Highway to hell

AC/DC

(Português)

Highway to Hell é o sexto álbum de estúdio banda australiana AC/DC, lançado a 27 de Julho de 1979. Também foi o último álbum do vocalista Bon Scott junto com a banda antes de sua morte em 1980. Este álbum está na lista dos 200 álbuns definitivos no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Em 2003, o álbum atingiu o nº 199 da revista Rolling Stone, da lista dos 500 melhores álbuns de todos os tempos.

Highway to Hell é o álbum do AC/DC, último gravado com Bon Scott antes de sua morte em 19 de fevereiro de 1980. O álbum contou com canções como "Highway to Hell", "Touch Too Much", "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)" e "Shot Down in Flames", que se tornaram favoritos dos fãs e canções regulares em sua setlist durante seus shows ao vivo. O álbum foi gravado durante as sessões em fevereiro de 1979 no Criteria Studios em Miami, Florida, e em março-abril Studios Roundhouse, em Londres, Inglaterra.

Na Austrália, Highway to Hell foi lançado com uma capa ligeiramente diferente das outras, com chamas e um desenho de um braço de baixo sobreposta sobre a foto do grupo usada na outra capa. Além disso, o logotipo AC/DC é um tom mais escuro de marrom.

Duas músicas do álbum, "Highway to Hell" e "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)" estão incluídos no álbum da trilha sonora de Homem de Ferro 2, com os primeiros também estão sendo tocadas durante as cenas finais do filme. As canções "Highway to Hell" e "If  You Want Blood (You've Got It)" também estão incluídas, respectivamente nos filmes Final Destination 2 e Final Destination 5. A canção "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)" é apresentado no filme The Longest Yard. A canção "Walk All Over You" é destaque no filme Grown Ups.

(English)

Highway to Hell is the sixth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in August 1979. It is also AC/DC's fifth international studio album. It was the last album featuring lead singer Bon Scott, who died early the following year from over-consumption of alcohol.

It was originally released by Albert Productions, who licensed the album to Atlantic Records for release outside of Australia, and was then re-released by Epic Records in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series. On 25 May 2006, Highway to Hell was certified 7x Platinum by the RIAA. In 2003, the album was ranked number 200 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Highway to Hell is the last AC/DC album recorded with Bon Scott before his death on 19 February 1980. The album featured such songs as "Highway to Hell", "Touch Too Much", "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)", and "Shot Down in Flames" which have become fan favourites and regular songs in their setlist during their live shows. The album became AC/DC's first to break the US Top 100, eventually reaching #17, and it propelled the band into the top ranks of hard rock acts.

The final words spoken by Scott on the album are "Shazbot, na-nu na-nu", phrases used on the then-popular American sitcom, Mork and Mindy, by lead character Mork (a visitingextraterrestrial played by Robin Williams). The phrase ended the song "Night Prowler" and closed the album.

Highway to Hell was the first AC/DC album not produced by Harry Vanda and George Young. Pre-production of the album began in January 1979 with demos cut at Albert Studios in Sydney, Australia, where they met the intended producer, Eddie Kramer. Kramer was fired before a single track had been completed, and Robert John "Mutt" Langewas brought in to replace him. The change proved to be fortuitous, and the album was the band's biggest yet. Lange would go on to produce the band's next two albums, Back in Black and For Those About to Rock We Salute You. The album was recorded during sessions in February 1979 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, and March–April at Roundhouse Studios in London, England.

In Australia, Highway to Hell was released with a slightly different album cover, featuring flames and a drawing of a bass guitar neck superimposed over the same group photo used on the international cover. Also, the AC/DC logo is a darker shade of maroon, but the accents are a bit lighter. Additionally, the East German release had different and much plainer designs on the front and back, apparently because the authorities were not happy with the sleeve as released elsewhere.