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Who Made Who

 
Album Review: Who Made Who

  • Artist: AC/DC
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1986 05
  • Total Time: 38:06
  • Type: Compilation (best of), Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
  • Genre: Rock

Review

On paper, Who Made Who is just a cheap soundtrack to a cheap movie (Stephen King's disastrous Maximum Overdrive), but it's actually much more than that. It serves as a ripping AC/DC retrospective, tearing through such classics as "You Shook Me All Night Long" and "For Those About to Rock," adding the pounding title track to the band's canon, and rescuing overlooked songs like "Sink the Pink" from otherwise mediocre albums. It's not a perfect retrospective -- there's no "Back in Black," "Highway to Hell," or "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" -- but what is here is terrific. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Who Made Who Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Malcolm Young AC/DC (3:26)
You Shook Me All Night Long Angus Young, Brian Johnson, Malcolm Young AC/DC (3:30)
D.T. Malcolm Young, Angus Young AC/DC (2:53)
Sink the Pink Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson AC/DC (4:13)
Ride On Angus Young, Bon Scott, Ian Wheeler, Malcolm Young AC/DC (5:51)
Hells Bells Malcolm Young, Angus Young, Brian Johnson AC/DC (5:12)
Shake Your Foundations Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson AC/DC (3:53)
Chase the Ace Angus Young, Malcolm Young AC/DC (3:01)
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) Angus Young, Brian Johnson, Malcolm Young AC/DC (5:53)

Credits

George Bodnar (Original Photography), Malcolm Young (Guitar), Mike Fraser (Remastering Supervisor), UE Nastasi (Digital Assembly), Anastasia Pantsios (Photography), George Young (Audio Production), William Hames (Photography), Brian Johnson (?), George Young (Producer), Neil Zlozower (Photography), Brian Johnson (Vocals), Jeffrey Mayer (Photography), Harry Vanda (Producer), Malcolm Young (Producer), Angus Young (Producer), Mike Fraser (Mastering Supervisor), Bon Scott (?), Bryan Reesman (Liner Notes), Al Quaglieri (Mastering Supervisor), George Marino (Digital Remastering), Arnaud Durieux (Photo Courtesy), Robert John "Mutt" Lange (Producer), George Bodnar (Photography), Robert John "Mutt" Lange (Audio Production), AC/DC (Performer), Angus Young (Guitar), Harry Vanda (Audio Production), Ebet Roberts (Photography)
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Who Made Who
Soundtrack by AC/DC
Released 24 May 1986
Recorded December 1985
Genre Hard rock
Length 37:50
Label Albert
Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Harry Vanda, George Young, Angus Young, Malcolm Young
Professional reviews
AC/DC chronology
Fly on the Wall
(1985)
Who Made Who
(1986)
Blow Up Your Video
(1988)

Who Made Who is a hard rock album by Australian band AC/DC, released in 1986 as the soundtrack to the Stephen King movie Maximum Overdrive. King would allude to the album's title song in the 1990 revised and expanded edition of his novel The Stand, where a survivor of the novel's flu pandemic changes the lyrics to "Who Made Flu." Three tracks on the album — "Who Made Who" and the instrumentals "D.T." and "Chase the Ace" — were newly written and recorded by AC/DC. The rest were taken from the band's previous albums. Only one song, "Ride On," is from the Bon Scott era; all of the others feature Brian Johnson. The album reached #11 in the UK and #33 in the US, and has sold 5 million copies in the USA. Who Made Who was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.

Along with the album, the band released a video tape which contained music videos for the songs "Who Made Who", "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Shake Your Foundations", "Hells Bells", and footage from a live performance of "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" which was filmed in Detroit in 1983.

Contents

Track listing

Album

All songs composed by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Brian Johnson, except where noted.

  1. "Who Made Who" – 3:26
  2. "You Shook Me All Night Long" – 3:30
  3. "D.T." (A. Young, M. Young) – 2:53
  4. "Sink the Pink" – 4:13
  5. "Ride On" (Bon Scott, Young, Young) – 5:51
  6. "Hells Bells" – 5:12
  7. "Shake Your Foundations" – 4:10 (CD) 3:53 (vinyl)
  8. "Chase the Ace" (Young, Young) – 3:01
  9. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" – 5:53
  • Tracks 3 and 8 are instrumentals.
  • Vinyl releases of "Who Made Who" feature a shortened version of "Shake Your Foundations," CD releases include the version on Fly on the Wall.

During the Who Made Who sessions, five other short instrumental songs were recorded for Maximum Overdrive:

All songs composed by Angus Young and Malcolm Young.

  1. "Death City"
  2. "Bad Boy"
  3. "Contre Attack"
  4. "Scared"
  5. "Humans Here"

Video

  1. "Who Made Who"
  2. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
  3. "Shake Your Foundations"
  4. "Hells Bells"
  5. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Phil Rudd – drums on "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Ride On", "Hells Bells" and "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
  • Bon Scott - lead vocals on "Ride On"
  • Mark Evans - bass guitar, backing vocals on "Ride On"

Certification

Country Sales Certification
United States 5,000,000 5x Platinum

External links

  • Lyrics on AC/DC's official website

 
 
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