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AC/DC (09) - Flick Of The Switch
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Flick of the Switch
1983 studio album by AC/DC
Flick of the Switch is the ninth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. The album was deemed a commercial disappointment after it failed to match the sales figures of the band’s two previous releases, 1980’s Back in Black and 1981’s For Those About to Rock, and its release represented the beginning of the band’s commercial decline. The third AC/DC album to feature lead vocalist Brian Johnson, the album is also the last to feature drummer Phil Rudd before his return on Ballbreaker (1995). The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.
the Switch, they found they weren’t able to just pick up where they’d left off. The production credit the album bore, to Malcolm and Angus themselves, was merely the tip of the iceberg of a purging the pair had effected throughout the entire band and its infrastructure. It’s a classic syndrome: the successful campaigner who fears his own troops. But Malcolm and Angus never trusted anyone anyway. They sacked practically everybody: Mutt Lange, who had artistically engineered their breakthrough; drummer Phil Rudd; Peter Mensch, who had himself usurped Michael Browning, even de-facto photographer Robert Ellis was ousted. The replacement of Rudd by Englishman Simon Wright meant that there wasn’t an Australian-born member left in the band.
Album cover
The Flick of the Switch cover is a simple, pencil-drawn picture of Angus Young hanging from a giant power switch, illustrated by artist Brent Richardson, that Young had sketched out to reflect the simple, raw approach of the album. Atlantic Records hated it. Angus had wanted the album graphics to be embossed the same way that Back in Black had been but, according to Ian Jeffrey, Atlantic did not want to spend the money because they believed the album contained no hit singles.[11]
Reception
Recorded shortly after their 1982 European tour at the beginning of 1983, the album was originally released with little promotion in the US on 19 August 1983. The album reached No. 4 in UK and No. 15 in the US, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.[17] In his original Rolling Stone review, David Fricke noted, "Produced by the band, Flick of the Switch isn’t quite the monster blowout that 1980’s Back in Black was, and the Youngs’ retooling of old riffs for new hits also teeters on self-plagiarism at times.” Canadian journalist Martin Popoff considered the album "the blinding furious peak of the Brian Johnson era”, where AC/DC recaptured "the raw edge lost during the Mutt Lange years... even if the songs were starting to relive past glories”.[14] Steve Huey of AllMusic was of the same opinion, writing that "as perhaps indicated by the record’s idiotic original title, the utterly generic I Like to Rock, AC/DC seemed to be running out of ideas at an alarming rate, and their record sales began to reflect that fact."[12] Malcolm Young later said of the LP, "It was thrown together real quick. I wouldn’t say it’s a great album..."[11]
Cash Box said of the title track that it "blasts off in suitable fashion with a basic hard rock guitar riff from Angus Young followed by Brian Johnson’s just-as-basic hard rock squeals” and the rest of the song follows in kind, consistent with the song’s lyrics that "with a flick of the switch she’ll blow you sky high."[18]
1983 studio album by AC/DC
Flick of the Switch is the ninth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. The album was deemed a commercial disappointment after it failed to match the sales figures of the band’s two previous releases, 1980’s Back in Black and 1981’s For Those About to Rock, and its release represented the beginning of the band’s commercial decline. The third AC/DC album to feature lead vocalist Brian Johnson, the album is also the last to feature drummer Phil Rudd before his return on Ballbreaker (1995). The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.
the Switch, they found they weren’t able to just pick up where they’d left off. The production credit the album bore, to Malcolm and Angus themselves, was merely the tip of the iceberg of a purging the pair had effected throughout the entire band and its infrastructure. It’s a classic syndrome: the successful campaigner who fears his own troops. But Malcolm and Angus never trusted anyone anyway. They sacked practically everybody: Mutt Lange, who had artistically engineered their breakthrough; drummer Phil Rudd; Peter Mensch, who had himself usurped Michael Browning, even de-facto photographer Robert Ellis was ousted. The replacement of Rudd by Englishman Simon Wright meant that there wasn’t an Australian-born member left in the band.
Album cover
The Flick of the Switch cover is a simple, pencil-drawn picture of Angus Young hanging from a giant power switch, illustrated by artist Brent Richardson, that Young had sketched out to reflect the simple, raw approach of the album. Atlantic Records hated it. Angus had wanted the album graphics to be embossed the same way that Back in Black had been but, according to Ian Jeffrey, Atlantic did not want to spend the money because they believed the album contained no hit singles.[11]
Reception
Recorded shortly after their 1982 European tour at the beginning of 1983, the album was originally released with little promotion in the US on 19 August 1983. The album reached No. 4 in UK and No. 15 in the US, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.[17] In his original Rolling Stone review, David Fricke noted, "Produced by the band, Flick of the Switch isn’t quite the monster blowout that 1980’s Back in Black was, and the Youngs’ retooling of old riffs for new hits also teeters on self-plagiarism at times.” Canadian journalist Martin Popoff considered the album "the blinding furious peak of the Brian Johnson era”, where AC/DC recaptured "the raw edge lost during the Mutt Lange years... even if the songs were starting to relive past glories”.[14] Steve Huey of AllMusic was of the same opinion, writing that "as perhaps indicated by the record’s idiotic original title, the utterly generic I Like to Rock, AC/DC seemed to be running out of ideas at an alarming rate, and their record sales began to reflect that fact."[12] Malcolm Young later said of the LP, "It was thrown together real quick. I wouldn’t say it’s a great album..."[11]
Cash Box said of the title track that it "blasts off in suitable fashion with a basic hard rock guitar riff from Angus Young followed by Brian Johnson’s just-as-basic hard rock squeals” and the rest of the song follows in kind, consistent with the song’s lyrics that "with a flick of the switch she’ll blow you sky high."[18]
Band or Artist:
AC/DC
Release Year:
1983
Length:
38
Barcode:
828768666029
Country:
Bahamas
Format:
CD
Speed:
N/A
Genre:
Power Metal
Rock
Heavy Metal
Classic Rock
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Catalog Number:
5107672
Producer:
AC/DC
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AllMusic Rating:
2
Record Label:
Atlantic
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Recording Location:
Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
Number of Tracks:
10
Album Type:
Album
Quality:
320 kbit/s
Number of Discs:
1
Date Added:
2018-06-28 16:36:22
Packaging:
Jewel Case
Series:
Studio Album
Series Order:
9
Automatic Estimated Value:
en_GB@rg=nzzzzz 3385
Automatic Estimated Date:
2025-05-23
Date Added:
2018-06-28 16:36:22
