For Those About to Rock We Salute You - Wikipedia

For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) is the eighth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It was released on 20 November 1981. ForThoseAbouttoRockWeSaluteYou FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch ThisarticleisaboutthealbumbyAC/DC.Forthetitletrack,seeForThoseAbouttoRock(WeSaluteYou).Fortheconcertvideo,seeForThoseAbouttoRock(film). 1981studioalbumbyAC/DCForThoseAbouttoRock(WeSaluteYou)StudioalbumbyAC/DCReleased20November1981[1]RecordedMay–September1981Studio MobileOne,Paris H.I.S,Paris GenreHardrockLength40:10Label Albert(UK) Atlantic(US) ProducerRobertJohn"Mutt"LangeAC/DCchronology BackinBlack(1980) ForThoseAbouttoRock(WeSaluteYou)(1981) FlickoftheSwitch(1983) SinglesfromForThoseAbouttoRockWeSaluteYou "Let'sGetItUp"Released:December1981 "ForThoseAbouttoRock(WeSaluteYou)"Released:22March1982 ForThoseAbouttoRock(WeSaluteYou)(referredtoasForThoseAbouttoRockonitscover)istheeighthstudioalbumbyAustralianhardrockbandAC/DC.Itwasreleasedon20November1981.[2] Thealbumisafollow-uptotheirhighlysuccessfulalbumBackinBlack.ForThoseAbouttoRockhassoldoverfourmillioncopiesintheUS.ItwouldbeAC/DC'sfirstandonlyNo.1albumintheU.S.untilthereleaseofBlackIceinOctober2008.Intheiroriginal1981review,RollingStonemagazinedeclaredittobetheirbestalbum.InAustralia,thealbumpeakedatNo.3ontheKentMusicReportAlbumsChart.[3] Thealbum,recordedinParis,wasthethirdandfinalAC/DCcollaborationwithproducerRobertJohn"Mutt"Lange.Thealbumwasre-releasedin2003aspartoftheAC/DCRemastersseries. Contents 1Releases 2Reception 3Tracklisting 4Referencesinpopularculture 5Personnel 6Charts 6.1Weeklycharts 6.2Year-endcharts 7Certifications 8References Releases[edit] Thealbumwasre-releasedin1985onCDformatmasteredbyBarryDiamentfromtheoriginalmastertapes.[4]In1994itwasreissuedafterbeingdigitallyremasteredfromtheoriginalmastertapes[5]withsignificantlymorecompressionthanthe1987release.[citationneeded] Reception[edit] ProfessionalratingsReviewscoresSourceRatingAllMusic[6]Blender[7]Christgau'sRecordGuideC[8]Collector'sGuidetoHeavyMetal8/10[9]TheEncyclopediaofPopularMusic[10]RollingStone[11] ForThoseAbouttoRockbecamethefirstAC/DCalbumtoeverhitNo. 1intheUSontheBillboardchartandstayedonthetopforthreeweeks.Todate,intheUS,ithasachievedfourmillionsales.IntheUK,thealbum'stwosingles,"Let'sGetItUp"and"ForThoseAbouttoRock(WeSaluteYou)",madeittoNo. 13andNo. 15,respectively.Thealbumhassoldanestimatedsevenmillioncopiesworldwide,makingitoneofthehighestsoldAC/DCalbumsworldwide.[citationneeded].Howeveritmarksamajordrop-offinsalesintheUnitedStates,onlyselling4millionasfollow-uptothe25×platinumBackinBlack.Ina2008RollingStonecoverstory,DavidFrickesingledoutthetitletrackforpraise,notingits"unusualstop-starteffectthathooksyoujustashardastheirusualrailroaddrive."[citationneeded] Tracklisting[edit] AlltracksarewrittenbyAngusYoung,MalcolmYoungandBrianJohnson.SideANo.TitleLength1."ForThoseAbouttoRock(WeSaluteYou)"5:432."PuttheFingeronYou"3:253."Let'sGetItUp"3:534."InjecttheVenom"3:315."Snowballed"3:23 SideBNo.TitleLength6."EvilWalks"4:237."C.O.D."3:198."BreakingtheRules"4:239."NightoftheLongKnives"3:2510."Spellbound"4:28 AccordingtotheofficialAC/DCwebsite,thesecondtrackis"PuttheFingeronYou",[12]whileonsomeversionsofthealbumthetitleisshownas"IPuttheFingeronYou".[6] Referencesinpopularculture[edit] InthemovieSchoolofRock,DeweyFinn(JackBlack)saystotheclass:"InthewordsofAC/DC:Werolltonight ...totheguitarbite ...andforthoseabouttorock ...Isaluteyou".[13] TheconcertvideoForThoseAbouttoRock,aboutthefirstopen-airrockconcertinMoscowin1991,wasnamedafterthealbumandtitletrack,andfeaturedliveperformancesbyAC/DCandotherrockbands,includingthetitletrack. Inthe1989BeastieBoyssingleShadrach,theymakeareferencetothealbuminalyric. Personnel[edit] AC/DC BrianJohnson–leadvocals AngusYoung–leadguitar MalcolmYoung–rhythmguitar,backingvocals CliffWilliams–bassguitar,backingvocals PhilRudd–drums Production RobertJohn"Mutt"Lange–production MarkDearnley–recordingengineer DaveThoener–mixingengineer AndyRose,MarkHaliday&NigelGreen–assistantengineers BobLudwig–masteringatMasteRdisk(1981) TedJensen–remasteringatSterlingSound(1994) GeorgeMarino–remastering(2003) AlQuaglieri&MikeFraser–remasteringsupervision(2003) Charts[edit] Weeklycharts[edit] Year Chart Position 1981-1982 AustralianAlbums(ARIA)[14] 3 