Blow Up Your Video专辑介绍
经过广泛地寻找后，最合适的录音地点选在法国南部的Miraval录音室。录音工作于8月正式开始。Harry Vanda和George Young回来作为整张专辑的制作人，这是自1978年来的第一次。他们为新专辑至少录制了19首歌，但当录音带送到纽约去混音时，只有最好的10首留了下来。
此专辑的第一支单曲，Heatseeker，于1月4日发行，马上登上了英国排行榜的第12位。Blow Up Your Video（摧毁你的电视）专辑本身在1月底发行，登上了英国排行榜的亚军位置，这是自Back In Black以来的最好成绩。同时在美国，它也爬上了第12位。
在澳大利亚Perth的娱乐中心经过3天的排练后，巡演于2月1日开始。这是 AC/DC一年多以来的首次演出，也是自1981年以来的首次澳大利亚演出。为了使气氛更特别，Isa和Chick Scott－－Bon的父母，出现在观众中。这次演出中Bon Scott的歌占多数，因为在澳大利亚，Bon Scott就是AC/DC。
在澳大利亚取得成功后，乐队回到了英国。但他们只在不列颠的两个城市举行了演出，伯明翰和伦敦。在伦敦温布利大球场的演出结束后，他们开始了欧洲巡演，直到4月13日又回到温布利球场才结束。
但Malcolm Young将不参加即将到来的美国巡演。他急切的希望从巡演中解脱出来得到休息，主要是想戒掉在漫长的巡演中养成的酗酒恶习。那时他缺席的官方理由是他已“筋疲力竭”。
AC/DC从Young家叫来了另一位成员，他们的侄子Stevie Young。他们出发了，就好象什么也没发生。Stevie不光对AC/DC的歌烂熟于心，他的精力也是Malcolm的两倍。Stevie与乐队的第一场演出于5月3日在波特兰举行。
这次美国巡演被证明是AC/DC的一次巨大成功。在他们演出的各地，都或多或少地卖出了专辑，几个星期后，Blow Up Your Video就成了继For Those About To Rock后卖得最好的专辑。巡演在年底结束。
AC/DC remained a popular concert draw throughout the '80s, although such albums as Flick of the Switch and Fly on the Wall failed to replicate their mass U.S. commercial success of 1980-1981 (Back in Black, For Those About to Rock, a reissue of Dirty Deeds). But the successful soundtrack for Stephen King's lackluster movie Maximum Overdrive, titled Who Made Who, put AC/DC back on the right track commercially. Their first new studio album of all-new material in three years, 1988's Blow Up Your Video turned out to be their most successful album since 1981's For Those About To Rock, even though it was chock full of filler. The driving album opener, "Heatseeker," turned out to be a surprising Top Ten single in the U.K., while the anthemic "That's the Way I Want to Rock n' Roll" proved to be another highlight (video clips were filmed for both songs, as well). But from there on (with the exception of "Kissin' Dynamite" and "This Means War"), it gets pretty unfocused. The album is glutted with such throwaways as "Nick of Time," "Ruff Stuff," and "Two's Up" -- completely missing the point of what made such previous albums as Back in Black so great (they simply did not contain a weak moment). Blow Up Your Video also marked the return of AC/DC's early production team, Harry Vanda and George Young, who man the boards for the first time since 1978's If You Want Blood.
AC/DC remained a popular concert draw throughout the '80s, although such albums as Flick of the Switch and Fly on the Wall failed to replicate their mass U.S. commercial success of 1980-1981 (Back in Black, For Those About to Rock, a reissue of Dirty Deeds). But the successful soundtrack for Stephen King's lackluster movie Maximum Overdrive, titled Who Made Who, put AC/DC back on the right track commercially. Their first new studio album of all-new material in three years, 1988's Blow Up Your Video turned out to be their most successful album since 1981's For Those About To Rock, even though it was chock full of filler. The driving album opener, "Heatseeker," turned out to be a surprising Top Ten single in the U.K., while the anthemic "That's the Way I Want to Rock n' Roll" proved to be another highlight (video clips were filmed for both songs, as well). But from there on (with the exception of "Kissin' Dynamite" and "This Means War"), it gets pretty unfocused. The album is glutted with such throwaways as "Nick of Time," "Ruff Stuff," and "Two's Up" -- completely missing the point of what made such previous albums as Back in Black so great (they simply did not contain a weak moment). Blow Up Your Video also marked the return of AC/DC's early production team, Harry Vanda and George Young, who man the boards for the first time since 1978's If You Want Blood.
Blow Up Your Video专辑歌曲
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