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8.5
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8.5 |
Paste Magazine
Rock or Bust avoids being painted as “just another AC/DC album” through the band’s efforts to embrace its limitations as men in their 60s
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8.0
71919
8.0 |
Uncut
Rock sincerely hopes that that his isn’t the last word from AC/DC, but if it is , we will know that they died as they lived- and they didn’t go down without a fight
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Music
While it’s easy to take AC/DC for granted, this latest collection is proof that these old boys still have plenty of life left in them
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
Business as usual: the album their departed linchpin would have wanted. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Observer
Rock Or Bust isn’t nearly as monumental as Back in Black – few albums are – but for a band that really do go through motions, you don’t for a moment feel AC/DC are dialling it in
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7.5
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A.V. Club
AC/DC is still able to deliver on the simple, singular promise embedded into the very fabric of its makeup as a band—they do, indeed, rock. Nothing more, nothing less
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7.0
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7.0 |
musicOMH
With AC/DC, what you see is what you get. Just this once, we wouldn’t have it any other way
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7.0
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Rolling Stone
The arena-rock vets whip out plenty of electrifying fist-pumpers
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7.0
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7.0 |
Clash
This is AC/DC: an unstoppable volcanic force, a group that seems to weather every obstacle placed in its way. Play it ‘til yr ears bleed – it’s the way Malcolm would’ve wanted it
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7.0
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Drowned In Sound
It’s not great, it’s not touching, it’s not…well it’s not anything but autopilot AC/DC, as they have been for many years now and it’s none the worse for that
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7.0
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PopMatters
11 tracks of riff-laden rock
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7.0
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NME
As a creative endeavour, ‘Rock Or Bust’ is ninety-nine per cent perspiration, nought per cent inspiration and one per cent raw chutzpah
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
11 songs dispatched in 35 minutes, so when the formula creaks redress is never far away. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
The FT
A straightforward stomp with a boogying swagger provided by Angus Young’s guitar riffs
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
Rock Or Bust sounds like every AC/DC album since Back in Black: rock-solid rhythms over which guitarist Angus Young and gruff-voiced Brian Johnson do their stuff
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Back in Black this ain't. It's not even Black Ice. But it'll do
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6.0
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6.0 |
Exclaim
Rather than phoning in the record fans expect, AC/DC made one that suits their own needs
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6.0
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6.0 |
State
AC/DC are still capable of producing infectious, down and dirty rock music to a formula that has seen them succeed again and again
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6.0
71848
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Producer Brendan O’Brien has brought a Springsteen-like swing to the record. Fans will be content with more of the same
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