Slideshow: 22 Demo Albums that Actually Rock
AC/DC, Back in Black

22 Demo Albums that Actually Rock

Put the sleepy jazz and classical music away -- it's time to test your audio system on all kinds of rock for you to hear in a new way.
Ozzy Osbourne, Blizzard of Ozz
Def Leppard, Hysteria
AC/DC, Back in Black
Living Colour, Vivid
Live, Throwing Copper
Tool, 10,000 Days
Jeff Beck, Blow by Blow
Alex Skolnick Trio, Goodbye to Romance: Standards for a New Generation
The Who, Who's Next
Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
Queen, A Night at the Opera
Led Zeppelin, IV (Zoso or Symbols)
Steely Dan, Aja
Jimi Hendrix, Axis: Bold as Love
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AC/DC, Back in Black

Following the death of singer Bon Scott, the Australian band AC/DC released one of the most popular records in music history. Produced by Robert “Mutt” Lange, Back in Black has sold nearly 50 million estimated copies and it features songs like “You shook me All Night Long,” “Back in Black” and “Shoot to Thrill.”

Back in Black is built upon the same bluesy riffs and chord progressions that anchored the band’s past songwriting efforts, but with the edition of more groove-oriented melodies and more polished and distorted guitar tones.

Signature Song: “You Shook Me All Night Long” Lead guitar player Angus Young’s melodic intro and tasteful guitar solo highlight this song. The thing to listen to in this song is Young’s “tone.” Using his standard equipment choices of Gibson SG guitars and Marshall amplifiers, Young is unique in that he skips the use of rack-mounted sound processors and “stomp” boxes and the end result is one of rock music’s purest sounds, which is clearly evident in this song.

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