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VoodooLounge13
I think it's got some great tunes besides the title track: Put The Finger on You, C.O.D., Let's Get It Up, Night of the Long Knives, Inject the Venom, Evil Walks, and Snowballed.
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keefriff99
It's weird, FTATR has NEVER resonated with me beyond the title track, which is of course a classic. I've revisited it here and there over the years but it never clicks. It's heavy, loud and has great production, but most of the songs feel hollow.
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powerage78
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Lots of hidden gems on For Those, Put the finger on you, Evil Walks, Snowballed, Inject the venom.
Minimalist production for Flick, but solid songs for sure, rather courageous approach after For those in particular.
Back in grace with The Razors Edge, with the planetary hit Thunderstruck, the last real one of the band, in 1990 not so bad
Real solid songs on Fly et Blow Up (great in concerts), but the production is missed (Brian sings from a cellar on Fly), damned 80s.
Love Stiff Upper Lip (fantastic sound), so bluesy, the little brother of Powerage, intimate, roots and obvious. Great album.
Black Ice is too long, 5 titles are dispensable.
I like Rob Or Bust, wobbly but appealing album, crepuscular too.
A new album, a Tour, viva AC/DC.
Yeah, the production is slick, but I still like it. At least to my ears, it didn't quite cross over into that Def Leppard/Hysteria bubblegum sheen.Quote
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keefriff99
It's weird, FTATR has NEVER resonated with me beyond the title track, which is of course a classic. I've revisited it here and there over the years but it never clicks. It's heavy, loud and has great production, but most of the songs feel hollow.
I think the production is a bit too slick compared to BIB which has great production but a bit of a darker tone. Mutt would then take it a step further with the next few Leppard albums.
Next AC/DC album would be Flick of the Switch, self produced, which was literally a complete 180 degree turnaround. Very raw, Let There Be Rock style, but not very radio friendly.
I wonder if it has something to do with Phil Rudd. The only songs they've played that he didn't drum on originally since he returned are Thunderstruck and Who Made Who (and I think they only played that once or twice on the Ballbreaker tour).Quote
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powerage78
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Lots of hidden gems on For Those, Put the finger on you, Evil Walks, Snowballed, Inject the venom.
Minimalist production for Flick, but solid songs for sure, rather courageous approach after For those in particular.
Back in grace with The Razors Edge, with the planetary hit Thunderstruck, the last real one of the band, in 1990 not so bad
Real solid songs on Fly et Blow Up (great in concerts), but the production is missed (Brian sings from a cellar on Fly), damned 80s.
Love Stiff Upper Lip (fantastic sound), so bluesy, the little brother of Powerage, intimate, roots and obvious. Great album.
Black Ice is too long, 5 titles are dispensable.
I like Rob Or Bust, wobbly but appealing album, crepuscular too.
A new album, a Tour, viva AC/DC.
I just want to say about thunderstruck, the bands biggest hit from that album and actually the biggest hit our their entire career in the USA was moneytalks not thunderstruck. shame they ignore moneytalks now
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powerage78
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Lots of hidden gems on For Those, Put the finger on you, Evil Walks, Snowballed, Inject the venom.
Minimalist production for Flick, but solid songs for sure, rather courageous approach after For those in particular.
Back in grace with The Razors Edge, with the planetary hit Thunderstruck, the last real one of the band, in 1990 not so bad
Real solid songs on Fly et Blow Up (great in concerts), but the production is missed (Brian sings from a cellar on Fly), damned 80s.
Love Stiff Upper Lip (fantastic sound), so bluesy, the little brother of Powerage, intimate, roots and obvious. Great album.
Black Ice is too long, 5 titles are dispensable.
I like Rob Or Bust, wobbly but appealing album, crepuscular too.
A new album, a Tour, viva AC/DC.
I just want to say about thunderstruck, the bands biggest hit from that album and actually the biggest hit our their entire career in the USA was moneytalks not thunderstruck. shame they ignore moneytalks now
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keefriffhard4life
the biggest hit our their entire career in the USA was moneytalks not thunderstruck. shame they ignore moneytalks now
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powerage78
Yes, but worldwide, and still today, it's Thunderstruck.Quote
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powerage78
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Lots of hidden gems on For Those, Put the finger on you, Evil Walks, Snowballed, Inject the venom.
Minimalist production for Flick, but solid songs for sure, rather courageous approach after For those in particular.
