"According to Angus Young, the album's all-black cover was a ""sign of mourning"" for Scott. Atlantic Records disagreed with the cover, but accepted if the band put a grey outline around the AC/DC logo. ""Back in Black"" was first released in the United States on 25 July 1980. Its release in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe followed on 31 July, and on 11 August in Australia. It was an immediate commercial success, debuting at number one on the British albums chart and reaching number four on the American chart—which ""Rolling Stone"" called ""an exceptional showing for a"
"Back in Black (Whodini album) Back in Black is the third album by American hip hop group Whodini. It was recorded in London and released via Jive Records in 1986. Like on the group's previous work, audio production was handled by Larry Smith. The album peaked at #35 on the ""Billboard"" 200, #4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and was certified gold by Recording Industry Association of America on June 23, 1986. The record spawned three singles: ""Funky Beat"" (peaked at #19 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #30 on the Dance Club Songs), ""One Love"" (peaked at #10 on"
"in personnel and direction of established hard rock acts, including the deaths of Bon Scott, the lead singer of AC/DC, and John Bonham, drummer with Led Zeppelin. Whereas Zeppelin broke up almost immediately afterwards, AC/DC pressed on, recording the album ""Back in Black"" (1980) with their new lead singer, Brian Johnson. It became the fifth-highest-selling album of all time in the US and the second-highest-selling album in the world. Black Sabbath had split with original singer Ozzy Osbourne in 1979 and replaced him with Ronnie James Dio, formerly of Rainbow, giving the band a new sound and a period of"
"in Black"". Recording took place at Compass Point Studios in The Bahamas a few months after Scott's death. ""Back in Black"", produced by Mutt Lange and recorded by Tony Platt, became their biggest-selling album and a hard-rock landmark; hits include ""Hells Bells"", ""You Shook Me All Night Long"", ""Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"" and the title track. The album reached No.1 in the UK and No.4 in the US, where it spent 131 weeks on the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart. The follow-up album, 1981's ""For Those About to Rock We Salute You"", also sold well and was positively received"
"tone on the albums from that period, including ""Powerage"" and ""Back in Black"". With the recording of ""Back in Black"" in 1980, rock journalist Joe S. Harrington believed the band had departed further from the blues-oriented rock of their previous albums, and toward a more dynamic attack that adopted punk rock's ""high-energy implications"" and transmuted their hard rock/heavy metal songs into ""more pop-oriented blasts"". The band would remain faithful for the remainder of their career, to this ""impeccably ham-handed"" musical style: ""the guitars were compacted into a singular statement of rhythmic efficiency, the rhythm section provided the thunderhorse overdrive, and"
"in 1980, she would have two number one singles, and eight top ten hits in the decade. Tina Turner would top the charts with ""What's Love Got to Do With It"", she scored a total of six top ten singles. Donna Summer's She Works Hard for the Money was a continuation of the feminist movement started in the 70s, and a rally cry for those who worked hard and wanted to be treated fairly. She would have five top ten singles in the decade. Bruce Springsteen's ""Born In the USA"", AC/DC's ""Back in Black"", Def Leppard's ""Hysteria"", and Bon Jovi's"
"who made his recorded debut with the band on ""Back in Black"". The album was composed by Johnson, Angus and Malcolm Young, and recorded over seven weeks in the Bahamas from April to May 1980 with producer Robert John ""Mutt"" Lange, whom they had previously worked with on their previous album. Following its completion, the group mixed ""Back in Black"" at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The album's all-black cover was designed as a ""sign of mourning"" for Scott. As their sixth international studio release, ""Back in Black"" was an unprecedented success. It has sold an estimated 50"
