Fly on the Wall

AC/DC | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000002II0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,874 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fly on the Wall

2. Shake Your Foundations

3. First Blood

4. Danger

5. Sink the Pink

6. Playing with Girls

7. Stand Up

8. Hell or High Water

9. Back in Business

10. Send for the Man

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good, But Forgotten, AC/DC Album, May 18, 2000

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Erik Rupp (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fly on the Wall (Audio CD)

FLICK OF THE SWITCH failed to sell the way BACK IN BLACK or FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK did, and AC/DC quickly became yesterday's news. FOTS was a great album, and people are still discovering that today, but what about the album after that? FLY ON THE WALL may just be AC/DC's heaviest album (thanks to the most distorted guitar tones Angus & Malcolm ever used), and features two of their best songs ever in "Sink The Pink," and "Shake Your Foundations." But FOTW also features several other great songs; "Playing With Girls," "First Blood," and "Hell Or High Water." Some of the other songs, however, DO approach filler status, and the album is left with an uneven feel. If FOTW had two or three more killer songs it would rank up there as one of their best albums. As it is FOTW stands as a solid AC/DC album, and is better than most of the albums that followed.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Forget the Production, The Music Still Rocks!, October 30, 2002

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A.J. Taylor (Sparta, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fly on the Wall (Audio CD)

By 1985, things were going downhill for AC/DC. Their popularity, along with their brand of hard rock, was slipping, replaced by legions of generic hair-metal acts. Their supply of original ideas was drying up, making all their albums sound roughly the same. Brian Johnson's voice was going, and Phil Rudd was gone.
In the face of all these obstacles, AC/DC carried on in a "business as usual" fashion and created one of the few(and better) true rock albums of the era. Angus and Malcolm turn out impressive guitar work as usual and the song quality is pretty much constantly good, with only "Danger" and "First Blood" being truly weak songs. Simon Wright's drumming is acceptable, but nowhere near the quality of Phil Rudd's. Brian's voice is beginning to go, but still remains relatively strong. Also against this album is the absolutely horrid production. With an actual producer this album may have turned out alot better than it did.
Overall this is certainly not the first AC/DC album anyone should get. Indeed, this ranks towards the lower end of their catologue, but even an average AC/DC album is about 75% of other rock music out there...pick this one up to round out your collection.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another underated effort!, April 15, 2000

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Big T (Austalia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fly on the Wall (Audio CD)

Another underarted 80's effort by AC/DC. As you all know, no songs on this album ever make it to radio play or in there live set all that often, or not at all. From the title track to "send for the man" this album still has plenty of balls, basic, simple and straight to the point. Apart from the vocals being drowned out by the music (Brian Johnson is hard to understand anyway, but even more so in this instance), this ia s ripper of an album.