5 comments about The Razor's Edge.

1. cd showed up broken in half. usps said it was improperly shipped. contacted shipper by phone, left message, no answer, got burned



2. I bought this album for Moneytalks and Thunderstruck. Usually on AC/DC albums, I buy the CD for one or two songs and warm to the other songs over time -- eventually learning to love the whole album. I've had it for several months now, and just can't get into the rest of the songs. They all sound the same and most are in the same key. I know AC/DC thrives on using the same sound, but they usually make it a little more interesting than this. About half of the songs lack the hooks and power chords they're famous for. Fantastic album if you're not looking for anything earth shattering aside from the aforementioned songs. Of course, that's just my opinion.



3. Great and easy transaction--fast shipping and product arrived in great condition. I would definitely recommend this seller!



4. A strong album, featuring some of the best material from the Brian Johnson era of AC/DC, The Razors Edge gets off to a strong start, with the well known crowd pleaser "Thunderstruck," which also had the privilege of opening 1992's Live. "Fire Your Guns" follows, and is really some of the better "filler" in recent memory, which a lot of attitude and power behind the music. "Moneytalks" concludes a great trio of tracks to start the album, with some killer, bluesy guitar work courtesy of the brothers Young.
   
   Title track "The Razors Edge" is a gritty, dark piece, very different from most of what AC/DC has done on past albums, and is a welcome addition that helps to shake things up from the typical Acca Dacca formula. A number of solid, hard rockin' tracks follow, giving the album a solid middle, though not so chock full of classics as 1980's Back in Black.
   
   Not their best, but very solid!



5. there is only one other album by ac/dc that could be almost as good as this and that is highway to hell, but this one is the best

5 comments about Lynyrd Skynyrd - All Time Greatest Hits.

1. I do like Lynard Skynard, and it was a greatest hits, so I bought it. The only thing is that the song "Black Betty" wasn't on that CD. Anything else is fair game.



2. took all the best of LS and put them all on one cd. if all life could be this easy!



3. The music is fine. The same can't be said for the CD. It played fine at first but within 2 weeks it started to lose cuts and be less and less reliable. The same player plays other CD's with no problems. This one is heading for the recycling bin.
   
   Don't waste your money.



4. As with any album's title that includes greatest, you will find some songs that should be on there that aren't. Two of my all time favorites, off the (live) one more from the road album, Working For the MCA and The Needle and the Spoon are absent. You could also throw in Poison Whiskey, Searchin and Double Trouble, but that's my taste, still a great album. If someone was looking for one album to kick start Skynyrd with, this would be a good choice, but again, I'd go with one more from the road which in my opinion captures the incredible musical genius that was Ronnie Van Zant.



5. Great CD and the wife loved it. Has all her favorites in one CD.

5 comments about Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.

1. 
   I used to own this title on cassette, years ago. The other week I bought a new cd for $10 and after listening to it, I was wondering why it didn't seem the great album I remembered it being. Having just looked up this album on Wikipedia, I now know the reason...one of the all time great AC/DC songs, "Jailbreak" is NOT on the US version of this album that I have. If those interfering American suits hadn't meddled with the track listing, and the cover art, this would be up there with the best albums by the band.
   
   Anyway, without "Jailbreak" it's still a pretty solid, if now unspectacular album. It comes with a little booklet which includes the nice, original cartoon artwork for the cover of the album and some notes by a critic of some sort. He mentions that it was released in the US in the wake of the mega success of AC/DC's "Back in black" album, which was released after the lead singer from this album, Bon Scott, died in unfortunate circumstances. It apparently charted higher than "Back in black"...reaching #3 in the US albums chart, compared to #4 for "Back in black". In my opinion, "Back in black" would be a contender for the greatest pop/rock album of all time, and it is the second biggest selling album of all time, with over 40 million units sold so far, and still counting.
   
   The songs I like best from this album are:
   
   Dirty deeds done dirt cheap: a classic track with a classic riff. Bon is in his "bad boy" persona, lyrics wise. He'd have you believe he's the guy to call if you want somebody out of the way. Has some very nice fretwork by lead guitarist Angus Young and Bon lets out a great roar at the end of the song.
   
