Product Description

Track Listings 1. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 2. Love At First Feel 3. Big Balls 4. Rocker 5. Problem Child 6. There's Gonna Be Some Rockin' 7. Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round To Be A Millionaire) 8. Ride On 9. Squealer

Track Listing

1. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
2. Love At First Feel
3. Big Balls
4. Rocker
5. Problem Child
6. There's Gonna Be Some Rockin'
7. Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round To Be A Millionaire)
8. Ride On
9. Squealer

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3248 in Music
• Released on: 2003-03-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered

Amazon.co.uk Review
While Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap sounds like every other AC/DC album, it is distinguished by a lyrical puerility spectacular even by Bon Scott's standards. Two tracks--"Love At First Feel" and "Squealer"--are ruminations on the morality of sex with schoolgirls. "Big Balls", ostensibly a narrative from the perspective of an aristocrat socialite, is actually a somewhat laboured excuse for the band to chant, "We've got big balls." This juvenile posturing was, to a large degree, AC/DC winding up their burgeoning foreign audience by playing to stereotypical expectations of Australians. On Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, however, AC/DC try too hard. Only on "Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round To Be A Millionaire)" is Scott's laconic wit deployed to real effect: the sheer glee in the line "Get your fuckin' jumbo jet off my airport!" is almost worth the purchase price on its own. --Andrew Mueller

CD Description
Although it wasn't released stateside until '81, DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP is an Australian compilation recorded in the mid-70's. By the time of its U.S. release, singer Bon Scott had already died of alcohol poisoning and the band had emerged from the tragedy with new singer Brian Johnson and thestunning BACK IN BLACK. This album then, perhaps inadvertently, serves as an epitaph for the late, tattoo-emblazoned singer. And there is no more fitting eulogy than the title track, which captures Scott in all his raunchy glory.
Full of ill will, Scott snakes his way through a nasty tale of revenge. He's only too happy to provide TNT, concrete, cyanide,whatever it takes really, to get the job done. As he snarls, growls, and finally squeals, "high voltage!" Scott is immortalised in complete reptilian glee. Though the title tracksalone makes the album essential; there are other significant merits. The utterly tasteless hilarity of "Big Balls" is anot-so-subtle pun Beavis and Butthead would undoubtedly have worshipped. "Ride On" is a toned down blouse groove that is complete out of step with AC/DC's usual onslaught. All in all, DIRTY DEEDS is a fine collection that shows these Australian bad boys doing what they do best.

Customer Reviews

Hidden gem
Well, I've always considered DC to be the best rock band ever. I have had a number of albums, and enjoyed them live but for some reason I missed this album.
BUY IT.
Ok it is 'raw' - none of the clean produced Back in Black (still one of my favourites) but it is fantastic.
Dry, powerful and oozing quality - Bon at his best - as good as his fantastic Highway to Hell.
The band play in an 'older' rock and roll style but the DC drive is there. Angus may not shine through as he does later but that lets the tracks be balanced.
Above all, this just shows what a quality act AC-DC is and is a fitting tribute to Bon Scott - I hope he is down there, beer in one hand, women in another with this playing at full blast in the background.
I am not worthy...

I would give this 10 stars
I care not for those who claim this album is flawed. I have every AC/DC release, have seen them live numerous times, and have loved them for close to 20 odd years. I can say without a shadow of a doubt "Dirty Deeds" is my favorite. I don't care that it's purile (if you listen to AC/DC at all this is something you don't need to be too bothered about), I don't care that it's rough (in fact it more that adds to it's charm), I don't care that it's not quite as good as the Aussie version (R.I.P. is criminally absent on this release). This is the best, bar non, AC/DC album to date. The title track alone is worth the purchase price.

One of the Best
This is one of the "real" (as in Bon Scott) AC/DC's best. The price is justified alone for the wonderful blues of Ride On, surely the band's finest musical moment. Big Balls and Ain't No Fun just add to the pleasure of a great Rock'n'Roll experience; just a shame that they were never the same after Bon Scott left us. By the way why doesn't "Crabsody in Blue" appear on the CD versions of "Let There Be Rock"?