Power Up (album)
ACDC’s seventeenth studio album, Power Up, was released on 13 November 2020. It is their sixteenth internationally released studio album and the seventeenth to be released in Australia. Power Up marks the return of vocalist Brian Johnson, drummer Phil Rudd and bassist Cliff Williams, all of whom left ACDC before, during, or after the supporting tour for their previous album Rock or Bust. This is also the band’s first album since the death of co-founder and rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young in 2017.
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ACDC’s seventeenth studio album, Power Up, was released on 13 November 2020. It is their sixteenth internationally released studio album and the seventeenth to be released in Australia. Power Up marks the return of vocalist Brian Johnson, drummer Phil Rudd and bassist Cliff Williams, all of whom left ACDC before, during, or after the supporting tour for their previous album Rock or Bust. This is also the band’s first album since the death of co-founder and rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young in 2017 and it serves as a tribute to him, according to his brother Angus. The album was generally well received by music critics and reached number one in 21 countries.
In its first week of release it was projected to place either first or second on the Billboard 200 all-format albums chart, and to top the US and UK album sales chart. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the release received an average score of 79, based on 19 reviews, indicating \”Generally favourable reviews\”. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a 7.2 out of 10,based on their assessment of the critical consensus. AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated, “Good times have always been a crucial part of the band, but there’s a depth of feeling to the levity on Power Up”
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