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Free Music Notes for Powerage (Dlx)Free Music Review: Why Mess With A Good Thing?! Hit: 5 Stars
"Powerage" was AC/DC's 4th American release (not counting '74 Jailbreak). It doesn't stun the world into submission. No big changes. No new sounds. Just another strong slab of 9 rock 'n' roll songs the way rock 'n' roll songs are supposed to be played.
This would be the last AC/DC disc produced by Vanda & Young and that's a shame since they were very much responsible for AC/DC's bluesy guitar sound. "Down Payment Blues," "Gimme A Bullet," "What's Next To The Moon" & "Gone Shootin'" are sure-fire highlights. Amongst the guitar-driven crunch of the Young brothers' attack lies a melancholy spirit & heartfelt lyrics delivered by Mr. Bon Scott. "Powerage" is not just good. It's great. Do yourself a solid & go buy it. It'll be more than worth it and then some.
Free Music Review: best Hit: 5 Stars
In my opinion, this is the best of the Bon Scott albums. Actually this is my second favorite ac/dc album after Back in Black. Not only are there great riffs, killer vocals, and thumping basslines, but this album best reflects what ac/dc is: a pumped-up, amplified blues band. Best reflected in "Down Payment Blues," "Kicked in the Teeth," and "Up To My Neck in You," this album just oozes dirty blues riffs. Surprisingly, it also has more radio friendly fare such as the fantastic "What's Next to the Moon," and "Gone Shooting," two songs that don't focus so much on the traditional power chords, but rather on the voice of Scott and the subtle backing guitiar of Malcom Young. Highly recommended for Scott era AC/DC fans.
Free Music Review: Very Underrated Hit: 5 Stars
I myself an enormous AC/DC fan did not know about this album until I was searching in the music store for AC/DC albums I didn't have. Of course you always see Back in Black, Highway To Hell, and High Voltage but this album was new to me for some reason. I already knew Riff Raff and Sin City but I bought this album and I was amazed. To think there was another great Bon album I didn't have just shocked me. I enjoyed this album a lot but I wouldn't go far enough to say it was the best AC/DC album because it really isn't but I will say it was worth the money and I'm very happy it's in my collection rather than sitting forgotten on a shelf until another person discovered it. If you want Powerage you might need to order it online because not every store has a copy.
Free Music Review: Distorted Guitars Played Through Marshall Amps (Yawn) Hit: 5 Stars
This album typifies AC/DC loud signature thrashing guitars and blood curdling vocals by Bon Scott.One example of the banal lyrics to be found on this album is contained in the track "Down Payment Blues " which states "I got myself a Cadillac but I can't afford the gasoline!!!"One wonders if one would have to be a Rhodes Scholar who Majored in English to produce such lyrics. As Shakespeare might have siad "Heavily distorted guitars played through overdriven Marshall amplifiers doth not a good album make". I give this CD 5 stars because Bon consumed a shipload of Johnnie Walker Whiskey and various illicit drugs throughout his entire singing career and still managed to sound almost coherant in this recording.
Free Music Review: best Hit: 5 Stars
In my opinion, this is the best of the Bon Scott albums. Not only are there great riffs, killer vocals, and thumping basslines, but this album best reflects what ac/dc is: a pumped-up, amplified blues band. Best reflected in "Down Payment Blues," "Kicked in the Teeth," and "Up To My Neck in You," this album just oozes dirty blues riffs. Surprisingly, it also has more radio friendly fare such as the fantastic "What's Next to the Moon," and "Gone Shooting," two songs that don't focus so much on the traditional power chords, but rather on the voice of Scott and the subtle backing guitiar of Malcom Young. Highly recommended for Scott era AC/DC fans.
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