AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

Primary Artist
AC/DC
Album Title
Let There Be Rock
Release Date
June, 1977 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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/dcRead More