Let There Be Rock, the fourth AC/DC album -- and first to see simultaneous international release -- is as lean and mean as the original lineup ever got. Shaved down to the bone -- there are only eight tracks, giving this a lethal efficiency even with a couple of meandering jams -- this is a high-voltage, brutal record, filled with "Bad Boy Boogie." It has a bit of a bluesier edge than other AC/DC records, but this is truly the sound of the band reaching its peak. There's the near majesty of "Let There Be Rock," there's Bon Scott acknowledging with a wink that "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be," and then there's the monumental "Whole Lotta Rosie." Which gets down to a key thing about AC/DC. If Led Zeppelin were celebrating a "Whole Lotta Love," AC/DC got down to the grimy details in their leering tribute to the joys of sex with a plus-sized woman. And that's AC/DC's allure in a nutshell -- it's sweaty, dirty, nasty rock, music that is played to the last call and beyond, and they've rarely done that kind of rock better than they did here. Let There Be Rock, the fourth AC/DC album -- and first to see simultaneous international release -- is as lean and mean as the original lineup ever got. Shaved down to the bone -- there are only eight tracks, giving this a lethal efficiency even with a couple of meandering jams -- this is a high-voltage, brutal record, filled with "Bad Boy Boogie." It has a bit of a bluesier edge than other AC/DC records, but this is truly the sound of the band reaching its peak. There's the near majesty of "Let There Be Rock," there's Bon Scott acknowledging with a wink that "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be," and then there's the monumental "Whole Lotta Rosie." Which gets down to a key thing about AC/DC. If Led Zeppelin were celebrating a "Whole Lotta Love," AC/DC got down to the grimy details in their leering tribute to the joys of sex with a plus-sized woman. And that's AC/DC's allure in a nutshell -- it's sweaty, dirty, nasty rock, music that is played to the last call and beyond, and they've rarely done that kind of rock better than they did here. false 2025-11-07 18:03:43 2003 2003-01-01 2003-01-01 82 Arena Rock Arena Rock;Blues Rock;Classic Rock;Hard Rock;Heavy Metal;Rock Blues Rock Classic Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 119231 2159634 91633512-9465-4b09-b741-294b1b52528b 66c662b6-6e2f-4930-8610-912e24c63ed1 c9673ff0-15b5-394d-a5ec-3d2a27dfce83 /media/data/media7/Music/AC_DC/Let There Be Rock/folder.jpg AC/DC AC/DC 1 1 05:31 1 1 05:29 1 2 03:32 1 2 03:34 1 3 06:05 1 3 06:06 1 4 04:26 1 4 04:27 1 5 05:24 1 5 05:24 1 6 06:09 1 6 06:06 1 7 04:14 1 7 04:12 1 8 05:33 1 8 05:22