   Big balls: this song makes me laugh out loud. It's really the kind of song a school-boy would write and it shows Bon at his cheeky best, lyrics and performance wise. Vocally, he puts on the dog-displaying a cheesy, upper-class English accent. Good sing along lyrics. The other week I reviewed an album by US band Moldy Peaches. They too could write funny, school-boy humoured lyrics.
   
   Ride on: an extremely rare foray into a slower tempo style. It's a true blues song, lyrics wise, I think. Has a nice, gentle strumming guitar sound, for the most part. Angus provides a bluesy lead guitar part at times.
   
   Squealer: listening to this song a second time, it's actually grown on me as a song. This is another rare AC/DC song in that it has a noticeable bass guitar throughout that is often the star of the song. Features teen-age boy type lyrics, again, a tight rhythm section, good lead guitar from Angus Young, a nice rock groove and the kind of blokey backing vocals you expect from this band.
   
   Those are the songs that do it most for me from this album, though the following tracks are not without interest:
   
   Ain't no fun (waiting around to be a millionaire): the intro presages some latter work by this band, it seems to me (e.g. "You shook me all night long")
   
   There's gonna be some rockin': bluesy rock'n'roll. Reminded me of Status Quo, re guitar work/sound. "Rocker", like this song, also has a 50's rock'n'roll feel. That song also features on their album "T.N.T" which I reviewed here a few weeks back.
   
   Problem child: another example of Bon in "bad boy" mode. Angus shows some fancy singer work on the fretboard and gives the guitar an organ like sound...not unlike, say, Ray Manzarek of The Doors.
   
   Really, I can't understand why the American 'suits' thought that they knew better than the band when it came to track listings on band...or cover art for that matter. The great Australian pop/rock band Mondo Rock also had the same problem, but worse, with American suits: their all time classic song "No time" was butchered by the suits...they cut out the awesome chant at the start of the song. That's like cutting out the heavy guitar sound at the end of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" or Metallica's "Fade to black". Just plain crazy.
   
   Now that I know that the track listing has been messed with, I feel a bit ripped off with this album...where the Hell am I gonna get a good album with "Jailbreak" on it now? Anyway, if you like classic AC/DC (this band are the Kings or riff based rock), Status Quo, or bluesy, boogie hard rock and rock'n'roll, you'll like this album.
   
   Would have given this album a good 8/10, but now it's just a 7/10.



2. Jammin on Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. (Goes Good with Ice Cold Beer) Thanx Pepsi and Amazon, for bringing back so many good rockin memories (You wouldn't believe how many dumpsters I pick through looking for points, hope I don't get hepatitus or something like that, but a cat has to do what they gotta do, Yeah!) The 70's when rock was rock. Gonna get High Voltage next. Would be nice if you had the rest of the bands Killer albums. I've ordered quite a few of your items, you guys are quick and everything I've gotten so far is really nice stuff. Thanx



3. Thanks to Amazon for making these albums available at a great price. Quickly shipped and high quality!



4. I grew up occasionally listening to AC/DC, always in the background from friends playing it at school or in a car. It never stood out to me. Now at 41 I rediscovered this old band and like it a lot. I especially like listening to it while weight lifting. "Back in Black" and "Dirty Deeds" are both raw and raunchy (like the classic Mississippi Delta Blues these guys probably grew up listening to), but after listening to both several times I find that song for song, "Dirty Deeds" is better than "Back in Black". Both have AC/DC's signature sound and are milestones of the hard rock genre, but I just don't get tired of listening to "Dirty Deeds" which I can't say about "Back in Black". In rediscovering this band, I was a little surprised to later find out that next to Michael Jackson's "Thriller", "Back in Black" is the #2 selling album of all time. Okay, but I personally don't hear it in the album. But this is just the perspective of a straight white male with no tattoos whose favorite album of all time is Dire Strait's "Brothers in Arms"....



5. A fantastic piece of dirty, barroom rock n' roll, served up by the masters, AC/DC. This album has a lot of great tracks, from the title track, a tale of murder for hire, to the energetic "Rocker," to the albums real highlight, "Ride On," where the band emotionally plays some slowed down blues rock. A classic set of rock n' roll!

