Blow Up Your Video

AC/DC | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000008COG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,043 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Heatseeker

2. That's the Way I Wanna Rock & Roll

3. Mean Streak

4. Go Zone

5. Kissin' Dynamite

6. Nick of Time

7. Some Sin for Nuthin'

8. Ruff Stuff

9. Two's Up

10. This Means War

Editorial Reviews

AC/DC's 1988 album remastered and reissued in a special digipak. 2000 release. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hey it's an AC/DC album, what do you want?, July 14, 2005

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Johny Bottom "Insane and lonely guitarist" (Jacksonville, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blow Up Your Video (Dlx) (Audio CD)

The great thing about AC/DC is that you know exactly what you're getting when you buy it. Their formula is simple, crunchy riffs, insane solos from Angus, Brian (or Scott) throwing their throats out, sing a long choruses, and a bottom end that kicks your (...).

Blow up Your Video is no different. Sure some songs are better than others, and there are better AC/DC albums than this (Back in Black, Highway to Hell), but the formula is still there. AC/DC always stuck to their guns. When a lot of our favorite bands have gone out into la la land and released really bizarre stuff, AC/DC were there to keep us anchored. They may never have an Unplugged Session on MTV or release a 'concept' album, but I don't think AC/DC fans want them too. When it comes to rock n roll, AC/DC are meat and potatoes and there ain't nothing wrong with that.

Favorite tunes on this album: Heatseeker, That's the way I wanna Rock n Roll, Meanstreak, Some Sin for Nuthin, and Go Zone.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blow Up Your Video...(Enough TV, already, listen to music!), July 2, 2003

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Chris Pollman (Ummm....well.....uhhhh....Was-wait no...hmmm...) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blow Up Your Video (Dlx) (Audio CD)

Once more, AC/DC makes another fine album. Great tunes here,
in tradition of preceeding AC/DC albums.
With "Blow Up Your Video" you get a good example of how AC/DC kept it all real. They didn't go with what was current, they didn't buy into the hype of fashion and publicity.
They just had a will to rock, and the will, and geuis to do so.
Although not as good as other 80's albums, (Black...For Those...Switch...) it is better than "Fly On The Wall" (although that's a pretty good album.) Out of all 10 songs, the best would be "Heatseeker", "That's The Way I Wanna Rock N Roll",
"Some Sin For Nuthin'", "Ruff Stuff", and "Meanstreak".
"Meanstreak" has an undeniable funk, and you can't help but get something either bobbing or tapping in time to it's beat.
"Some Sin..." is a slower, burning number, with a good hook, and classic rock feel, plus a dash of R&B.
"Heatseeker", one of the live show staples, just plain rocks out.
With the twelve-bar blues structure, and good...everything.
"That's The Way..." is yet again, a fast paced rocker, with kick and bite to it, paying tribute to the good old days of rock.
(An add for Chevy cars used a clip of this song which mentions a Chevy in a magazine, once.)
"Ruff Stuff" is a pure, all-out hook-fest.(as described in the booklet). With a good melodic tint to it, and an equally melodic hooky riff, this song is one of their best, and has a somewhat "different" sound for AC/DC.
And the others are good, too. If you can only buy two albums from the new set of re-masters, get this, and my personal favorite, "Flick Of The Switch". You'll go home happy, and have these songs stuck in your head for quite a while (but that's a good thing, isn't it...)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GOOD AC/DC, March 13, 2002

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scott gordon (escondido, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blow Up Your Video (Audio CD)

There a lot of people that think this cd as well as Fly On The Wall are AC/DC's weakest work. Well, I beg to differ. This is a really good cd conisdering the time frame that it came out. I prefer to listen to this or Fly On The Wall over listening to The Razors Edge. From the opening track of Heatseeker to the closing of This Means War, it's nothing but good solid rock. If you don't have this cd, give it a try, it's worth the money.