AC/DC — Powerage (review)

AC/DC — Powerage album cover Album · 1978 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Powerage" is the 6th full-length studio album by Australian hard rock act AC/DC. The album was released through Atlantic Records in May 1978. The release history of the early studio albums by AC/DC is often a bit confusing. As the band´s international debut full-length studio album "High Voltage (1976)" is a compilation of songs from the band´s first two Australian only releases "High Voltage (1975)" and "T.N.T. (1975)", "Powerage" is actually AC/DC´s 5th full-length studio album rather than their 6th. "Powerage" is the first album by AC/DC to be released almost simultaneously in both Australian and international markets and the first where the tracklists are almost the same on all versions and the first album to feature just one cover artwork for releases in all territories.

The music on the album is the trademark sound of 70s AC/DC. Hard pumped bluesy hard rock riffing, a solid and hard rocking rythm section and Bon Scott´s raw and attitude filled vocals on top. The quality of the material is decent throughout but besides tracks like "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" and especially "Riff Raff" I don´t think "Powerage" features that many really high quality tracks. Let´s just say there are no "Highway to Hell", "TNT" or "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" on this album. As mentioned the material are still of a pretty high quality though and damn enjoyable too. So while "Powerage" might be AC/DC´s least memorable album from the 70s (at least IMO) a 3.5 (70%) rating is still more than deserved.
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