AC/DC Music for Cell Phones

Australian Hard Rockers

The Australian hard rock band AC/DC first came to prominence in the late 1970s. Founding members Malcolm and Angus Young have remained staples of the band since. Although critics have attempted to cast their genre net more widely than simply hard rock, the band remains self-defined as such.

The AC/DC album High Voltage was released to American audiences in 1976. It combined their Aussie releases High Voltage and T.N.T. This year also marked their introduction to U.S. audiences. The band toured in the company of other hard-rock contemporaries of the time, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Kiss. Although High Voltage was not the biggest seller, key AC/DC hits like “T.N.T.” and “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” came off it. Their follow-up album, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap was a UK release until 1981 when it was also released into the U.S.

AC/DC had other up and coming bands to compete with including Def Leppard and the Scorpions, both billed as hard rock and heavy metal and both of which credit AC/DC with leading the way. While the band’s U.S. fan base grew it wasn’t until their album Highway to Hell was released that they became a notable hard-rock leader. Highway paved the way now, but it was Back in Black, released in 1980 that finally made AC/DC. The success was bittersweet. Original band member Bon Scott had died the year before and this was the first of the next-gen AC/DC albums. Back in Black was as much a hit-maker for the new band as it would become a classic hard-rock must-have. Hits off the album include “Back in Black,” “Hells Bells,” and “You Shook Me All Night Long.”

Like other hard rock legends AC/DC has continued to rock steady, barring a few dips in popularity and music production. The band continues to tour and is expected to have a new album in 2007.

T.N.T. (1975):

1. It’s A Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)
2. Rock ‘N’ Roll Singer
3. Jack
4. Live Wire
5. T.N.T.
6. Rocker
7. Can Voltage
8. School Days

High Voltage (1976):

1. It’s A Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)
2. Rock ‘N’ Roll Singer
3. The Jack
4. Live Wire
5. T.N.T.
6. Can I Sit Next to You Girl
7. Little Lover
8. She’s Got Balls
9. High Voltage

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976 UK/1981 USA):

1. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
2. Love At First Feel
3. Big Balls
4. Rocker
5. Problem Child
6. There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’
7. Ain’t No Fun (Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire)
8. Ride On
9. Squealer

Let There Be Rock (1977 International):

1. Go Down
2. Dog Eat Dog
3. Let There Be Rock
4. Bad Boy Boogie
5. Problem Child
6. Overdose
7. Hell Ain’t a Bad Place To Be
8. Whole Lotta Rosie

Powerage (1978):

1. Rock ‘N’ Roll Damnation
2. Down Payment Blues
3. Gimme A Bullet
4. Riff Raff
5. Sin City
6. What’s Next To the Moon
7. Gone Shootin’
8. Up to My Neck in You
9. Kicked in the Teeth

Highway To Hell (1979):

1. Highway To Hell
2. Girls Got Rhythm
3. Walk All Over You
4. Touch Too Much
5. Beating Around the Bush
6. Shot Down in Flames
7. Get it Hot
8. If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)
9. Love Hungry Man
10. Night Prowler

Back In Black (1980):

1. Hells Bells
2. Shoot To Thrill
3. What Do You Do for Money Honey
4. Given the Dog a Bone
5. Let Me Put My Love Into You
6. Back In Black
7. You Shook Me All Night Long
8. Have a Drink on Me
9. Shake a Leg
10. Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution

For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (1981):

1. For Those About To Rock
2. I Put the Finger on You
3. Let’s Get it Up
4. Inject the Venom
5. Snowballed
6. Evil Walks
7. C.O.D.
8. Breaking the Rules
9. Night of the Long Knives
10. Spellbound

Flick of the Switch (1983):

1. Rising Power
2. This House is On Fire
3. Flick of the Switch
4. Nervous Shakedown
5. Landslide
6. Guns for Hire
7. Deep In the Hole
8. Bedlam in Belgium
9. Badlands
10. Brain Shake

’74 Jailbreak (1984):

1. Jailbreak
2. You Ain’t Got a Hold On Me
3. Show Business
4. Soul Stripper
5. Baby, Please Don’t Go

Fly On the Wall (1985):

1. Fly On the Wall
2. Shake Your Foundations
3. First Blood
4. Danger
5. Sink the Pink
6. Playing with Girls
7. Stand Up
8. Hell or High Water
9. Back In Business
10. Send for the Man

Who Made Who (1986):

1. Who Made Who
2. You Shook Me All Night Long
3. D.T.
4. Sink the Pink
5. Ride On
6. Hells Bells
7. Shake Your Foundations
8. Chase the Ace
9. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

Blow Up Your Video (1988):

1. Heatseeker
2. That’s the Way I Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll
3. Meanstreak
4. Go Zone
5. Kissin’ Dynamite
6. Nick of Time
7. Some Sin for Nuthin’
8. Ruff Stuff
9. Two’s Up
10. This Means War

Razor’s Edge (1990):

1. Thunderstruck
2. Fire Your Guns
3. Moneytalks
4. Razor’s Edge
5. Mistress for Christmas
6. Rock Your Heart Out
7. Are You Ready
8. Got You By the Balls
9. Shot of Love
10. Let’s Make It
11. Goodbye and Good Riddance to Bad Luck
12. If You Dare

Ballbreaker (1995):

1. Hard As a Rock
2. Cover You In Oil
3. The Furor
4. Boogie Man
5. The Honey Roll
6. Burnin’ Alive
7. Hail Caesar
8. Love Bomb
9. Caught with Your Pants Down
10. Whiskey On the Rocks
11. Ballbreaker

Volts (1997):

1. Dirty Eyes
2. Touch Too Much
3. If You Want Blood You Got It
4. Back Seat Confidential
5. Get It Hot
6. Sin City (live)
7. She’s Got Balls (live)
8. School Days
9. It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)
10. Ride On

Stiff Upper Lip (2000):

1. Stiff Upper Lip
2. Meltdown
3. House of Jazz
4. Hold Me Back
5. Safe In New York City
6. Can’t Stand Still
7. Can’t Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll
8. Satellite Blues
9. Dammed
10. Come and Get It
11. All Screwed
12. Give It Up