![]() ![]() The back cover features the rest of the band. Angus Young and Bon Scott with a big arm done in a cartoon style on the Australian release cover.Depraved Bisexual: The POV character in "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap." He's a hitman who works cheap and it's implied he also sleeps with his clients, both men and women.A Deadly Affair: One of the hitman's clients "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" wants revenge for her husband having an affair with her best friend, but whether she wants to bump off the husband, the friend, or both is unclear.After the song ends, it cycles back to the beginning before fading out. Big Rock Ending: Averted in "Problem Child"."Balls" Gag: "Big Balls" is nominally about high-class dance parties, intentionally written so it sounds like it's about testicles.Bigger Is Better: The singer not only brags about his "Big Balls", but also.īut we've got the biggest balls of them all.Asshole Victim: The narrator of the title track may be a remorseless hitman, but it's hard to dislike him because his victims are all varying degrees of unsympathetic.The international edition, meanwhile, features a new cover by Hipgnosis depicting a crowd of people with Censor Boxes over their eyes. Alternate Album Cover: The original Australian version's album cover was a pencil drawing of Bon Scott with the album title tattooed on his oversized bicep while Angus Young flips the viewer off in the background. ![]() Alliterative Title: " Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", " Big Balls".Album Title Drop: Not just the album's title in the Title Track, but also that of T.N.T.There's gonna be some tropin' at the show tonight! Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals."Ain't No Fun (Waiting 'Round to Be a Millionaire)"."Problem Child", while not initially released as a single, would also become one of the band's most popular songs. When the album proper was released in America, an extra single, "Big Balls", would see circulation. A reissue of the Title Track in 1980 would hit #4 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in the United States. The first three were all hits in Australia. Previously, it went six-times Platinum in Australia and Platinum in Germany.įour singles were released initially: "Jailbreak", the Title Track, "Love at First Feel", and "Ride On". It would finally see release in the United States in March 1981 after the success of Back in Black-and the death of original lead singer Bon Scott. It wasn't until the release of Highway to Hell that international copies began to circulate in America. The American A&R at Atlantic was the main roadblock, and actually threatened to drop AC/DC from their American catalog entirely despite the multi-Platinum success of High Voltage. It is the third LP released by the band in Australia, and the second in Europe, but it wasn't released in the United States immediately. However, it would not be released in the United States until March 1981. It was released in Australia through Albert Productions on 20 September 1976, and globally through through Atlantic Records on 17 December 1976. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is the third studio album recorded by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. ![]()
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