Black Ice (album)

Black Ice (album)
Black Ice
In the forefront, the logo for AC/DC in red letters, and under it a quadrilateral with “Black Ice” in white letters. In the background, a mosaic with tribal motifs, drawings of horns, wings, a man in a straitjacket, and a guitarist inside a cog.
Studio album by AC/DC
Released 17 October 2008 (2008-10-17)
Recorded March–April 2008 at The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, Canada
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock
Length 55:38
Label Columbia
Producer Brendan O'Brien
AC/DC chronology
Stiff Upper Lip
(2000)		 Black Ice
(2008)		 Backtracks
(2009)
Singles from Black Ice
  1. "Rock 'n' Roll Train"
    Released: 28 August 2008 (2008-08-28)
  2. "Big Jack"
    Released: 18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)
  3. "Anything Goes"
    Released: 25 February 2009 (2009-02-25)

Black Ice is the 15th Australian and 14th international studio album by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It was produced by Brendan O'Brien and released internationally on 17 October 2008. Guitarists Angus Young and Malcolm Young got together in London in 2003 to start composing tracks. Delays to its development occurred due to an injury to bass guitarist Cliff Williams and a change of labels from Atlantic Records to Sony Music. Recording occurred on March and April 2008 at The Warehouse Studio in Canada, the same studio as the band's previous album Stiff Upper Lip, the eight-year gap between them is their longest between successive studio albums. O'Brien tried to recapture the rock sound of the band's early work, as opposed to the blues orientation of predecessors Ballbreaker and Stiff Upper Lip, and made suggestions such as adding "soul crooning" to Brian Johnson's singing. Black Ice has the longest running time of any AC/DC studio effort.

Black Ice was launched exclusively in physical formats, as the group does not sell its music digitally. Walmart got exclusive rights for the North American distribution, and was released along with an extensive marketing campaign which included displays focusing on AC/DC memorabilia. Three singles were issued, "Rock 'n' Roll Train", "Big Jack" and "Anything Goes". Black Ice went to number-one in 29 countries, including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was the second best-selling record of 2008, behind Coldplay's Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, and had shipped 6 million copies worldwide by December. Critical reviews were generally positive, praising the music and resemblance to the classic AC/DC sound, although some critics found the work overly long and inconsistent. Black Ice was nominated for many awards, including the Grammy, Brit, Juno and ARIA Music Awards; and was supported by a world tour between 2008 and 2010.

Contents

Production

Black Ice marks AC/DC's sixteenth Australian issued studio album, and fifteenth internationally released. The band decided to take a break after finishing the Stiff Upper Lip World Tour in 2001, and resumed performing in 2003, with eight presentations that included AC/DC's induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and opening three concerts for The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour.[1] During those two years, guitarists Angus Young and Malcolm Young wrote music separately, and then met in a London studio to work on new songs.[2]

The production of Black Ice was delayed for several reasons. AC/DC abandoned old label Atlantic Records to sign a deal with Sony Music,[3] and changed labels within Sony, from Epic Records to Columbia Records.[4][5] Bass guitarist Cliff Williams suffered an injury to his hand in 2005, and spent 18 months unable to play.[6] During the time Williams was recovering, the Young brothers perfected the songs they had written.[7] Angus revealed that there was no pressure from Sony for the band to put out a new album, as the label was releasing DVDs and remasters of the AC/DC catalogue, and thus the group "could afford to sit back and say we’ll do another album when we think we’ve got all the goods."[2] In a 2004 interview, vocalist Brian Johnson said that Angus had written harder riffs than those on Stiff Upper Lip. Johnson also stated that would be writing song lyrics, for the first time since the band's 1988 album Blow Up Your Video,[8] but all tracks on Black Ice were credited to the Youngs.[9] On January 2006, Malcolm revealed in an interview that the band was working on a new album.[4]

When the Young brothers called Columbia Records' president Steve Barnett to announce the making of a new album, Barnett recommended them producer Brendan O'Brien.[5] On 3 March 2008, recording started at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, the same studio where Stiff Upper Lip was made,[10] and lasted for eight weeks.[11] Engineer Mike Fraser, who has mixed all AC/DC albums since The Razors Edge, said they recorded in batches of three songs to "keep things interesting" and avert overextended sessions. According to Fraser, the band had not rehearsed the songs prior to entering the studio.[10] Despite "a couple of tweaks in the writing, sparkling up the choruses a bit better" during the recording, the compositions were mostly complete.[12] Still, the Young brothers had new ideas during production, including the song "Anything Goes", written as studio sessions were nearly finished.[13]

According to Angus, the title refers to gigs played during winter in the brothers' native country of Scotland. He said, "it rolled off the tongue" and it reminded him of "radio warnings up north of black ice."[14] The band considered using the working title Runaway Train.[15]

Composition

"The AC/DC music that I remember most is Highway to Hell and Back in Black, which I view as pop songs done in a very heavy ferocious way. Angus and Malcolm were writing songs that had a lot of hooks and my only job was to make a record that made people say, ‘I've missed AC/DC, and I’m glad they’re back.’"

