Back In Black

align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Back in Black
lign="center" colspan="3"|Album cover
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Album by AC/DC
lign="left" valign="top"|Released colspan="2" valign="top"|August 2, 1980
lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded colspan="2" valign="top"|1980
lign="left" valign="top"|Genre colspan="2" valign="top"|Hard rock
lign="left" valign="top"|Length colspan="2" valign="top"|41 min 31 s
lign="left" valign="top"|Record label colspan="2" valign="top"|Epic Records
lign="left" valign="top"|Producer colspan="2" valign="top"|Mutt Lange
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews
lign="left" valign="top"|Q review valign="top"|4 stars out of 5 valign="top"|December 1994
lign="left" valign="top"|Q list valign="top"|Appears on Best Metal Albums valign="top"|August, 2000 p.126
lign="left" valign="top"|Rolling Stone review valign="top"|4 stars out of 5 valign="top"|October 3, 2002 p. 108
lign="left" valign="top"|Mojo review valign="top"|Favorable valign="top"|December 2000 p. 84
lign="left" valign="top"|Uncut review valign="top"|5 stars out of 5 valign="top"|September 2003 p. 123
lign="left" valign="top"|Popmatters.com review valign="top"|Favorable valign="top"|April 14, 2003
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|AC/DC Chronology
align="top"|Highway to Hell
(1979)		 valign="top"|Back in Black
(1980)		 valign="top"|For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
(1981)
Back in Black is a hard rock album by Australian band AC/DC, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). After the success of Highway to Hell, their previous album, AC/DC began developing this particular album when lead singer Bon Scott died of alcohol poisoning. When Scott was replaced by Brian Johnson, the album was redone from scratch; with songs such as "Hell's Bells", "Have a Drink on Me" and the title track it became a loose concept album on the theme of mortality and hedonism. The album (a breakthrough one for the band) became a huge success in the US and elsewhere. PopMatters' Adam Williams claims that Back in Black 's importance in the development of 1980s music cannot be "overstated" http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/a/acdc-black.shtml; the album revitalized popular music and helped make radio-friendly heavy metal and hard rock music possible. There have been some interesting tribute albums released that have been entirely dedicated to Back in Black - one example being Back in Baroque... The String Tribute to AC/DC released in 2003. US death metal outfit Six Feet Under released their second covers album Graveyard Classics 2 in 2004, which was also an entire remake of Back in Black. "Back in Black" is also the name of comedian Lewis Black's segment on The Daily Show. A short clip of the riffs from that song is included as music for the segment's opening credit. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Back in Black the 82nd greatest album of all time. In 2003 the Recording Industry Association of America certified the classic "Back In Black" album as Double Diamond (20,000,000) sales in the US.

Track listing

  1. "Hells Bells" (Johnson/Young/Young) - 5:09
  2. "Shoot to Thrill" (Johnson/Young/Young) - 5:14
  3. "What Do You Do for Money Honey" (Johnson/Young/Young) - 3:33
  4. "Givin the Dog a Bone" (Johnson/Young/Young) - 3:30
  5. "Let Me Put My Love Into You" (Johnson/Young/Young) - 4:12
  6. "Back in Black" (Johnson/Young/Young) - 4:13
  7. "You Shook Me All Night Long" (Johnson/Young/Young) - 3:28
  8. "Have a Drink on Me" (Johnson/Young/Young) - 3:57
  9. "Shake a Leg" (Johnson/Young/Young) - 4:03
  10. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" (Johnson/Young/Young) - 4:12

Personnel

  • Benji Armbrister - Assistant Engineer
  • Bob Defrin - Art Direction
  • Robert Ellis - Photography
  • Ted Jensen - Remastering
  • Tony Platt - Engineer
  • Brad Samuelsohn - Mixing
  • Jack Newber - Assistant Engineer

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album 
  1980   Pop Albums                      No. 4  1990   The Billboard 200               No. 126
Billboard (North America) - singles 
  1980    You Shook Me All Night Long     Pop Singles           No. 35  1981	Back In Black	                Mainstream Rock	      No. 51  1981	Hells Bells	                Mainstream Rock	      No. 50  1981	Shoot To Thrill	                Mainstream Rock	      No. 60  1981	Back In Black	                Pop Singles           No. 37

 

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