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| 3.5 by Rolling Stone |
In the world according to AC/DC, sex, money, politics and other trappings of adulthood are a sick joke — but rock is sacred. No one this side of Chuck Berry has written so many great rock & roll... |
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| n/a by www.guardian.co.uk |
AC/DC have stuck to their guns with electrifying results. |
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| n/a by www.boston.com |
In other words, Black Ice is a quintessential, if not exactly essential, AC/DC album. |
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| n/a by www.courant.com |
It's a strong album that rarely skimps on gut-churning guitars. |
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| n/a by www.spin.com |
Scattered predictability aside, AC/DC still sound strong and hungry 35 years on, as if they could pulverize riffs in perpetuity. |
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| n/a by www.ew.com |
The appeal of AC/DC lies with their more-than-30-year-old commitment to the same no-frills metal groove. But that groove now seems in danger of becoming a rut. |
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| n/a by www.uncut.net |
If Black Ice has a weakness, its that it betrays an anxiety. As if AC/DC really might be uncharacteristically worried that their grasp on the planet is in danger of slipping. As if theyve tried to discreetly update their sound, while hoping that their rebarbative old fans wont notice what theyve done. Invincibility suits AC/DC. Self-doubt, even a microscopic hint of it, does not. |
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| n/a by www.blender.com |
Half of their new truckload feels typically phoned-in. But sometimes they surprise you, nailing the signature sounds of their '70s boogie-metal brethren. [Nov 2008, p.72] |
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| n/a by Billboard |
The seemingly ageless Australian rock combo mostly employs its same tried-and-true formula on the audio side of the Black Ice equation. |
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| n/a by www.sputnikmusic.com |
As with anything, there's catch; the 'good' only lasts four songs and about fifteen minutes out of a fifteen song, fifty-five minute record. |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
In a postmodern age of irony and cynicism, of self-absorbed navel-gazing, when too many bands want to make vapid political statements and shallow social commentary, AC/DC reliably deliver the goods: solid blues-based rock ‘n roll that gets the blood pumping and the air guitar strumming. |
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| n/a by www.villagevoice.com |
Quality stuff. Sorta like 'Send for the Man,' but better. |
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| n/a by www.tinymixtapes.com |
As a whole, Black Ice is a mess of tired conventions shoved noisily at the listener, as though just getting them all on record was good enough. |
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| n/a by www.cokemachineglow.com |
Like all AC/DC records, this is a troubling one to love. |
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| n/a by www.nowtoronto.com |
Black Ice may sound like a vintage AC/DC record in a superficial way, thanks to producer Brendan OBrien and engineer Mike Fraser, but having Brian Johnson squeal dumb cliché phrases--three of the 15 songs have rock n roll in the title while a fourth has rocking--over a steady 4/4 thump is going to bore even their most ardent followers. |
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| n/a by www.avclub.com |
Black Ice will trigger nostalgia in the devout, but inasmuch as the album reaffirms AC/DC's power, there's nothing backward-looking about it. |
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| n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com |
Black Ice is far better than anyone could have hoped, played by people who by their age should know better. |
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| n/a by www.hotpress.com |
After an eight-year hiatus, these hard rock legends return to the music scene with a banging album that has just a little less bite than others past. |
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