Album · AC/DC
Powerage by AC/DC
Powerage is an album by AC/DC, released in 1978. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 14 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Sin City”, on 7 lists with a best position of #166.
Powerage, AC/DC's fifth studio album, hit the shops in Britain on 5 May 1978 and in America on 25 May, through Albert Productions and Atlantic, and it's the Sydney gang at their meanest and leanest. Vanda & Young produced, and it's the first AC/DC record with Cliff Williams on bass, locking in with Phil Rudd's drums behind Angus Young's lead guitar, Malcolm Young's rhythm chop and Bon Scott's leering vocals.
There's no title track, a first for the band outside the Australia-only High Voltage, and no gimmicks either, just riffs built like brick walls, and "Sin City" and "Rock N Roll Damnation" strut with pure street-level swagger. It was also the first AC/DC album to wear the same cover all over the world. Powerage got a fresh polish in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Powerage on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sin City | 7 | #166 | – | 1990–2002 | |
| 2 | Rock N Roll Damnation | 7 | #626 | – | 1990–2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.