Originally Posted by
Deputy Nutz
You are old and stupid, so I will forgive you a bit. Everything you mentioned is good, well because it is ACDC. We all recognize "Thunderstruck",
Then in 1995 my personal favorite "Ball Breaker" was released. That is a Rick Rubin produce Album. This is an album that I can listen to from the first cut to the last cut. The band and Rubin did a fantastic job, You know it is ACDC, but they have a different sound that I can't quite put my finger on. I think Rubin decided to showcase guttural Brian's vocals.
I don't know how you can forget 1981's "For Those About to Rock We Salute You". I mean just for the title track alone.
1985 "Fly on the Wall", Angus and Malcolm decided to produce this one themselves and to be honest it was a steaming pile, it just doesn't sound good. They broke away from Mutt before Flick the Switch and that album was produced by the entire band. That Album was darn near great, this one, not so much. I can't really get into any particular track. the lyrics are ok but seem very muted. Folks like "Sink the Pink", and "Shake the Foundation", personally I don't ever have to listen to them again.
1988's "Blow Up Your Video", dubbed as their comeback back Album. This Album just sounds better although there were no huge monster hits from this album. Their most notable song is "Heatseeker". Which is a damn good song but didn't really have a lot of commercial appeal. I have to say that this is an album you can listen to straight through and enjoy the whole album. With tracks like Kissing Dynamite, That's the Way I wanna Rock n Roll, Some Sin for nothin. Overall this was their best overall album since Back in Black.
1983's "Flick the Switch" is damn good but not great. There is no monster hit on this Album but there are some good tracks, Badlands, Brain Shake, This House is on Fire, Bedlam in Belgium, Guns for hire. This is as of a complete album as your are going to get from ACDC. If they had one big hit on this album this would be considered one of their all time greats. I suggest to any ACDC fan to go back and listen to this entire album because it is really really good.
I think 2000's "Stiff Upper Lip" was a below average album for ACDC. I just wasn't a fan. Ranks as one of their worst
2008's "Black Ice" was a shit title for the Album, but there is several really good tracks. "Runaway Train" is a fantastic tune, Big Jack i, Money Made, Black Ice are all ok tracks . Better than Stiff Upper Lip, but not great.
2015's "Rock or Bust" is an above average album for ACDC and the first one with out Malcom Young who is now suffering from dementia. This album is ok, certainly not great but I can listen to the thing without jumping tracks, ok maybe some of them.
So when Johnson first came into the band he was instrumental in song writing, I believe he was receiving writing credit. The Youngs seemed to get greedy and refused to allow him to receive writing credits and at one point passively resisted Johnson's input. He did not write for the "RAZOR's Edge" as the band claims due to his divorce. What is even more surprising is that with Malcom out of the band, Angus still refused to give Brian Johnson creative input for the "Rock or Bust" album, or at least refused to acknowledge Johnson by giving him writing credit. As I mentioned, I much prefer Johnson's vocals to just about anything that Bon Scott put out. This is always a huge debate between ACDC fans, and I never wavered. I think when Bon died what hurt the band the most was losing Bon's ability to write lyrics, I would say he was better at the lyrics than Johnson, and a hell of a lot better than the Youngs.
Also, I am not counting soundtrack albums or songs specifically released on movie soundtracks like "Big Gun" that appeared on the Last Action Hero sound track. Or the Maximum Overdrive sound track that ACDC did and named "Who Made Who" which was a combination of new and old material.
Ranking the Albums After the passing of Bon Scott
1. Back in Black: This could be the greatest rock album ever
2. Ball Breaker: Personally I love this album
3. Flick the Switch
4. For Those About to Rock
5. Razor's Edge
6. Blow Up Your Video
7. Black Ice
8. Rock or Bust
9. Stiff Upper lip
10. Fly On the Wall