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Artist Icon Blow Up Your Video (1988)
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Blow Up Your Video, sorti en janvier 1988, est le 12e album du groupe de hard rock AC/DC.
Cet album, produit par Harry Vanda et George Young, est d'un nouveau style, plus vieux rock 'n' roll que le rock trouvé sur les albums précédents. C'est le dernier album avec le batteur Simon Wright, qui quitta le groupe après la tournée pour rejoindre Dio. C'est aussi le dernier album où les paroles sont écrites par Brian Johnson.
Malcolm, fatigué par son addiction à l'alcool, décida de se faire remplacer par son neveu, Stevie Young (en), sur la tournée américaine.
Les deux classiques de l'album sont Heatseeker et That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll. Ces deux chansons sont sorties en single et ont chacune un clip. Ces clips sont tous les deux présents sur la VHS Clipped et sur le DVD Family Jewels.
Seize chansons ont été enregistrées pour l'album mais seules dix ont été gardées pour l'album. Trois des chansons n'ayant pas été gardées pour l'album, Snake Eyes, Borrowed Time et Down on the Bordeline, sont sorties en tant que face B de singles puis en 2009 sur le coffret Backtracks.
Les trois autres chansons sont Let It Loose, Alright Tonight et Hard On. Ces trois chansons n'ont jamais été réalisées officiellement mais les démos des deux premières ont été volées et se sont retrouvées sur des bootlegs.
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AC/DC remained a popular concert draw throughout the '80s, although such albums as Flick of the Switch and Fly on the Wall failed to replicate their mass U.S. commercial success of 1980-1981 (Back in Black, For Those About to Rock, a reissue of Dirty Deeds). But the successful soundtrack for Stephen King's lackluster movie Maximum Overdrive, titled Who Made Who, put AC/DC back on the right track commercially. Their first new studio album of all-new material in three years, 1988's Blow Up Your Video turned out to be their most successful album since 1981's For Those About To Rock, even though it was chock full of filler. The driving album opener, "Heatseeker," turned out to be a surprising Top Ten single in the U.K., while the anthemic "That's the Way I Want to Rock n' Roll" proved to be another highlight (video clips were filmed for both songs, as well). But from there on (with the exception of "Kissin' Dynamite" and "This Means War"), it gets pretty unfocused. The album is glutted with such throwaways as "Nick of Time," "Ruff Stuff," and "Two's Up" -- completely missing the point of what made such previous albums as Back in Black so great (they simply did not contain a weak moment). Blow Up Your Video also marked the return of AC/DC's early production team, Harry Vanda and George Young, who man the boards for the first time since 1978's If You Want Blood.


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