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Back in Black

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Back in Black
A black cover with "ACϟDC / BACK IN BLACK" in grey
Studio album by
AC/DC
Released25 July 1980 (1980-07-25)
RecordedApril – May 1980
StudioCompass Point (Nassau)
Genre
Length42:11
Label
ProducerRobert John "Mutt" Lange
AC/DC chronology
Highway to Hell
(1979) 		Back in Black
(1980) 		For Those About to Rock We Salute You
(1981)
Singles from Back in Black
  1. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
    Released: 15 August 1980 [1]
  2. "Hells Bells"
    Released: 31 October 1980 (EU)
  3. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
    Released: November 1980 (UK)
  4. "Back in Black"
    Released: December 1980 (US)

Back in Black is a 1980 album by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It was the first album made without former band member Bon Scott. Back in Black was intended as a tribute to his death.[2] One song from the album, "You shook me all night long", ranked number thirty-four on the Billboard charts.[3] This was the first time a heavy metal song appeared in the Top 40. Even today, record producers rank 'Back in Black' as the standard for how a hard rock song should sound.[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Hells Bells" 5:10
  2. "Shoot to Thrill" 5:17
  3. "What Do You Do for Money Honey" 3:33
  4. "Given the Dog a Bone" 3:30
  5. "Let Me Put My Love into You" 4:16
  6. "Back in Black" 4:15
  7. "You Shook Me All Night Long" 3:30
  8. "Have a Drink on Me" 3:57
  9. "Shake a Leg" 4:06
  10. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" 4:15

References

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  1. ↑ "AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Clinton Walker, Highway to Hell: The Life and Death of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott (Portland, OR: Verse Chorus Press, 2007), p. 281
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 100 Greatest Albums, ed. Jacob Hoye (New York:Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2004), p. 183


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