Backtracks by AC/DC

Backtracks

AC/DC

2009

Backtracks is a Rock album by AC/DC, originally released in 2009. On Gatefold: 11 pressings tracked.

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Hard Rock
  • crunchy
  • aggressive

About

For a band whose catalog is riddled with wry wit and juvenilia, AC/DC was notoriously no-nonsense when it came to studio time. That's what makes this triple-album-length set of rarities and live cuts so rewarding. First off you get a handful of tracks that were only on the Australian versions of the early albums or on B-sides of early singles. That means you get the Scottish ballad "Fling Thing" (an instrumental ripper that gets played only when the band performs in Glasgow). Also, if you don't believe AC/DC could ever be sentimental then you haven't heard "Love Song." The live material is culled from over three decades of performing, catching them cranking out an incendiary "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" at home in Austrlaia in 1977 all the way through to a faith-restoring version of "Safe in New York City" taken from a show in Phoenix, Arizona in 2000.

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Tracklist

  1. 1High Voltage (Original Australian Release)4:20
  2. 2Stick Around4:39
  3. 3Love Song5:14
  4. 4It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) [Original Australian Release]5:14
  5. 5Rocker (Original Australian Release)2:55
  6. 6Fling Thing2:00
  7. 7Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Original Australian Release)4:12
  8. 8Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire) [Original Australian Release]7:31
  9. 9R.I.P. (Rock In Peace)3:35
  10. 10Carry Me Home3:57
  11. 11Crabsody In Blue4:44
  12. 12Cold Hearted Man3:35
  13. 13Who Made Who (12" Extended Mix)4:51
  14. 14Snake Eye3:17
  15. 15Borrowed Time3:45
  16. 16Down On the Borderline4:14
  17. 17Big Gun4:23
  18. 18Cyberspace2:56
  19. 2.1Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Live Sydney Festival, Jan. 30, 1977)5:10
  20. 2.2Dog Eat Dog (Live Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Apr. 30, 1978)4:30
  21. 2.3Live Wire (Live Hammersmith Odeon, London, Nov. 2, 1979)5:06
  22. 2.4Shot Down In Flames (Live Hammersmith Odeon, London, Nov. 2, 1979)3:28
  23. 2.5Back In Black (Live Capital Center, Landover MD, Dec. 21, 1981)4:19
  24. 2.6T.N.T. (Live Capital Center, Landover MD, Dec. 21, 1981)3:53
  25. 2.7Let There Be Rock (Live Capital Center, Landover MD, Dec. 21, 1981)7:30
  26. 2.8Guns for Hire (Live Joe Louis Arena, Detroit MI, Nov. 18, 1983)5:22
  27. 2.9Sin City (Live Joe Louis Arena, Detroit MI, Nov. 18, 1983)5:31
  28. 2.10Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution (Live Joe Louis Arena, Detroit MI, Nov. 18, 1983)4:11
  29. 2.11This House Is On Fire (Live Joe Louis Arena, Detroit MI, Nov. 18, 1983)3:22
  30. 2.12You Shook Me All Night Long (Live Joe Louis Arena, Detroit MI, Nov. 18, 1983)3:26
  31. 2.13Jailbreak (Live Dallas TX, Oct. 12, 1985)13:21
  32. 2.14Shoot to Thrill (Live Donington Park, Aug. 17, 1991)5:29
  33. 2.15Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be (Live Donington Park, Aug. 17, 1991)4:30
  34. 3.1High Voltage (Live)9:21
  35. 3.2Hells Bells (Live Donington Park, Aug. 17, 1991)5:53
  36. 3.3Whole Lotta Rosie (Live Donington Park, Aug. 17, 1991)4:42
  37. 3.4Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Live)4:51
  38. 3.5Highway to Hell (Live Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Sept. 28, 1991)4:00
  39. 3.6Back In Black (Live Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Sept. 28, 1991)4:10
  40. 3.7For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) [Live Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Sept. 28, 1991]6:55
  41. 3.8Ballbreaker (Live Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas, Madrid, July, 10, 1996)4:40
  42. 3.9Hard As a Rock (Live Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas, Madrid, July, 10, 1996)4:47
  43. 3.10Dog Eat Dog (Live Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas, Madrid, July, 10, 1996)4:49
  44. 3.11Hail Caesar (Live Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas, Madrid, July, 10, 1996)5:28
  45. 3.12Whole Lotta Rosie (Live Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas, Madrid, July, 10, 1996)5:25
  46. 3.13You Shook Me All Night Long (Live Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas, Madrid, July, 10, 1996)4:00
  47. 3.14Safe In New York City (Live Phoenix AZ, Sept. 13, 2000)3:54

Credits

Performers

Rare pressing on Gatefold · 11 pressings tracked on Gatefold