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Powerage è il quinto album in studio degli AC/DC, pubblicato nel 1978.
Esistono alcuni vinili, soprattutto nelle prime versioni europee, che contengono la canzone "Cold hearted man" ed altre edizioni che presentano un diverso mixaggio nelle seguenti canzoni: "Rock 'n' roll damnation", "Down * * payment blues", "Gimme a Bullet", "Riff Raff", "What's next to the moon", "Gone Shootin'" e "Kicked in the teeth".
La canzone "Cold hearted man" è presente solo nei primi album rilasciati in Europa; in seguito venne inserita nella versione dell'album distribuito in Australia. È stata ripubblicata nel 2010 nella raccolta Iron Man 2.
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Powerage was a first in the sense that it debuted bassist Cliff Williams, but it really is more of a final curtain to the band's early years. It would be the last produced by Vanda & Young, the legendary Australian production team who also helmed hits by the Easybeats, and it was the last before AC/DC became superstars. As such, it's perhaps the most overlooked of their '70s records, also because, frankly, it is the most uneven of them. Not that it's a bad record -- far from it, actually. There are a few genuine classics here, most notably "Down Payment Blues" and "Up to My Neck in You," and there's a real appeal in how Bon Scott's gutter poems of excess are reaching a mythic level; there's a real sense that he truly does believe that rock & roll leads straight to hell on "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation." But overall, the record is just a bit too wobbly, one where the parts don't add up to a record as hard and addictive as before -- but there's still plenty worth hearing here.
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