Of course, there’s still plenty of room for some fun, straightforward rockers. It’s no wonder the track has come to be seen as one of the Bon era’s best songs. It’s the sort of song that feels out of character for AC/DC yet the contemplation comes with enough self-deprecation to convey sincerity. We also get a rare glimpse of the band’s sentimental side with “Ride On.” While the last couple albums have included the odd blues jam, the one here comes with a more subdued flavor as the rhythm shuffle stays steady, the guitars are subdued beyond the crackling solos, and the vocals deliver on their world-weary introspection. Songs like the funky “Squealer” and the American-exclusive “Love at First Feel” might be too dirty for their own good, but the double entendres on “Big Balls” are still funnier than they have any right to be and there’s a roguish charm to the narrative on “Ain’t No Fun (Waiting ‘Round to be a Millionaire).” This is further reinforced by Bon Scott seemingly going out of his way to include the sleaziest lyrics he’d ever written. While the playing largely sticks to the band’s established tropes, the guitar tone is so coated in raw grime that almost makes me feel like I need to take a shower after listening. If there’s one thing you can say about Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, it certainly lives up to its title. All things considered, it might be lucky that the actual music turned out as well as it did. Perhaps there’s some vindication in the album being a hit upon its American release five years later, but that was also riding off the major success of Back in Black. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap initially came out in 1976 but was deemed too uncommercial to go stateside by Atlantic Records. There’s a rather convoluted history behind the release of AC/DC’s second international album. until 1981, after Bon's death, after AC/DC had become millionaires - if it arrived any earlier, it would have been too insurrectionist for the common good.Review Summary: A fun exercise of hard rock filth Maybe that's why the album wasn't released in the U.S. That's what gives Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap its supercharged, nervy pulse there's a real sense of danger to this record, something that can't be hidden beneath the jokes. There's a sense on Dirty Deeds that AC/DC is storming the gates - they're problem children sick of waiting around to be a millionaire, so they're gonna make their own money, even if they take down others as they go. Take "Big Balls" - sure, it's a dirty joke, but it's a dirty joke with class overthrow in mind. But for as glorious as the title track was, the entire album served as a call to arms from a group that wanted nothing more than to celebrate the dirtiest, nastiest instincts humans could have, right down to the insurgent anti-authority vibe that runs throughout the record. More than most of their songs to date, it captured the seething malevolence of Bon Scott, the sense that he reveled in doing bad things, encouraged by the maniacal riffs of Angus and Malcolm Young who provided him with their most brutish rock & roll yet. There's a real sense of menace to "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap," the title song of AC/DC's third album.
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