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It's A Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) by AC/DC

1975

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It's A Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) by AC/DC

1975

  • NFSA IDJ291KVMP
  • TypeMusic and Sound Recordings
  • MediumAudio
  • FormMusic
  • GenresPopular music
  • Year1975

TNT was the second studio album from AC/DC and defined their style of hard edged, riff-based rock music. The first track on the LP, 'It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll') has become an anthem of this genre of music, and the phrase has become part of the Australian language. It is also notable for the use of highland bagpipes in rock music. TNT was an Australian-only release with most of the tracks being released overseas on High Voltage (Atlantic Records) which included a slightly shorter version of 'It's a Long Way to the Top'.

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TNT was the second studio album from AC/DC and defined their style of hard edged, riff-based rock music. The first track on the LP, 'It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll') has become an anthem of this genre of music, and the phrase has become part of the Australian language. It is also notable for the use of highland bagpipes in rock music. TNT was an Australian-only release with most of the tracks being released overseas on High Voltage (Atlantic Records) which included a slightly shorter version of 'It's a Long Way to the Top'.

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