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AC/DC - Discography (Brian Johnson Years)
By: ChipRawks Date: August 8, 2011, 11:43 am
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Re: AC/DC - Discography (Brian Johnson Years)
By: ChipRawks Date: August 8, 2011, 11:45 am
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[CENTER]What Is The Best AC/DC Album of All Time with Brian
Johnson?
Circa 1995
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Re: AC/DC - Discography (Brian Johnson Years)
By: ChipRawks Date: August 8, 2011, 11:57 am
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[CENTER]AC/DC (Back In Black) 1980
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Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
Back In Black at #26
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Back In Black. What an amazing achievement by AC/DC to not only
follow up the greatest Bon Scott era album in the form of
Highway To Hell, but to throw down the gauntlet and exceed it
and let everyone know that they were back and stronger than ever
with new singer Brian Johnson. This is easily the best album
with Brian and they have been trying to top it ever since, which
is just impossible. Rolling Stone Magazine has this at #26.
Sorry, but once again, they failed in their ranking. This is
clearly Top 10 material IMO. With 49 Million units sold, this
sits at #2 for most albums sold, right behind Michael Jackson's
Thriller album. Back In Black is the highest selling album by
any band and the highest selling hard rock album of all time.
This album is more or a less an unofficial Greatest Hits set
with so many great tracks from Hells Bells to Shoot To Thrill to
Let Me Put My Love Into You to Back In Black to You Shook Me All
Night Long to Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution. There isn't
one wasted second here. This is AC/DC lasting legacy and a
fitting tribute to the late, great Bon Scott. Once again,
Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange works his magic and creates
another masterpiece. There is a reason why I consider him to be
one of the greatest producer of all time. He is right up there
with George Martin IMO.
The first time I heard this album when it came out I was just
absolutely floored by how f*cking good it was with a replacement
singer. Honestly, I didn't think the album would be much at all.
How do you follow up the best Bon Scott album with an unknown
singer? The odds were stacked against them. But wow, they blew
the doors down and are still thriving to this day.
Fave Songs: All of 'em. But MVP goes to....You Shook Me All
Night Long
Album cover ftw!! Before there was Spinal Tap and Metallica,
there was this....the original all black cover. The band chose
to go with all black as a sign of mourning for Bon. I will
replace the back cover with the original vinyl version once I
can find it online somewhere. (UPDATE: Look above)
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- What Do You Do for
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- Back In Black[/URL]
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- You Shook Me All Night
Long (Original Promo Video)[/URL]
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- Let Me Put My Love Into
You[/URL]
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- Rock and Roll Ain't
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Re: AC/DC - Discography (Brian Johnson Years)
By: ChipRawks Date: August 8, 2011, 12:16 pm
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[CENTER]AC/DC (For Those About to Rock) 1980
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For Those About to Rock. Oh f*ck me. Many AC/DC fans will go to
the end of the earth saying this is the definitive AC/DC album
and I really wouldn't even try to argue with that assessment at
all because it's that damn good. You really can't lose with
either Back In Black or For Those About to Rock. On the other
end of the spectrum you will have fans saying it sucks.
Whatever. Rolling Stone Magazine is a weird publication if you
ask me. For their review, they said that this album is the best
one ever for the band, yet it doesn't even rank in their Rolling
Stones 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time list. Go figure.
Personally I would put FTATR in the Top 25. Once again
Production falls into the mighty hands and ears of Robert John
"Mutt" Lange. I highly recommend this album for anyone looking
to get into the band. This was the only AC/DC album to go #1,
until Black Ice came out in 2008.
The album opens up with one of the greatest openers ever with
the title track in the form of For Those About to Rock (We
Salute You) . I say that a lot, but this ranks right up there as
one of the all time best. It's got cannons damn it!!! Other
great songs that need to be savored are Put The Finger On You,
Get It Up, Breaking The Rules and Night Of The Long Knives.
Fave Songs: All of 'em. Co-MVP goes to....For Those About to
Rock (We Salute You) and Night Of The Long Knives
Album cover is ok. I love the idea of the cannon, but I hate the
rust color.
[CENTER]For Those About To Rock Music Videos
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AC/DC- For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)[/URL]
[URL=
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- Let's Get It Up[/URL]
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Re: AC/DC - Discography (Brian Johnson Years)
By: ChipRawks Date: August 8, 2011, 12:52 pm
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[CENTER]AC/DC (Flick Of The Switch) 1983
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Flick Of The Switch would be the last album to feature long time
Drummer Phil Rudd, who was fired midway through the recording of
the album due to a falling out between him and Malcolm Young. It
would be a long time before he would find his way back into the
band, returning in 1994. Taking over on Drums would be Simon
Wright.
This album for whatever reason is considered to be the ugly step
child of the AC/DC catalog with fans. Yes, it failed miserably
when it came to sales. But how can anyone expect them to equal
that of what they did with the last 3 albums. What AC/DC did is
nothing short of a miracle. They created 3 successive
masterpieces in a row. Any band would be lucky to just get 1.
So, with their track record, expectations were at an all time
high to keep the streak going. They didn't. I don't have a
problem with FOTS like a lot of people do. I guess the one knock
against FOTS would be that there was no true, definitive anthem
to be found on the album.
Fave Songs: Rising Power, Flick Of The Switch, Guns For Hire,
Deep In The Hole and Bedlam In Belgium
Album cover gets the prize for being the most literal
interpretation of an album's title. AC/DC. A switch. Angus'
flicking it.
