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In 1981, the year following the release of "Back In Black," an album that left an indelible mark in rock history with its over 40 million copies sold, AC/DC were unable to follow it up successfully: "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)" is a sterile, repetitive album (it's also true that this has always been a characteristic of theirs, but in many tracks, like C.O.D. and Snowballed, it borders on the banal) and conveys very few emotions.
The only exception is the title track: a song full of energy, a CANNONBALL that later became the closing piece of their concerts. Unfortunately, this is but a solitary peak in the album; the other tracks are rather predictable (with the exception of the verse of Breaking The Rules, which is made up of an unusual chord progression for the Youngs' work), and it almost seems as if they were made to frame that masterpiece which is the title track.
The caliber of this album is indicative of the process of "decay" (compared to the Bon Scott era and "Back In Black") that AC/DC would embark on (still remaining among the most prominent hard rock bands of all time) in the subsequent era with very few exceptions.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
04 Inject the Venom (03:32)
No mercy for the bad if they want it
No mercy for the bad if they plead
No mercy for the bad if they need it
No mercy from me
Tell no truth an' tell no lies
Cross your heart and hope to die
Never give what you can't take back
Scratch like a cat
If you inject your venom
It'll be your last attack
No mercy for the bad if they want it
No mercy for the bad if they plead
No mercy for the bad if they need it
V. E. N. O. M.
Got no heart, no feel no pain
Take your soul and leave a stain
Come choose your victim
Take him by surprise
Go in hard and get him
Right between the eyes and
Inject the venom
Inject the venom, c'mon
Inject the venom
Inject it all
Stick it in
Stick it
Inject the venom
Inject the venom
Inject the venom
Get it all
Inject the venom
Inject the venom
Inject it all
Inject the venom
05 Snowballed (03:23)
Crashed out of the market
Out on the floor
Washed up on the shore
Bombed outta the city
Out of the door
Blown up against the wall
Put out of the picture
Axe about to fall
Walk before you crawl
Dragged down to the bottom
Screamin' for air
The shark must get his share
You can see it comin'
Miles and miles away
Women drink and money
Are gonna make you pay
Snowballed, ooh yeah
Snowballed, they done it again
Snowballed, makin' me blind
Snowballed
The howl of the wolf
Snow in his eyes
Waitin' to take you by surprise
Eye of the needle
Heat of the fight
Watch those teeth cause they're ready to bite
You can see it comin'
Miles and miles away
Women drink and money
Are gonna make you pay
You've been
Snowballed, yes you have
Snowballed, you've been fooled again
Snowballed, that's all
Snowballed
Snowballed, snowballed, snowballed, snowballed
Snowballed, snowballed, snowballed, snowballed
You been snowballed
You been snow, you been snow, you been snow
Snowballed, balled balled balled
07 C.O.D. (03:19)
Call of a dog
Cry of a bitch
The cream of a dream is the cause of the itch
Call on the doctor
Cash on demand
If I get enough rope might even hang
C.O.D. - care of the devil
C.O.D. - the devil in me
C.O.D. - care of the devil
Care of the devil in me
The curse of love is the cause of the pain
The crime of the day is when you do it again
Call on the doctor
Cash on demand
If you give them a finger they'll take off your hand
C.O.D. - care of the devil
C.O.D. - the devil in me
C.O.D. - care of the devil
Care of the devil in me
Down to the devil with me
Call of a dog
Cry of a bitch
The sign of the sinners the size of his itch
Cry
C.O.D. - care of the devil
C.O.D. - the devil in me
C.O.D. - care of the devil
C.O.D.
C.O.D. - care of the devil
C.O.D. - the devil in me
C.O.D. - care of the devil
C.O.D. - care of the devil in me
I'm paying
Paying
I'm paying C.O.D.
Care of the devil
Care of the devil in me
It's the curse of love
08 Breaking the Rules (04:23)
Black sheep and a renegade
Hot feet in the cool of the shade
The street jungle and the tough childhoods
Examinations done no good
Got crow bars and hot wired cars
Sneak thieves and cheap cigars
No rebellion, not today
I get my kicks in my own way, right OK
Just keep on breakin' the rules
C'mon get ready to rule
Just keep on breakin' the rules
C'mon get ready to rule
Tough breaks in the neighbourhood
A hard case who's up to no good
Livin' like trash, a society rash
Ready to break and ready to dash
A bad deal and a real rough ride
Ain't doin' time on the other side
No rebellion, not today
I get my kicks in my own way, right OK
Just keep on breakin' the rules
C'mon get ready to rule
Just keep on breakin' the rules
C'mon get ready to rule
Tough breaks
They got the regulation ties, regulation shoes
Those regulation fools with their regulation rules
Just keep on breakin' the rules
C'mon get ready to rule
Just keep on breakin' the rules
C'mon get ready to rule
Just keep on breakin' the rules, breakin' the rules
Get ready
You just keep on breakin' the rules
C'mon get ready, get ready, get ready
Ready to rule
Take off your ties and your regulation shoes
You're nothing but a bunch of regulation fools, yeah
And your damn regulation rules
I'm gonna do things my own way, everyday, everyday, everyday
In every way, I ain't gonna pay no attention to your rules
10 Spellbound (04:29)
Blinded by a bright beam
Shattered by the windscreen
Stunned by the whiplash
I'm a victim of a bad crash
I can do nothing right
I never sleep at night
Can't even start a fight
My feet have left the ground
Spinning round and round
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Beaten by a blind man
Wrong way up a dead end
Screaming through a speed trap
As I tear into a tail pipe
I can do nothing right
I never sleep at night
Can't even start a fight
My feet have left the ground
Spinning round and round
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
I'm slipping down
I got my hands in the fire
I'm sliding on an oil slick
Blinded on a bad trip
Yes and nothing's going to change it
I can do nothing right
Can't even sleep at night
My feet have left the ground
I'm spinning round and round
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
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By tonycool
We are talking about the band that rivals Daft Punk for the most repetitive music.
The album reached number one on the charts as soon as it was released and it was the only one from AC/DC to do so, but its success is due to the momentum of previous hits, certainly not for its actual quality.
By Bonny91
'Perhaps this is what makes me love AC/DC so unreservedly more than anything else, their total dedication to the most classic and heartfelt rock.'
'If you only remember the bangs of the title track, pull it out from the dark recesses of your record collection and let it rock your stereo system.'
