For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Lesser bands might have been put off their stride by the death of their lead singer, but not AC/DC. No sooner had Bon Scott met his whiskey-sodden end in 1980 than AC/DC recruited a new singer, Brian Johnson--who sounded almost exactly like Scott--and released, in Back In Black, the biggest-selling album of their career. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) is a suitably triumphant follow-up. The cannon-punctuated title track--the most auspicious marriage of music and artillery since Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture"--still provides a spectacular finale to AC/DC concerts. For Those About To Rock... also confirmed that Johnson's lyrical preoccupations were broadly congruent with those of his predecessor: "Let's Get It Up" and "Inject The Venom" are as subtle as they sound. For Those About To Rock... is a record Beavis & Butthead would describe as "cool"--and, as usual, they'd be right.--Andrew Mueller

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Customer reviews

review by: Music maestro date: 2008-10-16 rating:
For Those who made this rock (I Salute You)
This album is classic AC/DC and full of the punchy, energetic, anthemic rock we're all used to from the lads. And of course the vocals are as distinctive as ever. There is not a lot more to say that has not already been said by other reviewers other than this is a must-have album for any AC/DC fan and for anyone who likes their rock.

Let's Get It Up, Inject The Venom, Spellbound and Night Of The Long Knives are personal favourites, and I defy you not to break out your air guitar.

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review by: date: 2008-10-16 rating:
Outstanding
Ok, I'm a bit biased here. For Those About To Rock was the first AC/DC album I ever heard way back in early 1982 and I love it as much now as I did then. Beano Johnson gets his second crack at the whip fronting the band and he's clearly having the time of his life while the rest of the boys just do what they do best.

There's little point in doing a track-by-track analysis because there isn't a single number on this record that is anything less than fantastic. Even the more critically-maligned songs such as Breaking The Rules and Night Of The Long Knives just take my breath away. The riffs are so ingrained into my memory that I even subconsciously ripped off Put The Finger On You when writing a song for my own band and didn't notice until the bass player pointed it out to me. I'm gonna have to go back and change that now. Mutt Lange's production remains slick and on the heavy side and that suits the album very well.

In short, it's almost perfect. I prefer it to Back In Black and it remains the yardstick by which I judge all of the Johnson era albums. If you haven't bought it you are truly missing out. Turn on One-Click and BUY IT NOW!!!

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review by: chiefengineer3 date: 2007-12-23 rating:
Brilliant, but not their best.
First off I'd like to point out that FTATR would be a five star review if it was compared only to the majority of the dross presently pumped out. The problem is that it can only be compared to Back in Black given that they were produced so close together and have in many ways a similar sound. And there is the slight problem - Back in Black is a "once in a lifetime" album and as I can only give five stars then FTATR must have less. It's still a great record though and it along with Flick of the Switch and Fly on the Wall make up the best period of records that AC/DC pumped out with Brian Johnson after BiB. There is on this record of course a couple of classics - For Those About to Rock and Lets Get It Up can bear comparison to anything on Black in Black easily. The rest of the songs are just a little bit less good. Overall though an excellent record and one that does evoke a golden period in AC/DC's history.

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review by: a.ka. enter sandman date: 2007-12-17 rating:
AC/DC SHOULD HAVE QUIT AFTER SCOTT DIED
As if the stupid acronym title isn't bad enough, this CD has Brian Johnson on it and we all know that AC/DC was done for after Scott died. They should have quit right there and not gone through the shame of awful vocals brought to them by Johnson the imposter. Any CDs without Scott are awful because of the vocalists, and if you want to experience the unobstructed raw power of Angus Young's guitar playing then you need to purchase any of the Scott albums. I most recommend "Highway to Hell". But that's the album to look for, the classic HTH. All other AC/DC albums are soiled.


review by: the9crow date: 2007-12-14 rating:
Better live :-)
Every time i listen to this album i see myself at the monsters of rock at Donnington when they headlined, they were fantastic,, "good times".
To me this album is there best as it really drives home that AC DC rocks "hard".

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