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Let There Be Rock

  • AMG Review of Let There Be Rock

    Amg
    Stephen Thomas Erlewine
    All Music Guide

    Let There Be Rock, the fourth AC/DC album -- and first to see simultaneous international release -- is as lean and mean as the original lineup ever got. Shaved down to the bone -- there are only eight tracks, giving this a lethal efficiency even with a couple of meandering jams -- this is a high-voltage, brutal record, filled with "Bad Boy Boogie." It has a bit of a bluesier edge than other AC/DC records, but this is truly the sound of the band reaching its peak. There's the near majesty of "Let There Be Rock," there's Bon Scott acknowledging with a wink that "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be," and then there's the monumental "Whole Lotta Rosie." Which gets down to a key thing about AC/DC. If Led Zeppelin were celebrating a "Whole Lotta Love," AC/DC got down to the grimy details in their leering tribute to the joys of sex with a plus-sized woman. And that's AC/DC's allure in a nutshell -- it's sweaty, dirty, nasty ock, music that is played to the last call and beyond, and they've rarely done that kind of ock better than they did here.

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over 2 years ago

you have no freakin idea do you?fuckin mog(Young, Young, Scott)Wanna tell you a story'Bout a woman I knowWhen it comes to lovin'Oh she steals the showShe ain't exactly prettyAin't exactly smallForty-two, thirty-nine, fifty-sixYou could say she's got it allNever had a womanNever had a woman like youDoing all the thingsDoing all the things you doAin't no fairy storyAin't no skin and boneBut you g...

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30 DAYS NON -STOP RAWK WARS PART DEUCE Day 7
over 2 years ago

whoops have i missed a dayposted two in one dayoh whom the hell cares then *JUST ROCK MY ASS*it is all about the music ppl

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FUCKIN "A"
over 2 years ago

you have no freakin idea do you?fuckin mog(Young, Young, Scott)Wanna tell you a story'Bout a woman I knowWhen it comes to lovin'Oh she steals the showShe ain't exactly prettyAin't exactly smallForty-two, thirty-nine, fifty-sixYou could say she's got it allNever had a womanNever had a woman like youDoing all the thingsDoing all the things you doAin't no fairy storyAin't no skin and boneBut you g...

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Top five albums of 1977
8 months ago

Here they are.1-AC/DC-Let there be rock2-Judas Priest-Sin after sin3-Rush-Farewell to kings4-Tie: Scorpions-Taken by force and Motorhead-s/t5-KISS-LovegunA number of good albums for sure as there is one tie and I unfortunately had to leave the Nuge and Thin Lizzy off in a tight battle for the final spot. However no real great albums as "Let there be rock" is solid, but probably the band's third...

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