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Summary: 2 good songs
Comment: Like all overrated AC/DC albums with BJ two good songs. For Those About To Rock & Lets Get It Up...that's it.
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Summary: The skies alight with the guitar bite...
Comment: The enormous success of 'Back in Black' demanded a follow up full of equally momentous hard rock anthems, so AC/DC along with Mutt Lange (for one last time) tried to recreate the magic of 'BnB' and released 'For Those About to Rock We Salute You' in November of 1981. It was a letdown but it's still a damn good record. The problem is the songwriting sounds awfully tired. The constant flow of gold for the 'BnB' formula started to dry up....it's like they were trying TOO hard. Brian Johnson is the main culprit...he was starting to show his limitations as a lyricist. Lange's production was again flawless in terms of sound quality, I just wished he could have helped Brian out a little more. There really is only one classic, the title track of course which is a metal masterpiece and the gunfire gives me the chills! Angus' solos sound strangely muted here, like the sound is too fine. Other faves include "Evil Walks", "Put the Finger on You" and "Inject the Venom". The rest of the album is full of what seems like 'Back in Black' rejects - most of the 2nd side is just not that interesting - good songs but nothing great. I really like this album but AC/DC had this incredible legacy which started circa 1977 and records like 'FTATR' just can't stand up to it. The shadow of Bon Scott certainly loomed large indeed, something that one of the greatest bands who ever plugged into a stack of Marshalls would have to live with to the present day.
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Summary: for those about to rock... pick up one of their earlier efforts
Comment: AC/DC was either really burnt out from the success of Back in Black, surprised by the success, or just used up all their ideas for that album, because this follow-up album is lackluster in comparison.
The title song, with its loud, fierce guitar riff and soaring chorus is about the only worthwhile moment on the entire disc. The rest of the songs point to the rapid downward decrease in songwriting quality the band would find themselves in for the rest of the 80's decade. There's too many uninspiring moments on this album for me to really recommend a purchase. The last three or four songs don't sound any different from each other, and none of them unfortunately grab my interest in any way.
The band wasn't washed-up already though, since they would eventually come back hard and heavy in the early 90's and remind everyone just why they are the very best of all the simple hard rock bands that were ever formed. For a while though, they would just release one average album after another with some success along the way
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Summary: STILL STRONG
Comment: It's been 25 years and this album has still one of the best drums sound than even some modern recordings.
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Summary: One of my favorite AC/DC albums (Brian Johnson era)
Comment: "For those about to Rock" might not be a fan favorite (such as Back in Black) but I think it acutally a better album. I loved "Back in Black" when I first heard it, but it I grew bored of it over time. Now I am only basing this comparison on the fact that I played "Back in Black" to death, yet I have had this album and back in black for the same time, and I have not grown tired of this. I love the title track, its got Heavy Metal written all over it. The whole album has a little less of a rock flavor to it, and it seems a bit more raw then "Back in Black" If you are a die-hard AC/DC fan, you probely all ready have this in your collection. I am not sure if some fans love it as much as I do, but to all the fans who are just starting to discover AC/DC (and I am sure that you started with "Black in Black") I recommend this album. Once again, its a bit of a change from "Back in Black" (its more on the lines of the under-rated but very good "Flick of The Switch") Hopefully you will love the sheer power and energy (and heaviness) of the album as much as I did.
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