Say what you want about AC/DC - yes, their songs are all pretty samey - but Back in Black is still a great collection of songs. Pretty amazing that it went over so well since it was the first album after the death of Bon Scott, their original lead vocalist. Brian Johnson's voice was a perfect fit for the band's dirty style of hard rock. I still remember being floored when I first heard the songs "You Shook Me All Night Long" and "Back in Black" way back in '87. "Shake a Leg" is a longtime favorite of mine as well. But pretty much every song on this is a classic.
Not to nitpick, here, but technically, they had a singer before Bon Scott. Dave Evans, though, I think the band were not too fond of him during the early years era.
Anywho, yep, this is an iconic album indeed. I think my 1st true exposure to a song from Back in Black was when WWE's Wrestlemania 25 used Shoot to Thrill as one of their theme songs and I can recall how it had such a big-time aura to it that suited Wrestlemania as a global phenomenon well at the time. Heck, I honestly thought that Shoot to Thrill was actually one of their latest singles at the time as oppose to one of their most well-known songs that's 30 years old. So, thanks to the magic of Youtube, after hearing Shoot to Thrill a couple more times, I looked up the related videos, one of them was Hells Bells and I just love the gong sound and you just know when you hear that sound, something big is going down loud and ominous.
Months later, heard the album, and yeah, it's pretty solid. Enjoyed the songs I mentioned and Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution the most from the bunch. Back in Black had it all. Amongst the top album sales (probably the most album sales in the world made by a band. Thriller, as discussed before, probably holds the #1 selling album of all time by anyone), had good memorable songs, represented a statement by a band that needed to hit a home run after their lead singer passed away, and cemented a legacy of one of the most iconic rock and roll bands there is.