5 comments about Led Zeppelin IV (aka ZOSO).

1. Classic rock and roll at it's all time greatest. Including songs that many would say are the best ever recorded,including my self.
   
   A timeless masterpiece that I will enjoy until I die.



2. Beware that the MP3 album for sale here is NOT the remastered version, even though it's linked to the remastered CD version on the amazon site. I discovered this after purchasing and listening to it. The audio is muddy and full of dropouts, and basically sounds like an old audio cassette. This is why it's only $8.



3. It took me forever, but I'm just finally learning to appreciate Zeppelin's most famous album right now. I won't say it's my favorite - I, II and III are just as good, and Houses of the Holy is better. But I now like it. In fact, I think I liked it all the while, but I refused to admit it. See, this marks the point where "Led Zeppelin the band" and "Led Zeppelin the cultural phenomenon" become the same thing. And while I'm definitely a fan of Led Zep the band, I'm kinda shaky on Led Zeppelin the cultural phenomenon. And, I mean, this is the BIG one. The pride and joy of fans, critics, and DJ's everywhere. That and it's got "Stairway to Heaven," a cultural phenomenon within a cultural phenomenon within a cultural phenomenon. Sort of a Russian nesting doll deal there.
   Methinks the problem I had with this for so long is because I listened to it expecting it to be the great masterpiece so many people say it is, and I never really heard it that way. But recently, I did the smart thing: I let my defenses down, and listened to the album for what it was. And I found that it was quite good.
   Let me be up-front about why I'm only giving this four stars. First off, I don't really like "Four Sticks." Parts of it are nice, and parts of it aren't. Secondly, there's the issue of Robert Plant. I've never been his biggest fan, but here he's too much for me, almost ruining a couple of his songs with his "vocal acrobatics." He nearly kills the stop-start, riff-filled "Black Dog" entirely for me with his moans, groans, and grunts behind the guitar solo. Yeah, so it fits with the song's lyrics. But it still sounds bad. And "Battle of Evermore," despite being genuinely gorgeous, also showcases Plant right up in the front. He makes his voice turn somersaults, backflips, and cartwheels, and it just annoys me. Every phrase he gets, he oversings somehow. And then he pulls that crap with an echo effect near the end. It really annoys me. 'Tis a shame they didn't just let ex-Fairport Convention member Sandy Denny sing lead on the whole track, because she's got a beautiful voice. Not only that, but she's also got an authentic English folk voice, and "Evermore" is an English folk song. With a fantastic mandolin part.
   Okay, now I can get to the really good parts. First off, I almost hate to admit it because I'm sick of everyone saying it's the best song ever (gimme a break, it isn't even Zeppelin's best!), but I really, really like "Stairway to Heaven." I won't dwell too much on it, because everyone is probably familiar with it at this point, but it's earned its reputation as one of the greatest guitar tracks in history, and it's definitely a great rock epic. The Hendrix maniac in me thinks "All Along the Watchtower" is the best, the Beatlemaniac in me puts "Hey Jude" in second, and the Who freak in me would rank "Won't Get Fooled Again" as third. But number four (or maybe number five or six, because I can never allow myself to forget "You Can't Always Get What You Want" or "Jungleland") is certainly nothing to sneeze at, especially considering how many genuinely wretched "rock epics" there are out there. Great song, even though I'd take "Over the Hills and Far Away," "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You," and "Ramble On" over it in the Zeppelin catalog. That's just me, though. No "serious" person likes "Misty Mountain Hop," but I think it's fun. Yeah, the lyrics are dumb, but in the harmless, "'70s pothead who says words like 'dude' and 'cosmic' a lot, laughs at absolutely nothing, and eats ten bags of Cheetos a day" sense, not in the "offensively stupid or ignorant" sense. In other words, harmless, and kinda funny. Actually, all the lyrics in Led Zeppelin's entire history that aren't about sex are like that. Plus it's so bouncy! It's the only Zeppelin song you can dance to! How about that? It's a guilty pleasure for me, but I still enjoy it immensely. "Rock and Roll" does just what it promises, and it's my favorite of Zeppelin's short, punchy rockers. Bonzo's rhythm is unbeatable, and there's a multi-tracked guitar solo. Despite my seeming lack of manliness (yeah, I'm a guy), I do have some testosterone, and it really gets what little of it there is pounding. By the opposite token, "Going to California" is one of the prettiest, most quaint, folksy, and downright cute things in Zeppelin's catalog. Despite me not being much of a Robert Plant fan, I still love the way he sings, "La-la-la-la-la" after one of the verses. It's just so damn adorable! And I know that every Zeppelin fan who wasn't theoretically stabbing my hypothetical picture already is doing so now, but hey. Adorable is good. And you want a searing musical interpretation of a hurricane? Check out "When the Levee Breaks," a very successful mood piece and arguably the best song on the record. Bonzo's drums thunder - his intro is justly one of the most famous of all time - Page's guitars sting, burn, and all kinds of other stuff, and Plant's harmonica wails away. John Paul Jones doesn't do much, which is a shame, because he's my favorite member of the band. But hey, you can't have it all.
   If you were to cut out "Four Sticks," and give Robert Plant a bit less time at the mike, this would be a better album. But it's fine the way it is. I still refuse to admit it or anything else Zeppelin ever made is a masterpiece. If that's the way you roll, more power to you. But it's not the way I roll. So no power for me. Oh well. Still, this is probably my second, third, fourth, fifth, or whatever Zeppelin album. It's tough to decide between those first four. They're all very worthy four-star records, and I actually think they're of the exact same quality, more or less. Whatever. Zep's first five all are great.



