AC/DC : Razor's Edge

I WAS CAUGHT

IN THE MIDDLE 

OF A RAILROAD TRACK

(THUNDER)

AND I KNEW

THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK

(THUNDER)

 The Razors Edge

 is the twelfth

 studio album

 by Australian 

Rock band 

AC/DC

 Released on

 September, 24th 1990,

 through 

Albert Productions/

CBS Records International

 in Australasia 

and

 Atlantic Records 

in Europe,

 it was recorded in 1990

 in

 Little Mountain Sound Studios

 in Vancouver, Canada, 

and was mixed 

and engineered by

 Mike Fraser 

and produced by

 Bruce Fairbairn.

 It was a major comeback

 for the band, 

featuring the hits

 "Thunderstruck", 

"Are You Ready"

 and

 "Moneytalks".

 This is the only 

studio album

 to feature 

Welsh drummer

 Chris Slade, 

who was

 the drummer 

for AC/DC

 from 1989 

to his dismissal 

in 1994.

Critical commentary 

for the album

 was generally mixed,

 with

 Alex Henderson

 of AllMusic 

complementing

 Brian Johnson 

and 

Angus Young,

 while

 John Mendelsohn

 from 

Rolling Stone 

criticises its 

similarity to the band's 

past works.

 The album reached number 2

 on the 

US Billboard 200 

and number 4 

on the 

UK Albums Chart, 

a smash commercial success

 that returned the band

 to a peak equivalent

 to that of their

 late 1970s 

and early 1980s 

popularity. 

The album earned 

multi-platinum 

certifications

 in Australia, 

Canada, 

Germany, 

Switzerland 

and the US.

 To support 

The Razors Edge, 

the band undertook 

the Razors Edge

 World Tour, 

starting in

 November 1990.

Background

In 1987, 

the band had 

recorded 

Blow Up Your Video

 (1988) 

with their

 original producers, 

Harry Vanda 

and 

George Young. 

It was a commercial success 

 the album reached

 number 2

 in the UK,

 and 

Australia.

The Blow Up Your Video

 World Tour 

began in

 February 1988

 in Perth, Australia. 

Following live appearances 

across Europe,

 rhythm guitarist 

Malcolm Young 

announced that he was

 taking time off touring, 

principally to begin 

recovery from his alcoholism.

Another member

 of the Young family, 

their nephew, 

Stevie Young, 

temporarily took 

Malcolm's place

 on rhythm guitar.

 In 1989, 

drummer 

Simon Wright

 left the group

 to work on 

American 

heavy metal band

 Dio's

 fifth studio album

 Lock Up the Wolves 

(1990); 

he was replaced by 

Welsh drummer 

Chris Slade. 

Brian Johnson

 was unavailable

 for several months

 while finalising

 his divorce, 

so the Young brothers 

wrote all the songs

 for future albums,

 a practice 

they continued

 for all subsequent releases

 through 

Power Up

 in 2020.

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