AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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Free Music Notes for Highway to Hell
Free Music Review: Music that arguably could is helped by dynamic compression
Hit: 5 Stars
Ok, this review is to address another review saying dynamic compression kills this album. The thing is, with AC/DC, you could argue that dynamic compression helps there music. AC/DC is -suppose- to be loud.
Now I know dynamic compression can make the drums weaker and can cause clipping (a kind of click), but most consumer grade equipment can't even play the click since it's so short (most of the time it's less then 100 samples, and since CD audio is 44,100 samples a second, the clicks are only a few milliseconds). If you're an audiophile who thinks dynamic compression turned music into a living hell, you most likely use vinyl a lot since that's considered the de facto for music among audiophiles.
Bottom line: Get the vinyl copies if you're an audiophile. If you're a consumer, and love AC/DC loud, get this. It is VERY loud.
Free Music Review: One of the greatest metal bands
Hit: 5 Stars
Nobody does straightforward, balls-out hard rock better than AC/DC. This was the album that really made their name in the US, and unfortunately it was lead singer Bon Scott's last before his untimely death. New singer Brian Johnson would later do an admirable job behind the mike, but "Highway to Hell" arguably remains the band's greatest achievement. Every track is a winner (although "Night Crawler" drags a bit).Free Music Review: Awesome Album Ruined by Loudness War
Hit: 1 Stars
"The Sound on this cd is SO much louder than the original" "This has got to be the best this album has ever sounded" Yeah, right. Highway to hell is one of the latest victims of the loudness war, and this cd is compressed to death. Clipping is evident and the sound is consistently grating. Too bad increases in technology mean worse sounding cds. Pick up the orginal Atlantic cd - its much more dynamic - and consequently better sounding. And to those who say older cds are mastered not as loudly as todays - yeah, that's the point - more dynamic range. If it's not loud enough, guess what? All you have to do is turn up the volume. Best AC/DC album ruined by HORRIBLE masteringFree Music Review: A Final Bow...
Hit: 5 Stars
AC/DC is in top form on this legendary album. Their playing is tight, the song writing is great, and Bon Scott's vocals take on a rougher, edgier sound on this, his last album. There just isn't a weak song here. You can rock all night to this one!Free Music Review: You can tell...
Hit: 5 Stars
That about nine out of ten of the one-star reviews for this album are all from the same prig registered under different names; he mispells "insted" in almost every review and constantly plugs Dire Straits, Foreigner and Metallica. Yeah, enough said. Amazon should really create a system to weed out spam reviews like his/hers/its.
Anyway, this album is a classic. If you listen to only a few songs and decide you dislike the entire work, just do us a favor and stick nails into your ears. Rusty ones, at that. If you listen to the entire work and still dislike it, well, your loss. Geddy Lee I'm sure will console you (I've found that the majority of AC/DC-haters are unfortunate Rush addicts.)
This is Bon Scott-era AC/DC at its most humble, in my simple (but correct) opinion. Earlier works were definitely raunchier, focusing moreso on cranking out rough-edged rockers whereas with this album, the focus switches towards a more 'produced' sound, courtesy of Robert John Lange. That's not to say it doesn't rock as hard as their previous releases; this album rocks - hard - and in spades, it just seems, not necessarily 'cleaner,' but more matured?
They're getting older, and it shows. By the time they laid out Powerage, it is apparent that they had determined to produce the best album they possibly could have at the time, not necessarily one that only rocks as loudly as it can just for the sake of rocking loudly. Powerage is an excellent album, and Highway to Hell really shows that they could take an idea that works and build upon it without changing formula, but also without simply repeating more of the same. This album really seems like one put together for the fans in mind.
AC/DC has definitely discovered their values by this album, and it's a shame that we could not have had Bon Scott around for at least a few albums more before he decided to...Well, you know. But did anybody really expect him to live to old age anyway?
This album was of course followed by Back in Black, an album which I'm convinced will still be listened to for decades to come.
Five star album.