4. This album ROCKS, with a capital R. John Bonham's drumming is the best. Every song on here is awesome, especially Rock and Roll, and Stairway To Heaven. Another Great song is When The Levee Breaks. It is no wonder that so many rock fans, and magazines consider it to be one of the greatest rock albums ever made.



5. By the far the best Led Zeppelin album you can buy and one of the greatest rock albums you can buy. This is Led Zeppelins best period of time and when they sounded the best and were the best. All eight songs on here are great and this album should be bought by any fan of rock music.
   
   1. Black Dog, a nice start too this album and has good blues singing(Robert Plant), and plus the beat on here is very cool and that guitar sound is very nice. Great song 5/5 stars
   
   2. Rock N Roll, this song has one of the coolest drum intros of all time and its riff and beat cant be sold. A classic song that so many people today still download. Nothing else too say except its a great song and if you havent heard it than download it now. 5/5 stars
   
   3. The Battle Of Evermore, pretty good song but its too soft and gets a little boring 4/5 stars
   
   4. Stairway Too Heaven, great song and great guitar on this song. I love this song great zeppelin song 5/5 stars
   
   5. Misty Mountain Hop, now this is where things start getting heavier. This Led Zeppelin back too the beggining. A nice cool rock beat and a cool drum beat also great song, 5/5 stars
   
   6. Four Sticks, another good song and has a cool drum intro to this and has a nice riff. great all around song,
   5/5 stars
   
   7. Going Too California, a great song also not much more too say, 5/5 stars
   
   8. When The Levee Breaks, a nice way too end this album and has a cool heavy blues rock beat too it. Great song 5/5 stars
   
   buy this album now if you dont have it...

5 comments about ZZ Top: Live from Texas [Blu-ray].

1. I rarely review, but felt compelled to save people from this one. The audio is horrible. I tried DD, DTS, stereo, etc. Muddy, muddled, echo'y...not sure else how to describe it. The vocals are completely a mess...like they are singing thru a pillow, while the instruments are wide open. The video is crisp and clear, but often, it shifts scene to scene every 2 seconds. I could make lots of comments about content, but it is useless due to my above comments. I like ZZ!. But this is a disaster.



2. I always knew these guys were getting long in the tooth because they were my rock heros when I was in diapers, sucking on fudgesicles (I'm now 46). I have to think that Billy Gibbons is suffering from arthritis because his timing and accuracy in hitting guitar notes is just awful. It's actually painful to hear these guys play. Frank Beard (drummer) looks like he'd rather be attending a funeral than playing this gig. With all the other reviewers complaining about the poor audio mix on this disc, I can't beleive no one else noticed this lackluster performance of the "L'il Ol' Band from Texas."