 —Brendan O'Brien[5]

With Black Ice, Brendan O'Brien tried to recapture the rock sound of their early work on albums such as Highway to Hell and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. He thought the two previous studio efforts, Ballbreaker and Stiff Upper Lip, were more blues-based.[16] O'Brien encouraged the band to emphasise the "hooky, melodic side" of its song-writing, which Angus complimented, since he had "never been great with harmonies".[17] Mike Fraser declared the band aimed "towards The Razors Edge era, a little bit more up-tempo stuff."[11] O'Brien made suggestions about their performance, getting Angus to play slide guitar on "Stormy May Day",[17] and telling Johnson to swap some screaming for a spot of "soul crooning", as he was a soul singer and had to do what he needed to do. Johnson was worried that the rest of the band would think this did not suit their style of hard rock and roll, but the band was quite receptive.[3] The highly demanding singing style led to Johnson only recording his vocals for one hour a day.[7] The rhythm section continues the basic structure from other AC/DC records, with Cliff Williams playing basslines of eighth notes,[18] and Phil Rudd's drumming being a consistent 4/4 time, mostly on his snare, kick drum and hi-hat cymbal. Both musicians expressed contentment with their roles in the band; Rudd declared, "I'm not repressing skills. Most drummers are scared to try this", and Williams admitted he plays "the same thing in every song, for the most part", but added "[i]n AC/DC's music, the song is more important than any individual's bit in it".[19]

Angus said that when composing with Malcolm they share ideas to make each track "work together" to form a complete album.[21] With 15 songs which clock at over 55 minutes,[18] Black Ice has the longest running time of any AC/DC studio record.[22] Malcolm has declared that "about 60 or 70 song ideas" were developed,[11] but Angus stated that most were discarded because of not being "representative of how we are".[23] Most of the album's tracks are about rock and roll itself – Angus stated "Certain songs just seem to come to life when you add that phrase".[13] However, other themes served as inspiration. "Money Made" is a criticism on how, according to Angus, in the US "everything is money these days".[13] "War Machine" was based on a documentary on Hannibal, which led to the conclusion that the military has not changed since Ancient Rome.[24][25] "Wheels" tells about Johnson's passion for motorcars.[24] He described the release as the "best one we've done", he felt that while Back in Black was great for its time, Black Ice shows the band's "versatility".[3]

Release and promotion

On 15 August 2008, Black Ice was announced by Rolling Stone as the title of the new AC/DC album, which would have a total of 15 songs.[26] That same day, the band filmed the promotional video for its first single, "Rock 'n' Roll Train", in London.[27] Three days later, Columbia Records announced that Black Ice would be released on 20 October in the US, and made pre-orders available.[28][29] "Rock 'n' Roll Train", was issued on 28 August,[27] with "Big Jack" and "Anything Goes" following in some markets.[30] The track, "Spoilin' For a Fight", was used by the World Wrestling Entertainment as the theme song for its 2008 Survivor Series event,[31] and "War Machine" was later included in the soundtrack album for Iron Man 2.[32]

The CD version was also available in a hard-cover, deluxe edition with a 30-page booklet containing exclusive new illustrations, studio and live photographs of the group as well as lyrics to the songs.[33] A limited edition steel-box version, containing the CD, a 20-page colour booklet, a DVD featuring the "Rock 'n' Roll Train" video and a making of documentary, a large AC/DC flag, five stickers and a Gibson guitar pick, was issued in Germany and the United Kingdom in December.[34][35] It appeared as a vinyl LP on two 180-gram discs, in a heavy gate-fold package featuring the standard red lettering artwork on the front. The LP was sold through the official website and through independent record shops in the US.[36] An unknown number of copies of the vinyl version were incorrectly pressed, side 1B had tracks from The Clash's Live At Shea Stadium instead.[30] Black Ice was not issued digitally, as the band refuses to sell their tracks separately. Angus declared, "If we were on iTunes, we know a certain percentage of people would only download two or three songs from the album - and we don't think that represents us musically."[37] However, its entire content was leaked online two weeks early.[38] Rumours spread that Sony Music tried to control leaks by releasing fake tracks on peer-to-peer websites.[39]

