What better music than AC⁄DC to send us away on our summer break. The band is in our opinion an outstanding example of how to combine raw energy with full control of every aspect of the music. Sadly rhythm guitarist Malcom Young died late 2017. The band has carried on without him for some time due to his illness the last couple of years. Malcom was one of those musicians that did not make a big fuzz out of himself. He often just stood next to the drummer behind his younger brother Angus Young and singer Brian Johnson playing his rhythm guitar to perfection. He laid the foundation for the bands super tight sound, he wrote a lot of their music and he will for many years be a true reference of excellence.

The album Ballbreaker is not among AC⁄DCs most famous albums, nor does it contain a lot of classics that will withstand time like some of their other albums. But what Ballbreaker features is a super tight, full-bodied studio recording that is some of the best sound ever produced by AC⁄DC. It is like all band members was given an equal amount of level and attention from producer Rick Rubin. It is a full-size band with a full-size sound and an absolute pleasure to listen to. Some of the tracks are best to be forgotten quickly, but others are quite good and worth a chance. Track four "Boogie Man", an AC⁄DC kind of blues track, was what brought our attention to the album some years ago. The track builts up over the length and combines the hard hitting AC⁄DC sound with the classic blues genre. Only AC⁄DC can pull off something like this. We remember going to a concert in Copenhagen during the bands Ballbreaker tour in 1995 and Brian Johnson hanging on a swinging wrecking ball long before Miley Cyrus copied the act. Although we believe Miley does this a bit more gracefully than Brian...

There is a good chance you already have Ballbreaker in your collection of music and there is a good chance it has been forgotten and not valued over the past years, if not, then you can find it on Tidal. There will be no better time than now, to give it another chance...