General Article name: POWERAGE
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: EPC Number of tracks: 9 Duration: 39:24 Tracklist - 1 AC/DC / Scott, Bon - Rock 'N' Roll Damnation 3:35 AC/DC / Scott, Bon - Down Payment Blues 6:00 AC/DC / Scott, Bon - Gimme a Bullet 3:21 AC/DC / Scott, Bon - Riff Raff 5:14 AC/DC / Scott, Bon - Sin City 4:40 AC/DC / Scott, Bon - What's Next to the Moon 3:28 AC/DC / Scott, Bon - Gone Shootin' 5:04 AC/DC / Scott, Bon - Up to My Neck in You 4:10 AC/DC / Scott, Bon - Kicked in the Teeth 4:03   Description Description

Powerage was a first in the sense that it debuted bassist Cliff Williams, but it really is more of a final curtain to the band's early years. It would be the last produced by Vanda & Young, the legendary Australian production team who also helmed hits by the Easybeats, and it was the last before AC/DC became superstars. As such, it's perhaps the most overlooked of their '70s records, also because, frankly, it is the most uneven of them. Not that it's a bad record -- far from it, actually. There are a few genuine classics here, most notably "Down Payment Blues" and "Up to My Neck in You," and there's a real appeal in how Bon Scott's gutter poems of excess are reaching a mythic level; there's a real sense that he truly does believe that rock & roll leads straight to hell on "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation." But overall, the record is just a bit too wobbly, one where the parts don't add up to a record as hard and addictive as before -- but there's still plenty worth hearing here. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Contributors Artist: AC/DC Record Label: EPC