Highway to Hell
by
AC/DC

Release type:
studio album
First released:
Jul 27 1979

Overview

Highway to Hell is the sixth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in July 1979. It is also AC/DC's fifth international studio album. It was the last album featuring Bon Scott, who died early the following year from over-consumption of alcohol.

It was originally released by Albert Productions, who licensed the album to Atlantic Records for release outside of Australia, and was then re-released by Epic Records in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series. On May 25th 2006, Highway to Hell was certified 7x platinum by the RIAA. In 2003, the album was ranked number 199 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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Record label:
Catalog number:
EK 80206
Release dates:
  • Feb 18 2003 in United States
Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Classic Rock, Rock, Arena Rock, Blues Rock, Metal, Pop, Rock and Roll. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Two Points of view - Two Ratings
Hello fellow AC/DC fans, I have 2 thoughts on this release and it goes for the rest of the catalog reissues as well. If you have never bought this release or bought a copy before 1994 then I would definitely buy this. The package and the sound are great.

However, if you, like myself bought the first "original tapes remastered" version released in 1994 , I would pass. It sounds exactly the same as the new "original two track remasters". If you want to upgrade for the pkg(new cd booklet) then go f…
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Written by "graydog7398"
1 stars Awesome Album Ruined by Loudness War
"The Sound on this cd is SO much louder than the original" "This has got to be the best this album has ever sounded" Yeah, right. Highway to hell is one of the latest victims of the loudness war, and this cd is compressed to death. Clipping is evident and the sound is consistently grating. Too bad increases in technology mean worse sounding cds. Pick up the orginal Atlantic cd - its much more dynamic - and consequently better sounding. And to those who say older cds are mastered not as loudly as…
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Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Highway to Hell
    3:27
    2
    Girls Got Rhythm
    3:23
    3
    Walk All Over You
    5:09
    4
    Touch Too Much
    4:26
    5
    Beating Around the Bush
    3:56
    6
    Shot Down in Flames
    3:22
    7
    Get It Hot
    2:34
    8
    If You Want Blood (You've Got It)
    4:36
    9
    Love Hungry Man
    4:16
    10
    Night Prowler
    6:16

Credits Edit

  1. engineer

    1. Mark Dearney [recording]
    2. Tony Platt [mix]

  1. producer

Other versions Edit

10 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Atlantic Records
catalog number: K 50628
release dates: Jul 27 1979 in United Kingdom
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10 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Atlantic Records
catalog number: SD 19244
release dates: Jul 30 1979 in United States
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10 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Albert Productions
catalog number: APLP-040
release dates: Nov 8 1979 in Australia
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10 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Epic
catalog number: E 80206
release dates: Oct 14 2003 in United States
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Highway to Hell 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Epic
catalog number: 5107642
release dates: Mar 3 2003 in Europe
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10 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: ATCO Records
catalog number: 7567-92419-2
release dates: Aug 1994 in Europe
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10 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Elektra Entertainment Group
catalog number: 7567-92419-5
release dates: Oct 17 2000 in Europe
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Highway to Hell 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Atlantic / Wea
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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Highway to Hell 10 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Sony Music
release dates: Oct 14 2003
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Highway to Hell 10 tracks format: 1 x cassette
record label: Atlantic / Wea
release dates: Aug 16 1994
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Highway to Hell 10 tracks format: 1 x cassette
record label: Sony Music
release dates: Feb 18 2003
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