"tracks. In 1986, the group released ""Back in Black"" and a number of songs from the album received heavy local New York airplay, such as ""Funky Beat"" and the controversial “I’m a Ho”. “Fugitive” was guitar-driven funk and ""Last Night (I Had a Long Talk With...)"" was introspective. Paul Kodish, drummer of Pendulum, was featured on the album. From 1982 to 1986, the group was at its most productive; they toured with the more successful bands such as Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, the Fat Boys, and other prominent hip hop, R&B and funk bands. The group was involved in the"
"the Eighties. The title track was ranked no. 190 on the same magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2001, VH1 ranked ""Back in Black"" No. 82 on its list of the Top 100 Albums. VH1 also placed the title track at No. 2 on its list of the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. In 2003, the album was ranked No. 77 on ""Rolling Stone""s list of ""The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time"". In 2006, ""Q"" magazine placed the album at No. 9 in its list of the 40 Best Albums of the '80s. It"
"1980 began, the band began work on a new album that would eventually become ""Back in Black"", but Bon Scott would not live to see it finished. On 19 February 1980, Scott passed out in the car on the way back to friend Alistair Kinnear's house after a night of heavy drinking at the Music Machine club in London. Upon arrival at his home, Kinnear was unable to move Scott from the car into his home for the night, so he left him in the car overnight to sleep off the effects of the alcohol. Unable to wake Scott late"
"AC/DC into the top ranks of hard rock acts. On 15 February 1980, Scott attended a session where Malcolm and Angus Young were working on the beginnings of two songs that would later be recorded on the ""Back in Black"" album; ""Have a Drink On Me"" and ""Let Me Put My Love Into You"" with Scott accompanying on drums rather than singing or writing lyrics. Days earlier, Scott had gone with Mick Cocks to visit their friends the French group Trust in the Scorpio Sound studio in London where they recorded the album ""Répression""; Scott was working on the English"
"Purple singer Ian Gillan returned to sing heavy metal with the album ""Mr. Universe"" in 1979 and was on the forefront of the British metal scene with his band Gillan in the following years. His former Deep Purple bandmate Ritchie Blackmore also climbed the UK charts with his hard rock group Rainbow's releases ""Down to Earth"" (1979) and ""Difficult to Cure"" (1981). Black Sabbath recovered and returned to success with the albums ""Heaven and Hell"" (1980) and ""Mob Rules"" (1981), featuring the ex-Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio. 1980 saw several other entries by hard rock and heavy metal bands in"
"Back to Back (Status Quo album) Back to Back is the sixteenth studio album by English rock band Status Quo and released in November 1983. For the first time in the group's history, it featured four singles, ""Ol' Rag Blues"" (highest position No. 9), ""A Mess of Blues"", originally a hit for Elvis Presley (No. 15), ""Marguerita Time"" (No. 3), and ""Going Down Town Tonight"" (which reached No. 20 in a different, re-recorded version to the album version.) The album entered the UK chart at its highest position of No. 9. It was the last recorded before the group temporarily"
"was listed at No. 2 in the book, ""100 Best Australian Albums"", in October 2010, and included in the book ""1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"" in 2005. ""Back in Black"" is an influential hard rock and heavy metal album. According to Tim Jonze of ""The Guardian"", it has been hailed by some as ""a high watermark"" for heavy metal music. ""NME"" regarded it as an important release in 1980s metal and heavy rock, naming it one of the 20 best metal albums of its decade, while ""The Daily Telegraph"" ranked it as one of the 20 greatest"
"same magazine has also ranked the song No. 29 on their list of ""The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time"", and wrote of the song in an accompanying piece: ""Angus and Malcolm Young's dual-guitar masterpiece is the platonic ideal of hard rock."" In 2010, this song sits at No. 2 in Triple M's Ultimate 500 Rock Countdown in Melbourne, Australia. The Top 5 were all AC/DC songs. As a single, ""Back in Black"" peaked in the U.S. at No. 37 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in 1981 as well as at No. 51 on Billboard's Top Tracks chart,"
