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List Price: $26.99 | | Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
Salesrank: 433177
Released: March 25, 2008 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Let There Be Rock Track Listing:
1. Go Down
2. Dog Eat Dog
3. Let There Be Rock
4. Bad Boy Boogie
5. Problem Child
6. Overdose
7. Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be
8. Whole Lotta Rosie
Let There Be Rock Reviews:
THE RAWEST ROCK AND ROLL EVER MADE!!!!! 
2009-08-07 - You better F'in believe that the sounds that come from the Young brothers axes on this bit are the absolute rawest guitar sounds ever put down on wax. This is an album that demands volume. I've put it on once or twice, just to play as background music at a low decible... and it's never long before the switch is cranked. This music is meant to engulf a room with pulsing bass, thumping drums, and guitar that shredddds. Some guitars shred, but this F*KKKKKKIN SHRRRRRREDS!!!! You can feel it right against your eardrums... it feels awesome.
Now, as far as imports to domestics go, the only reason to buy an imported AC/DC album would have to be for the tracks that were never pressed on US versions. The aussie release of LTBR has a track called Crabsody in Blue, but it doesn't seem to be on this import, therefore I recommend looking elsewhere for this track (try the version with the different album cover), or just getting the domestic print. ***FYI: I have all of AC/DC's recorded material, and in my opinion Crabsody is pretty much garbage/filler. For an album that plays out entirely with loud, raw, and twisted chords and sheer intensity, the slow bluesy Crabsody is completely out of place, and almost sounds like a poor demo tape. Prob my least favorite track out of the Bon years. I say, Fuh-get about it! Crabs.
Otherwise, this is a must have album. It bridges AC/DC's earliest punk like basement productions, to their later more polished productions of the Bon era. With Let There Be Rock the idea was to blow up speakers. This album almost puts Bon Scott in the background and focuses on the Young brothers completely... however Bon still makes himself well noticed on tracks like BAD BOY BOOGIE and PROBLEM CHILD.
[*imported to domestic 101 revisited, Problem Child was actually on Dirty Deeds originally, but since LTBR was released in the US before Dirty Deeds it wound up on this album,... if you find the import release with Crabsody on it, it will be in place of Problem Child... ironically the U.S. release of Dirty Deeds, released in 1981 also includes Problem Child, so you can work around it if need be.]
BUT SERIOUSLY, if you are unfamiliar with this album and are a fan of Angus Youngs riffs on other AC/DC albums, this is his prime masterpiece. Get it anyway you can! This is music you can truly FEEL! Thank the production team of Vanda/Young for putting this unrelenting and absolutely amazing noise onto tape!
Crabsody in blue is NOT on this disk. 
2009-03-02 - I payed the extra money based on reviewers saying crabsody is on this version but it's not.
A Must-Have for any early-AC/DC lover
2008-11-09 - I bought the the Australian release of Let There be Rock for one reason: Crabsody in Blue. This rarity is well-worth the money you will have to pay to get this excellent album. AC/DC at its finest. Crabsody in Blue contains a melodic verse and a buildup with that bluesy growl that sends shivers down any true AC/DC fan's spine. Beautiful track that showcases the lyrical entendres of Scott and the Young Brothers' awesomely vintage tone.
LIGHT.... SOUND... DRUMS.... GUITAR!!! (And bass. Don't forget bass. People do that way too often)
2008-09-15 - Five instruments, one molten guitar tone, and one awesome, charismatic front man - this is metal minimalism. It takes talent to pull something like this off, since if you don't know what you're doing it'll just sound boring. And while it is totally repetitive, seven of these eight songs spatter blood, guts, and dangerous levels of wattage everywhere. You know that scene in Back to the Future where Marty plugs into that huge amp, plays a power chord, and is sent flying backwards? That's this album. If you like the style, you'll probably appreciate this album - if you don't, there's a good chance you'll disdain it. But I like it! You got the guitars shooting sparks and lightning bolts everywhere, Bon Scott parodying the cocky machismo of most rock frontmen, and not much else. But you don't need much else! The tone is set for this album by the overwhelming rock power of "Go Down," which makes the best of its simple but absolutely catchy riff. It's about the tone, man! And Angus' solos. Bon Scott's funny on it, too, singing about a girl with lips that "make a heathen pray". And it's not because of the way she talks, either. Or the way she kisses. Actually, it depends on where she plants that wet one. *Drummer does the "ba-doom, crash!" thing*. And it doesn't let up, either! Check out the chugging, birth-of-rock title track (a classic!), the retro Chuck Berry boogie of "Whole Lotta Rosie" (another classic!), and the twenty-kajillion ton payload of "Problem Child" (a third classic! Noticing a pattern?). "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" is a fine song, too. It also got the group into some trouble with the evangelicals, who took one look at the title and flipped out. But don't they know a metaphor when they see one? It's about freakin' unconditional love, not literally hanging out with Satan! "Bad Boy Boogie" also kicks out the jams, parodying "Hoochie Coochie Man," "I'm Ready" and any other macho blues anthem you can name yourself. "Dog Eat Dog" is fun, too, because of Scott's cool "barking dogs" vocal. The one song that doesn't work, and the album's biggest problem other than redundancy, is "Overdose" - a single riff, and two or three lines of lyrics, repeated for six minutes. If you can somehow ignore it, you have one of AC/DC's finest albums. Oh, and listen to the guitar solos! It's Angus Young unchained, this is!
You could say she's got it all....
2006-11-22 - In 1977, AC/DC cranked it up to eleven and released their 4th album (in Australia), 'Let There Be Rock'. Very few hard rock albums before the late seventies had such a loud, raspy and metallic sound. The Young brothers created arguably their most amazing guitar reoord and it is still my favorite AC/DC disc and one of my alltime favorites period. Their earlier albums only hinted at the titanic volume and distortion of 'LTBR' and Angus played his most inspired and energetic leads. Every song is noteworthy and like 'TNT' many are not only AC/DC but also heavy metal classics. The title track is an amazing homage to the origins of rock and a tribute to men like Chuck Berry. The song simply oozes myth and riffology. "Whole Lotta Rosie" is in my opinion their greatest song (tied with "Highway to Hell") and as Bon says....she's got it all! Amazing rhythm section, fun, outrageous lyrics (about a real Tasmanian devil er...groupie supposedly!) and the most amazing lead guitar by Angus of course who rips off not one but two incredible lead breaks, including the one that closes the song in a maelstrom of metal anarchy! "Go Down" is an amazingly heavy blues that is aside from the volume and distortion a very pure blues, much better than "Ride On". Sex seethes through this record as Bon belts out his claims to sexual prowess ("Bad Boy Boogie", the original "moon" song), dealing with an S&M relationship ("Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be"), VD again ("Crabsody in Blue", let off the world wide release for "Problem Child", again a repeat!) and the pains of unrequited love ("Overdose", again with Angus on a roll come solo time!!!!). "Dog Eat Dog" champions the common man and the frustrated rocker. Every cut is a slegdehammer to the head and has an insane groove! I can not say enough about an album I have loved since the needle hit the groove many years ago. 'Highway to Hell' put them in the big leagues, 'Back in Black' made them superstars, but 'Let There Be Rock' created a legend in a raspy iconoclast frontman and a diminutive master of rock guitar. Long live Bon Scott and he and his band's greatest triumph. Again get the Aussie version for "Crabsody" but anyway, how or where, just get it!
