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Flick of the Switch
Rock · 1983 · 10 tracks

Flick of the Switch

AC/DC

Stripped of all studio polish and reverb. A raw, bone-dry collection of high-voltage riffs recorded with the intensity of a live basement rehearsal.

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It's AC/DC with the studio polish sanded off and the amps turned up in a concrete basement.

A stubborn, unpolished, and fiercely raw display of hard rock fundamentals.

Flick of the Switch · vs · AC/DC
Love Romantic+2.3σ

The writing leans far further into love romantic than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Rising Power
3:44
02
This House Is on Fire
3:24
03
Flick of the Switch
3:15
04
Nervous Shakedown
4:28
05
Landslide
3:59
06
Guns for Hire
3:25
07
Deep in the Hole
3:21
08
Bedlam in Belgium
3:53
09
Badlands
3:39
10
Brain Shake
4:01
Moments Worth Waiting For
The title track's opening riff which feels like a literal electrical surge through a cheap amplifier.
The frantic, almost punk-rock tempo of Landslide that pushes the band's rhythmic precision to its limit.
The heavy, dragging groove of Nervous Shakedown where the drums sound like they are being hit with sledgehammers.
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