AC/DC
Powerage
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Sealed, Latest Reissue Pressing. "Powerage Was A First In The Sense That It Debuted Bassist Cliff Williams, But It Really Is More Of A Final Curtain To The Band's Early Years. It Would Be The Last Produced By Vanda & Young, The Legendary Australian Production Team Who Also Helmed Hits By The Easybeats, And It Was The Last Before AC/DC Became Superstars. As Such, It's Perhaps The Most Overlooked Of Their '70s Records, Also Because, Frankly, It Is The Most Uneven Of Them. Not That It's A Bad Record -- Far From It, Actually. There Are A Few Genuine Classics Here, Most Notably "Down Payment Blues" And "Up To My Neck In You," And There's A Real Appeal In How Bon Scott's Gutter Poems Of Excess Are Reaching A Mythic Level; There's A Real Sense That He Truly Does Believe That Rock & Roll Leads Straight To Hell On "Rock 'N' Roll Damnation." But Overall, The Record Is Just A Bit Too Wobbly, One Where The Parts Don't Add Up To A Record As Hard And Addictive As Before -- But There's Still Plenty Worth Hearing Here." AMG - Stephen Thomas Erlewine.