In North America, Walmart made a deal for the exclusive distribution of Black Ice, though a few independent music shops managed to get copies by ordering them from foreign outlets.[40] Angus declared that they picked Walmart since the company is the biggest physical music retailer in America, which they believed to be "the best alternative to iTunes".[21] The retailer created over 3000 "Rock Again AC/DC Stores" with displays showcasing albums, clothing, the No Bull DVD, the video game AC/DC Live: Rock Band, and products from sponsors.[41][42] Gary Severson, a Walmart senior vice president, said that AC/DC was one of the rare artists whose loyal fan-base allowed to display other merchandise along with the music.[43] In October, MTV, Walmart and Columbia created "AC/DC Rock Band Stores" in cities without actual Walmart retail locations – New York's Times Square, and Los Angeles. "Black Ice" trucks were dispatched on their streets after the release, playing tracks and making stops each day to sell merchandise.[44][45] Advertising agency Arnold Worldwide was awarded both Best Activity Generating Brand Volume by the Marketing Agencies Association,[45] and Best Retail/Co-Marketing Campaign by Promo Magazine for Black Ice's marketing campaign.[42]

Packaging

The cover of Black Ice was drawn by Joshua Marc Levy, art director for Columbia and a long time fan. In an interview with a fansite, Levy compared his enigmatic design to a road covered with black ice, which is "not obvious to the driver" and takes a while to be understood.[46] There are four different covers, the standard edition with the red logo, the deluxe edition with a blue logo, and two variants to the regular design including using yellow or white-coloured logos.[47] Many drawings were based on the working title Runaway Train,[48] including the regular and the deluxe edition overall design resembling a train, "that travels around the world to spread the rock machine", according to Levy.[46] Levy worked on the cover while travelling with Pearl Jam on their 2008 tour. After doing the yellow version's artwork, Levy was requested to do two more in the same style, which became the red and white varieties. Then, during the promotional shoots, Levy made the deluxe edition art.[48]

The centre of the standard, red logo artwork, has a watch behind the lightning of the AC/DC logo, representing a "temporal explosion", with the tribal motifs representing a special tribe, the AC/DC fandom. Wings form clouds above the watch to represent "eternal time". Angus appears atop the watch "controlling time" and on the sides wearing a straitjacket to "represent the folly of the group and the strength of his sound, this mix of guitars that makes you lose your footing". To fit the title Black Ice, the image was printed with lacquer and varnish to give an ice-like quality, and the AC/DC logo is filled with photographs of ice crystals.[46] The booklet and promotional photography were taken by music photographer Guido Karp (who toured with AC/DC during their Stiff Upper Lip World Tour),[49] in August 2008 in London.[50]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[9]
BBC (favourable)[51]
Entertainment Weekly (B-)[52]
The Guardian 3/5 stars[53]
IGN (7.2/10)[54]
The Observer 4/5 stars[55]
The Onion (A-)[56]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[18]
Spin 3.5/5 stars[57]
The Sydney Morning Herald (positive)[58]
Village Voice 4/5 stars[59]

Professional reviews

Critical reviews of Black Ice were mostly positive.[60] Aaron Burgess of The A.V. Club considered Black Ice the most inspired AC/DC album since The Razors Edge, praising Brian Johnson's performance and saying the music sounds "harder, hungrier, and more relevant than anything on contemporary radio".[56] The Village Voice's Richard Bienstock complimented Brendan O'Brien's production, stating it restored a sonority closer to the Vanda-Young produced 1970s albums, as well as effective choruses like those with "Mutt" Lange.[59] Spin's reviewer David Marchese noted that while the music sounded the same as in other albums, the lyrical themes were darker and the band "reveals some new sonic tricks".[57] The Observer described Black Ice as "nearly Back in Black II", praising the tight and "laid back" sonority and saying the band "can still teach the kids a thing or two about rock'n'roll".[55]

However, some reviewers found it inconsistent, overly long or formulaic. Entertainment Weekly's reviewer Clark Collis complained that the songs were too similar, saying that "even 2000's fairly monochromatic Stiff Upper Lip had more varied material", and that the band's trademark groove "now seems in danger of becoming a rut".[52] Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine considered that after "Big Jack" the tracks went into a "too-comfortable groove, fueled by too-tight rhythms and guitars that sound loud but not beefy", and agreed it was overly long, "stretching out to 15 tracks when [the album] should be no longer than ten."[9] Similarly, Robert Forster of The Monthly praised the first four songs and the title track, but felt that "tracks five through 14 are tough going", with a "numbing predictability" and lacking the "hooks and originality good AC/DC songs have".[22] David Hiatt of Rolling Stone said that the Young brothers composed "tunes worthy of their musical muscle – though not enough to fill an album", described Phil Rudd's performance as "inhumanly restrained", and considered that Black Ice "feels longer than its 55 minutes, thanks to a stretch of throwaway rockers".[18]

