Highway to Hell

by AC/DC

Overview

Of course, Highway to Hell is the final album AC/DC recorded with Bon Scott, the lead singer who provided the group with a fair share of its signature sleaze. Just months after its release, Scott literally partied himself to death (the official cause cited as acute alcohol poisoning) after a night of drinking, a rock & roll fatality that took no imagination to predict. In light of his passing, it's hard not to see Highway to Hell as a last testament of sorts, being that it was his last work and all, and if Scott was going to go out in a blaze of glory, this certainly was the way to do it. This is a veritable rogue's gallery of deviance, from cheerfully clumsy sex talk and drinking anthems to general outlandish behavior. It's tempting to say that Scott might have been prescient about his end -- or to see the title track as ominous in the wake of his death -- trying to spill it all out on paper, but it's more accurate to say that the ride had just gotten very fast and very wild for AC/DC, and he was simply flying high. After all, it wasn't just Scott who reached a new peak on Highway to Hell; so did the Young brothers, crafting their monster riffs into full-fledged, undeniable songs. This is their best set of songs yet, from the incessant, intoxicating boogie of "Girls Got Rhythm" to "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)." Some of the credit should also go to Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who gives the album a precision and magnitude that the Vanda & Young LPs lacked in their grimy charm. Filtered through Mutt's mixing board, AC/DC has never sounded so enormous, and they've never had such great songs, and they had never delivered an album as singularly bone-crunching or classic as this until now. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/14/2003
Label:	Epic
UPC:	0696998020610
Rank:	4239

Tracks

1. Highway to Hell
2. Girls Got Rhythm
3. Walk All over You
4. Touch Too Much
5. Beating Around the Bush
6. Shot Down in Flames
7. Get It Hot
8. If You Want Blood (You've Got It)
9. Love Hungry Man
10. Night Prowler

Album Credits

Performance Credits

AC/DC   Primary Artist
Angus Young   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Bon Scott   Vocals
Phil Rudd   Drums
Cliff Williams   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Malcolm Young   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Mark Evans   Bass

Technical Credits

Tony Platt   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Angus Young   Composer
Bon Scott   Composer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange   Producer
Mike Fraser   Mastering Supervisor
George Marino   Digital Remastering
Malcolm Young   Composer
Al Quaglieri   Mastering Supervisor
Mark Dearnley   Engineer
Philip Morris   Photography
Kevin Dalimore   Assistant Engineer
Neil Zlozower   Photography
Paul Canty   Photography
Barry Plummer   Photography
Fin Costello   Photography
Larry Hulst   Photography
Steve Joester   Photography
Bob Alford   Photography
Mike Prior   Photography
Bob Defrin   Art Direction
Jim Houghton   Original Photography
Bob King   Photography
Ernie Welch   Liner Notes
UE Nastasi   Digital Assembly
Kevin Dallimore   Engineer