| Fly on the Wall |  | Artists: Ac, Dc
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  48 reviews
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio Cassette
UPC: 696998021044
EAN: 0696998021044
ASIN: B00009VU2Q
Release Date: July 1, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Fly on the Wall | | • | Shake Your Foundations | | • | First Blood | | • | Danger | | • | Sink the Pink | | • | Playing with Girls | | • | Stand Up | | • | Hell or High Water | | • | Back in Business | | • | Send for the Man |
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Album Description
Digitally remastered European vinyl LP pressing of this 1985 release from the Australian Hard Rockers, reissued to coincide with their 2008 studio release and world tour. 10 tracks. Sony/BMG.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 43 more reviews...
 A Good, But Forgotten, AC/DC Album May 18, 2000
Erik Rupp (Southern California)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
FLICK OF THE SWITCH failed to sell the way BACK IN BLACK or FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK did, and AC/DC quickly became yesterday's news. FOTS was a great album, and people are still discovering that today, but what about the album after that? FLY ON THE WALL may just be AC/DC's heaviest album (thanks to the most distorted guitar tones Angus & Malcolm ever used), and features two of their best songs ever in "Sink The Pink," and "Shake Your Foundations." But FOTW also features several other great songs; "Playing With Girls," "First Blood," and "Hell Or High Water." Some of the other songs, however, DO approach filler status, and the album is left with an uneven feel. If FOTW had two or three more killer songs it would rank up there as one of their best albums. As it is FOTW stands as a solid AC/DC album, and is better than most of the albums that followed.
Forget the Production, The Music Still Rocks! October 31, 2002
A.J. Taylor (Sparta, NJ United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
By 1985, things were going downhill for AC/DC. Their popularity, along with their brand of hard rock, was slipping, replaced by legions of generic hair-metal acts. Their supply of original ideas was drying up, making all their albums sound roughly the same. Brian Johnson's voice was going, and Phil Rudd was gone.
In the face of all these obstacles, AC/DC carried on in a "business as usual" fashion and created one of the few(and better) true rock albums of the era. Angus and Malcolm turn out impressive guitar work as usual and the song quality is pretty much constantly good, with only "Danger" and "First Blood" being truly weak songs. Simon Wright's drumming is acceptable, but nowhere near the quality of Phil Rudd's. Brian's voice is beginning to go, but still remains relatively strong. Also against this album is the absolutely horrid production. With an actual producer this album may have turned out alot better than it did.
Overall this is certainly not the first AC/DC album anyone should get. Indeed, this ranks towards the lower end of their catologue, but even an average AC/DC album is about 75% of other rock music out there...pick this one up to round out your collection.
 No good for AC/DC standards December 7, 2001
Peterton
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
After 1981's FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK, AC/DC began to run out of ideas at an alarming rate. They changed producer Mutt Lange, they fired Phil Rudd, every step was made to make thing better. But nothing happened. Brian Johnson's voice soon got worse compared to BACK IN BLACK standards, and new drummer Simon Wright could not fill the shoes of Phil Rudd. FLY ON THE WALL is one of the worst (if there is a bad AC/DC album!!) AC/DC albums ever, one that has not produced a standard for their live set nor got deep into fans' memories.
It's no Back in Black (but what is?) August 7, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This came out in 1985 - that dark point in time where MTV's influence started down the path of forever ruining album-oriented rock radio. Regardless, after "Flick of the Switch", it's not surprising that this didn't get much notice, but it's too bad, because there are a bunch of solid songs on "Fly on the Wall" that in my opinion, rank right up there with some of the band's best. There are some killer guitar lines on this disc, including "Playing With Girls", "Stand Up", "Hell or High Water" - and more. The production is pretty bad, though. The whole mix just seems kind of muddy and poorly equalized. And for god's sake, somebody get Brian Johnson a lozenge. If you like AC/DC, give it a chance - production value aside, it's much better than much of their newer stuff.
 Another underated effort! April 16, 2000
Big T (Austalia)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Another underarted 80's effort by AC/DC. As you all know, no songs on this album ever make it to radio play or in there live set all that often, or not at all. From the title track to "send for the man" this album still has plenty of balls, basic, simple and straight to the point. Apart from the vocals being drowned out by the music (Brian Johnson is hard to understand anyway, but even more so in this instance), this ia s ripper of an album.
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