Disco de AC/DC: “Fly on the Wall”

By 1985, things were going downhill for AC/DC. Their popularity, along with their brand of hard rock, was slipping, replaced by legions of generic hair-metal acts. Their supply of original ideas was drying up, making all their albums sound roughly the same. Brian Johnson's voice was going, and Phil Rudd was gone.

In the face of all these obstacles, AC/DC carried on in a "business as usual" fashion and created one of the few(and better) true rock albums of the era. Angus and Malcolm turn out impressive guitar work as usual and the song quality is pretty much constantly good, with only "Danger" and "First Blood" being truly weak songs. Simon Wright's drumming is acceptable, but nowhere near the quality of Phil Rudd's. Brian's voice is beginning to go, but still remains relatively strong. Also against this album is the absolutely horrid production. With an actual producer this album may have turned out alot better than it did.

Overall this is certainly not the first AC/DC album anyone should get. Indeed, this ranks towards the lower end of their catologue, but even an average AC/DC album is about 75% of other rock music out there...pick this one up to round out your collection.

FLY ON THE WALL.....so underrated. This album is AC/DC still rocking right through the 80's hair metal fiasco and it's awesome. It's standout tracks are FLY ON THE WALL, SINK THE PINK, SHAKE YOUR FOUNDATIONS, AND DANGER. Great album from a great band.

Fly On the Wall is a superb CD.Heavy as hell and twice as hot!When you are unhinged this is the AC/DC CD to put you into the Twilight Zone. Shake your Foundations sums it up .If Mike Tyson was an album it would be this one !

After 1981's FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK, AC/DC began to run out of ideas at an alarming rate. They changed producer Mutt Lange, they fired Phil Rudd, every step was made to make thing better. But nothing happened. Brian Johnson's voice soon got worse compared to BACK IN BLACK standards, and new drummer Simon Wright could not fill the shoes of Phil Rudd. FLY ON THE WALL is one of the worst (if there is a bad AC/DC album!!) AC/DC albums ever, one that has not produced a standard for their live set nor got deep into fans' memories.

AC/DC has throughout their long history has never put out a bad record. Let me be clear about this, they have never put out an album that wasn't worthwhile for a least a few key tunes. That being said, `Fly on the Wall' is probably their worst record. In terms of song quality, there are just too many songs of lazy lyrical quality and redundant riffing. Still 1985 was a subpar year in metal, so you could much worse than `Fly on the Wall'. The guitars are as heavy as ever, a product no doubt of the Young Brothers production in which Angus and Mal seemed to say...songs be damned as long as the guitars are huge! And they are but at the expense of Brian's tortured voice which is buried in the mix. Standout cuts include the title song, "Shake Your Foundations" and "Sink the Pink" but much of the rest would have no business being on a classic AC/DC record, filler galore. Do not make `Fly' a purchase if you are not a diehard, it is poorer quality AC/DC from a band who has done much better...IEIEO!