24 September 2025
Australian‘s riff devils AC/DC released their 12th LP, titled
THE RAZORS EDGE today 25 years ago, on 24 September 1990.
A million-seller that went to #2 in the US (going 6 times platinum
over the years), #4 in the UK, #3 in Australia and #1 in Canada.
AllMusic said: “Although AC/DC’s popularity had decreased by the early ’90s,
the band still had a lot of life left in it. Arguably the Australian headbangers’ strongest album in over half a decade, The Razors Edge is quintessential AC/DC – rowdy, abrasive, unapologetically fun metal full of blistering power chords, memorable hooks, and testosterone-driven lyrics.”
Schoolboy Angus Young about the smashing single Thunderstruck (almost 2 billion streams on Spotify): “It started off from a little trick I had on guitar. I played it to Mal and he said “Oh, I’ve got a good rhythm idea that will sit well in the back.” We built the song up from that. We fiddled about with it for a few months before everything fell into place. Lyrically, it was really just a case of finding a good title. We came up with this thunder thing and it seemed to have a good ring to it. AC/DC = Power. That’s the basic idea.”
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