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Title: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: tomjackson on April 23, 2009, 10:45:38 AM
Come on then, what's the best?

I'm going for Powerage
Second Back in Black

I've not got them all so need to see if I'm missing any gems....
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Twinfan on April 23, 2009, 11:01:12 AM
If You Want Blood (the Bon Scott era live album) is the best by far in my opinion  :D

Purely studio albums, it has to be Back in Black.
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: LazyNinja on April 23, 2009, 11:05:27 AM
I've not got all albums either but my favourite is "If you want blood... you've got it" live album. Love playing along to it. Such great raw aggressive tones and playing.

Back in Black is probably second for me but Black Ice is growing on me more and more.

Did anyone see them at Manchester on Tuesday? It was a fantastic show! Sure it was predictable with the same stage props (cannons, big inflatable Rosie etc) but that's what I went to see and it was very entertaining. Too bad we had the cr@ppiest seats in the house but the band played great. Good mixture of old classics and new material.
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Crazy_Joe on April 23, 2009, 12:09:13 PM
Back In Black for me, but it depends on what your personal preference is, most die hard AC/DC fans would probably think it was sacrilege to pick an album without the original singer Bon Scott.
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: AndyR on April 23, 2009, 12:24:27 PM
If you want blood... gets my vote :D

I'd be hard pressed to nominate a studio album as "better than all the others" though.

Back in Black is up there, Highway To Hell would easily have beaten it (for me, that is) if production-wise it wasn't the "almost-there" transition between the old sound and the more commercial sound they peaked with on BiB... Probably my favourite studio album is Powerage though... (that's the one I listen to most, anyway :lol:)
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Denim n Leather on April 23, 2009, 02:41:49 PM
Powerage tied with Dirty Deeds for me
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Philly Q on April 23, 2009, 03:23:35 PM
Powerage
Back In Black
If You Want Blood
Highway To Hell


Then generally any Bon album in preference to the Brian albums (sorry Brian...).  I like the very early albums because they're a bit more varied in style (but also a bit more patchy).


Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Ratrod on April 23, 2009, 05:04:31 PM
I can't decide.

I'm going to have to make it a tie between Powerage and Back In Black.

Black Ice is in my AC/DC top 5. Great album.
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: hunter on April 23, 2009, 05:47:47 PM

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Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: _tom_ on April 23, 2009, 05:48:14 PM
If You Want Blood (the Bon Scott era live album) is the best by far in my opinion  :D

+1, great cd!
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Dr. Vic on April 23, 2009, 05:59:02 PM
High Voltage
Highway to hell
Ballbreaker

for me !

 :twisted:
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Ted 'N' Leo on April 23, 2009, 06:13:29 PM
Highway to Hell for me. I know i'm probably in a vast minority here, but i don't really like Back in Black very much  :oops:
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Dr. Vic on April 23, 2009, 06:15:41 PM
Highway to Hell for me. I know i'm probably in a vast minority here, but i don't really like Back in Black very much  :oops:


me neither ! (except Hell bells, which is one of my favorite though)
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: _tom_ on April 23, 2009, 06:24:30 PM
I dont like Black in Black much either because I get sick of the vocals. So annoying.
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: martinw on April 23, 2009, 07:54:47 PM
As the obvious ones have been said, in the spirit of the OP looking for hidden gems:

Check out Flick of the Switch. Much underrated and with some great sounds. Much rawer than BiB. Self produced, wasn't it?

Also Stiff Upper Lip, was, IMO, a return to form, with a great blues-club feel to it. Quite laid back, and with better (if simpler) set of songs.

Don't forget Who Made Who for some instrumentals. Also 74 Jailbreak and...oh, anything really.

BTW, if the guy asked for your favourite albums, how negative is it to chime in with the album you don't like? What's the point dude?  :wink:
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Elliot on April 23, 2009, 08:52:40 PM
For me it has always been High Voltage.....
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on April 24, 2009, 12:31:09 AM
I like Highway to Hell , Back In Black and High Voltage best I think
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: sgmypod on April 24, 2009, 11:37:14 AM
I like Highway to Hell , Back In Black and High Voltage best I think
yup go with that
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Matt77 on April 24, 2009, 06:34:42 PM
I've not got all albums either but my favourite is "If you want blood... you've got it" live album. Love playing along to it. Such great raw aggressive tones and playing.

Back in Black is probably second for me but Black Ice is growing on me more and more.

Did anyone see them at Manchester on Tuesday? It was a fantastic show! Sure it was predictable with the same stage props (cannons, big inflatable Rosie etc) but that's what I went to see and it was very entertaining. Too bad we had the cr@ppiest seats in the house but the band played great. Good mixture of old classics and new material.

Me. I was lucky and had standing tickets. Great show.
Oh and Highway to Hell for me
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Crazy_Joe on April 24, 2009, 06:57:30 PM
On 2nd thoughts, maybe Highway to Hell.
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Ian Price on April 25, 2009, 08:54:06 AM
My work colleagues gave me some HMV vouchers yesterday (it's my 34th tomorrow!). I went straight up to HMV and had a bit of a CD shopping frenzy. I bought 5 cd's amongst which was If You Want Blood. Listened to it in the car on the way home and first impressions are that it is pretty good.

When it first came on I thought what the f*%& is this. I then realised that my daughter had just put her Mr Men DVD on in the back of the car and the theme tune coincided with the crowd cheers at the start of the CD :o And there was me thinking that AC/DC were a bunch of pansies!
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Philly Q on April 25, 2009, 09:59:31 AM
When it first came on I thought what the f*%& is this. I then realised that my daughter had just put her Mr Men DVD on in the back of the car and the theme tune coincided with the crowd cheers at the start of the CD :o And there was me thinking that AC/DC were a bunch of pansies!

Nothing wrong with the Mr Men.  Especially Mr Noisy... "I WOULD LIKE A PIECE OF MEAT!"... almost ties in with the "If You Want Blood" theme.
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Dreichlift on April 25, 2009, 01:36:52 PM
Just to be different, and because it was my first album, my favorite has always been Blow Up Your Video.

I even had That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll as my morning alarm music for years.
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: HTH AMPS on April 27, 2009, 12:46:21 AM
'If You Want Blood' without a doubt - the tones and playing are fantastic on that album.  I remember wanting that one for ages before I even heard it when I saw the cover.

Then I'd say Highway To Hell, then Powerage, then Back In Back, then whatever from the early period - probably High Voltage.
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: Catalyst77 on April 29, 2009, 09:42:58 AM
Just to be different, and because it was my first album, my favorite has always been Blow Up Your Video.

I even had That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll as my morning alarm music for years.

Ha Ha

That was my first AC/DC album too, gotta love a bit of Heatseeker; wish they had played that at the 02.

I had standing not too far from the front but the whole thing was kind of ruined by a bunch of tw@ts moshing all around us, i got elbowed in the eye, and my girlfriend got knocked over a couple times.  Why is it those type of people are always 6'2 weight about 15 stones and havent washed for the best part of the decade :?

Best album def  if you want blood, best studio album hmm i'd probably go for let there be rock.
Title: Re: Best AC/DC Album
Post by: 99_not_out on April 29, 2009, 10:51:04 AM
Its too hard, I can't choose ...

But if I was only allowed to keep one AC/DC album I guess it would be Back in Black.

I have always had a soft spot for Fly on the Wall though, a couple of duff tracks on it but otherwise top rockin'
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