For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
Lesser bands might have been put off their stride by the death of their lead singer, but not AC/DC. No sooner had Bon Scott met his whiskey-sodden end in 1980 than AC/DC recruited a new singer, Brian Johnson–who sounded almost exactly like Scott–and released, in Back In Black, the biggest-selling album of their career. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) is a suitably triumphant follow-up. The cannon-punctuated title track–the most auspicious marriage of music and artillery since Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”–still provides a spectacular finale to AC/DC concerts. For Those About To Rock… also confirmed that Johnson’s lyrical preoccupations were broadly congruent with those of his predecessor: “Let’s Get It Up” and “Inject The Venom” are as subtle as they sound. For Those About To Rock… is a record Beavis & Butthead would describe as “cool”–and, as usual, they’d be right.–Andrew Mueller
Customer Review: Brilliant, but not their best.
First off I’d like to point out that FTATR would be a five star review if it was compared only to the majority of the dross presently pumped out. The problem is that it can only be compared to Back in Black given that they were produced so close together and have in many ways a similar sound. And there is the slight problem – Back in Black is a “once in a lifetime” album and as I can only give five stars then FTATR must have less. It’s still a great record though and it along with Flick of the Switch and Fly on the Wall make up the best period of records that AC/DC pumped out with Brian Johnson after BiB. There is on this record of course a couple of classics – For Those About to Rock and Lets Get It Up can bear comparison to anything on Black in Black easily. The rest of the songs are just a little bit less good. Overall though an excellent record and one that does evoke a golden period in AC/DC’s history.
Customer Review: AC/DC SHOULD HAVE QUIT AFTER SCOTT DIED
As if the stupid acronym title isn’t bad enough, this CD has Brian Johnson on it and we all know that AC/DC was done for after Scott died. They should have quit right there and not gone through the shame of awful vocals brought to them by Johnson the imposter. Any CDs without Scott are awful because of the vocalists, and if you want to experience the unobstructed raw power of Angus Young’s guitar playing then you need to purchase any of the Scott albums. I most recommend “Highway to Hell”. But that’s the album to look for, the classic HTH. All other AC/DC albums are soiled.
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