Let There Be Rock
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March 21, 1977 |
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| Label (s) | Albert Productions | |||
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CD, LP |
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8th |
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running time |
40:01 |
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January to February 1977 at Albert Studios, Sydney (Australia) |
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Let There Be Rock (English for " Let there be rock ") is the fourth Australian and third international studio album by the Australian hard rock band AC / DC . The Australian version was released in March 1977 on the Albert Productions label. The international album was released on June 23 of that year on Atlantic Records .
background
As with the previous albums, the Australian and International versions of Let There Be Rock have slightly different playlists. For the international version, the song Crabsody in Blue was replaced by a shortened version of the song Problem Child , which was already on Dirty Deed's Done Dirt Cheap . On the European LP version, Crabsody in Blue was still included, but from the first CD version it was dropped and only appeared on CD in Australia until it was finally represented on backtracks in 2009 .
The sound of the album is characterized by the hard rock typical of AC / DC, which shows clear influences of blues and rock 'n' roll . Let There Be Rock is the final album with bassist Mark Evans.
In 1980, shortly after Bon Scott's death, a concert film entitled Let There Be Rock: The Movie was released. However, this recording was not recorded during the tour for this album, but for Highway to Hell .
Track list
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| Label (s) | Atlantic Records | |||
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CD, LP, MC |
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8th |
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40:43 |
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January to February 1977 at Albert Studios, Sydney (Australia) |
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Australian version
- Go Down (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 5:20
- Dog Eat Dog (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 3:35
- Let There Be Rock (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 6:07
- Bad Boy Boogie (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 4:28
- Overdose (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 6:09
- Crabsody in Blue (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 4:45
- Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 4:15
- Whole Lotta Rosie (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 5:22
International version
- Go Down (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 5:18
- Dog Eat Dog (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 3:34
- Let There Be Rock (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 6:06
- Bad Boy Boogie (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 4:27
- Problem Child (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 5:24
- Overdose (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 6:09
- Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 4:21
- Whole Lotta Rosie (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 5:24
reception
Let There Be Rock was the first AC / DC album to enter the US Billboard album charts (the previous album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap did not appear there until 1981), albeit only at number 154. It has been to this day Awarded double platinum in the USA, as it has sold over two million times there to date. In Great Britain it came up to number 17. The single Whole Lotta Rosie is one of the most famous pieces of the band and made it into the UK Top 40 at number 36 in 1980 .
Let There Be Rock is considered one of the group's best albums today. In 2007 Rock Hard dedicated a cover story to the album under the motto “30 Years Let There Be Rock ”. Author Götz Kühnemund gave the classic a full score (10 points) in his review and said: “With Let There Be Rock , AC put / DC hardened a tooth and were able to build on the class of the debut. With Whole Lotta Rosie , Hell Is not a Bad Place to Be , Bad Boy Boogie and the title track are four of the greatest AC / DC hits and with Go Down , Dog Eat Dog , Overdose and already on Dirty Deeds published Problem Child four other classics represented. A disc without a single weak note! ”In 2007 the same magazine published a list of the best rock and metal albums of all time. In the list of 500 albums, Let There Be Rock landed at number 48, making it the fourth-best-placed album by the group that led the list with Back in Black .
Web links
- Let There Be Rock at Allmusic (English)