AC/DC
Highway to Hell
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | |||
| 1 | Highway to Hell | 3:28 | 312,708 | ||
| 2 | Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be | 4:10 | 46,529 | ||
| 3 | High Voltage | 5:04 | 85,090 |
About this album
Highway to Hell is the sixth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in July 1979. It is also AC/DC’s fifth international studio album. All songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. It was the last album featuring Bon Scott, who died early the following year.
It was originally released by Albert Productions, who licensed the album to Atlantic Records for release outside of Australia, and was then re-released by Epic Records in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series. On May 25th 2006, Highway To Hell was certified 7x platinum by the RIAA. In 2003, the album was ranked number 199 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. [1]
Overview
Highway to Hell is the last AC/DC album recorded with lead vocalist Bon Scott before his death in February 1980. The final words spoken by Scott on the album are “Shazbot, na-nu na-nu,” phrases used on the then-popular American sitcom, Mork and Mindy, by lead character Mork (a visiting extraterrestrial played by Robin Williams).
Highway to Hell was the first AC/DC album not produced by Harry Vanda and George Young. Pre-production of the album began in January 1979 with demos cut at Albert Studios in Sydney, Australia, where they met the intended producer, Eddie Kramer. Kramer was fired before a single track had been completed, and Robert John “Mutt” Lange was brought in to replace him.
It was originally released by Albert Productions, who licensed the album to Atlantic Records for release outside of Australia, and was then re-released by Epic Records in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series. On May 25th 2006, Highway To Hell was certified 7x platinum by the RIAA. In 2003, the album was ranked number 199 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. [1]
Overview
Highway to Hell is the last AC/DC album recorded with lead vocalist Bon Scott before his death in February 1980. The final words spoken by Scott on the album are “Shazbot, na-nu na-nu,” phrases used on the then-popular American sitcom, Mork and Mindy, by lead character Mork (a visiting extraterrestrial played by Robin Williams).
Highway to Hell was the first AC/DC album not produced by Harry Vanda and George Young. Pre-production of the album began in January 1979 with demos cut at Albert Studios in Sydney, Australia, where they met the intended producer, Eddie Kramer. Kramer was fired before a single track had been completed, and Robert John “Mutt” Lange was brought in to replace him.
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Shouts
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maju_ wrote:
angus is the best
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axlvic wrote:
AC/DC en la cumbre del ROCK. La lista de temas, qué?
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lagunabeachlive wrote:
daydreamersforum.com THE Top 100 most important and influential rock albums of all time. #6 AC/DC- Highway To Hell.
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MajorTeck wrote:
Best ACDC Album - Bon Scott rules
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XLite7 wrote:
Actually this is a good album. The tracklist here is messed up, cause only highway to hell is on this album. The other 2 songs are fom other albums. and the rest af the album is not shown. Well theyr eally messed up this upload :(
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ACDC-fan wrote:
maybe the best album ever.
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No, they're playing with rubber balls
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YOMOTHAINLAW wrote:
Classic album cover...a bunch of ugly ugly dudes...you know you're in for something kick ass.
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6:00 wrote:
I'm guessing this is a single release rather than the actual album.
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anarkibg wrote:
a must have for any rock fan
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sagm_999 wrote:
this album is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool, best cover ever btw
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FreeZeN wrote:
there need to be 10 songs in this album...
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hellrider wrote:
High voltage is on the album high voltage and hell ain't a bad place to be is on the if you want blood you've got it
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Nargilah wrote:
A touch too much \m/
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Matt1113 wrote:
Must be traffic on the highway. It's not here yet. :p
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KillingMachine wrote:
Yeah, this is the tracklist for the single. Where's the album tracklist?
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Matt1113 wrote:
I think this is the single of the song Highway to Hell and not the album.
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MetallicaACDC wrote:
High Voltage and Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be aren't on the Highway to Hell album.
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Nyk1812 wrote:
Your tracklist is a bit wrong there. Needs sorting
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