Overview:
Flick of the Switch
definitely follows in the pattern of the last two albums that featured Brian
Johnson at the helm. There is nothing
wrong with this as it is still a competent album full of instantly recognizable
AC/DC songs. This album was not met with
much acclaim as people at the time were getting tired of the fact that AC/DC’s
discography felt like one big album. I
tend to like this album though as I feel it has more hidden gems on it than the
other albums from this era that had massive radio airplay.
Tracks you may know:
Nervous Shakedown – There were not too many songs from this
album that the public gravitated to, but this was one of them. It is more of the same, a traditional AC/DC
track.
Tracks you should
know:
Landlside – It opens with a very Ted Nugent-ish guitar part
and then just barrels full speed ahead through the rest of the song. Not a terrific song by any means by the speed
at which it is played harkens back to songs like “Rocker” from the Bon Scott
days.
Bedlam in Belgium – Yet again, another AC/DC song that
sounds like the rest of the AC/DC songs.
This is a good one though, I love the guitar riff on this and Brian
Johnson’s voice is absolutely one of a kind.
My personal favorite:
Badlands – Does it kind of sound like “Bedlam in Belgium”?
Sure. Is it still a good track? Absolutely.
Album rating:
I can see why fans and critics alike were growing tired of
the AC/DC sound. I, however, enjoyed the
fact that this album received so little fanfare that many of the tracks were
ones I had never heard before.
6/10
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