More ballsy Aussie metal hidden behind another Angus sleeve, this is once again good ol' balls to the wall rock 'n' roll, fuelled by Young's knee-jerking yet minimal riffs and Bon's lazy drool, ripping us through all manner of anthem's produced crisply and with the now standard consistency you come to expect from the hard working band. Although greater things were to come, and this being somewhat a disappointment after 'Let There Be Rock', 'Powerage' is still a very good album, despite lacking those defining moments that make their other early outings so worthy.There are a few fillers on here, but 'Riff Raff' is a shiner, a corker of a track, that stands alongside the band's best moments, whilst 'Rock n Roll Damnation', and 'Down Payment Blues' are pretty much understated classics.
Not the band at their best, but it's still better than most.
7/10
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