Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Classic AC/DC.....a must for any fan..."Squealer" and "Ride On" are really great departures from their usual style...

When this album was origionally released, AC/DC was virtually unknown in the U.S. With only one other album under their belt, DIRTY DEEDS was recorded in the same vain as HIGH VOLTAGE. High energy rock and roll only the way AC/DC can do it. The lyrics this time around, however, proved to be too controversial for American ears. Banned in the U.S. until they were household names in 1980, DIRTY DEEDS and it's naugthy songs about big balls and love at first feels was rock and roll's best kept secret. Every AC/DC album rocks, but songs like "Dirty Deeds," "Rocker" and "Problem Child" ramain as some of the best AC/DC music ever made.

Other albums I bought that sound like this are: Sloopjohnd , High Voltage and Cat Scratch Fever

but this is a good record. It's dynamic. "Dirty Deeds" & "Ride On" are my favorites. AC/DC [like most bands] was better when they were young. Bon Scott had a firmer grasp on the human condition than Brian Johnson, though both wrote a lot of songs about poon, ballzzz, getting drunk, & not being nice all the time. Back in Black and DDDDC are the only AC/DC records I can listen to... both have just enough soul and hooks to keep me interested. DDDDC is Angus's best work.

The original version of this brilliant album came out in Australia in 1976. I was just a nipper living in Melbourne Australia, where AC/DC were based at the time, when i first heard this album. I use to see and hear AC/DC alot on music shows like Countdown and even in the news as they were causing a furore in Australia. They were not a punk band and they never will be a punk band but i can see why, at the time this album came out, that they were mistaken for being a punk band. This album is raw and dirty rock`n`roll at its best and some songs were banned from the radio down here (Big Balls, Ain`t no fun). Believe it or not but the same outrage that the Sex Pistols were causing in England, AC/DC was causing the same outrage here in Australia. They were making headlines in our mainstream media like "the dirtiest group in town" and a headline from a newspaper from 1975 saying "Australia has punk bands too." Yes, from 1975. The band would travel from town to town in Country Victoria only to be met with protests from outraged parents not wanting them to play in they town. They had the media and police constanly follow them. And many complaints were called into television staions when AC/DC were aired. Despite all this the Australians loved them and AC/DC soon became a monster in Australia. They out grew this country and the whole world deserved to see and hear this talent from Australia. Unfortunately some mindless idiot/s from their American record label, Atlantic, didn`t like this classic album and they decided not to release it. Had this album been released in America when it first came out AC/DC`s success would have come alot sooner than 1979 (highway to hell), and maybe Bon might still be alive today as the band had to then work alot harder and longer to obtain their world wide success. This would have obviously cause alot of strain and stress on Bon and the band. Bon, i think, needed a bit of a break after the highway to hell tour to sort out his problems. But, unfortunately, the music industry, especially in America, is a tough market to crack and they want up and coming bands to constantly work towards their success. This version of Dirty Deeds is different to the Australian version. For some reason this version hasn`t got "Jailbreak" on it and Jailbeak`s arguably AC/DC`s best song. There is a different song on this release too, a song called "love at first feel" which was only released as a single here in Australia. Love at first feel wasn`t even recorded at the dirty deeds session. It was recorded, along with about 4 other songs, in between dirty deeds and Let there be Rock. Hopefully these songs will one day see the light of day. Some already have. Another song recorded from this love at first feel session was called Carry me Home and only ended up on the b-side of the single Dog Eat Dog, and only released in Australia. It`s a great song too so hopefully it will see the light of day again. Dirty Deeds is, i think one of AC/DC`s best album. It has everything an AC/DC fan loves. Loud chunky guitars, great guitar solos, brilliant and very clever lyrics by Bon (Big Balls comes to mind) and even something a bit different, a ballad called Ride on which is up there as one of AC/DC`s top ten best songs. Long live Bon Scott and long live AC/DC.

One thing that is great about Dirty Deeds and AC/DC in their early years is that they seemed more willing to try new things and most of the time it worked. The main reason I like this one the best is because not many(maybe 2) of the songs sound the same and they are all great. A little history here: thre original realease from 1976 contained only 7 of the 9 songs here while "Rocker" and "Love At First Feel" were not. "Rocker" ws from TNT and "Love At First Feel" was a studio leftover. They replaced "Jailbreak" and "R.I.P(Rock In Peace)" but with the later two on the album it is by far the best one. Oh, one more thing, its filled with the darkest stuff Bon Scott wrote.