Editing Flick of the Switch (section)

{{Short description|1983 studio album by AC/DC}}
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{{Infobox album
| name         = Flick of the Switch
| type         = Studio album
| artist       = [[AC/DC]]
| cover        = Ac-dc Flick of the Switch.JPG
| border       = yes
| alt          = A monochrome pencil illustration of Angus Young with his guitar, hanging from a giant power switch. The AC/DC logo appears behind in silver, with the album's title in all caps, on the floor below Angus.
| released     = {{start date|1983|08|19|df=yes}}<ref name="releaseinfo">{{Cite web |website=[[Twitter|X]] |url=https://twitter.com/acdc/status/1686376234375077888?s=46&t=Gln8zHCGkCl2IOfa3pIw8Q |title=''Flick of the Switch'' turns 40 this month! Released on August 19, 1983, the album was recorded in April/May 1983 at Compass Point Studios. It was the 1st album self-produced by the band, and was mixed at Electric Lady Studios in New York. It reached #15 in the US & #4 on UK charts. |date=1 August 2023 |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>
| recorded     = April – May 1983<ref name="releaseinfo">{{Cite web |website=[[Twitter|X]] |url=https://twitter.com/acdc/status/1686376234375077888?s=46&t=Gln8zHCGkCl2IOfa3pIw8Q |title=''Flick of the Switch'' turns 40 this month! Released on August 19, 1983, the album was recorded in April/May 1983 at Compass Point Studios. It was the 1st album self-produced by the band, and was mixed at Electric Lady Studios in New York. It reached #15 in the US & #4 on UK charts. |date=1 August 2023 |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>
| studio       = [[Compass Point Studios|Compass Point]] (Nassau)
| genre        = [[Hard rock]]
| length       = {{Duration|m=37|s=02}}
| label        = {{hlist|[[Albert Productions|Albert]]|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]}}
| producer     = AC/DC
| prev_title   = [[For Those About to Rock We Salute You]]
| prev_year    = 1981
| next_title   = [['74 Jailbreak]]
| next_year    = 1984
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Flick of The Switch
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Guns for Hire]]
 | single1date = September 1983
 | single2     = [[Flick of the Switch (song)|Flick of the Switch]]
 | single2date = March 1984 (US)
 | single3     = [[Nervous Shakedown]]
 | single3date = July 1984 (UK)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/3/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=3 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref>
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'''''Flick of the Switch''''' is the ninth studio album by Australian [[hard rock]] band [[AC/DC]]. The album was deemed a commercial disappointment after it failed to match the sales figures of the band's two previous releases, 1980's ''[[Back in Black]]'' and 1981's ''[[For Those About to Rock]]'', and its release represented the beginning of the band's commercial decline. The third AC/DC album to feature lead vocalist [[Brian Johnson]], the album is also the last to feature drummer [[Phil Rudd]] before his return on ''[[Ballbreaker]]'' (1995). The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the ''AC/DC Remasters'' series.