"which debuted in March 1981. ""Back in Black"" received the RIAA's Master Ringtone Sales Award (Gold and Platinum) in 2006 and reached 2× Platinum status in 2007. It officially charted on the UK charts after 31 years in release; peaking in at no. 27 because of the band's music becoming available on iTunes. It also reached no. 1 on the UK Rock Charts in the same week. In 1984, the Beastie Boys sampled ""Back in Black"" without permission for their song ""Rock Hard"". In 1999, when they wished to include it on an upcoming CD compilation release, they sought permission"
"Pop, US Black, US Disco/Club). Their biggest hit was 1979's ""Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)"", a single from their debut album ""Disco Nights"", which reached #1 (for two weeks) on the R&B singles chart, #3 on the Hot Dance Club Play and #12 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It sold over one million copies in the US alone. The track also peaked at #42 in the UK Singles Chart. (It was a reworked version of The Rhythm Makers title-track to ""Soul On Your Side""). The follow-up Billy Stewart remake, ""I Do Love You"", was also successful, reaching #20 on the ""Billboard"" Hot"
"""The Black Album"", Joy Division's ""Unknown Pleasures"", Kino's ""Chyorny albom"", Lupe Fiasco's """", The Root's ""Organix"", the Eagles' ""The Long Run"", Peter Hammill's ""A Black Box"", AC/DC's ""Back in Black"", and The Damned's ""The Black Album"". The three latter examples were released in 1980 and were successful around the time the film was being developed. However, The Velvet Underground's 1968 release ""White Light/White Heat"" was probably the first album to spark this trend. Another example is Metallica's self-titled fifth album (often referred to as ""the Black Album""). The members of Spinal Tap made pointed references to this when they appeared"
"album. During the subsequent tour, Scott was discovered in the backseat of a friend's car, having died of alcohol poisoning (choking on vomit). The band found a new singer in English-born Brian Johnson and released their next album, ""Back in Black"", in the early 1980s. The U.S. took notice of the band with some of their finest songs, such as the title track and ""You Shook Me All Night Long"", and the album became one of the best-selling albums by a ""band"" ever, selling over 22 million copies in the U.S. and 42 million copies around the world. AC/DC are"
"the classic single ""All the Gold in California"", which became their biggest hit together, reaching number one on the Hot Country Songs list. This was Gatlin's second number-one hit and led to his being awarded ""Top Male Vocalist of the Year"" by the Academy of Country Music that year. On June 6, 1980, ""Straight Ahead"" was certified gold. The group's next big hit came in early 1980, with ""Take Me To Your Lovin' Place"", which peaked at number five in 1981; they followed up with ""What Are We Doin' Lonesome"", which peaked at number four later in the year. They"
"Born Again (Black Sabbath album) Born Again is the 11th studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in August 1983. It is the only album the group recorded with lead vocalist Ian Gillan, best known for his work with Deep Purple. It was also the last Black Sabbath album for nine years to feature original bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward, until he played the studio tracks on their 1998 live album ""Reunion"". The album has received mixed to negative reviews from critics, but it was a commercial success upon its 1983 release, reaching No. 4"
"1978 and youngest sister Coleen, who had previously made occasional appearances (including appearing in the I'm In the Mood for Dancing video), became a full-time member in 1980, replacing Anne. Between 1979 and 1982, the group had seven UK top 20 hits, including ""Gotta Pull Myself Together"" (1980) ""Who's Gonna Rock You"" (1980), ""Attention to Me"" (1981) and ""Chemistry"" (1981). They were particularly successful in Japan and won the 1981 Tokyo Music Festival with the song ""Sexy Music"". Anne returned to the group in 1982, before Linda left in 1983. The group won a Japanese Grammy (Tokubetsu Kikaku Shō) in"
"album, ""Back to Black"", also released by MCA Records. By 1986, as electro music began to receive more mainstream coverage, the group's popularity began to wane. Their popularity was further diminished by the rise of West Coast gangsta rap in the early 1990s. LA Dream Team briefly resurfaced in 1993 under the name DTP (Dream Team Posse), issuing a few new singles, including ""Rockberry Revisited"", an updated version of ""Rockberry Jam"". Chris Wilson went on to a career in video and music production. Pardee worked in computing, working for Universal as a business services analyst, and later a project manager."
