Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886973922323
Format: Collector's Edition
Label: SonyBMG
Manufacturer: SonyBMG
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: SonyBMG
Release Date: October 20, 2008
Studio: SonyBMG

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Disc 1:

1. Rock 'n' Roll Train
2. Skies On Fire
3. Big Jack
4. Anything Goes
5. War Machine
6. Smash 'n' Grab
7. Spoilin' For A Fight
8. Wheels
9. Decibel
10. Stormy May Day
11. She Likes Rock 'n' Roll
12. Money Made
13. Rock 'n' Roll Dream
14. Rocking All The Way
15. Black Ice

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Such are the near-generational gaps between latter-day AC/DC albums that it's always tempting to hail the arrival of a new one as a return to form. Black Ice arrives a whopping eight years after the band's last offering, Stiff Upper Lip, but one chorus into "Rock N Roll Train", the wise man would conclude that any evolution here is as slow and incremental as, well, evolution. A punchy, straightforward opener that finds Angus Young in good riff and Brian Johnson preaching a familiar gospel of schoolgirls and schoolboys, fantasy and ecstasy, it's familiar in the best possible way. A little deeper into Black Ice, however, and there's evidence of a slightly altered approach. Producer Brendan O'Brien softens and fleshes out the stripped-down, electric blues sound AC/DC rediscovered on 1995's Ballbreaker, and in places the band follow suit--take "Anything Goes", a poppy stomp that recalls O'Brien's other recent charge, Bruce Springsteen. Elsewhere, "Stormy May Day" and "Money Made" find Young taking up the slide for a few Zeppelin-flavoured licks. A few new paths, then, but all in all, the destination is pretty much the same: another solid late-period AC/DC album that, while unlikely to dislodge Back in Black from the fan's pedestal, finds its makers rocking into ripe old age. --Louis Pattison




Rating: - AC/DC warm, but not warm enough
It's an interesting album Black Ice, it's a marked improvement on the last two Ballbreaker and Stiff Upper Lip, but I wouldn't say there was anything special about it. Usually when a classic album comes out, there's two maybe three stand out tracks on it where the band excels themselves, but on this there aren't any. There are some good tracks like Rock n Roll Train, Big Jack, Money Made, Spoilin for a fight, but no classics. There's isn't a bad song on this album, but it all sounds so familiar, ... Read More

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Rating: - Predictable
There are decent riffs on this album that lift it above some of the more lackadaisical offerings of Brian Johnston-era AC/DC (the equally forgettable Fly on the Wall, Ballbreaker, and Stiff Upper Lip), but it's a predominantly pedestrian set of songs.
Considering 8 years has elapsed since their last studio release (Stiff Upper Lip - although work began on Black Ice in 2006), you might expect them to pool their combined talent to write a more dynamic collection of songs - the album becomes ... Read More

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Rating: - Poor quality again
First let me say I am and always have been a massive AC/DC fan.I have travelled around the country and around the world to see them live which is always a stunning gig.
But this album is poor,really poor.Sounds like they got together friday afternoon after a pub lunch and wrote and recorded the whole lot before teatime.lyrically the worst album I have ever heard,god knows how many times you can use rock and roll in a song, but this must be near the limit.
Produced in an outside toilet ... Read More

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Rating: - The only surprise is just how good this is...
It's good to have AC/DC back and, if the title and cover is anything to go by, also in Black. This, their Brendan O'Brien-produced 15th studio album, is no departure from their successful hard-riffing sound but is a more than worthy addition to an impressive career, perhaps because of just how long it was in the making. From start to finish, this album took over two years, mainly owing to an injury to bassist Cliff Williams' hand, leaving him unable to play for 18 months, leaving all of that time ... Read More

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Rating: - Eight years. It's like they never went away!
And after all this time they're as boring and predictable as ever! Great work, Angus!

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