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Re: AC/DC - Discography (Brian Johnson Years)
By: Mac Date: August 8, 2011, 4:30 pm
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Back in Black is the definitive standard of rock. Cripes, not
even a standard. It's the pinnacle of rock. Just put this on and
everything else pales. Classic, classic, classic.
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Re: AC/DC - Discography (Brian Johnson Years)
By: ChipRawks Date: August 8, 2011, 4:31 pm
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Back in Black is the definitive standard of rock. Cripes, not
even a standard. It's the pinnacle of rock. Just put this on and
everything else pales. Classic, classic, classic.
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Word!
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Re: AC/DC - Discography (Brian Johnson Years)
By: ChipRawks Date: August 9, 2011, 9:50 am
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[CENTER]AC/DC (Fly On The Wall) 1985
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VHS Long-form Video Cover
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Fly On The Wall did what Flick Of The Switch couldn't. It
produced a handful of anthems that I still enjoy playing on a
regular basis. This isn't a perfect record by any stretch, but
it is definitely a good album full of classic AC/DC rockers.
With Phil Rudd now out of the band, FOTW is the first album to
feature Simon Wright on Drums and he does a fantastic job.
I think why I really liked the album, more so than I should is
that the band released a Long-form video on VHS for 5 of the
songs with a "narrative storyline" running throughout each
individual video. The "plot" of the storyline is the
photographer trying to take pictures of the band. You can see
the videos down below, in order. I gotta point out that one of
the best scenes ever in any music video, be it AC/DC or any
other band occurs at the end of the Shake Your Foundation. In my
best Jack Black impersonation: "The band Rocks so fuuuucking
hard, it brings the building down to the ground". When the
camera cranes up from the rubble to reveal AC/DC playing in
front of the New York skyline, I was like FUUUUCK YEAH!!!!
Chills. But now, that image takes on a completely different
meaning with the Twin Towers in the background.
Fave Songs: Danger, Sink The Pink, Playing With Girls and Shake
Your Foundation. Co-MVP goes to Foundation and Danger.
I've always liked the Album Cover, front and back. Sucks to be
Cliff Williams, the bass player. He is like the one guy that is
never heard or seen within the band and he has been in the band
for pretty much the entire run of AC/DC. And he still doesn't
get any respect...even on the back cover with the stupid f*cking
green sticker over his face. Haha.
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- Fly On The Wall[/URL]
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- Danger[/URL]
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- Sink The Pink[/URL]
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- Stand Up [/URL]
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- Shake Your
Foundations[/URL]
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- Shake Your Foundations
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Re: AC/DC - Discography (Brian Johnson Years)
By: ChipRawks Date: August 9, 2011, 10:07 am
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[CENTER]AC/DC (Who Made Who) 1986
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Who Made Who is NOT a Greatest Hits set. It's the soundtrack to
Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive. It's more of a compilation by
Mr. King, a known AC/DC fan. who chose the songs that he felt
suited the scenes best. Since it's not a GH set, I can't even go
down the road of slamming it due to omissions of certain songs.
And since I love every song that's on it, it gets the rating it
does.
The biggest draw for me picking this up were the 3 new songs
made specifically for this album. Those songs being the title
track Who Made Who and the 2 instrumentals D.T. and Chase The
Ace. The title track to me is the most "pop-centric" song that
AC/DC has ever done and I am not ashamed to admit that I love
it. D.T. and Chase The Ace are really cool songs. I never would
have expected the band to do full on instrumentals and the end
results don't suck either.
The rest of the album is comprised of one Bon Scott era song:
Ride On. The remaining songs are from the Brian Johnson era. Mr.
King was smart enough to include You Shook Me All Night Long. If
he doesn't add that song, we never would have gotten the new
video to go along with it.
Corinne Russell. Gawd I loved this chick when the video first
came out. Um, me love her long time. Reminds me that I never
added the video to the Hottest Music Videos Of All Time Thread.
Must correct that little oversight right now.
Fave Songs (of the 3 new ones): Who Made Who, D.T. and Chase The
Ace
Album cover is cool. But I gotta point out that Cliff Williams,
the never-heard, never-seen band member of AC/DC is not doing
himself any favors by covering up his face on the back cover
with a face full of hair. ;D
I will post the official video for Who Made Who when I can find
it. Till then, just enjoy the song. :)
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- Who Made Who[/URL]
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Re: AC/DC - Discography (Brian Johnson Years)
By: ChipRawks Date: August 10, 2011, 7:21 am
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[CENTER]AC/DC (Blow Up Your Video) 1988
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Blow Up Your Video would be the final album with Simon Wright on
Drums. I'm guessing even he was disappointed with the end result
and decided to leave. I dunno. This album is hovering
around/below average. It's not the piece of **** that most fans
like to say it is. But it really is a sub-par performance by the
band as a whole. Most of the songs are pretty forgettable and
uninspired. Even the "hits" are far from the best and pale in
comparison to what a true AC/DC hit is. I'm one of the biggest
fans of the band and will try in vein to make myself like
something just out of loyalty. But this is a very trying album
to do so with. And anyone that says this one is better than Fly
On The Wall is delusional.
Fave Songs: Heatseeker. No MVP here.
Album Cover is pretty damn weak. It's clearly the work of
someone that was trying out his brand spanking new edition of
Photoshop and this was the result of using the program after 10
minutes.
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Redundant subtitle anyone? ;D
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- Heatseeker[/URL]
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- That's The Way I Want
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