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- Blow Up Your Video
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AC/DC
Released 1988

Heatseeker
03:50
39,582 plays

That's the Way I Wanna Rock & Roll
03:45
18,598 plays

Mean Streak
04:08
12,274 plays

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songs

- 1
- Heatseeker
- 03:50
- 39,582 plays

- 2
- That's the Way I Wanna Rock & Roll
- 03:45
- 18,598 plays

- 3
- Mean Streak
- 04:08
- 12,274 plays

- 4
- Go Zone
- 04:26
- 11,930 plays

- 5
- Kissin' Dynamite
- 03:58
- 11,521 plays

- 6
- Nick of Time
- 04:16
- 11,684 plays

- 7
- Some Sin for Nuthin'
- 04:11
- 10,761 plays

- 8
- Ruff Stuff
- 04:28
- 11,554 plays

- 9
- Two's Up
- 05:19
- 11,011 plays

- 10
- This Means War
- 04:32
- 11,732 plays

album review

AC/DC remained a popular concert draw throughout the '80s, although such albums as Flick of the Switch and Fly on the Wall failed to replicate their mass U.S. commercial success of 1980-1981 (Back in Black, For Those About to Rock, a reissue of Dirty Deeds). But the successful soundtrack for Stephen King's lackluster movie Maximum Overdrive, titled Who Made Who, put AC/DC back on the right track commercially. Their first new studio album of all-new material in three years, 1988's Blow Up Your Video turned out to be their most successful album since 1981's For Those About To Rock, even though it was chock full of filler. The driving album opener, "Heatseeker," turned out to be a surprising Top Ten single in the U.K., while the anthemic "That's the Way I Want to Rock n' Roll" proved to be another highlight (video clips were filmed for both songs, as well). But from there on (with the exception of "Kissin' Dynamite" and "This Means War"), it gets pretty unfocused. The album is glutted with such throwaways as "Nick of Time," "Ruff Stuff," and "Two's Up" -- completely missing the point of what made such previous albums as Back in Black so great (they simply did not contain a weak moment). Blow Up Your Video also marked the return of AC/DC's early production team, Harry Vanda and George Young, who man the boards for the first time since 1978's If You Want Blood. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide