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Well the reviews are pouring in and for the most part they are highly favorable. What are your thoughts?

Don't know yet, Brian. I've only heard bits and pieces of the single so far and it sounds OK.

More heavy duty listening required on my part!

I walked into Walmart yesterday, and they made a HUGE section of t-shirts, beach towels, posters....you name it.....I didn't see the CD when I was there!

Since Bon Scott isn't on it, I've got no interest.

I haven't heard anything from Black Ice yet.

Here's Rock 'N Roll Train from Black Ice. What a great tune!



And here's the making of the video. Cool or what?



Here's the track listing

Track Listing
All songs written by Angus Young and Malcolm Young.

# Title
1. "Rock N' Roll Train"
2. "Skies on Fire"
3. "Big Jack"
4. "Anything Goes"
5. "War Machine"
6. "Smash N' Grab"
7. "Spoilin' For A Fight"
8. "Wheels"
9. "Decibel"
10. "Stormy May Day"
11. "She Likes Rock N' Roll"
12. "Money Made"
13. "Rock N' Roll Dream"
14. "Rocking All the Way"
15. "Black Ice"

Here's War Machine..............

Interesting that Mal's put the Burns tailpiece and floating Space control bridge back on his Gretsch.

They're back and it rocks

They seem to be really promoting this album. I've seen the TV commercial for it several times already.

AC/DC's Johnson 'overwhelmed' by CD's success

Oct 29, 5:29 PM (ET)

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY

NEW YORK (AP) - AC/DC made their new album, "Black Ice," available only at Wal-Mart and through their Web site, but that hasn't limited its success: The CD not only has topped the charts in more than two dozen countries, it debuts atop the latest U.S. album chart with sales of more than 780,000 copies.

"It's overwhelming, and quite hard to take in," the legendary group's lead singer, Brian Johnson, said Wednesday after learning his group had 2008's second-biggest album debut.

"Even an old dog like me has a few more surprises in life, I guess," he said, chuckling.

The group beat out "High School Musical" for the No. 1 spot. According to figures released Wednesday by Nielsen SoundScan, "Black Ice" sold some 784,000 copies in its first week of release; the teen-oriented movie soundtrack sold about 297,000 copies. (The year's biggest album debut so far belongs to Lil Wayne, with a million copies sold of "Tha Carter III.")

In making Wal-Mart the only retailer for their album, AC/DC joined the likes of the Eagles and Journey, who have all had strong success.

"It was a win-win situation, and they decided to make it into a big thing with AC/DC merchandise and good deals with the other albums with the catalog," Johnson said. "This has been a wonderful thing."

The CD has topped the charts in 29 countries since its release in the recent days.

AC/DC have got to be living proof of that old saying "If you're on a good thing, stick to it".

Not much variation in their format etc from the first album, but I'm not complaining

BTW, is Lil Wayne someone I should know about ?

I guess finance wise it was a strong move, but as a former record store owner it kinda sucks re: the Wallmart lock...

longboard_ric wrote:BTW, is Lil Wayne someone I should know about ?

Not unless you dig rap music................

winston wrote:

longboard_ric wrote:BTW, is Lil Wayne someone I should know about ?

Not unless you dig rap music................

OK, I think I'll let him drift off into ano.....anony........anonym.........anonymity.....got it at last!!!!