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Day: April 4, 2022

AC/DC – If You Want Blood

April 4, 2022 /

When talking about great Live albums of the past, If You Want Blood doesn’t get mentioned that often, everyone usually says Made In Japan or Strangers In The Night (the usual suspects), but this is one of the best Live albums ever recorded. If any of you were lucky to witness this line up of AC/DC, you will know they were absolutely killer Live. It’s hard to imagine today’s version of the band doing anything like this, as they are almost a completely different sounding band.

This album and Let There Be Rock are the reason that DC were classed as a metal band at the time – they put so much energy into the show. Tracks like Let There Be Rock, Whole Lotta Rosie, and Bad Boy Boogie were metal anthems at the time. If you wanted to fill the dance floor with headbangers at any rock night, then DC were the band to do it. This album is the absolute definition of the term “every home should have one”.

10/10 from The Grooveman.

BLACKEYED SUSAN – Electric Rattlebone

April 4, 2022 /

When Dizzy Dean Davidson left Britny Fox, he dropped the Dizzy and formed barroom rock n rollers, Blackeyed Susan. They signed a deal with Mercury and recorded and released this album in ’91. The album bombed, and whilst the band were on tour they were dropped by the label – so this was the band’s only official release. They sound nothing like Britny Fox, and all signs of the glam are gone and replaced with a stripped down bluesy rock n roll vibe.

I really like this album as it’s a lot more honest and more representative of what really floated Mr. Davidson’s boat. If I had to pin down a sound, I would say it’s a beefed up version of the Faces, crossed with the Georgia Satellites sitting in on a Stones session. Sympathy fits that bill perfectly and is, what I call, a Friday night drinking song. The band shows that they can write great radio friendly tunes as Nothing Else Matters would have made a great single. To nail home that Faces reference, the intro to Ride With Me is very close to the intro to Maggie May. My favourites on the album are Old Lady Snow which is a great uptempo stomper, and the very stones sounding She’s So Fine.

8/10 from The Grooveman.

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