Back in grace with The Razors Edge, with the planetary hit Thunderstruck, the last real one of the band, in 1990 not so bad
Real solid songs on Fly et Blow Up (great in concerts), but the production is missed (Brian sings from a cellar on Fly), damned 80s.
Love Stiff Upper Lip (fantastic sound), so bluesy, the little brother of Powerage, intimate, roots and obvious. Great album.
Black Ice is too long, 5 titles are dispensable.
I like Rob Or Bust, wobbly but appealing album, crepuscular too.
A new album, a Tour, viva AC/DC.
I just want to say about thunderstruck, the bands biggest hit from that album and actually the biggest hit our their entire career in the USA was moneytalks not thunderstruck. shame they ignore moneytalks now
Agreed! It's basically their only "ballad", or as close to a ballad as AC/DC will ever get in the Brian era.Quote
RollingFreak
A hidden gem of theirs from Black Ice: Rock N Roll Dream. I'd argue there's no other song in their cannon like that and is phenomenal.
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keefriff99That album really leaves me cold. The production is too polished and Chris Slade's drumming is way too stiff.Quote
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keefriff99
Brian tells a story about being inspired to write Hells Bells in the Bahamas based on a storm rolling in. I think Mutt Lange said that the storm was "coming on like a hurricane", and Brian cranked the lyrics that afternoon.
A lot of artists only have a finite amount of inspiration...maybe Brian peaked lyric-wise on BiB and couldn't really follow up effectively.
But I don't think Brian is a bad writer, even on their later '80s albums...very basic, but not bad. I don't the lyrics truly took a nosedive until Angus and Malcolm took over starting with The Razor's Edge...as I said, they make Brian look like peak Bob Dylan.
well the razors edge album was fine. it was after that it went kaboom
All the good songs off that album sound much better on AC/DC Live, and the rest are forgettable. Honestly, I've probably listened to even Fly on the Wall and Blow Up Your Video more than The Razor's Edge over the years.
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keefriff99That album really leaves me cold. The production is too polished and Chris Slade's drumming is way too stiff.Quote
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keefriff99
Brian tells a story about being inspired to write Hells Bells in the Bahamas based on a storm rolling in. I think Mutt Lange said that the storm was "coming on like a hurricane", and Brian cranked the lyrics that afternoon.
A lot of artists only have a finite amount of inspiration...maybe Brian peaked lyric-wise on BiB and couldn't really follow up effectively.
But I don't think Brian is a bad writer, even on their later '80s albums...very basic, but not bad. I don't the lyrics truly took a nosedive until Angus and Malcolm took over starting with The Razor's Edge...as I said, they make Brian look like peak Bob Dylan.
well the razors edge album was fine. it was after that it went kaboom
All the good songs off that album sound much better on AC/DC Live, and the rest are forgettable. Honestly, I've probably listened to even Fly on the Wall and Blow Up Your Video more than The Razor's Edge over the years.
THE RAZORS EDGE is awful. I thought FLY ON THE WALL was bad but it's nowhere near as bad as TRE. Money Talks is the best of the 2 singles. Thunderstruck is too calculated and cheesy, its only saving grace is that it moves and rocks.
FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK is pretty good album. Sure, it's not BACK IN BLACK - and nothing has been that good since. It would seem that Rick Rubin got his dream producing HARD AS A ROCK - oops, I forgot it's called BALLBREAKER - but the album is flat. STIFF UPPER LIP is the best thing since BIB, and BLACK ICE was really good, too.
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powerage78
Fingers cross
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keefriff99Agreed! It's basically their only "ballad", or as close to a ballad as AC/DC will ever get in the Brian era.Quote
RollingFreak
A hidden gem of theirs from Black Ice: Rock N Roll Dream. I'd argue there's no other song in their cannon like that and is phenomenal.
Some people might consider Ride On a ballad because it's quieter, but that's really just a straight blues tune.
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keefriff99Agreed! It's basically their only "ballad", or as close to a ballad as AC/DC will ever get in the Brian era.Quote
RollingFreak
A hidden gem of theirs from Black Ice: Rock N Roll Dream. I'd argue there's no other song in their cannon like that and is phenomenal.
Some people might consider Ride On a ballad because it's quieter, but that's really just a straight blues tune.
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DGA35
Steve Newton, the Vancouver journalist for The Georgia Straight who first posted about the band recording in Vancouver, has an article containing a picture that an AC/DC fan sent supposedly from Amsterdam for their new video shoot. Pic is a bit blurry.
Don't know how to post it but it's at www.straight.com