Chart performance and sales

Black Ice made history debuting at number-one on album charts of 29 countries, and also has the distinction of being Columbia Records' biggest debut album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data for Billboard in March 1991.[61] It has been certified multi-platinum in fourteen countries, including the US, Australia, and Canada.[A] Additionally, it has achieved platinum status in four countries, including the UK,[B] and gold status in four other countries.[C] Black Ice was the second best-selling album worldwide in 2008, behind only Coldplay's Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends.[62] As of December 2008, it had shipped 6 million copies worldwide.[43]

On the first day of its US release (20 October), Black Ice sold upwards of 193,000 units.[63] By 28 October, Black Ice debuted at number-one on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, selling over 784,000 copies in its first week, the second highest one-week sales of an album in the US of 2008, behind Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III.[64] It was AC/DC's second release to top the US charts, after their 1981's For Those About to Rock We Salute You,[64] and also became the biggest debut ever by a mainstream hard rock album.[61][65] As of 31 December 2008, the album has sold just 1.915 million copies in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan,[66] and was certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA.[67] Black Ice also debuted at number-one on the ARIA Album Charts, with over 90,000 units sold,[68] and the UK Album charts, with 110,000 copies sold.[69] It was their first chart topper in the UK since Back in Black (1980).[70] In Canada, Black Ice debuted at number-one and sold 119,000 copies in its first week, making it the best-selling album debut in Canada in 2008.[71] The album held the top spot for three consecutive weeks before being knocked off by Taylor Swift's Fearless, selling over 200,000 copies in its first month in Canada.[72][73] In Germany, Black Ice became the 14th best-selling album of the 2000s, selling 1 million copies and reaching 5× platinum.[74]

Accolades

In 2009, Black Ice won the ARIA Music Award for Best Rock Album and Highest Selling Album; they were nominated for Album of the Year and Group of the Year.[75] It was nominated for Best International Album at both the Juno Awards and the Brit Awards.[76][77] Angus and Malcolm won the APRA Award for Songwriters of the Year, and "Rock 'n' Roll Train" won Most Played Australian Work Overseas.[78] At the Grammy Awards, "Rock 'n' Roll Train" was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 2009,[79] while in 2010, Black Ice was nominated for Best Rock Album and the track "War Machine" won the Best Hard Rock Performance category.[80]

Black Ice was ranked 41st on Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2008 list,[81] 29th on a similar list by Q magazine,[82] 17th on Kerrang!'s Top 20 Albums of the Year,[83] and 3rd in UGO's list of the 11 Best Albums of 2008.[84]

Black Ice World Tour

Distant shot of a concert stage. An arch with spotlights stands above a life-size locomotive and two big screens which display the male singer in left profile. Below and in front of the locomotive is musical equipment and four band members. At extreme left is a male playing guitar he wears a school boy's uniform. Central stage has two guitarists with a drummer and his kit between them. Front stage has a catwalk with the singer turned to his left profile, he is cradling the microphone in his right hand and has his left fist near his face. He wears a cap, dark singlet and jeans.
AC/DC on-stage, Black Ice World Tour, Madrid, Spain, 5 June 2009.
Main article: Black Ice World Tour

To promote Black Ice, AC/DC launched the Black Ice World Tour on 28 October 2008 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[85] Two days earlier, they held a dress rehearsal in the same city. The tour lasted 168 shows through 11 legs, with the last in Bilbao, Spain on 28 June 2010.[86]

The stage was designed by Mark Fisher, who had worked on the Stiff Upper Lip World Tour. Inspired by the working title Runaway Train and the track "Rock 'n' Roll Train", the stage had a life-sized locomotive, weighing 3500 kg, as its centrepiece.[87] Five songs from Black Ice were included on the tour’s set list, "Rock 'n' Roll Train", "Big Jack", "Black Ice", "War Machine", and "Anything Goes".[88]

The Black Ice World Tour is AC/DC's most successful to date, grossing $441.6 million, making it the third highest-grossing concert tour of all-time.[89] Three concerts in December 2009 at the River Plate Stadium in Argentina were released as the DVD Live at River Plate on 10 May 2011.[90] A limited edition photo book on the tour, AC/DC Black Ice World Tour 2008-2010, by Matteo Abruzzo, was published in Italy in 2010.[91]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Angus Young and Malcolm Young[92]. 