3. I've heard some good and some bad recordings of live performances. This one literally stinks it's so bad. I tried to remain enthusiastic but it never got any better throughout the entire DVD. (In my particular case it certainly can't be blamed on the equipment. I have top of the line Polk Audio speakers & subwoofer set up for 5.1 Surround and driven by a Sony 770w receiver.) It's crappy recording and mixing. Not at all what I'd expect from ZZ Top.



4. Three chord rock is probably the hardest genre of music to pull off live. However, ZZ Top exceeds the everything is bigger and and better in Texas expectation with a stompin' down home stage performance where every tune is a recognizable hit made in the good ol' USA. I'd love to party with these guys! This video is the next best thing.



5. I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised. I loved ZZ Top (mainly the early stuff) while in high school. Many of the bands from high school seem a step behind live. However, I guess when you play simple blues it's much easier. This isn't a KISS show that will dazzle but it's solid music with a backdrop more modern than I would have imagined. The extras are OK the best being the bonus song.

5 comments about Essential Heart.

1. THURS. 09-04-08 Ann & Nancy Wilson (Heart) filed a cease & desist order to the McCain Palin Campaign to stop playing 'BARRACUDA'!!
   A statement by Nancy Wilson expressed her feeling as "being fu*ked over" having their song used at the Republican Convention in St. Paul because she does not share the same views as the Republican Party. The same also goes for John Mellencamp, Jackson Brown and Boston. REPUBLICANS LET'S KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF ANY OF THIS MUSIC IN THE FUTURE. OUR MONEY IS NOT WELCOME HERE. I think there are still some that would be happy to have all people play and enjoy their music. Most people just didn't assume or care that the Wilson sisters were in anyway supporting the McCain Palin ticket when hearing the song, so why make people hate you now Ann and Nancy. Take your O-balla and go home. About this CD, who knows? I wouldn't buy your music now!



2. The sisters are so much better live in concert. They haven't aged a bit. I saw them at the Oregon state fair 2007. What an awesome, flawless performance.......Tanya



3. This collection is great - it has all their best songs, I listen to it over and over, and never get sick of it!!



4. This covers Heart's entire catalog--some may favor the older songs, some may like the newer ones, but we think the entire collection is great. If you like Hart we believe you with like this disk



5. For any Heart fans out there this is the CD for you. It has all their greatest songs and many more. It is 2 disc's of great music. I would recommend this CD to anyone who is looking for all the good songs on one album.

5 comments about ZZ Top - Greatest Hits.

1. My family and I are going to see ZZ Top soon. I wanted my daughter to here their music as she is not familar with them, so this CD was perfect for her to listen to ( her dad and I too )Thanks fot the quick shipping!



2. ZZ Top is the eclectic Texas blues/boogie and hard rock band that features the two front men (Billy Gibbons on guitar, Dusty Hill on bass) with trademark dark sunglasses and very long full beards. Drummer Frank Beard has no beard. All three are original members from the band's inception as a cosmic cowboy blues/hard rock trio in 1969. Billy Gibbons is widely respected as one of the best electric blues/rock guitarists in the business.
   
   ZZ Top - Greatest Hits (1992) mostly covers the Texas trio's 1980s techno-boogie working-class chic MTV years, but that doesn't mean that this collection isn't worthy. On the contrary, this is great stuff that any true ZZ Top fan would like. Sure, they use drum machines and electronics on a lot of these songs, but Billy Gibbons' loud and bluesy guitar and humorously sly vocals are still front and center, and everything here is unmistakably ZZ Top.
   
   The collection does briefly touch on the band's early years. La Grange, Tush, Cheap Sunglasses, and I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide are all from the band's Tex-Mex blues and boogie years in the seventies, but unfortunately the classic Waiting For The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago wasn't included, and that is why I docked this collection 1/2 star. That's an unforgivable oversight, but it doesn't suck all the joy from this set. There is still a lot of good ZZ Top music here. Gimme All Your Lovin', Sharp Dressed Man, Legs, My Head's In Mississippi, Rough Boy, Tube Snake Boogie and much more. They even threw in a couple of new songs, Gun Love and their version of Elvis' Viva Las Vegas.
   
