T.N.T. by AC/DC

T.N.T., AC/DC's second album, was unleashed only on Australia and New Zealand on 1 December 1975, on Albert Productions with Vanda & Young producing, and it's the record where the band's engine finally bolted together. It's the first AC/DC release with Mark Evans on bass and Phil Rudd on drums, locking in behind Angus and Malcolm Young's guitars and Bon Scott's leering howl, though the last two tracks still carry George Young and Tony Currenti from High Voltage.

This is hard rock stripped to the chassis: blues licks played at a boil, a rhythm section that never wastes a beat, and choruses built for shouting back from the floor of a sweaty pub. "TNT" is a pure chant with a fuse on it, "High Voltage" and "Livewire" crackle, and "The Jack" slows the whole thing down to a filthy blues crawl.

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