*HELLS BELLS*
SHOOT TO THRILL
WHAT DO YOU DO FOR MONEY HONEY?
GIVEN THE DOG A BONE
LET ME PUT MY LOVE INTO YOU
(*groan*)
BACK IN BLACK
YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG
HAVE A DRINK ON ME
SHAKE A LEG
*ROCK AND ROLL AIN’T NOISE POLLUTION*
(*double groan!*)
(i think i really hate this album)
(reminds me of wrestling practice and extreme fatigue)
(in an all-male environment no less)
(“Back in Black” is the 7th studio album by australian rock band ‘AC/DC’)
(produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange, the album was released on 25 July 1980 by ‘Albert Productions’ and ‘Atlantic Records’)
(by the late 1970s, AC/DC began to achieve significant popularity outside their native ‘Australia’, with high-energy live performances and a string of successful albums)
(in 1979, they paired with producer Lange and recorded their international breakthrough, Highway to Hell. Shortly before the recording of their follow-up, lead vocalist ‘Bon Scott’ died after a night of heavy alcohol consumption)
(the group continued with ex-‘Geordie’ singer ‘Brian Johnson’)
(“Back in Black” was recorded over 7 weeks in the ‘Bahamas’ in spring 1980)
(the area was hit by tropical storms at the time, making the sessions difficult at times)
(‘Johnson’ penned the album’s lyrics and melodies, while guitarists ‘Angus’ and ‘Malcolm Young’ composed the music)
(its musical content consists of hard rock-styled numbers)
(‘Lange’ demanded perfection in the band’s recordings, particularly on Johnson’s vocals)
(following its completion, the group mixed Back in Black at ‘Electric Lady Studios’ in ‘New York City’)
(the album’s all-black cover was designed as a “sign of mourning” for ‘Scott’)
(their sixth international release, Back in Black was an unprecedented success: it has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide)
(its enormous sales figures have made it the second-highest-selling album in history)
(the band supported the album with a yearlong world tour, cementing them among the most popular music acts of the early 1980s)
(“Back in Black” received positive critical reception at the time of its release, and it has since been included on numerous lists of “greatest” albums)
(since its initial release, the album has been reissued and remastered multiple times, most recently for ‘digital distribution’)