Editing Powerage (section)

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/r81/review | title = Powerage - AC/DC | access-date = 2009-11-29 | last = Erlewine | first = Stephen Thomas | author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine | work = [[AllMusic]] | archive-date = 18 August 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220818010946/https://www.allmusic.com/album/powerage-mw0000194999 | url-status = live }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/album-of-the-week-club-review-acdc-powerage | title = AC/DC: Powerage Album Of The Week Club review | access-date = 2019-10-23 | last = Rock | first = Classic | date = 18 June 2018 | publisher = [[Loudersound]] | archive-date = 21 March 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190321210335/https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/album-of-the-week-club-review-acdc-powerage | url-status = live }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |location=United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84609-856-7 |pages=34 |edition=5th Concise}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''
| rev4score = D<ref>{{cite news |last1=Niester |first1=Alan |title=Is There Life After New Wave? |work=The Globe and Mail |date=6 Sep 1978 |page=F10}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev5Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor1-first= Gary |editor1-last= Graff |editor2-first= Daniel |editor2-last= Durchholz |year= 1999 |title= MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |chapter= AC/DC |publisher= Visible Ink Press |location= Farmington Hills, MI |isbn= 1-57859-061-2 |url= https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/ac-dc/albumguide | title = AC/DC: Album Guide | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | access-date = 24 September 2012 | archive-date = 8 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120308001205/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/ac-dc/albumguide | url-status = live }}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev7score = 3/10<ref>{{cite book|last1= Weisbard|first1= Eric|last2= Marks|first2= Craig|date= 1995|title= Spin Alternative Record Guide|publisher= Vintage Books|isbn= 1841955515}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev8score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/mojo_mag_june_94|date= 2024|title= AC/DC 50 Reissues|work= Mojo|access-date=22 January 2025}}</ref>
}}
While initial sales were somewhat disappointing, ''Powerage'' surpassed its predecessor, ''[[Let There Be Rock]]'', by reaching No. 133 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart in the US, eventually achieving platinum certification. [[Eddie Van Halen]] and [[Rolling Stones]]' guitarist [[Keith Richards]] have stated that ''Powerage'' remains their favourite [[AC/DC]] record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/feature/184155-the-youngs-the-brothers-who-built-ac-dc-riff-raff/|title=The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC: Riff Raff|date=1 August 2014|access-date=30 November 2018|archive-date=25 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925042550/http://www.popmatters.com/feature/184155-the-youngs-the-brothers-who-built-ac-dc-riff-raff/|url-status=live}}</ref> The album is also [[Guns N' Roses]]' guitarist [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] and [[Aerosmith]]'s guitarist [[Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry]]'s favourite album by the band, citing it as a major influence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iscan |first=Melisa |date=2022-02-27 |title=Guns N' Roses' Slash Shares His All-Time Favorite AC/DC Record |url=https://rockcelebrities.net/guns-n-roses-slash-shares-his-all-time-favorite-ac-dc-record/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Rock Celebrities |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazinepublished |first=Classic Rock |date=2021-10-19 |title=Why I 🧡 AC/DC's Powerage, by Aerosmith's Joe Perry |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/why-i-acdcs-powerage-by-aerosmiths-joe-perry |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=louder |language=en}}</ref> The album has remained a favourite of Malcolm Young, who was quoted in ''AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll'' as saying, "I know a lot of people respect it. A lot of real rock and roll AC/DC fans, the real pure rock and roll guys. I think that's the most under-rated album of them all."<ref name="engleheart"/> It's also drummer Phil Rudd's favorite record the band did with Bon Scott.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phil Rudd Singles Out Favorite AC/DC Album With Bon Scott, Names Word That Best Described Malcolm Young |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/phil_rudd_singles_out_favorite_acdc_album_with_bon_scott_names_word_that_best_described_malcolm_young.html |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=www.ultimate-guitar.com |language=en}}</ref>

The ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' called AC/DC "another late '70s boogie band making strides toward commercial clout [who] pumps out heavy metal with a reasonable amount of panache".<ref name="DF">{{cite news |last1=Duffy |first1=Mike |title=Heavy metal with a kick |work=Detroit Free Press |date=8 Aug 1978 |page=3C}}</ref> The ''Cheshire Observer'' wrote that "the LP captures better than ever the fresh, aggressive style, the compelling high voltage rock".<ref>{{cite news |title=Disc Spot |work=Cheshire Observer |date=5 May 1978 |page=46}}</ref> ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' determined that the band "were our first punk rockers, but thank heaven they are not our best or last... They have been emulated and surpassed by their students".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Christine |title=Powerage AC/DC |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=24 Jul 1978 |department=Monday Guide |page=3}}</ref>

[[AllMusic]] gives ''Powerage'' a rating of three and a half out of five stars, stating that while "it is the most uneven of" AC/DC's 1970s material, the album still contained a "few genuine classics", specifically mentioning "Down Payment Blues" and "Up to My Neck in You".<ref name="allmusic"/> Edwin Faust of ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' considers ''Powerage'' "AC/DC's best album... because it isn't simply about sex, drinking and tongue-in-cheek Satanism", but shows a band "growing up".<ref name="Stylus">{{cite magazine | url = http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/acdc-powerage.htm | title = AC/DC Powerage | access-date = 2011-10-23 | last = Faust | first = Edwin | date = 12 December 2003 | magazine = [[Stylus Magazine]] | archive-date = 7 January 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110107132701/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/acdc-powerage.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> In 1994, Bon Scott biographer Clinton Walker opined in his book ''Highway to Hell'' that "altogether, ''Powerage'' just seemed to lack the uncompromising coherence and relentless body and soul that was its predecessor's greatness." Band biographer Jesse Fink cites the album as containing "their best ever collection of songs" and deems it "a high point creatively for the three Youngs, an album arguably superior to the commercially successful [[Mutt Lange]] circuitbreakers that followed, ''Highway to Hell'' and ''Back in Black''."{{sfn|Fink|2013|p=175}}

In 2005, ''Powerage'' was ranked number 325 in ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|language=de|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=80}}</ref> ''[[Kerrang!]]'' magazine listed the album at No. 26 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Johnson | first1 = Howard | title = [[Kerrang!]] | chapter = AC/DC 'Powerage' | volume = 222 | publisher = Spotlight Publications Ltd. | date = 21 January 1989 | location = London, UK }}</ref>