AC/DC - For Those About to Rock We Salute You
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Free Music Review: SwissCheese-MadChinese-Disease
Hit: 5 Stars
Trivial, under the belt dirty dilletant Rock'n Roll - it's
great!!! You need a little distance to your selve, hardrock,
heavy-metal to appreciate primitive things in live...mother earth pure water and good girls! So is it with lots of sounds, this took me some time to dig.
To Robert Insane Music fanatic from CA, first: it's Black Sabbath, Kizz...and didn't your Mummy told you - not to listen to this naughty ungodly music??? Second: beside the two "best bands" in the world listed by you - you forgot...ahem...Def Leppard??? ...how about Lynerd Skynhead or Boston!!!
Sweet home Alabama white coneheads and burning crosses...buahaha
Free Music Review: NOT THEIR BEST BUT STILL VERY GOOD
Hit: 4 Stars
"Back in Black" will always be the measuring stick for all AC/DC releases. It is their best selling album ever, and simply their best album, period. While "For those about to rock" doesn't quite measure up to its predecessor's high standards, its still very good and well worth having.
"Let's get it up", "C.O.D.","Inject the Venom" and the title cut are all strong numbers that stand out. I would say this album is darker and less commercial than "Back in Black". AC/DC has made a career of writing songs that follow basically the same formula (Heavy with a memorable chorus and upbeat guitar solo) and this LP is definately in that category.
I love it personally, but I'm very biased towards the band, but its still a good, hard hitting album worth having in every collection.
Free Music Review: meaner and more hard-hitting than "Back In Black"
Hit: 4 Stars
Originally released in November of 1981, "For Those About To Rock We Salute You" is the third and final in a string of AC/DC albums produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Its predecessor, 1980's "Back In Black", was a big hit at the time, and has gone on to become one of the most commercially successful albums in history, moving over 20 million units to date in the US alone.
"For Those About To Rock We Salute You" was no commercial slouch either, topping the US album chart and selling in the multi-millions, and it's actually a better album than "Back In Black". Lange's production on "Back In Black" tends to sound washed out, and songs such as "You Shook Me All Night Long" find the group in lame, Foreigner-style arena rock territory--in other words, the album was something of a sellout. Furthermore, many of its riffs sound perfunctory, as if they rushed into the studio too quickly following Bon Scott's death.
On the other hand, "For Those About To Rock..." is much meaner and more hard-hitting, as song titles such as "Inject The Venom", "Evil Walks", and "Night of the Long Knives" suggest.
The album opens with the irresistible anthem "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)"--the song starts off with arrestingly moody eighth-note picking from Angus Young before being complemented by the great main riff, and Brian Johnson's orgasmic "yeah yeah!" helps send the song up to the stratosphere. Okay, so maybe the whole cannon salute thing is a but much, but it's a minor gripe, and it sure is fun to hear Brian Johnson's screams of "fire!".
Contrary to what some folks will tell you, there are other great tracks here as well. "Let's Get It Up" is a great party rocker with one of its riffs being strangely reminiscent of the Stones' "Start Me Up". "Inject The Venom" alternates blasts of power chords with mind-blowing a cappella vocals from Johnson and has a gloriously pseudo-devilish chorus. "Evil Walks" is a slow-paced riff-fest with terrific use of dynamics and tonal variety.
Many of the other tracks are also strong. "Snowballed" is marred by the coda which mindlessly recycles "Highway To Hell"'s chorus riff, but it's still an exciting uptempo tune. "Night of the Long Knives" is a somewhat perfunctory power chord fest, but it has an irresistibly funky riff and a solid chorus. The fittingly-titled album closer "Spellbound" is an arresting mood piece, although the chorus feels a little bit underdeveloped. The verses of "Breaking The Rules" have an interesting and surprisingly complex chord progression.
On the downside... "I Put The Finger On You" is reasonably energetic, although it's a rather lame cockrocker and has an aggravatingly repetitive chorus. And "C.O.D." is frustratingly dull and feels like filler.
So, "For Those About To Rock We Salute You" isn't without problems, but it's still a solid album that's a must for any AC/DC fan.
Free Music Review: AC/DC We Salute You
Hit: 3 Stars
CD was in great condition and got here quick. As it turned out, it is not one of my favorite AC/DC cd's. Not alot of good songs. Oh well..still adds to the collection.Free Music Review: Best of ACDC!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
I am usally very pickie about writing reviews but the lowest grade I could give this album is 5 stars!!!!!!! The songs on this cd are great if your the slightest ACDC fan you will love this album.This is'nt Kiss,Gunz 'n'Roses,or Green Day this is ACDC the greatest band ever!!!!!