I'M GONNA
BLOW UP MY VIDEO
SHUT DOWN MY RADIO
TOLD THE BOSS WHERE TO GO
TURNED OFF MY BRAIN CONTROL
Blow Up Your Video
is the
eleventh
studio album
by Australian
hard rock band
released on
February 1st 1988.
The album was
re-released
in 2003
as part of the
AC/DC Remasters
series.AC/DC
Recording
Writing sessions for
Blow Up Your Video
took place in
London's Nomis Studio
in July 1987,
with the band
convening at
Studio Miraval
in Le Val in Provence
in the south of France
in August and September
with Harry Vanda
and
George Young,
the production team
behind the band's
early albums.
This was also the
final studio album
to feature drummer
Simon Wright.
In a 2008
Rolling Stone cover story,
George Young
admitted to
David Fricke
that the
Blow Up Your Video session
was when he realised
his brother Malcolm,
who had always been
a heavy drinker,
was in the grips
of alcoholism: "
I saw the signs.
Malcolm had a problem.
I said if he didn't
get his act together,
I was out of there.
I don't recall it
having any effect."
The band recorded
16 tracks
during the sessions,
including the
unreleased songs
"Let It Loose"
and
"Alright Tonight",
as well as
other versions of
"Heatseeker",
and
"That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll".
Two additional songs,
"Snake Eyes"
and
"Borrowed Time",
were recorded
but not featured
on the album.
The song
"Down on the Borderline"
was recorded,
but not released
until 1990
as a B-side.
All three of these songs
were later included on
Backtracks
in 2009.
Demo tracks
for the songs
"Let it Loose"
and
"Alright Tonight"
were stolen
and bootlegged,
so they were
omitted
from the
final album cut.
Blow Up Your Video
is the last album
to feature
Brian Johnson
as a lyricist/songwriter
all songs on
subsequent albums
were written by
the Young brothers
The title of the album
was taken from a line
in the song
"That's The Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll".
In 1988
Angus Young
explained the title
to MTV Australia:
"We were probably a band
that's best seen in
a live situation
and that's how
the title came about...
'Cause everything's automatic
these days.
A kid can flick on
the button on a TV,
he's got a remote control
and he can zoom
through everything
and get it coming in
from all over the world.
You can turn on your radio
and get rock coming
in from America.
For us,
the best thing as a band
it was always we
were great onstage."
TRACKLIST
Heatseeker
That's The Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll
Meanstreak
Go Zone
Kissin' Dynamite
Nick Of Time
Some Sin For Nuthin'
Ruff Stuff
Two's Up
This Means War
Snake Eyes
Borrowed Time
Down on The Borderline
Alright Tonight
(Demo)
Let it Loose
(Demo)
Heatseeker
(Vocal Mix)
That's The Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll
(Vocal Mix)
Heatseeker
(Live)
That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'N' Roll
(Live)
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