AC/DC Album History

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📅 19 events1975-2020Updated Oct 2026
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Feb 17, 1975

High Voltage (AUS)

Debut Australian album. Featured 'Baby, Please Don't Go' and 'She's Got Balls'. Original lineup with Bon Scott on vocals.

Dec 1, 1975

T.N.T.

Australian release. Featured 'It's a Long Way to the Top' and 'T.N.T.'. Tracks later used for international High Voltage.

May 14, 1976

High Voltage (International)

International debut combining tracks from first two Australian albums. Sales: ~3 million worldwide.

Sep 20, 1976

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Featured title track 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' and 'Problem Child'. Sales: ~6 million worldwide. US release delayed until 1981.

Mar 21, 1977

Let There Be Rock

Featured 'Whole Lotta Rosie' and title track. Sales: ~7 million worldwide. Marked shift to harder sound.

May 5, 1978

Powerage

Featured 'Rock 'n' Roll Damnation' and 'Sin City'. Sales: ~3 million. First album with Cliff Williams on bass.

Jul 27, 1979

Highway to Hell

Breakthrough album. Featured 'Highway to Hell' and 'Girls Got Rhythm'. Sales: ~7 million. Last album with Bon Scott before his death.

Jul 25, 1980

Back in Black

One of best-selling albums ever (~50 million). Featured 'Back in Black', 'You Shook Me All Night Long', 'Hells Bells'. First with Brian Johnson.

Nov 23, 1981

For Those About to Rock

Featured title track with cannon fire. Sales: ~4 million. First AC/DC album to hit #1 in US.

Aug 15, 1983

Flick of the Switch

Raw, stripped-down production. Featured 'Guns for Hire'. Sales: ~2 million. Recorded without producer Mutt Lange.

Jun 28, 1985

Fly on the Wall

Featured 'Shake Your Foundations' and 'Sink the Pink'. Sales: ~1 million. Commercial disappointment.

May 26, 1986

Who Made Who

Soundtrack album for Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive. Featured title track and 'You Shook Me All Night Long'. Sales: ~3 million.

Jan 18, 1988

Blow Up Your Video

Comeback album. Featured 'Heatseeker' and 'That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll'. Sales: ~2 million.

Sep 24, 1990

The Razors Edge

Major comeback. Featured 'Thunderstruck' and 'Moneytalks'. Sales: ~12 million worldwide. Won first Grammy.

Sep 26, 1995

Ballbreaker

Featured 'Hard as a Rock' and 'Cover You in Oil'. Sales: ~2 million. Phil Rudd returned on drums.

Feb 28, 2000

Stiff Upper Lip

Featured title track and 'Satellite Blues'. Sales: ~2.5 million. Continued classic AC/DC sound.

Oct 20, 2008

Black Ice

Featured 'Rock 'n' Roll Train'. Sales: ~8 million. First studio album in 8 years, debuted #1 in 29 countries.

Nov 28, 2014

Rock or Bust

Featured 'Play Ball' and title track. Sales: ~2 million. Last album with Malcolm Young, who had dementia.

Nov 13, 2020

Power Up

Tribute to Malcolm Young. Featured 'Shot in the Dark'. Sales: ~3 million. Debuted #1 in 18 countries.