Back in Black
Back in Black is a 1980 album by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It was the first album made without former band member Bon Scott. Back in Black was intended as a tribute to his death.[2] One song from the album, "You shook me all night long", ranked number thirty-four on the Billboard charts.[3] This was the first time a heavy metal song appeared in the Top 40. Even today, record producers rank 'Back in Black' as the standard for how a hard rock song should sound.[3]
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| Released | 25 July 1980 | |||
| Recorded | April – May 1980 | |||
| Studio | Compass Point (Nassau) | |||
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| Length | 42:11 | |||
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| Producer | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
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Track listing
- "Hells Bells" 5:10
- "Shoot to Thrill" 5:17
- "What Do You Do for Money Honey" 3:33
- "Given the Dog a Bone" 3:30
- "Let Me Put My Love into You" 4:16
- "Back in Black" 4:15
- "You Shook Me All Night Long" 3:30
- "Have a Drink on Me" 3:57
- "Shake a Leg" 4:06
- "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" 4:15
Back In Black Media
Back in Black was the first AC/DC album to feature Brian Johnson (pictured in 1982) as lead singer.
Back in Black was recorded in Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas.
References
- ↑ "AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ↑ Clinton Walker, Highway to Hell: The Life and Death of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott (Portland, OR: Verse Chorus Press, 2007), p. 281
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 100 Greatest Albums, ed. Jacob Hoye (New York:Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2004), p. 183
