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Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap est le 3e album du groupe de hard rock australien AC/DC sorti en 1976.
L'album est d'abord sorti en Australie sous le label Albert Production le 20 septembre 1976. Une édition modifiée de l'album est ensuite sortie en Europe sous le label Atlantic le 12 décembre 1976. L'album ne sortit aux États-Unis qu'en avril 1981, identique à la version européenne.
La version internationale contient le morceau Love at First Feel, ainsi que Rocker (écourté de 4 secondes par rapport à l'album dont il est extrait, T.N.T., sorti uniquement en Australie) à la place de R.I.P. (Rock in Peace) et Jailbreak.
Jailbreak est sorti en 1985 sur l'album '74 Jailbreak et R.I.P. (Rock in Peace) en 2009 sur le CD de raretés studio du coffret Backtracks.
Les chansons Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap et Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire) ont également été écourtées de quelques secondes sur la version internationale ; leurs versions non écourtées, ainsi que celle de Rocker, sont sorties sur l'édition collector de Backtracks, coffret sorti en 2009.
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There's a real sense of menace to "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap," the title song of AC/DC's third album. More than most of their songs to date, it captured the seething malevolence of Bon Scott, the sense that he reveled in doing bad things, encouraged by the maniacal riffs of Angus and Malcolm Young who provided him with their most brutish rock & roll yet. But for as glorious as the title track was, the entire album served as a call to arms from a group that wanted nothing more than to celebrate the dirtiest, nastiest instincts humans could have, right down to the insurgent anti-authority vibe that runs throughout the record. Take "Big Balls" -- sure, it's a dirty joke, but it's a dirty joke with class overthrow in mind. There's a sense on Dirty Deeds that AC/DC is storming the gates -- they're problem children sick of waiting around to be a millionaire, so they're gonna make their own money, even if they take down others as they go. That's what gives Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap its supercharged, nervy pulse; there's a real sense of danger to this record, something that can't be hidden beneath the jokes. Maybe that's why the album wasn't released in the U.S. until 1981, after Bon's death, after AC/DC had become millionaires -- if it arrived any earlier, it would have been too insurrectionist for the common good.
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