AustrianAlbums(Ö3Austria)[15] 7 DutchAlbums(AlbumTop100)[16] 22 GermanAlbums(OffizielleTop100)[17] 2 NewZealandAlbums(RMNZ)[18] 6 NorwegianAlbums(VG-lista)[19] 6 SwedishAlbums(Sverigetopplistan)[20] 9 USBillboard200[21] 1 2008 SpanishAlbums(PROMUSICAE)[22] 75 JapaneseAlbums(Oricon)[23] 100 2011 ItalianAlbums(FIMI)[24] 94 Year-endcharts[edit] Chart(1982) Position AustrianAlbums(Ö3Austria)[25] 20 GermanAlbums(OffizielleTop100)[26] 30 USBillboard200[27] 43 Certifications[edit] Region Certification Certifiedunits/sales Australia(ARIA)[28] 5×Platinum 350,000^ Austria(IFPIAustria)[29] Gold 25,000* Denmark(IFPIDanmark)[30] Gold 50,000^ France(SNEP)[32] Platinum 529,600[31] Germany(BVMI)[33] Platinum 500,000^ Italy(FIMI)[34]salessince2009 Gold 25,000 Spain(PROMUSICAE)[35] Gold 50,000^ Switzerland(IFPISwitzerland)[36] Platinum 50,000^ UnitedKingdom(BPI)[37] Gold 100,000^ UnitedStates(RIAA)[38] 4×Platinum 4,000,000^ *Salesfiguresbasedoncertificationalone.^Shipmentsfiguresbasedoncertificationalone.Sales+streamingfiguresbasedoncertificationalone. 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"Jailbreak" "DirtyDeedsDoneDirtCheap" "LoveatFirstFeel" "RideOn" "DogEatDog" "LetThereBeRock" "WholeLottaRosie" "Rock'n'RollDamnation" "HighwaytoHell" "GirlsGotRhythm" "TouchTooMuch" "NightProwler "YouShookMeAllNightLong" "HellsBells" "BackinBlack" "RockandRollAin'tNoisePollution" "Let'sGetItUp" "ForThoseAbouttoRock(WeSaluteYou)" "GunsforHire" "NervousShakedown" "FlickoftheSwitch" "Danger" "ShakeYourFoundations" "WhoMadeWho" "Heatseeker" "That'stheWayIWannaRock'n'Roll" "Thunderstruck" "Moneytalks" "AreYouReady" "BigGun" "HardasaRock" "HailCaesar" "CoverYouinOil" "StiffUpperLip" "SafeinNewYorkCity" "SatelliteBlues" "Rock'n'RollTrain" "BigJack" "AnythingGoes" "MoneyMade" "ShoottoThrill" "PlayBall" "RockorBust" "ShotintheDark" Videoalbums AC/DC:LetThereBeRock FlyontheWall WhoMadeWho AC/DC Clipped LiveatDonington ForThoseAbouttoRock:MonstersinMoscow NoBull StiffUpperLipLive FamilyJewels PlugMeIn LiveatRiverPlate Tours BlackIceWorldTour RockorBustWorldTour Relatedarticles Discography Songs Awardsandnominations Members ACDCLane AngusBucks Tributealbums AC/DCLive:RockBandTrackPack Category Authoritycontrol MusicBrainzreleasegroup Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=For_Those_About_to_Rock_We_Salute_You&oldid=1078082511" Categories:1981albumsAC/DCalbumsAlbertProductionsalbumsAtlanticRecordsalbumsAlbumsproducedbyRobertJohn"Mutt"LangeHiddencategories:CS1errors:missingtitleCS1errors:bareURLCS1German-languagesources(de)CS1French-languagesources(fr)CS1Italian-languagesources(it)CS1Spanish-languagesources(es)CitecertificationusedforUnitedKingdomwithoutIDUseAustralianEnglishfromAugust2016AllWikipediaarticleswritteninAustralianEnglishUsedmydatesfromJune2020ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionisdifferentfromWikidataArticleswithhAudiomicroformatsAlbumarticleslackingalttextforcoversAllarticleswithunsourcedstatementsArticleswithunsourcedstatementsfromFebruary2022ArticleswithunsourcedstatementsfromJuly2013ArticleswithunsourcedstatementsfromApril2021AlbumchartusagesforAustraliaAlbumchartusagesforAustriaAlbumchartusagesforNetherlandsAlbumchartusagesforGermany4AlbumchartusagesforNewZealandAlbumchartusagesforNorwayAlbumchartusagesforSwedenAlbumchartusagesforBillboard200AlbumchartusagesforSpainAlbumchartusagesforOriconAlbumchartusagesforItalyCertificationTableEntryusagesforAustraliaPagesusingcertificationTableEntrywithshipmentsfiguresCertificationTableEntryusagesforAustriaPagesusingcertificationTableEntrywithsalesfiguresCertificationTableEntryusagesforDenmarkCertificationTableEntryusagesforFranceCertificationTableEntryusagesforGermanyCertificationTableEntryusagesforItalyPagesusingcertificationTableEntrywithstreamingfiguresCertificationTableEntryusagesforSpainCertificationTableEntryusagesforSwitzerlandCertificationTableEntryusagesforUnitedKingdomCertificationTableEntryusagesforUnitedStatesPagesusingcertificationTableEntrywithsalesfootnotePagesusingcertificationTableEntrywithshipmentsfootnotePagesusingcertificationTableEntrywithstreamingfootnoteArticleswithMusicBrainzreleasegroupidentifiers Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages БългарскиČeštinaDanskDeutschΕλληνικάEspañolFrançais한국어ItalianoLietuviųMagyar日本語NorskbokmålPolskiPortuguêsРусскийSuomiSvenskaTürkçeУкраїнська Editlinks