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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community May 29, 2002
Pros: Amazing rock debut with no fewer than five hit singles
Cons: Might just be too harsh for some delicate ears
Summary: AC/DC has made a long career out of guitar riffs and screeching vocals. The music that this Australian rock band has put together over their nearly thirty year career is amazing, entertaining, and at the heart fun. The lineup has stayed ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 17, 2012
Pros: There are some definite classics in here
Cons: AC/DC sure made an improvement in their later works
Summary: High Voltage by AC/DC originally written in 17 February 2006, oh man was I still in high school Bon Scott- he is your lead singer for the band. His eyes keen while his bulge is just disturbingly distracting. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 4, 2011
Pros: Great musicianship and technical skill, mostly nice songs.
Cons: Some weaker drum beats, She's Got Balls.
Summary: AC/DC apparently popped out of the womb fully formed. Almost everything that makes the band one of the best musical acts of all time is here: The simple riffs, the raging and destructive endings, the sleazy yet powerful and infectious energy. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 6, 2010
Pros: A great debut from one of the greatest rock bands ever.
Cons: “Little Lover” is just okay.
Summary: Played this just yesterday in its entirety again, while putting around underneath the car. “It’s A Long Way To The Top” came up on my metal playlist blasting through the garage speakers and fit the mood I was in so well, I had to click ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 19, 2008
Pros: AC/DC's brutal attack was fully formed on this American debut
Cons: Did they really try to rip off Foghat on the title track?
Summary: AC/DC critics tend to always bring up the fact that the band hasn't really changed over the years. There is some truth to that. AC/DC has always relied on bruising, heavy riffs that border on simplistic. When gritty-voiced, slurring vocalist Bon Scott ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 3, 2004
Pros: most of the album is memorable, excellent, and worthy of repeat status
Cons: Little Lover and She's Got Balls aren't
Summary: For many, AC/DC's 1976 American debut High Voltage is a must own rock album, up there with the band's other great works: Powerage, Highway to Hell, and Back in Black. For me though, High Voltage has always belonged ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 28, 2004
Pros: The beginning of AC/DC, many classics....
Cons: A few weak songs, production isn't flash....
Summary: The legends themselves, AC/DC. Where would rock n roll be today without them? Any rockers worth their guitar strings would credit AC/DC as a major influence. And for good reason. They know the secret to rock n roll & that’s simplicity. Just good ol' ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 13, 2003
Pros: Gritty, High-Energy Rock 'N' Roll
Cons: None here.
Summary: I purchased the 2003 Re-issued version of this album on Cassette. I was so glad to see they were sti ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 1, 2003
Pros: Bad-*ss rock n roll that'll put hair on your chest (and other places).
Cons: I wouldn't dare.
Summary: For most American listeners, "High Voltage" was Australian rock band AC/DC's first impression. I came about "High Voltage" and the music of AC/DC in a somewhat more circuitous fashion. Growing up in small town Wisconsin, I was the only Howard Jones ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 21, 2001
Pros: AC/DC's Debut
Cons: No Cons
Summary: AC/DC as innocent as they can be, well that's a bit far from the truth, but this was 1976 and the band had compiled their first 2 releases from Australia to make this one for the US crowd. Well, It's honest, it's rude, it's loud and it's good. The band ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 15, 2001
Pros: Solid album filled with several sure fire rock classics.
Cons: Should have stopped after track 5.
Summary: High Voltage is an album that really seems to polarize me. It's probably my favorite of the Bon Scott era AC/DC albums, yet it's got two of my least favorite AC/DC songs ever on it. On one hand I love it, on the other I wish it would stop after ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 17, 2000
Pros: Great Album
Cons: Not for young children
Summary: First of all I think AC/DC is the best.They play heart pounding music.
As you can tell I love AC/DC. I have all there albums.Now my son has all their music.He thinks there is nothing like AC/DC and you know,he's right!
Angus Young played lead ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 28, 2000
Pros: fun lyrics and catchy hooks; great guitar playing
Cons: sound production a little raw; produced more consistent albums in the later years
Summary: In 1976, the world was unprepared for the likes of rock-n-roll characters Angus Young and Bon Scott, lead guitarist and singer, respectively, of the Australian band AC/DC. The music was loud, raunchy, and totally immature, but at the same time, creative ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 28, 2000
Pros: Raunchy fun party music
Cons: Raunchy fun party music
Summary: "High Voltage" was the US debut album for the legendary heavy metal band AC/DC and is truly descriptive of the brand of music AC/DC was set to produce for its fans for the next 25 years. Fully loaded with cranking the cranking lead guitar of ... read more
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