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AC/DC - Back In Black



8.9 | 1116 votes |
Release date: July 1980
Style: Hard rock, Blues rock

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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: 57

Guest review by
Gorey
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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published 07.06.2004 | Comments (9)

Guest review by
stratorock666
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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published 12.01.2007 | Comments (11)

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02.03.2012 - 19:44
Rating: 10
Pelagial

The best of AC/DC a masterpiece the only really good album of the band
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01.06.2012 - 02:41
neiluria

Timeless !
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02.08.2012 - 17:19
Rating: 10
Big-Al

Easily "one of" everyone's favourite AC/DC albums.
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02.08.2012 - 17:24
Rating: 7
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
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.
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02.08.2012 - 20:30
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
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!
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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.
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02.08.2012 - 20:32
Rating: 7
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.08.2012 at 20:30
BAZINGA!

In that case, I'd say carry on, because that's more than accurate.
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02.08.2012 - 22:04
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by X-Ray Rod 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.
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05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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03.08.2012 - 16:29
Rating: 10
Big-Al

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.08.2012 at 22:04

Written by X-Ray Rod 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.
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03.08.2012 - 19:41
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
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
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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

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05.09.2012 - 17:56
Rating: 9
NocturnalStalker
Metal Addict
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".
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14.12.2014 - 12:44
Rating: 8
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
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.
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19.06.2015 - 17:20
Rating: 10
indexqwest

A 80's masterpiece!
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18.02.2016 - 20:51
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Tage Westerlund
Another essential album, all songs are good and Brian brought intellect into this , descend album, all songs can be best
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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06.05.2016 - 14:45
Rating: 7
Reaper_Redeemer

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.
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17.10.2018 - 09:41
Rating: 10
RustyCoal

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.
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04.01.2019 - 21:02
Rating: 8
Maasai Mara

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.
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22.04.2020 - 22:45
Rating: 8
Joppe
Steelemeister
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.
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31.07.2020 - 18:09
Rating: 9
metalbrat

The best of the band. Never before, never after. In my schooldays my Walkman was running this cassette for months and months.
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17.01.2021 - 01:11
Rating: 10
JavierPaper

"Shot to thrill" the best song of the album by far
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19.01.2022 - 12:02
Rating: 9
nonZero

AC/DC's best and one of the greatest rock albums of all time IMO.

9.2/10 for me - "Hells Bells", "Shoot To Thrill", "Back In Black", and "You Shook Me All Night Long" are the standout tracks, while "What Do You Do For Money Honey", "Given The Dog A Bone", and "Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" are all also great. "Shake A Leg" is the weakest song.
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19.01.2022 - 12:43
gavdann

Written by nonZero on 19.01.2022 at 12:02

AC/DC's best

Nah
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19.01.2022 - 12:51
JoHn Doe

Written by gavdann on 19.01.2022 at 12:43

Written by nonZero on 19.01.2022 at 12:02

AC/DC's best

Nah


well, at least best with Brian on vocals.

To me it's an all killer no filler album. I like a couple of albums with Bon Scott more, but Back in Black is up there with the best.
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19.01.2022 - 16:21
Rating: 9
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
The only album under the Brian era I really liked, I've always preferred their 70's work, it just sounded more bluesy too me back then, which I preferred, and Angus had better solo's then. But this album is just full of classic songs, with no fillers whatsoever.
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11.02.2023 - 08:43
24emd
Theory Snob
Some excellent tracks as usual, but I've always thought the album as a whole is overrated, much like the others.
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