AC/DC Live Albums Ranked Worst to Best

Here’s
the
best thing
about
our
list
of

AC/DC
Live
Albums
Ranked
Worst
to
Best:
They’re
all
pretty
damn
good.

A
common
refrain
among
AC/DC
fans
is
that
the
band
released
the
same
album
17
times
in
a
row.
Whether
you
subscribe
to
that
notion
or
not,
you
can’t
deny
their remarkable
consistency.

The
Aussie
rockers’
singular
devotion
to
meat-and-potatoes
rock
riffs
and stadium-sized
hooks
also
made
them
a
relentlessly
entertaining,
and
often
downright transcendent,
live
act.
You’ll
hear
that
at
every
stop
on
our
journey
through
the
band’s
officially
sanctioned
live
catalog,
from a
humble
1977
showcase
at
the
Atlantic
Recording
Studios
to
a
gargantuan
performance
at
River
Plate
Stadium
in
Buenos
Aires,
Argentina.

AC/DC
underwent
several major
changes
over the
course
of
these
live
recordings,
the
most
obvious
being
the
switch
from

Bon
Scott
to

Brian
Johnson.
The
former brought a devil-may-care, streetwise swagger
to
the
band,
while
the
latter performed
with
a
muscular,
blue-collar
affability.
Johnson
had enormous
shoes
to
fill
when
he
took
the
AC/DC
gig,
but
as
you’ll
hear
on
these
albums,
he
tackled
his
predecessor’s
material
with
grace
and
tenacity.

But
the
one
thing
that
never
faltered
in
AC/DC’s
live
catalog
was
the
inimitable
twin-guitar
attack
of

Malcolm
and Angus Young.
The
brothers
ducked
and
weaved
around
each
other
with
a
mix
of
ironclad
power
chords
and
euphoric
solos; their
performances
are
never
less
than
effervescent.

Because there’s
no
such
thing
as
a
bad
AC/DC
live
album,
our
ranking
depends
heavily
on
set
list
choices
and
recording
quality.
The
best
albums
on
this
list
have
a
transportive
quality;
even
without
a
visual
accompaniment,
they
whisk
listeners
into
the
center
of
a
sweaty
club
or
jam-packed
stadium.

With
that
said,
it’s
time
to
crank
the
volume
and
dive
into
our
list
of
AC/DC
Albums
Ranked
Worst
to
Best.