For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

Album: For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

Artist: AC/DC

Year: 1981

Genre: Hard Rock

Run Time: 40m

Rating: 77.27%

Review: You can be fairly sure of what you’re getting with AC/DC. Simplistic lyrics, simplistic chords — a hard rock recipe that’s been around since the dawn of said genre. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth a listen, however. It’s this kind of rock that foreshadowed the hair metal in the mid- to late-80s, and if that sounds pejorative, it isn’t. To call this brand of riffage and hoarse vocals groundbreaking would mean the word was doing some pretty heavy lifting, but it did pave the way for that which came after it. If nothing else, that’s a reason to be interested. Rock on!