we don't want someone that would just be a Bon wannabe". These were the words -with the present tense- Angus Young used for his friend Bon Scott during a press conference in 1980.The whole world was learning the death of the legendary and brilliant singer Ronald Belford Scott, 33 years old, by suffocation. Dismay was ib the place, and yet Angus, Malcolm, Cliff and Phil decided to continue the trip ACDC, encouraged by the parents of the defucnt singer.But how can one go on when he's just lost a friend, a brother? The answer was brought up by a kid from Newcastle. Brian Johnson, who was until then the lead singer in Geordie, quickly integrated the bandthat came back to work and released the same year Back In Black, their balck album.

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Rating:
9.0

Now before I start this review I have to admit, on hearing this album for the first time I thought Brian Johnson's vocals were way to shrieky and high pitched in places and this almost immediately turned me off the album. However on second listen I realsied just how good a vocalist this guy was, how EFFECTIVE a vocalist he is and actually focused on the songs; boy was I blown away. I had listened to "perfect" (or as close to "perfect" as any album can really get) albums before, but even so, the quality and sheer power of this album stunned me, as I am sure it will continue to do for many more people out there.

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Pelagial Posts: 84 From: France	+1 02.03.2012 - 19:44 Rating: 10 Pelagial Posts: 84 From: France The best of AC/DC a masterpiece the only really good album of the band Loading...
neiluria Posts: 119 From: France	01.06.2012 - 02:41 Rating: 10 neiluria Posts: 119 From: France Timeless ! Loading...
Big-Al Posts: 541 From: Hungary	02.08.2012 - 17:19 Rating: 10 Big-Al Posts: 541 From: Hungary Easily "one of" everyone's favourite AC/DC albums. ---- I drink moosepiss Loading...
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 20713 From: Canada	02.08.2012 - 17:24 Rating: 7 Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 20713 From: Canada Written by Big-Al on 02.08.2012 at 17:19 Easily "one of" everyone's favourite AC/DC albums. Easily "one of" the most annoying spam posts I've seen in a while. You don't have to say the same thing on every album page. ---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Loading...
Mr. Doctor Skandino Posts: 17527 From: Sweden	02.08.2012 - 20:30 Mr. Doctor Skandino Posts: 17527 From: Sweden Written by Troy Killjoy on 02.08.2012 at 17:24 You don't have to say the same thing on every album page. Maybe it's a witty attempt at saying that all AC/DC classic albums sound pretty much alike! BAZINGA! ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 20713 From: Canada	02.08.2012 - 20:32 Rating: 7 Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 20713 From: Canada Written by Mr. Doctor on 02.08.2012 at 20:30 BAZINGA! In that case, I'd say carry on, because that's more than accurate. ---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands	02.08.2012 - 22:04 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands Written by Mr. Doctor on 02.08.2012 at 20:30 Written by Troy Killjoy on 02.08.2012 at 17:24 You don't have to say the same thing on every album page. Maybe it's a witty attempt at saying that all AC/DC classic albums sound pretty much alike! BAZINGA! But then again Razor's Edge is totally NOT a classic AC/DC album And Back In Black was their last truly good one. ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
Big-Al Posts: 541 From: Hungary	03.08.2012 - 16:29 Rating: 10 Big-Al Posts: 541 From: Hungary Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.08.2012 at 22:04 Written by Mr. Doctor on 02.08.2012 at 20:30 Written by Troy Killjoy on 02.08.2012 at 17:24 You don't have to say the same thing on every album page. Maybe it's a witty attempt at saying that all AC/DC classic albums sound pretty much alike! BAZINGA! But then again Razor's Edge is totally NOT a classic AC/DC album And Back In Black was their last truly good one. Razor's Edge is their best album to date since Back in Black. ---- I drink moosepiss Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands	03.08.2012 - 19:41 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands Quote: Written by Big-Al on 03.08.2012 at 16:29 Razor's Edge is their best album to date since Back in Black. Nope that would be For Those About To Rok, and if if it were the best since Back In Black it is still an atrocious little monster ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889 From: Spain	+1 05.09.2012 - 17:56 Rating: 9 NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889 From: Spain For me this album is the finest example of dirty and hard rock'n'roll filled to the brim with smashing hits. Indeed, "rock'n'roll ain't noise pollution". ---- "And we are not who we think we are We are who we're afraid to be" - Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah" Loading...
Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1365 From: Australia	14.12.2014 - 12:44 Rating: 8 Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1365 From: Australia Written by Guest on 14.12.2014 at 00:20 In my opinion, this is the best hard rock album ever. It's changed my life and introduced me into "hard" music. This one is good but for me, Rocks by Aerosmith is my favourite rock album. ---- The sun shines over The Fool... Loading...
indexqwest Posts: 99 From: Mexico	19.06.2015 - 17:20 Rating: 10 indexqwest Posts: 99 From: Mexico A 80's masterpiece! Loading...
Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 52265 From: Norway	18.02.2016 - 20:51 Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 52265 From: Norway Another essential album, all songs are good and Brian brought intellect into this , descend album, all songs can be best ---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing Loading...
Reaper_Redeemer Posts: 652 From: Greece	+1 06.05.2016 - 14:45 Rating: 7 Reaper_Redeemer Posts: 652 From: Greece AC DC are of those bands that for me they had one nice song in the form of hit, in every album. So only a compilation would be strong enough as an album, which is not actually an album. Rating them is difficult for me. Loading...
RustyCoal Posts: 1	17.10.2018 - 09:41 Rating: 10 RustyCoal Posts: 1 Written by Reaper_Redeemer on 06.05.2016 at 14:45 AC DC are of those bands that for me they had one nice song in the form of hit, in every album. So only a compilation would be strong enough as an album, which is not actually an album. Rating them is difficult for me. Exactly. A top 20 AC/DC album playlist kicks ass. Actually I'd say a top 30, but I'd lean into their 70's stuff pretty heavily, though this album would probably have the most appearances of any. Loading...
Maasai Mara Posts: 159 From: Kenya	04.01.2019 - 21:02 Rating: 8 Maasai Mara Posts: 159 From: Kenya Even your average Hollywood actresses love AC/DC. A class act that everyone, their dog and granny can sing along to. The word play in the song back in black would make Jay Z himself envious. ---- You are not metal enough until you visit Kenya. The cradle of mankind, where man learnt first to work with stones and first enjoyed the sounds produced by banging stones which later influenced metal in all its sounds and genres. Loading...
Jope of Steele Posts: 2209 From: Finland	22.04.2020 - 22:45 Rating: 8 Jope of Steele Posts: 2209 From: Finland One of my most played albums in the old days. Now when I listen to it, some songs aren't exactly my AC/DC favourites -- #3, #4 and #9 do almost nothing to me. Nevertheless one of my favourite albums from year 1980. ---- Freedom is a state of mind-not freedom from something but a sense of freedom, a freedom to doubt and question all and therefore so intense, active and vigorous that it throws away every form of dependence, slavery, conformity and acceptance-J Krishnamurti Loading...
metalbrat Posts: 354 From: India	31.07.2020 - 18:09 Rating: 9 metalbrat Posts: 354 From: India The best of the band. Never before, never after. In my schooldays my Walkman was running this cassette for months and months. ---- In the beginning I was made of clay. Then I bit the apple and they changed me to metal 🤘 Loading...
JavierPaper Posts: 63	Today - 01:11 Rating: 10 JavierPaper Posts: 63 "Shot to thrill" the best song of the album by far ---- "Whoever fights mosters should see to it that In the process he does not become a monster And when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you." -Frederik Wilhelm Nietzche Loading...