To AC/DC's Back In Black!!! 40th Anniversary July 25th!
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Wiki Info;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_in_BlackBack in Black is the seventh studio album by Australian
rock band
AC/DC. It was released on 25 July 1980 by
Albert Productions and
Atlantic Records. It is the band's first album to feature lead singer
Brian Johnson, following the death of previous lead singer
Bon Scott.
After the commercial breakthrough of their 1979 album
Highway to Hell, AC/DC was planning to record a follow-up, but in February 1980, Scott died from alcohol poisoning after a drinking binge. Instead of disbanding, they decided to continue on and recruited Johnson, who was previously vocalist for
Geordie.
The album was composed by Johnson,
Angus and
Malcolm Young, and recorded over seven weeks in the
Bahamas from April to May 1980 with producer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who had worked on their previous album. Following its completion, the group mixed
Back in Black at
Electric Lady Studios in
New York City. The album's all-black cover was designed as a "sign of mourning" for Scott.
As their sixth international studio release,
Back in Black was an unprecedented success. It has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide.
[1][2][3][4] It is one of the
best-selling albums in music history. The band supported the album with a yearlong world tour, cementing them among the most popular music acts of the early 1980s. The album also received positive critical reception during its initial release, and it has since been included on numerous lists of "greatest" albums. Since its original release, the album has been reissued and remastered multiple times, most recently for digital distribution. On December 9, 2019, it was certified
25x Platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
[5] Bon Scott, original singer, had seen Brian Johnson in another band one nite and later said that if he wasnt the singer of AC/DC that Brian was the only one worth his salt. Little did bon know how fortuitous that endorsement would be, which is so sad. Def a great album and i really love the Bon years but most of the 80's AC/DC stuff i love too, beyond that its hit or miss.So i couldnt pick a favorite out of the two really,but maybe you guys can.
post edited by wmmills - 2020/08/13 22:34:16