Bonus Friday content:
AC/DC - Back in Black
Songs:
-Hells Bells
-Shoot to Thrill
-What Do You Do for Money Honey
-Given the Dog a Bone
-Let Me Put My Love into You
-Back in Black
-You Shook Me All Night Long
-Have a Drink on Me
-Shake a Leg
-Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
This album somehow only had four hit singles. I say "only," because at least 7 songs got regular radio rotation (and still do)
Errr...huh? I wasn't listening to this sort of music when BIB came out, but I can only think of four songs that got regular airplay (Bells, Shoot, Shook and the title track). Noise Pollution comes up now and then, but certainly not regularly.
Where I went to school, there was sort of a fan rivalry between AC/DC and Van Halen. It usually just devolved into whether you thought Angus or Eddie was the better guitar player.
Interesting. I have never, ever heard anyone suggest that Angus was anywhere near Eddie's level. In fact, when I was first getting into this sort of music, all the talk was about how "Angus sucked!" so I went into listening to AC/DC with that bias already implanted. I eventually learned that he does not, in fact, suck, but he's never been on the same level as EVH.
Ultimately, I agree with Stadler. AC/DC has a niche, and it does it well. Not my favorite, but this album was a monster and is an undeniable classic (one of only two albums by AC/DC that I own).
I can't imagine Anthrax or Slayer doing a convincing Euro-pop album, for example.
I'm not disagreeing with you, but I might actually buy that (and I don't like either Slayer or Euro-pop).