"but ""Reggatta de Blanc"" still hit No. 25 on the US album charts. The band's first live performance of ""Message in a Bottle"" was on the BBC's television show ""Rock Goes to College"" filmed at Hatfield Polytechnic College in Hertfordshire. The instrumental title track ""Regatta de Blanc"" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. In February 1980, the single ""So Lonely"" was re-issued in the UK. Originally a non-charting flop when first issued in late 1978, upon re-release the track became a UK top 10 hit, peaking at No. 6. In March 1980, the Police began their first"
"favourite paintings. ""Drama"" was released on 18 August 1980. It reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 18 in the US, the band's lowest charting studio release since ""The Yes Album"" (1971), which peaked at No. 40. ""Into the Lens"" was released as the album's sole single in 1980. The band shot music videos for ""Into the Lens"" and ""Tempus Fugit"", both of them mimed live performances with minimal visual effects. The album has been reissued several times; the first was in 1994 by Atlantic Records. In 2004, Rhino Records issued a remastered edition with several previously unreleased tracks,"
"In Black Music History list in 2010, with Brandy's comments on the album; ""The first Whitney Houston CD was genius. That CD introduced the world to her angelic yet powerful voice. Without Whitney many of this generation of singers wouldn't be singing."" In 2013, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame giving Houston her 1st Grammy Hall of Fame Award and her 7th Grammy Award. Released on February 14, 1985, ""Whitney Houston"" debuted on the ""Billboard"" Top Albums Chart the week of March 30, 1985, at number 166. Sales were low initially. However, with the success of"
"stayed at #1 on the Top Black Singles chart for ten consecutive weeks, making it the most successful R&B single of the 1980s. The album made an impact on future R&B recordings. The Isley Brothers, who released their album, ""Between the Sheets"", in April of 1983, took the same musical approach of ""Midnight Love"" and added it to their album. Gordon Banks stated the album ""influenced a lot of people doing a mellow thing with a funk vibe in it"". Because the album was also among the first pop albums to use a Roland TR-808, the style would be copied"
"the top twenty in Australia, being certified Gold in the latter for sales over the 35,000 copies. The lyrics, although penned by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers, make numerous references to the careers of both Minogue and Williams. Minogue's lyric ""I've been dropping beats since ""Back in Black"""" is a self-deprecating reference to her 1980s pop image when she was known as the singing budgie from Australia—""Back in Black"" being a 1980s album by Australian band AC/DC and of a stark contrast to her own style at the time. Later, in 2010, this song is used as the theme song"
"Black 'n Blue Black 'N Blue is an American heavy metal band from Portland, Oregon. The current members are singer Jaime St. James, bassist Patrick Young, drummer Pete Holmes, guitarist Bob Capka, and guitarist Brandon Cook. The band is known for their song ""Hold On to 18"" from their eponymous debut studio album, ""Black 'n Blue"", released in August 1984. Black 'N Blue was formed in November, 1981 by high school friends Jamie St. James and Tommy Thayer in Portland, Oregon. Originally calling themselves Movie Star, the band later chose the name Black 'N Blue based on their 'in-your-face' sound"
"the Irish charts and it went gold. In 1983 it was honoured by the ""Irish Independent"" and it is still referred to as one of the best Irish albums of the 1980s. Black ventured into the traditional Irish music band De Dannan and toured with them around Europe and in the US. The album she recorded with them ""Anthem"", won the Irish Album of the Year award. During her time with De Dannan, Black continued with her solo career with albums such as ""Collected"" (1984) and ""Without the Fanfare"" (1985). These recordings took Black into a more modern musical direction."
"a Top 40 hit. In August 1980, the band convened at Coventry's Horizon Studios, the same place they recorded their debut album, to begin ""laying down possible new tracks"" for the album, ""guaranteed to bring on a fresh bout of arguments."" Most of the band had taken influence from new wave and wanted to incorporate the sound into their new album. However, a minority of the band were put off, and the arguments in the band about the album material were tense, with Black recalling: ""I think the main protagonists were [bassist Charley Anderson] and [keyboardist Desmond Brown]"". On 21"
"became a huge hit in the UK in mid-1979. In March 1980, the band — which had not yet hit the singles charts — was namechecked in a UK hit song by The Undertones. The track ""My Perfect Cousin"", which would peak at #9 on the UK charts in May, contained a dig at the perceived ""arty"" Human League in the lyric: In April 1980, the band was able to release an EP entitled ""Holiday '80,"" containing the principal track ""Marianne"" and a cover of ""Nightclubbing"" (written by Bowie and Iggy Pop). The seven-inch version of ""Holiday '80"" did well"
"in Black"") led the US division of Atlantic to finally authorize an official US release in April 1981. It went straight to #3 on the Billboard album charts. The international release had significant variations from the original album. ""Jailbreak"" (which had preceded the LP's release in Australia and the U.K.) and ""R.I.P. (Rock in Peace)"" were jettisoned in favor of ""Rocker"" (from the 1975 Australian album ""T.N.T."") and ""Love at First Feel."" ""Jailbreak"" did not see a release in the United States, Canada, and Japan until October 1984 as part of the international ""'74 Jailbreak"" EP. A promo-only single, with"