   ZZ Top - Greatest Hits includes eighteen songs, and if you're in the mood for hearing ZZ Top music from their highly successful MTV years, this covers the era as well as it really needs to. I'm a fan of the band's early years (Tres Hombres is my favorite ZZ Top album), but I like this era as well. So while I mostly listen to the early stuff, every now and then I'll break out ZZ Top - Greatest Hits and recall all of those cool ZZ Top videos that were on MTV in those days and rock out Tejas style.



3. There is no one else like them. An absolute must have for fans of the unique style of none other than ZZ Top!



4. Listen to it everyday. It gets my work done faster & I'm rockin the whole time. Love these guys



5. Okay, I confess, I am not much of a fan of the ZZ Top of the '80s-MTV era. They are a great band, no doubt, but since I am not a huge fan of the MTV years of ZZ, I had trouble really getting into 1992's 'Greatest Hits.'
   
   Any fan looking to seek out their '80s MTV classics will be very satisfied with this disc. 'Sharp Dressed Man,' 'Gimme All Your Lovin',' 'Rough Boy,' a remix of 'Legs' and 'Pearl Necklace' are all here.
   
   Fans of the seventies ZZ Top will also discover 'Cheap Sunglasses,' 'La Grange,' 'Tush' and 'I'm Bad I'm Nationwide' are all on here.
   
   But don't fooled! 'La Grange' and 'Tush' are mediocre remixes. The original drum mix is completely destroyed, with Frank Beard reworking and filtering the drum parts to make these '70s ZZ Top classics sound more "modernized." Argh! How annoying!
   
   Also, the new tracks (for a '70s ZZ Top fan, anyway) aren't anything to get really excited about. ZZ Top's take on 'Viva Las Vegas' is not great. 'Gun Love' is better than 'Viva Las Vegas,' but it is still not anything extraordinary.
   
   I am not criticizing the selections on this disc. For fans of the MTV years of ZZ Top, this is a great collection to own and quite possibly all you will need.
   
   But, if you are like me and want a summary of their '70s classics, pick up 'The Best of ZZ Top.' That has 'La Grange' and 'Tush' in their album versions without the reworked/filtered drums.
   
   Overall, I strongly recommend this to any '80s ZZ Top fan. But, I also strongly recommend for the '70s ZZ Top fans to check out 'The Best of ZZ Top.' While this has 18 and that one has 10, that one is full of the "good stuff" for the '70s fans.
   
   Highly recommended for the '80s ZZ Top fans. I did buy this, and I was disappointed. But for the '70s fans, I'm warning you: pick up the studio albums or the 1977 compilation 'The Best of ZZ Top.' That's the best advice I can offer you.

5 comments about Boston - Greatest Hits.

1. This disc has most of the essential Boston songs. It features some of their best album cuts like "Cool The Engines", "Smokin'", "Rock And Roll Band", and "Feelin' Satisfied". "Cool The Engines" is also a nice addition to this collection. Most of the hits are present like "More Than A Feeling", "Foreplay/Long Time", "Peace Of Mind", "Don't Look Back", "A Man I'll Never Be" and "Amanda". However songs like "We're Ready", Cantcha Say/Still In Love" and "I Need Your Love" are not included on this collection though they should be. According to Boston's web site, Tom Scholz is remastering this CD for re-release. Maybe "We're Ready", Cantcha Say/Still In Love" and "I Need Your Love" will be included this time. "Tell Me" and "Higher Power" are outstanding tracks as well.



2. Great music from a great band but I have problems (no CD in there) with playing the CD on 2 different CD-Players (Pioneer and Marantz) only on my Laptop it is working. How can that be?? What`s wrong with this record? Has anybody an idea?? Let me know. Thank you so far and greatings from germany!!!



