Stiff Upper Lip

Critic Score
Based on 7 reviews
2000 Ratings: #154 / 253
User Score
Based on 257 ratings
2000 Ratings: #615
February 28, 2000 / Release Date
LP / Format
EastWest / Label
George YoungProducer
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Critic Reviews

90
NME
Let's not piss about. You can debate this and argue that but certain things we hold to be self-evident and one of those things is that AC/DC are the fuckin' greatest.
80
AllMusic

With Stiff Upper Lip, they're not at classic status, but they're still top-notch.

80
Q Magazine
It's business as usual, but what a mighty business this is.
60
Rolling Stone

Stiff Upper Lip ... is everything we've come to expect from the band and absolutely nothing more.

58
Entertainment Weekly

In Stiff Upper Lip, their bluesy barroom rock makes zero concessions to contemporary metal’s low-tuned terror.

40
NOW Magazine

On Stiff Upper Lip, the songs are reduced to a single guitar lick and a repeated catchphrase.

astreetscene
30

AC/DC hater listens to the AC/DC discography 14/?
[High Voltage: 52, T.N.T: 56, DDDDC: 64, LTBR: 72, Powerage: 41, HtH: 75, BiB: 49, FTATR, WSY: 40, FoTS: 19, FotW: 6 or a 0/10, BUYV: 71, TRE: 62, Ballbreaker: 29]

Ballbreaker Part 2. It’s literally just Ballbreaker with modern sounding production. The sound is actually kinda crazy it does certainly take a leap and isn’t bad by any stretch of the means. They take country and roots influence and it’s actually really really ... read more

OlManWrinkles
50

I mean, I don't hate it but I definitely don't like it. AC/DC has some die hard fans but man I really dont get it. I cant seem to understand them making the same album, the same song pretty much every time. Stiff Upper Lip is no different then any other of these albums

fire21
67

No AC/DC, I won’t come and get it.

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DeepDiveReviews
37

Scoring an abysmal 37/100 AC/DC’s 2000 release Stiff Upper Lip marks a painful and near-unprecedented low point as one of their worst albums. At this point in their discography the band has completely lost the plot. The creative tank isn't just empty, it has been thoroughly bleached. There are absolutely no hits here, zero attempts to try anything remotely different and the songwriting has devolved into total creative bankruptcy. To make matters worse, Brian Johnson’s vocals ... read more

OatMilkGuy
60

Stiff Upper Lip ... is everything we've come to expect from the band and absolutely nothing more.

47

I mean this was a decent enough album.

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