| Who Made Who | 
 enlarge | Artist: Ac/dc
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $18.97
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Avg. Customer Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 2546
Format: Enhanced, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 80211
UPC: 696998021129
EAN: 0696998021129
ASIN: B00008WT5J
Release Date: April 29, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Who Made Who | | • | You Shook Me All Night Long | | • | D.T. | | • | Sink the Pink | | • | Ride On | | • | Hells Bells | | • | Shake Your Foundations | | • | Chase the Ace | | • | For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) |
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 A Great AC/DC Cd Finally Remastered For The First Time! May 1, 2003
35 out of 40 found this review helpful
AC/DC's 1986 release entitled "Who Made Who" is actually the music from the soundtrack "Maximim Overdrive" written by Stephen King. The entire soundtrack's music was provided by AC/DC which was ideal for this movie,which was about machines taking over, hence depicted in the song "Who Made Who". There are some excellent rocker's here pulled from the various AC/DC catalog (the several exceptions being the title song "Who Made Who", "D.T." and "Chase The Ace" which made their debut on this album) such as "Hells Bells" and "You Shook Me All Night Long" (from Back In Black), "Sink The Pink" and "Shake Your Foundations" (from Fly On The Wall),"Ride On" (from Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap)and "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)" (from the album For Those About To Rock...). I purchased this cd just for the three above mentioned songs "Who Made Who", "D.T." and "Chase The Ace", the last two are ... kicking instrumental rockers and are unique to this album (or cd in this case). Those of you who remember watching "Maximum Overdrive" will instantly have flashbacks when hearing these three songs. The song "Who Made Who" opens the movie with an awesome car collision due to a drawbridge opening on it's own as cars are lined up on top. Total chaos erupts as the bridge opens and cars crash into one another and a motorcylist and car plunge into the river below. Also, the song "Chase The Ace" is played during a a car chase scene where a Mack truck driving with no one at the wheel, continues to rear end a newlywed couple's car until the truck ends up going over an embankment and going up in flames. "D.T." is played as a young boy rides his bike down a neighborhood street and sprinklers and a lawnmower seem to have a mind of their own and go on for no apparent reason. This newly remastered cd is ten times better than it's non-remastered version, with the volume increased, the mid-range and bottom end pumped up as well. The digipack that houses the cd is attractive and there's also a fifteen page booklet enclosed that has information about the soundtrack "Maximum Overdrive", the making of "Who Made Who" and color photos of the band. This is a must have for all AC/DC lovers and fans of 80's rock. Highly Recommended!
Creative in the Use of Hard Rock for a Horror Movie Score June 20, 2004
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
At first glance at the track list, it would appear that this disc is a small best-of/greatest hits package, but obviously that's not the purpose of this album due to the absence of obligatory tracks like 'Highway To Hell,' 'Back in Black,' 'Dirty Deeds,' the list goes on. Actually, "Who Made Who" is the official soundtrack (minus Roger Miller's 'King of the Road') to Stephen King's 80s horror movie "Maximum Overdrive," a film that has since become a minor cult classic about a day machines and other electronic devices begin to take over the world and kill their human inventors.
The fact that someone like Stephen King chose AC/DC to supply the music to his deliciously tongue-in-cheek movie seems ironic, but it actually fits, and once you watch the film you'll get it (he would do it again by using punk pioneers The Ramones for 'Pet Sematary').
As for the music, the album contains only three then-unreleased songs, but the others are a neat sampler for those interested in material from the first few AC/DC albums with Brian Johnson, with one song from the Bon Scott era ('Ride On'), which is a great song--one of the few, if not the only, sympathetic ballads in AC/DC's catalog--but it's not exactly the best song to use when introducing someone to Bon Scott's contributions to the group, one of the many factors that dispell the "best of" label some put on the album.
As for the three songs written for the film, the track 'Who Made Who' is surprisingly sincere, and slightly more restrained in its approach when compared to AC/DC's signature sound. It's hard to say what the lyrics are about; there are a few references to machines like video games and satellites, so they may relate to the film's theme, but the rest is hard to figure out, but the song is a great one anyway, making it the best AC/DC song that's not about women and/or booze (other good examples being 'Spellbound,' 'Night of the Long Knives,' 'Let There Be Rock,' 'Back in Black,' the rarity 'Cold Hearted Man,' and many others). The two instrumentals meanwhile, 'D.T' and 'Chase the Ace' both display infectious guitar hooks, and probably would have become two more AC/DC classics if lyrics and had been given to them.
Apparently, some different versions and/or mixes were used in the film for some of the songs, and there were even a few brief guitar pieces used that are not present on the album, which would be great to have, but even so "Who Made Who" is a delightful album to own. And as usual, it's fitting for fans to blare from their speakers, even if it's an odds and ends collection.
THE BEST OF BJ October 18, 1999
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is ac/dc's very best album with Brian Johnson, although "razors edge" and "back in black" are both awesome. The title track, the instrumental "chase the ace", and the legendary "for those about to rock" are all great songs, but i love every song on the album either way. In fact , "who made who" has only one letdown: it's too damn short! but please, if their next album (coming out in early 2000!!!) is as good as this, then i beg of them, GIVE ME MORE!!! ac/dc, i highly doubt any of you are reading this, but if you are, let me tell you that you are my gods and your music will always be one of a kind!
Some people STILL don't understand March 8, 2002
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
OK, let me break it down for the more simple minded fans that might think of giving this album a 1 star rating. This is a S-O-U-N-D-T-R-A-C-K to the movie Maximum Overdrive, that's why they didn't call it a "greatest hits" record. They probably wrote the new songs to fit with the movie (it's been a long time since I've seen it). It's a must have 80's hard rock album, don't listen to people that can't grasp simple concepts.
 They just want your money January 31, 2003
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Let's get things straight. "Who made who" is a soundtrack album to the movie "Maximum overdrive" - it's not a regular studio album, nor a best of AC/DC. Stephen King is claimed to be a AC/DC fan and that might shed some light on this rather strange release. Maybe he wanted AC/DC to record something new to this movie - the song "Who made who" that in fact is a very good song. By this everyone could earn a few bucks more, and especially if there could be a whole album. But AC/DC didn't have any more new material so the band recorded two instrumental tunes (that we could do without), and filled the rest of the album with previous songs like "Hells bells" and "You shook me all night long".If this were a regular studio album with "brand new" material it would be a very strong album (4 stars), but if we should look at this as a sort of best of AC/DC it won't do since the songs included ain't AC/DC's best material. If you're a AC/DC fan I guess you can buy this one just to get the title track, but if you're just looking for a representative AC/DC record I'd go for "Highway to hell" or "Back in black" - AC/DC's two best albums.
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