Stiff Upper Lip

AC/DC

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (February 29, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 29, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B00004R7N8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (283 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #728,123 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stiff Upper Lip

2. Meltdown

3. House of Jazz

4. Hold Me Back

5. Safe in New York City

6. Can't Stand Still

7. Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll

8. Satellite Blues

9. Damned

10. Come and Get It

11. All Screwed Up

12. Give It Up

13. [CD-ROM Track]

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Like death and taxes, you can count on AC/DC. The Australian metal men, unlike the more daring likes of Metallica, have stuck with one virtually unchanged formula since 1973. While '90s albums such as Who Made Who and Razor's Edge are uneven at best, the five-years-coming Stiff Upper Lip marks a return to the group's Back in Black prime. Muscular, meaty, and powerful, Stiff Upper Lip boasts a dozen instantly hard and heavy classics full of macho bravado, double entendres, and, of course, Angus Young's trademark guitar. From the archetypal title track to the more portentous "House of Jazz" to the forceful, irresistible syncopation of "I Feel Safe in New York City," AC/DC are again at the top of their game. --Katherine Turman

Product Description

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. Sony. 2008. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A big juicy 40 oz. slab of ROCK!, February 29, 2000

By	Morgan (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stiff Upper Lip (Audio CD)

It is a very difficult thing to say that any particular AC/DC album is their "best." They have so much high quality material. But suffice to say the Stiff Upper Lip delivers the hard-rocking' goods on every track, just like Highway to Hell, Back in Black, and High Voltage. It suffers from none of the muddy production problems that plagued their post-Mutt Lange albums, in fact it sounds better than any of their albums, in terms of production, except the remastered Back in Black. AC/DC's previous two albums (Razor's Edge & Ballbreaker), to me anyways, signifigantly improved over the majority of mid-late 80's material (Fly on the Wall, Blow Up Your Video), but SUL absolutely demolishes The Razor's Edge and Ballbreaker in terms of power, riffage, and Brian fixed-up vocals sound better than he has in a long, long time. Every song has that indefinable "timeless" rock sound that pours out from a lot of their late 70's material. Each song has you wondering "How can they not release this as a single?" Songs alternate between Back In Black evil rock (Safe in New York City, House of Jazz, Damned(my fav) and Powerage-style funky blues licks (Meltdown, Hold Me Back, Can't Stand Still). You absolutely cannot go wrong with record. Easily on par with your favorite AC/DC album, and easily better than the rest.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars After 27 years, AC/DC still rules!, April 16, 2000

By	Dylan MacIntyre (Moosonee, Ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stiff Upper Lip (Audio CD)

I read in a magazine recently that rock music is dead. I also read in another magazine that Korn is the future of rock. Well, as long as AC/DC is around, neither of those statements are true! Stiff Upper Lip is a great album; better than The Razor's Edge, and better than Who Made Who. In fact, it ranks up there with Highway To Hell and Back In Black as one of their best ever! As Angus Young said in a recent interview in Toronto, what we need is some of that good old, toe-tapping rock'n'roll, and that's what we get, and it still sounds just as good as it did when High Voltage came out back in 1973.

PS. AC/DC will be around long after the Backstreet Boys lose their looks and their fans, and long after rap music finally dies (which will hopefully be soon! ) If you agree with me, tell me that my review was helpful by clicking YES!

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Still "Stiff" After All These Years., February 9, 2004

By	The Groove (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Stiff Upper Lip (Audio CD)

"You can't stop rock and roll," barks Brian Johnson on track number 7 off "Stiff Upper Lip." Apparently, you can't stop AC/DC either. In the thirty-odd years these guys have been around, they've bypassed every known musical trend (classic rock, disco, punk, new wave, techno, and elctronica) while leaving their sound virtually unchanged. And why should they bother? If it ain't broke, don't fix it, and on their umpteenth album, they've given more of the same head-banging rock to please old and new fans alike. Produced by George Young (the elder brother of guitarists Angus and Malcolm), we get killer guitar riffs, catchy choruses, and enough double-entendres to make Austin Powers proud. These guys have clearly aged and have somewhat mellowed a bit since the glory days of "Back in Black," but the energy is undeniably present. "Safe in New York City," "Hold Me Back," and "House of Jazz" deliver the goods as only AC/DC can deliver them. The album lacks one straight up classic in the vein of "You Shook Me All Night Long," "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" or "TNT," but even so, "Stiff Upper Lip" is a very solid record from "the thunder from down under."