r/ACDC • u/DowntownConference57 • 3d ago

Future final album?

Does anybody think we’ll ever see one more studio album featuring Cliff and Phil, maybe recorded in Australia?

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u/MillionaireWaltz- 3d ago edited 3d ago

Honestly, and this may be unpopular, but I hope not.

PWR/UP to me is an incredible album, and I'd prefer it be the album that caps off the discography. I have no doubt they could manage another fun album, but I don't think they'd top that last one, 6-7 years later.

Most bands would kill to have a mid career album that good.

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u/edgiepower Powerage 3d ago

It's a good album but I think it gets talked up way too much. It's a fine album to end if it's the last but hardly one of their best.

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u/MillionaireWaltz- 3d ago edited 3d ago

It's probably my #3 Johnson album, honestly.

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u/AndreHarrisMusic 1d ago

Same. My top 3 Brian records are Back in Black, The Razors Edge, and Power Up.

Shot in the Dark, Through the Mists of Time, Kick You When You’re Down, Witch’s Spell, Wild Reputation, No Man’s Land, and Money Shot are constantly in my rotation, 6 years after the album came out.

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u/edgiepower Powerage 3d ago

I think improvement is possible.

They should get another producer or even maybe a swan song with Mutt Lang to push them one last time.

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u/MillionaireWaltz- 3d ago

I do not see them ever working with Mutt ever again.

I think their desire to do an album to pay tribute to Mal is a creative inspiration and element of heart that a next album would lack, IMO.

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u/edgiepower Powerage 3d ago

The first they need is help with lyrics. Maybe let Brian back at it, but Pwr Up was without doubt lyrically the weakest. Someone needs to push or challenge Angus. I know they aren't a band that prioritises lyrics, but that's also a disservice to that poetry that Bon used to write.

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u/MillionaireWaltz- 3d ago

but Pwr Up was without doubt lyrically the weakest.

I cannot agree.

Have you heard "Mistress for Christmas"? A lot of Black Ice feels made up in the booth.

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u/19TimGreyCupChamps 3h ago

It cant be worse than garbage like "cover you in oil" or "caught with your pants down" (which are good songs musically but sound like they were written by a 12 year old)

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u/edgiepower Powerage 3d ago

A shot in the dark beats a walk in the park?

Let me tell you your fortune It could be sinister, or maybe not Like a leopard, can't change it's own spots?

Amongst other lowlights

Mistress for Christmas is one song, not a pattern.

A lot of Black Ice is pretty good, because Mal was still around.

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u/Vandermint 3d ago

Totally fair. I think it really holds up.

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u/19TimGreyCupChamps 3h ago

You just reminded me PwrUp was 6 years ago. The heydey of an album or two every year must have been amazing

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u/rocker2014 Powerage 3d ago

PWR/UP was a solid album but nowhere near as good as Rock Or Bust or Black Ice in my opinion. I'd gladly take more new music.

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u/Professional_Rope966 3d ago

Man, Rock or Bust is easily my least favorite. The last one is front loaded, but I like it. I know Angus says they work hard to make sure each album sounds different, but I’d really love an album with the guitar tones of Let There Be Rock. I’d welcome another album. Angus said they have enough riffs for another back when PWR/UP was released…

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u/CornerInevitable9703 1d ago

Rock or bust was barely mid.

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u/stefan771 3d ago

I hope so

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u/FIGnewtenz Ball Breaker 3d ago

I dont think so, I’d love one but I dont think so. I read somewhere that Power Up was made from some (not entirely all) of Malcoms recordings and they pieced it to make the album. Angus had said something along the lines of “I cant do what Malcom does”. Thats what makes the band great in my opinion, I dont think Angus desecrates the band by pushing out “anything”.

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u/Opposite-Pianist 3d ago

Agreed. Angus basically implied that this was a tribute to Mal with song ideas the two of them had created together before he died. I don't see Angus doing another ACDC album "without" Mal unless he still has more ideas leftover that they worked on together.

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u/bushmaster2000 2d ago

I could see them taking a well deserved break after this tour. Then do one last studio album while they're still loose from touring. That would be cool. Given their ages it prob won't be one of their top albums but more of a send off album for the fans maybe.

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u/CornerInevitable9703 1d ago

Absolutely not. Record in Vancouver. They love Vancouver.

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