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- Summary: The box set includes rare singles, live tracks from 1977-2000, and a music video DVD.
- Record Label: Columbia
- Genre(s): Rock
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| Riot on the radio pictures on the tv invader man take what he can shootout on the silver screen sticking 'em up and knocking 'em down living out a... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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It's good, dirty fun.
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Where the smaller Backtracks offers a single live rarities compilation, the amplified heat fleshes it to two.
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Q MagazineThe live material shows the band in their element, even if the limitations of Johnson's voice are exposed, flawless performances of "Hells Bells" and "Live Wire" explaining why they're still one of the most thrilling live acts. [Jan 2010, p.131]
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It's a set designed for the kind of diehard who would purchase a box set housed in a working amplifier, but its pleasures aren't limited to the dedicated, particularly when it comes to early AC/DC.
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Overall, Backtracks is not quite the treasure trove that fans might have been craving all these years, and it might have been a better idea to offer complete remastered CDs of AC/DC’s first four Australian albums instead of the single-CD mishmash, or even dig a little deeper into the live/studio vaults. That said, in spite of some bumps along the way, it’s still a very fun seven or eight hour trip.
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UncutIf you find it impressive how AC/DC have spun three chords into a 30-year career, then you'll enjoy what they can do with a boxset: Backtracks comes with three CDs, two DVDs, all packaged inside a recession-friendly amplifier. [Jan 2010, p. 103]
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It would be hard to argue that the set is worth its price (for true fans, the deluxe version comes in a working amp!), but even the most cynical could find a lot of value in downloading the first seven songs of Disc One from the digital music distributor of their choice.
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