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Scoring a genuinely pathetic 35/100 AC/DC’s 2014 release Rock or Bust officially becomes the runner up for the absolute worst project in their entire storied career. To put it bluntly and borrow the album's own title "Bust" would be heavily preferable here. It’s getting old, the band members are clearly getting old, and you can painfully hear that exhaustion in every single note. The raspy vocals and recycled chord progression are becoming too much. The creative tank ... read more

Scoring a weak 41/100 AC/DC’s 2008 comeback album Black Ice is admittedly a slight step up from the utter disaster of Stiff Upper Lip but let’s be entirely clear, not by a long shot. The fundamental flaw dragging this project straight into the dirt is its exhausting 15-track runtime. Pushing through this album feels like an endless marathon of the exact same idea reiterated over and over. At this point, the band's formula fatigue has reached a near-paralyzing level. They are so ... read more

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

Scoring a mediocre 49/100 AC/DC’s 1995 release Ballbreaker leaves you at a complete loss for words. Mostly because there is absolutely nothing new to say about it that hasn't already been said a dozen times before. It is the ultimate definition of "mid". This is a textbook AC/DC album meaning the exact same songs, tempos and structures from their previous records are shamelessly recycled yet again. If anything has changed it’s that the lyrical topics have actually ... read more