#11 “BALLBREAKER” (1995) – this was not such a memorable album, but a relentless 11-month tour in ’96 and the song “Hard As a Rock” kept the album in the forefront for 2 million happy customers. #12 “BLOW UP YOUR VIDEO” (1988) – Seriously, does anyone even remember this album?At least the single “Heatseeker” announced the beginnings of AC/DC’s recovery from its the mid-80’s creative coma. #13 “POWERAGE” (1978)-It’s just wrong that an album like “Fly on the Wall” moved a million copies and this one ONLY sold a million.This was a tremendous studio record that gave us “Sin City,” “Rock and Roll Damnation,” and “What’s Next to the Moon.”A cornerstone of the collection! (PLATINUM – 1 MILLION copies)

#14 “IF YOU WANT BLOOD, YOU GOT IT”(1978)- This was AC/DC’s first live album and the only one with Bon Scott on it, recorded as it was on the 1978 “Powerage” tour.Quite brilliant, really, it captured AC/DC as a lean and clean fighting machine. #15 “STIFF UPPER LIP”(2000) – a fairly uninspired release, this album produced no hits for the band.After a year, the album had struggled to Platinum, mainly due to the band’s relentless touring schedule, which kept AC/DC on the road from August 2000 straight through to July of the following year. radio hit a decade after it first came out overseas. #16 “74 JAILBREAK”(1984) – for a five-song 12” EP of 10-year old tracks never released outside of Australia before, this was the little record that could.Featuring Bon Scott in his early glory and a band already committed to the relentless rock-steady heavy-metal beat that would take it into a far-distant future.“Jailbreak” became a U.S. #17 “FLY ON THE WALL”(1985) – a continuation of the mid-80’s creative drought.Phallic fascinations drove the album’s most visible and sophomoric single – “Sink the Pink,” but fortunately “Shake the Foundations” helped to redeem this mess somewhat. #18 “FLICK OF THE SWITCH” (1983) – the beginning of AC/DC’s mid-80’s slump following the huge success of 1981’s “For Those About to Rock, We Salute You” album and cannon-toting tour following it.This was a terrible affair with sub-par songs that recycled everything from far-better past glories.Too-much-time-on-the-road-and-not-enough-in-the-studio syndrome? (PLATINUM – 1 MILLION copies) in a year, but has barely moved any copies since. #19 “ROCK OR BUST” (2014) – This was a short album – only 35 minutes, but it broke two singles including the title track and “Play Ball.”A big seller out of the gate, it sold half a mill in the U.S. #20 “IRON MAN 2 Soundtrack (2010) – the lowest-selling titles of AC/DC’s career are also the most recent, but its not necessarily a reflection of a lack of creativity and content.It’s more of a function of how much less people buy albums in the age of downloading individual songs.Taken on its own, this collection of 15 hits and deeper tracks is fairly monstrous! (GOLD - 500,000 copies)

Here’s AC/DC’s albums ranked from least-selling in America to best (but you probably already know #1 – it’s got a black cover!) Since 1980, the marriage has been a successful one, the only huge bump in the road being Johnson’s recent hearing problems which resulted in the singer leaving the road and the band hiring Axle Rose to fill in on AC/DC’s remaining tour dates.Happily, it seems that Johnson has rejoined AC/DC in the studio for a new set of recording sessions.Typically secretive with their plans, we have no idea whether or not this will lead to a new album and a tour to follow.We can only hope! Johnson worked his way up the rock and roll food chain, beginning his career in a group called the Gobi Desert Canoe Club.By 1970 he was going nowhere in the Jasper Hart Band, before he took his first step into the big time with the glam-metal Geordie.That group had been successful in England, enough so that when the surviving members of AC/DC put together a short list of potential singers, Johnson was on it.Ironically, before his death, it was Bon Scott who had commented on how good he though Brian Johnson’s singing was, tipping off Angus Young who would investigate further. With a new singer, the hard rockin’ AC/DC’s future was uncertain.Of course, all those fears would be dispelled in 1980 when Johnson’s first album with the band, “Back in Black,” quickly became a worldwide phenomenon.All these years later, it is one of the world’s biggest selling titles. On Ap32-year old English singer Brian Johnson joined AC/DC, replacing Bon Scott who had died after a drinking binge that February.At the time, Scott’s final album with AC/DC, “Highway to Hell,” had taken the band into Platinum territory.

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