3. This cd has all of the classic Boston songs we all love, and a few new ones at the time of release. But this compelation could have been much better. I thought that a greatest hit cd was just that, a "greatest hits". How come "We're Ready", and "Can'tcha Say/Still In Love" were omitted? Both of these songs charted in the top 50 when released as singles. Also, what in hell is Tom Scholz obsession with "Living For You"? He also put that song on "Corporate America" Come on Tom that song is really not that good. If you felt the need to include something from the "Walk On" cd then "Surrender To Me" would have been an much better choice. Of the newer songs "Higher Power" is really good. It rocks with the trademark Boston guitar sound that we all know so well. "The Star Spangled Banner/4th Of July Reprise" is totally cool. Very up-tempo with melodic guitars; not to mention the awsome begining with the hyper space pedal guitar effects unique to Boston. Good cd to add to your collection.



4. From beginning to end, this is a great album. I have been a Boston fan since the very first day I heard Rock N Roll Band. I was always disappointed that the band always waited so long to release a new album, but it was always worth the wait when the album came out, all the way to Corporate America. I think that they should have put the Star Spangled Banner as the number one song on this album, that is such a heart pumping tune. I would have also liked to see them put some more songs from Walk On on the cd. No matter what Boston album you prefer, they are all great albums, and if anyone got to see them in concert, I unfortunately had to wait until their Corporate America Tour, they sounded just as good in concert as they did on all of their cd's. Unfortunately, Rock and Roll lost a great lead singer on March 9th, 2007. Rest in peace Brad Delp, thanks for all of the music and memories.



5. ...and BOSTON. This compilation really shows who the creative and musical brain within the band BOSTON is - just listen to the songs. BTW he also plays all the instruments and does everything himself apart from some drums and most of the vocals. Keep up the excellent work Tom Scholz!!!!

5 comments about For Those About to Rock We Salute You.

1. Like all overrated AC/DC albums with BJ two good songs. For Those About To Rock & Lets Get It Up...that's it.



2. The enormous success of 'Back in Black' demanded a follow up full of equally momentous hard rock anthems, so AC/DC along with Mutt Lange (for one last time) tried to recreate the magic of 'BnB' and released 'For Those About to Rock We Salute You' in November of 1981. It was a letdown but it's still a damn good record. The problem is the songwriting sounds awfully tired. The constant flow of gold for the 'BnB' formula started to dry up....it's like they were trying TOO hard. Brian Johnson is the main culprit...he was starting to show his limitations as a lyricist. Lange's production was again flawless in terms of sound quality, I just wished he could have helped Brian out a little more. There really is only one classic, the title track of course which is a metal masterpiece and the gunfire gives me the chills! Angus' solos sound strangely muted here, like the sound is too fine. Other faves include "Evil Walks", "Put the Finger on You" and "Inject the Venom". The rest of the album is full of what seems like 'Back in Black' rejects - most of the 2nd side is just not that interesting - good songs but nothing great. I really like this album but AC/DC had this incredible legacy which started circa 1977 and records like 'FTATR' just can't stand up to it. The shadow of Bon Scott certainly loomed large indeed, something that one of the greatest bands who ever plugged into a stack of Marshalls would have to live with to the present day.



3. AC/DC was either really burnt out from the success of Back in Black, surprised by the success, or just used up all their ideas for that album, because this follow-up album is lackluster in comparison.
   
   The title song, with its loud, fierce guitar riff and soaring chorus is about the only worthwhile moment on the entire disc. The rest of the songs point to the rapid downward decrease in songwriting quality the band would find themselves in for the rest of the 80's decade. There's too many uninspiring moments on this album for me to really recommend a purchase. The last three or four songs don't sound any different from each other, and none of them unfortunately grab my interest in any way.
   
