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Originally released on Atlantic Records, it peaked at #3 and is currently 6 times platinum. The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series. Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Blow Up Your Video, an example of a remastered AC/DC disc. ...

Overview

This edition of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is considerably different from the original Australian edition released in September 1976, featuring a different cover and track order. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is the third studio album by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music). ...

On this album, the Australian version's "R.I.P. (Rock in Peace)" and "Jailbreak" are replaced by "Rocker" (from 1975's T.N.T.) and "Love at First Feel", the latter being one of only two tracks from international AC/DC albums not available on the band's Australian albums. (The other is "Cold Hearted Man", released on European pressings of Powerage.) Conversely, several songs that are available on Australian AC/DC albums have not seen overseas release. However, "Love at First Feel" was released in Australia as a single. R.I.P. (Rock In Peace) is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the seventh track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. ... Jailbreak is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the ninth and final track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. ... Rocker is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the sixth track of their Australian album T.N.T., released in December 1975 (see 1975 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. ... T.N.T. is an album by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in December 1975 (see 1975 in music). ... Love At First Feel is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the second track of the international version of their album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in November 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon... Cold Hearted Man is a rare song by the popular Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the 9th track on the European version of Powerage on May 1978. ... Powerage is the fifth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in May 1978. ...

Additionally, a song titled "I'm a Rebel" was recorded during the Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap sessions in September 1976, with music and lyrics written by Angus and Malcolm Young's older brother, Alex Young. This song was never released and remains in Albert Productions' vaults. Im a Rebel is a unreleased song by the popular hard rock band, AC/DC. The song and lyrics were written by Angus and Malcolm Youngs older brother, Alex Young in September, 1976. ... Angus McKinnon Young (born on 31 March 1955, in Glasgow, Scotland) is a guitarist and songwriter who has been the lead guitarist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC since the group was formed in 1973. ... Malcolm Mitchell Young, born January 6, 1953 in Glasgow, Scotland, is a founding member of, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the Australian hard rock band, AC/DC. Though his younger brother Angus is the more visible of the brothers, Malcolm has been described as the business and... Albert Records is an Australian record label founded in 1964 by Ted Albert. ...

Angus came up with the title of the album when he watching an episode of Beany And Cecil. The antagonist, Dishonest John, carried a card that read: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Special Holidays, Sundays and Rates".

Controversy

It has been posited that Atlantic Records removed "Jailbreak" from the international version due to concerns about its content. If true, this would be highly ironic considering that similar, if not more depraved, lyrical content is found in such songs as the title track, "Problem Child", and "Big Balls", all of which were included on the international version. The reasons for the omission of "R.I.P. (Rock In Peace)" are unknown. Irony is a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a writer says and what is generally understood (either at the time, or in the later context of history). ... Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the first track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. ... Problem Child is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the fourth track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. ... Big Balls is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the sixth track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. ...

Track listing

All songs composed by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. Angus McKinnon Young (born on 31 March 1955, in Glasgow, Scotland) is a guitarist and songwriter who has been the lead guitarist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC since the group was formed in 1973. ... Malcolm Mitchell Young, born January 6, 1953 in Glasgow, Scotland, is a founding member of, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the Australian hard rock band, AC/DC. Though his younger brother Angus is the more visible of the brothers, Malcolm has been described as the business and... Ronald Belford Bon Scott (July 9, 1946 – February 19, 1980) was a Scottish born Australian rock musician. ...

1. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" – 4:11 (vinyl), 3:51 (CD)
2. "Love at First Feel" – 3:10
3. "Big Balls" – 2:38
4. "Rocker" – 2:49
5. "Problem Child" – 5:44
6. "There's Gonna Be Some Rockin'" – 3:17
7. "Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire)" – 7:29 (vinyl), 6:57 (CD)
8. "Ride On" – 5:49
9. "Squealer" – 5:14

• Vinyl releases included full versions of the title track and "Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire)" while CD releases included edited versions of both songs.
• The track "Rocker" was originally released on T.N.T. in 1975.
• Some track lengths listed on CD version's back cover are inaccurate, particularly in the case of the title track and "Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire)".

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the first track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. ... Love At First Feel is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the second track of the international version of their album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in November 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon... Big Balls is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the sixth track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. ... Rocker is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the sixth track of their Australian album T.N.T., released in December 1975 (see 1975 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. ... Problem Child is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the fourth track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. ... Theres Gonna Be Some Rockin is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the third track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. ... Aint No Fun (Waiting Round To Be A Millionaire) is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the second track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm... Ride On is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the eighth track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. ... Squealer is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the fifth track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. ... T.N.T. is an album by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in December 1975 (see 1975 in music). ...

Personnel

• Bon Scott – lead vocals
• Angus Young – lead guitar
• Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mark Evans – bass
• Phil Rudd – drums

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Production

• Producers: Harry Vanda, George Young
• Mastering supervisors: Michael Fraser, Al Quaglieri
• Digital remastering: George Marino
• Digital assembly: Eugene Nastasi
• Cover design: Hipgnosis
• Sleeve photo: Paul Canty
• Photography: Hipgnosis, Philip Morris, Michael Putland, Neil Zlozower

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Charts

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Singles - Billboard (North America)

Notes

• Extreme Championship Wrestling's Balls Mahoney used "Big Balls" as his entrance theme. In the current World Wrestling Entertainment incarnation of ECW, he uses an instrumental version of the song.

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See also

• Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Australian album)

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is the third studio album by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music). ...

External links

• Lyrics on AC/DC's official website