No. Title Length
1. "Rock 'n' Roll Train"   4:21
2. "Skies on Fire"   3:34
3. "Big Jack"   3:57
4. "Anything Goes"   3:22
5. "War Machine"   3:09
6. "Smash 'n' Grab"   4:06
7. "Spoilin' for a Fight"   3:17
8. "Wheels"   3:28
9. "Decibel"   3:34
10. "Stormy May Day"   3:10
11. "She Likes Rock 'n' Roll"   3:53
12. "Money Made"   4:15
13. "Rock 'n' Roll Dream"   4:41
14. "Rocking All the Way"   3:22
15. "Black Ice"   3:25

Personnel

AC/DC[92]
Production[92]
  • Brendan O'Brien – producer
  • Mike Fraser – engineer, mixer
  • Eric Mosher – assistant engineer
  • Billy Bowers – additional engineering
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Richard Jones, Geoff Banks, Rick St. Pierre – equipment technicians
  • Guido Karp – photography
  • Joshua Marc Levy – art direction, design, illustrations (containing vector graphics by You Work For Them, LLC)
  • Alvin Handwerker (Prager and Fenton LLP) – management

Chart performance

Country Provider(s) Peak
position
Argentina[93] CAPIF 1
Australia[94] ARIA 1
Austria[95] Music Control Europe 1
Belgium (Flanders)[96] Ultratop 1
Belgium (Wallonia)[96] Ultratop 1
Canadian Albums Chart[97] Nielsen SoundScan 1
Czech Republic[98] IFPI 1
Denmark[99] IFPI Danmark 1
Finland[100] YLE 1
France[101] SNEP / IFOP 1
German Albums Chart[102] IFPI 1
Greece[103] IFPI 1
Hungary[104] Mahasz 1
Irish Albums Chart[105] IRMA 1
Italy[106] FIMI 1
Japan[107] Oricon 3
Mexico[108] AMPROFON 3
Netherlands[109] MegaCharts 3
New Zealand[110] RIANZ 1
Norway[111] VG Nett 1
Poland[112] Oficjalna Lista Sprzedaży 1
Portugal[113] Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (AFP) 2
Spain[114] PROMUSICAE 1
Sweden[115] Sverigetopplistan 1
Switzerland[116] Media Control Europe 1
UK Albums Chart[70] OCC 1
United States[117] Billboard 200 1
Country Certifications Sales/Shipments[118]
Argentina 2× Platinum[119] 80,000
Australia 5× Platinum[120] 350,000
Austria 3× Platinum[121] 60,000
Belgium 2× Platinum[122] 60,000
Brazil Gold[123] 30,000
Canada 4× Platinum[124] 320,000
Denmark Platinum[125] 20,000
Finland 2× Platinum[126] 49,660
France 3× Platinum[127] 600,000
Germany 5× Platinum[74] 1,000,000
Greece Gold[103] 10,000
Hungary 2× Platinum[128] 12,000
Ireland 2× Platinum[129] 30,000
Italy Gold[130] 30,000
Japan 54,064[131]
New Zealand 2× Platinum[132] 30,000
Poland Platinum[133] 30,000
Portugal Gold[134] 10,000
Spain Platinum[135] 80,000
Sweden 2× Platinum[136] 80,000
Switzerland 4× Platinum[137] 120,000
UK Platinum[138] 300,000
USA 2× Platinum[67] 2,000,000
Total 5,335,724

End of the year charts

Year Country Chart Ranking
2008
Australia ARIA 3[139]
United States Nielsen SoundScan 5[66]
Hungary Mahasz 6[140]
Germany Media Control End of Year Albums 7[141]
France SNEP 9[142]
2009 Germany Media Control End of Year Albums 13[143]
Switzerland Swiss Albums Chart 26[144]
Australia ARIA 37[145]

Singles

Year Single Chart Peak
position
2008 "Rock 'n' Roll Train"[146] Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks 25
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 30
2008 "Big Jack" Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[146] 10
Canadian Hot 100[147] 83
Portugal Singles Top 50[147] 41
2009 "Anything Goes" Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[146] 34

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalogue #
Europe 17 October 2008[148] Columbia CD, Double LP #88697392232
Australia 18 October 2008[36] Sony Music CD #88697392382
United Kingdom 20 October 2008[149][150] Columbia CD, Double LP #88697392232
1 December 2008[35] CD (limited edition steel-box) #88697417452
United States 20 October 2008 Columbia CD #88697338292
Japan 22 October 2008[151] Sony Music CD SICP-2055
Germany 5 December 2008[152] Columbia CD (limited edition steel-box) #886974174523

Notes

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