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Live at River Plate (2012)

Where the lyrics of Live at River Plate take you, and where it was really made.

The same concert was already released as a video on DVD and Blu-ray in May 2011, and the audio album followed in November 2012.

Key places

Recorded at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires (2009)

Recording site Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti — The album was recorded at River Plate Stadium during the Black Ice World Tour on 4 December 2009. The venue is listed as Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti, and this point marks the stadium building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Live at River Plate: live album by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC
• Released 19 November 2012
• Recorded live during the Black Ice World Tour on 4 December 2009 at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires
• Concert video from the same show was released earlier, in May 2011, on DVD and Blu-ray under the same title

Background

• Black Ice World Tour: the tour during which the concert took place
• This is the band's final release to feature original rhythm guitarist and co-founder Malcolm Young
• Malcolm Young retired in 2014 due to poor health
• The album therefore carries audio from a performance that had already been seen on video

Recording

• Recorded at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Recording date: 4 December 2009, during the Black Ice World Tour
• The album uses the audio of the same concert whose video was released in 2011

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in November 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young.
• The band name comes from the AC/DC symbol on the adapter of their sister Margaret's sewing machine.
• Their music has been described as hard rock, blues rock and heavy metal, though the band calls itself simply a rock and roll band.
• Their early sound was rooted in Australian pub rock.

Members

• Angus Young (lead guitar) and Malcolm Young (rhythm guitar) were the founding core of the band until Malcolm retired in 2014.
• Bon Scott was lead vocalist until his death in February 1980.
• Brian Johnson became lead vocalist in 1980.
• Phil Rudd, Cliff Williams and Stevie Young have also played key roles.

Career

• Their 1980 album Back in Black became one of the best-selling albums of all time.
• The band has sold an estimated 200 million records worldwide.
• They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Reviews from publications such as Allmusic were mixed to positive
• Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that vocalist Brian Johnson sounded a little worse for wear
• Erlewine wrote that the brothers Young, Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd remained as solid as a boulder
• He judged newer songs such as “Rock 'n' Roll Train” to fit perfectly alongside the band's earlier work
• He praised the band for delivering a heavy dose of heavy rock and roll even after decades of performing

Records

• On release in the UK, the top ten of the UK Rock & Metal Singles chart was made up entirely of AC/DC songs
• The chart entries included “Back in Black”, “Highway to Hell”, “You Shook Me All Night Long”, “Thunderstruck”, “Whole Lotta Rosie”, “Shoot to Thrill”, “Hells Bells”, “It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)”, “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)” and “T.N.T.”
• Several songs in that chart were the studio versions
• The studio-version entries resulted from the re-release of all AC/DC albums on iTunes at the time of this album's release

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Concert video from the same show was released on DVD and Blu-ray in May 2011, before this album
• At release, AC/DC songs took all ten places in the top ten of the UK Rock & Metal Singles chart
• Some chart entries were studio versions, because all AC/DC albums were re-released on iTunes at the time
• The album's personnel list credits Angus Young with backing vocals on “T.N.T” and “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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