   The band wasn't washed-up already though, since they would eventually come back hard and heavy in the early 90's and remind everyone just why they are the very best of all the simple hard rock bands that were ever formed. For a while though, they would just release one average album after another with some success along the way



4. It's been 25 years and this album has still one of the best drums sound than even some modern recordings.



5. "For those about to Rock" might not be a fan favorite (such as Back in Black) but I think it acutally a better album. I loved "Back in Black" when I first heard it, but it I grew bored of it over time. Now I am only basing this comparison on the fact that I played "Back in Black" to death, yet I have had this album and back in black for the same time, and I have not grown tired of this. I love the title track, its got Heavy Metal written all over it. The whole album has a little less of a rock flavor to it, and it seems a bit more raw then "Back in Black" If you are a die-hard AC/DC fan, you probely all ready have this in your collection. I am not sure if some fans love it as much as I do, but to all the fans who are just starting to discover AC/DC (and I am sure that you started with "Black in Black") I recommend this album. Once again, its a bit of a change from "Back in Black" (its more on the lines of the under-rated but very good "Flick of The Switch") Hopefully you will love the sheer power and energy (and heaviness) of the album as much as I did.

5 comments about Physical Graffiti.

1. I think every one of the original Zeppelin albums (and the live ones as well) has reviewers calling it "the best Led Zeppelin" album. I'm gonna go with the nameless one any day, followed closely by "Live at the BBC" and "How the West was Won".
   But this big, sprawling double album is really a must-have as well, as are the vast majority of Zeppelin's 70s albums. It's the "usual" blend, I suppose, of blues, folk, rock n' roll and a little bit of funk and soul, generally heavy on the electric blues, but with a couple of utterly charming acoustic numbers as well.
   
   There is perhaps nothing here as monumental as "Stairway" or as long-lasting as "Black Dog" or "Whole Lotta Love", even though the majestic 8½-minute "Kashmir" features a riff that will allow you get to rid of any other song that has gotten stuck in your head. But the overall quality of the material is very, very high.
   It's hard, in fact, to think of another rock or blues record with this many distinctive guitar riffs; the entire first disc is dripping with heavy blues and rock n' roll riffs and thumping drums. And while the second disc may be a little less consistent, opening with two minutes of hideous synth, it nevertheless features plenty of terrific blues-rock and some lovely acoustic forays. Titles like "Night Flight", "Boogie with Stu" and "Black Country Woman" may not be the most immediately recognizable, but they're among Zep's most infectious blooze-n-boogie-grinds.
   "Physical Graffiti" is a monument, one of the most epic double studio albums of the 70s, right up there with "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs", and bested only, perhaps, by the Stones' unrivalled "Exile on Main Street".



2. BEST ZEPPELIN ALBUM! THIS IS A SAMPLER PLATE OF EVERYTHING LED ZEPPELIN DID WELL; HARD ROCK, BLUES, ACOUSTIC, BALLADS. IF I COULD ONLY HAVE ONE ZEPPELIN ALBUM, THIS WOULD BE THE ONE! ROCK ON!



3. The quality of the individual song may not be up to Led Zeppelin 1,2, or 4, but the diversity, indulgence, and inspiration make it just as interesting, good, and ultimatly the most entertaining. The essential Led Zeppelin album.
   
   Note. People one gave this or other Led Zeppelin/Jimi Hendrix/Pink Floyd/Beatles etc, albums one star often listen to foreigner and mention it in their comments. What does this tell you? Foreigner, Genesis, and Yes stink and people who listen to them have no taste. If you want a better progressive group, go to pretty much any other band.



4. This is essential Led Zeppelin. One of the most influential rock albums of all times, period. Long before Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel came onto world beat, Page and Plant were incorporating musical elements from north Africa and Asia -- which they experienced for the first time following Led Zeppelin's first tour of these locations.



5. This album will indelibly be associated with one of my worst acid trips ever way back in the late 80s. There was this block party in college, and I ended up sitting in a room for four hours, listening to this repeatedly, along with Back In Black by AC/DC. Luckily, my friend had a great record collection.
   
   I remember Kashmir scared me, but, for some reason, In My Time of Dying, calmed me, and made me think that even if I met the Grim Reaper that day, it wouldn't be all that bad. Ten Years Gone is an epic among epics; of which this album basically consists.
   
   So I want to thank Zeppelin for helping through a terrifying 12 or so hours. Right now I'm on a kick where I'm listening to the aforementioned Ten Years, along with Carouselambra from their final, In Through The Out Door, a truly underrated work. It's hard to believe in an age where a band makes one good MP3, just how many truly amazing songs and albums these fellas put out. It staggers the mind.