AC/DC-High Voltage (1976)

"High Voltage" is AC/DC's worldwide debut album, released through Atlantic Records in April 1976, which kick-started the impressive career that would later cement the Australian group's legendary status. However, the band had previously released two albums exclusively for the Australian market: "High Voltage" in February 1975 and "TNT" later that year. Both achieved considerable success in Australia, a fact that did not go unnoticed by Atlantic's American executives, who soon signed them to their international roster. Although AC/DC's Australian debut is also titled "High Voltage", the international release differs almost entirely from the first. Only two songs appear on both albums, "She's Got Balls" and "Little Lover", while the rest are taken from the band's second album. In this debut album, the Australian group, comprised of Bon Scott (vocals and bagpipes), Angus Young (lead guitar), Malcolm Young (rhythm guitar), Mark Evans (bass), and Phil Rudd (drums), showcases a vigorous, heavy hard rock sound brimming with bluesy riffs and galloping rhythms driven by Scott's raw vocals, the scorching guitars of the Young brothers, and the solid, driving rhythm section of the Evans-Rudd duo. Songs like "The Jack", "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)", "Rock 'n' Roll Singer", "She's Got Balls", and "Little Lover" quickly became instant hard rock and heavy metal classics, marking the brilliant beginning of one of the most iconic and legendary bands in rock history.