AC/DC – Back in Black – Sealed Original Vinyl Record Album
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AC/DC – Back in Black – Sealed Original Vinyl Record Album
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Catalog Number: SD 16018 (Atlantic)
Conditions
Vinyl
- Side 1: Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)
- Side 2: Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)
Labels
- Side 1: Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)
- Side 2: Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)
Covers
- Front Cover: Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)
- Back Cover: Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)
Inside Cover: Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)
Spine: Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)
Seems
- Top: Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)
- Bottom: Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)
Inner Sleeve: Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)
Additional Items:
Released: 25 July 1980
Recorded: April – May 1980 at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas and Electric Lady Studios, New York City, New York
Back in Black is an album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the seventh Australian and sixth internationally released studio album by the band.
Released on 25 July 1980, Back in Black was the first AC/DC album recorded without former lead singer Bon Scott, who died on 19 February at the age of 33, and was dedicated to him. The band considered disbanding following his death, but they ultimately decided to continue, with encouragement from Scott's parents, and shortly thereafter hired Brian Johnson as their new lead singer and lyricist. Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who had previously worked with AC/DC on Highway to Hell, was again brought in to produce. The album was recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, and Electric Lady Studios in New York, where the album was also mixed.
Back in Black was originally mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York. It was remastered and re-released in 1994, then again as part of the Bonfire box set in 1997, and as part of the AC/DC Remasters series in 2003 by George Marino. In addition, a DualDisc version was released in 2004, featuring the album in enhanced LPCM Stereo format and the video documentary The Story of Back in Black.
As of June 2011, the album has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide,[2] making it tied for second highest-selling album of all time, the highest-selling album by a band (together with Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon), the best-selling hard rock album of all-time, and the best-selling album ever released by an Australian musical act. On 13 December 2007, the RIAA certified it 22x multi-platinum, recognizing sales of 22 million in the US,[3] making it the sixth-highest-selling album in the US (fourth-highest at the time).[4] "Back in Black" is the 77th album in the ranking "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" of the American magazine Rolling Stone.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Brian Johnson.
Side one
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Hells Bells"
5:10
2.
"Shoot to Thrill"
5:17
3.
"What Do You Do for Money Honey"
3:33
4.
"Given the Dog a Bone"
3:30
5.
"Let Me Put My Love Into You"
4:16
Side two
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Back in Black"
4:14
2.
"You Shook Me All Night Long"
3:30
3.
"Have a Drink on Me"
3:57
4.
"Shake a Leg"
4:06
5.
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
4:15
- According to the official AC/DC website and most worldwide releases, track four is "Given the Dog a Bone". On some albums, particularly Australian releases, it is sometimes shown as either "Givin' the Dog a Bone" or "Giving the Dog a Bone".
Sales
World wide, Back in Black is the second best-selling album of all time, behind only Michael Jackson's Thriller. Back in Black was very successful around the world, and despite never reaching no. 1 on the US Billboard 200, it received the 22x multi-platinum distinction, denoting 22 million albums sold. This currently places it sixth in the list of best-selling albums in the US (behind Thriller, Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975), Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV, Pink Floyd's The Wall, and Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II).[4]
Back in Black stayed on the Billboard chart for 131 weeks, never reaching no. 1. However, it did reach no. 1 in Australia and the UK. In April 2010, it re-entered the Billboard charts at no. 181.
In 2014, Back in Black re entered the Billboard Charts at no. 73. As of 9 June 2014, Back In Black remains on the current Billboard 200 list, at no. 142.[25]
The album has also sold one million or more copies in Canada, Germany and France.[26] The album has sold 50 million copies worldwide.
Music videos
AC/DC recorded six music videos for the album which were recorded in Breda, in the Netherlands. The songs they used for the videos were "Back in Black", "Hells Bells", "What Do You Do for Money Honey", "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Let Me Put My Love Into You", and "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution", and were basic performance videos. Most of these remained officially unreleased until "Back in Black", "Hells Bells", "What Do You Do for Money Honey", and "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution", as well as the 1986 video for "You Shook Me All Night Long" which was filmed for the Who Made Who album, were released on the Family Jewels DVD. The original video for "You Shook Me All Night Long" was later released on the promo DVD Back in Black: The Videos and on the Backtracks box sets. One thing to note about both videos is the original 1980 video features drummer Phil Rudd, who appears on the actual track, while the 1986 video features Simon Wright who replaced Rudd in 1983. However, Rudd would return in 1994. This is not the first time Wright appeared in an AC/DC video for a track originally recorded with Rudd. Rudd appeared on Flick of the Switch (1983) while Wright appeared on the tour and videos for that album. "Let Me Put My Love Into You" still remains unreleased but can be viewed on YouTube.
DualDisc versions
Back in Black was included among a group of fifteen DualDisc releases that were test marketed in two cities in the US: Boston and Seattle. The DualDisc has the standard album on one side, and bonus material on the second side.
The DualDisc version was subsequently reissued in a commercial version that is somewhat different than the rare test market version.
Personnel
- Brian Johnson – lead vocals
- Angus Young – lead guitar
- Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Phil Rudd – drums
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year
Chart
Peak
position
1980
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)
6
France (IFOP)
1
German Albums (Official Top 100)
3
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)
27
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)
43
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)
18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)
12
UK Albums (OCC)
1
US Billboard 200
4
1981
Australia (Kent Music Report)
1
Canada (RPM 50 Albums)
1
Italy (FIMI)
17
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)
25
1982
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)
24
1991
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)
31
2001
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)
39
2002
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)
29
2003
France (IFOP)
1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)
27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)
53
2004
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)
33
2005
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)
8
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)
33
2007
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)
21
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)
19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)
50
2008
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)
31
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)
33
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)
43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)
36
2009
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)
37
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)
27
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)
9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)
26
2010
Australian Albums (ARIA)
44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)
82
US Billboard Top Pop Catalog
1
2011
French Albums (SNEP)
160
2012
French Albums (SNEP)
126
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)
38
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)
88
US Billboard 200
4
US Billboard Top Digital Albums
18
US Billboard Top Pop Catalog
1
2013
US Billboard 200
4
US Billboard Top Pop Catalog
1
2014
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)
61
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)
33
French Albums (SNEP)
160
US Billboard 200
4
US Billboard Top Pop Catalog
1
Year-end charts
Chart (1980)
Position
Canada (RPM Top 100 Albums)
47
France (IFOP)
2
Chart (1981)
Position
Canada (RPM Top 100 Albums)
9
Italy (FIMI)
48
Sales and certifications
Region
Certification
Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)
Platinum
60,000x
Australia (ARIA)
12× Platinum
840,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)
Platinum
50,000x
Canada (Music Canada)
Diamond
1,000,000^
France (SNEP)
2× Platinum
1,384,600[26]
Germany (BVMI)
2× Platinum
1,000,000^
Italy (FIMI)
Platinum
100,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)
Gold
50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)
2× Platinum
100,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)
Platinum
300,000^
United States (RIAA)
22× Platinum
22,000,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
Singles
Year
Single
Chart
Peak position
1980
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
UK Singles Chart
15
"You Shook Me All Night Long"
US Billboard Hot 100
35
UK Singles Chart
38
1981
"Back in Black"
US Billboard Hot 100
37
US Billboard Top Tracks
51
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