avecigrec
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I only really know Moon Safari and The Virgin Suicides myself. Both of which have already come up in my personal 1001 too.
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I only really know Moon Safari and The Virgin Suicides myself. Both of which have already come up in my personal 1001 too.
Nee Lewman
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5/30/23
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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Highway to Hell by AC/DC released in 1979. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Nee Lewman
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Well, I imagine this one will be in line with Back In Black.
avecigrec
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5/30/23
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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Bohnjaggs
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I think 10,000 Hz Legend is my favorite partly because it was my first Air album, and also because it features Beck and most of his backing band (including Jason Falkner and Roger Manning from Jellyfish).
My wife and I listened to Moon Safari tonight and then followed it up with our 12" singles of All I Need and Sexy Boy. We've seen them in concert twice now and they're always amazing. We were just talking tonight about how it's been 11 years since their last album.
Whiteout75
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5/30/23
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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Highway to Hell by AC/DC released in 1979. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Back in Black is a better album back to back, as this one has more filler, but still essential AC/DC. And Bon Scott is a better singer than Brian Jonhson. "If You Want Blood (You Got It)" is probably my all time favourite AC/DC song. The riff is like a shot of adrenaline to my spine. 4 stars!
jt4527
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5/30/23
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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Highway to Hell by AC/DC released in 1979. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
AC/DC are/were (are they still going?) very consistent at what they do, and this is indeed an AC/DC record.
I like what they do, so it's all good.
3 / 5 stars.
jamieanderson1968
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imtheocean
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Air ~ Moon Safari
Wow! This is a gorgeous album. Been meaning to listen to it, glad the issue finally got forced. The first half is 5/5 easily, especially Sexy Boy and Kelly Watch The Stars. 4/5 for the 2nd half but I'll still round it up to 5.
Wow! This is a gorgeous album. Been meaning to listen to it, glad the issue finally got forced. The first half is 5/5 easily, especially Sexy Boy and Kelly Watch The Stars. 4/5 for the 2nd half but I'll still round it up to 5.
imtheocean
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AC/DC ~ Back in Black
It is what it is. Fun in the moment, but mostly forgettable. 3/5.
It is what it is. Fun in the moment, but mostly forgettable. 3/5.
Nee Lewman
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Highway to Hell (lol at above)
I didn't really know the Bon Scott story until recently and now I find this album sadly ironic. I also find the idea that the difference between this and Back in Black is filler funny. AC/DC is nothing but lean. Which is part of their problem, they created a formula for their sound and went with it. The filler is just stuff that they didn't release as singles, because I don't think the quality of songs ever lets up on this album.
This is basically a call for help from Bon that wasn't heard. It actually fills me with a bit of dread now. Ultimately, it is fun. It is one of two for sure essential albums by the band, the other being Back in Black. Sure the fans will throw Dirty Deeds out as well and honestly, I think through Let There Be Rock they are very solid (and Powerage mostly suffers from them straying from the formula.) Anyhow, this band made these two unequivocal masterpieces.
AC/DC is an important band though. Mutt made them marketable and by extension created a world where Hair Metal ruled the airwaves, GNR dominated sales, and ultimately - when combined with the indie movement in the eighties - allowed the harder music when Punk broke to be palatable by the masses and marketed as Alternative. If this album had not been a monster followed by a behemoth none of that happens the way it did.
5/5
I didn't really know the Bon Scott story until recently and now I find this album sadly ironic. I also find the idea that the difference between this and Back in Black is filler funny. AC/DC is nothing but lean. Which is part of their problem, they created a formula for their sound and went with it. The filler is just stuff that they didn't release as singles, because I don't think the quality of songs ever lets up on this album.
This is basically a call for help from Bon that wasn't heard. It actually fills me with a bit of dread now. Ultimately, it is fun. It is one of two for sure essential albums by the band, the other being Back in Black. Sure the fans will throw Dirty Deeds out as well and honestly, I think through Let There Be Rock they are very solid (and Powerage mostly suffers from them straying from the formula.) Anyhow, this band made these two unequivocal masterpieces.
AC/DC is an important band though. Mutt made them marketable and by extension created a world where Hair Metal ruled the airwaves, GNR dominated sales, and ultimately - when combined with the indie movement in the eighties - allowed the harder music when Punk broke to be palatable by the masses and marketed as Alternative. If this album had not been a monster followed by a behemoth none of that happens the way it did.
5/5
Bohnjaggs
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5/30/23
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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I listened to this after playing the new album by Arlo Parks and they obviously couldn't be more different. This was fine. I don't love it but don't hate it either.
Nee Lewman
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5/31/23
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
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Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
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Nee Lewman
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A band I’ve always meant to spend more time with. I’ve always had a copy of Invisible Touch (just picked up an OG the other day) and I know the Lamb Lies Down very well. HUGE fan of Gabriel’s solo stuff and a fan of Collins’ solo stuff but never dug into the rest of their catalog. I mean I’ve heard this but never gave it the time it probably deserves.
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Nee Lewman
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I have a feeling this is exactly the kind of music that people who hate prog rock are talking about when they say they hate prog rock. It’s very English. Very noodly. Very full of itself. I’m honestly not sure where I fall half way through it.
Whiteout75
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Thanks for the warning, mate! Bracing myself for this one, although I like both Peter Gabriels solo stuff and later day ”pop”-Genesis. So there’s hope I guess?
Whiteout75
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Yeah, I guess filler is the wrong word here. What I meant was that this has less memorable tunes beyond the title track , If You Want Blood and maybe Girls Got Rythm, while Back In Black is filled to the brim with classic songs.
Whiteout75
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5/31/23
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
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Selling England by the Pound by Genesis released in 1973. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Ok, this was a lot less excrutiating of an experience than I had feared. I actually liked the first song quite a bit (probably mostly because it's first, and I haven't got tired yet). The main riff is great, and it has some interesting lyrics. I can hear that this is what metal bands like Iron Maiden tapped into in their mid-to-late 80's fantasy phase with Powerslave and Somewhere In Time. I also liked More Fool Me, which feels like an outlier on this album, and a welcome break from the noodling with a decent pop hook (is that Phil Collins on vocals?).
And they are good at their instruments, I guess.
Still, not my genre. After around the third song I'm getting anxious and restless ("One more break with a "nice" guitar figure and organ solo and I'm gonna freak out!". "For the love of god Phil, pick one groove and stick to it, man!"). And I simply can't take stuff like The Cinema Show seriously after "This Is Spinal Tap" ripped this particular brand of pretentiousness to shreds in the early 80s.
Score 2/5
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Whiteout75
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And here’s my top ten favorite AC/DC songs (for now at least), which I used to purge my mind from prog on my way home from work:
1. If You Want Blood (You Got It)
2. Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be
3. Hells Bells
4. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
5. Who Made Who
6. It’s A Long Way To The Top
7. You Shook Me All Night Long
8. The Jack
9. Problem Child
10. Heatseeker
1. If You Want Blood (You Got It)
2. Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be
3. Hells Bells
4. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
5. Who Made Who
6. It’s A Long Way To The Top
7. You Shook Me All Night Long
8. The Jack
9. Problem Child
10. Heatseeker