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List Price: $22.49 | | Label: Wea International
Salesrank: 447109
Released: December 12, 2000 |
| Our Price: $35.52 |
| Used Price: $7.84 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Back in Black Track Listing:
1. Hells Bells
2. Shoot to Thrill
3. What Do You Do for Money Honey
4. Givin the Dog a Bone
5. Let Me Put My Love into You
6. Back in Black
7. You Shook Me All Night Long
8. Have a Drink on Me
9. Shake a Leg
10. Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
Editorial Review:
CD AUDIO SIDE: Entire Album
DVD SIDE: * Entire album in enhanced LPCM Stereo * The film The Story of Back in Black, featuring interviews with the band, archival footage, and in-studio performances of "Hells Bells," "You Shook Me All Night Long," "Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution," "Shoot to Thrill," and more * Discography This disc is intended to play on standard DVD and CD players. May not play on a limited number of models.
Description of Back in Black:
Most critics complain Back in Black, the album AC/DC recorded after the death of their original lead screamer Bon Scott, is ridiculously juvenile, obvious, snickering, bludgeoning, derivative, single-minded about sex and booze, a big cartoon. All true, of course, and--on rock 'n' ragers like "What Do You Do For Money Honey," "You Shook Me All Night Long," and the title track--all great. As Scott's replacement Brian Johnson reminds us, loud and crunchy, no-holds-barred "rock and roll ain't noise pollution...it makes good, good sense." Never trust anyone who refuses to drink domestic beer, laugh at the Three Stooges, or crank Back in Black. --David Cantwell
Back in Black Reviews:
THE HOLY GRAIL OF ROCK 
2009-12-06 - while i've always listened to FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK more,this is the album that all ACDC albums are measured by.not a bad song on this cd.i'll keep it short because there's nothing i can say about album that has not been said already.
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
2009-11-23 - This album is worth it just for the title track, but all the other cuts are also killer songs....Unless, of course, you don't like hard rock (in which case, don't buy this and see a therapist IMMEDIATELY!!!!)
Two stars. And it's still the best AC/DC album. 
2009-10-26 - I'm sorry, but I fail to see the praise and accolades that this album (and band, for that matter) constantly receive. There is no musical ingenuity, nor is there lyrical ingenuity. The entire album is centered around three chords, a guitar solo, some lyrics about sex and rock 'n' roll, and....that's it. While technically Angus Young is an excellent guitarist, he has no creativity when writing riffs or solos. And Brian Johnson just can't stop singing about sex in the most mundane fashion possible. For ten songs, he can't come up with one couplet that is anything but unimaginative.
Now, I did give the album two stars, because I obviously realize it's an Important Album In Rock And Roll History and all that. And Angus Young does turn out some pretty catchy licks with "Back In Black", "Hells Bells", and "You Shook Me All Night Long". But overall, the album is just plain tedious. It is AC/DC's best album though, which isn't saying much. I mean, the guys released a song entitled: "Mistress For Christmas".
Ultimately, the album falls into the category of mindless hard rock. Look, I enjoy rock and roll as much as anyone, and I do realize the album's significance as one of the top selling albums of all time. But, quite frankly, it does not deserve the status it has attained. Aerosmith, for God's sake, was able to come up with more interesting music than this. And it's not like I'm trying to sound like some musical snob by deriding the album for using (largely) three chords, I'm one of the biggest punk fans you can find. But on this album, the music sounds tiresome, bloated, and uninspired. This band is regressive in every way possible.
AC/DC is the ultimate classic rock band.
2009-10-22 - What is there to say about this album that hasn't already been said, you ask? Plenty. Everyone knows that AC/DC's Back In Black contains simple, straight-forward classics like Hell's Bells, Shoot To Thrill, and You Shook Me All Night Long, as well as other songs like What Do You Do For Money Honey and Shake A Leg, which also focus on sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, but there are three other songs that bring a deeper meaning to the album. In 1979, original AC/DC singer Bon Scott died of alcohol poisoning after a night of heavy drinking, and therefore when the band went on to release an album with new vocalist Brian Johnson in 1980, they were 'Back In Black' because they were still mourning him. However, they weren't about to quit drinking, which was made clear with Have A Drink On Me, my personal favorite AC/DC song. Bon Scott's bandmates realized that he would have wanted them move on and enjoy the party lifestyle, as long as they didn't drink as much as he did. The third song on the album that is a tribute to the late Bon Scott is Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution, which is also a response to critics who gave the band bad reviews. It states that "he'll always be with us" because "rock and roll will never die", which has proven true. AC/DC has had enormous success after Bon Scott died and the classic 70s albums that featured him on vocals are all but forgotten. AC/DC is the ultimate classic rock band and many fans consider Back In Black to be their finest hour. Even if you don't usually go for party-time classic rock, Back In Black has something for everyone and is easy to appreciate. After all, you can only listen to just so much intelligent and sophisticated music before you want to hear something simpler and easier to understand. Thus, I highly recommend this album, especially since it is now available in this very reasonably priced deluxe edition, which features all original album artwork in addition to many great photos (all in black-and-white, of course) as well as a detailed and informative essay and various memorabilia such as newspaper clippings and whatnot. This is also an enhanced CD, meaning that it provides access to even more bonus content on the band's website. Fuse music channel, which is much better than MTV, recently proclaimed the song Back In Black as the #1 heavy metal anthem of all-time, and the other songs on the album are just as good. AC/DC's Back In Black is a simple yet brilliant album that all hard rock fans should own.
Yes, I Am Back! The Bad One is Back!
2009-09-26 - One of the favorites of both critics and AC/DC fans. In my opinion it's not as good as "Highway to Hell" but still a great album. The lyrics may be a little-bit single-minded about women and partying. Still, great riffs in the songs like "Back in Black", "Hells Bells" and "You Shook Me All Night Long". The new singer Brian Johnson had a little softer voice than Bon Scott but many welcomed him. Actually, there's no bad riffs at all but there's still something missing.
Stars: Back in Black, Hells Bells, Givin the Dog a Bone
