Sunday 11 May 2008

AC/DC - For Those About To Rock (1981)


Hot on the heels of the massive 'Back In Black', 'For Those...' kicks in with a bigger boot, the title cut and the album cover sending a clear message to the fans that real metal was coming. However, tracks such as 'I Put The Finger On You' and 'Lets Get It Up' were predictable, the band resorting to blues-metal formula, the swaggering, stomping riffs of Angus almost recycled and Brian's rasps certainly not having the effect of the 'Back...' album. 'For Those...' deserves inclusion because it still meant a lot to people at the time and its cover, like so many Motorhead records, puts the message out even if the innards are somewhat lacking in steel. Not quite a case of all guns blazing...

6/10

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