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Artist Icon Back in Black (1980)
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Back in Black es el séptimo álbum de estudio de la banda australiana de hard rock AC/DC, lanzado en 1980. Fue grabado en Bahamas y, por segunda vez, producido por Robert "Mutt" Lange, habiendo sido Highway to Hell la primera ocasión.

En este disco figura por primera vez Brian Johnson como vocalista, quien sustituyó a Bon Scott tras su trágica muerte. Las ventas internacionales del disco ascienden a 50 millones de copias, lo que lo convierte en el segundo álbum más vendido de la historia tras Thriller de Michael Jackson. El álbum está dedicado a Bon Scott, la portada del disco (el logo de AC/DC sobre un fondo negro) es un claro homenaje al cantante fallecido.

Back in Black contiene diez canciones, siendo algunos de los éxitos más grandes de la banda, como "Shoot to Thrill", "Hells Bells", "You Shook Me All Night Long", y "Back in Black". Es el álbum más vendido de la banda, así como también es el álbum de mayor venta realizado por un grupo musical además de ser el más vendido dentro del género rock con más de 50 millones de copias vendidas en todo el mundo. Su siguiente álbum, For Those About to Rock (We Salute You), alcanzó el número uno, al igual que el más reciente álbum de la banda llamado Black Ice (2008).

La canción "Back in Black" fue clasificada en el número 187 dentro de la lista de las 500 mejores canciones de todos los tiempos de Rolling Stone, y el sencillo "Shoot to Thrill" es considerado la canción más lograda de la banda. El álbum fue posicionado en la posición 73 de la lista de los 500 mejores álbumes de todos los tiempos de Rolling Stone.

El álbum también fue incluido en la ilsta de los "1001 discos que hay que escuchar antes de morir".
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The first sound on Back in Black is the deep, ominous drone of church bells -- or "Hell's Bells," as it were, opening the album and AC/DC's next era with a fanfare while ringing a fond farewell to Bon Scott, their late lead singer who partied himself straight to hell. But this implies that Back in Black is some kind of tribute to Scott, which may be true on a superficial level -- black is a funeral cover, hell's bells certainly signify death -- but this isn't filled with mournful songs about the departed. It's a more fitting tribute, actually, since AC/DC not only carried on without him, but they delivered a record that to the casual ear sounds like the seamless successor to Highway to Hell, right down to how Brian Johnson's screech is a dead ringer for Scott's growl. Most listeners could be forgiven for thinking that Johnson was Scott, but Johnson is different than Bon. He's driven by the same obsessions -- sex and drink and rock & roll, basically -- but there isn't nearly as much malevolence in his words or attitude as there was with Scott. Bon sounded like a criminal, Brian sounds like a rowdy scamp throughout Back in Black, which helps give it a real party atmosphere. Of course, Johnson shouldn't be given all the credit for Back in Black, since Angus and Malcolm carry on with the song-oriented riffing that made Highway to Hell close to divine. Song for song, they deliver not just mammoth riffs but songs that are anthems, from the greasy "Shoot to Thrill" to the pummeling "Back in Black," which pales only next to "You Shook Me All Night Long," the greatest one-night-stand anthem in rock history. That tawdry celebration of sex is what made AC/DC different from all other metal bands -- there was no sword & sorcery, no darkness, just a rowdy party, and they never held a bigger, better party than they did on Back in Black.


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