Editing AC/DC (section)

===1990–1999: Popularity regained===
The band's twelfth&nbsp;studio album, ''[[The Razors Edge (AC/DC album)|The Razors Edge]]'', was recorded in [[Vancouver]], Canada and was mixed and engineered by [[Mike Fraser (record producer)|Mike Fraser]] and produced by [[Bruce Fairbairn]], who had previously worked with Aerosmith and [[Bon Jovi]].<ref name="Henderson 2">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-razors-edge-mw0000690074 |title=AC/DC – ''The Razors Edge'' Review |last=Henderson |first=Alex |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=27 December 2023 |archive-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401192500/https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-razors-edge-mw0000690074 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Elliott|2018|p=174}} Released on 24 September 1990,{{sfn|Elliott|2018|pp=174, 184}} it was a major success for the band, reaching the top&nbsp;three in Australia,<ref name="AUS Razors">{{Cite web |url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=AC/DC&titel=The+Razors+Edge&cat=a |title=AC/DC – ''The Razors Edge'' |first1=Steffen |last1=Hung |publisher=Australian Charts Portal (Hung Medien) |access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref> Canada,<ref name="CAN Razors">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9106&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9106.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9106 |title=Image: ''RPM'' Weekly |issue=9106 |date=8 December 1990 |magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |via=[[Library and Archives Canada]] |access-date=28 September 2023 }}</ref> Finland,<ref name="FIN" /> Germany,<ref name="GER Razors Edge">{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-7640 |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts - ''The Razors Edge'' |publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts|GfK Entertainment]] |language=de |access-date=28 September 2023 }}</ref> Switzerland,<ref name="SWI">{{cite web |url=http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?cat=a&search=AC%2FDC |title=AC/DC Discography |first1=Steffen |last1=Hung |publisher=Hung Medien |website=[[Swiss Hitparade]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112160501/http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?cat=a&search=AC%2FDC |access-date=28 September 2023 |archive-date=12 November 2012 }}</ref> and the US.<ref name="billboard200" /> Its [[lead single]], "[[Thunderstruck (song)|Thunderstruck]]" (September 1990), peaked at number&nbsp;5 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Mainstream Rock Tracks|Mainstream Rock]] chart,<ref name="mra">{{Cite magazine |title=AC/DC Chart History (Mainstream Rock Airplay) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ac-dc/chart-history/rtt/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref> number&nbsp;4 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles]] chart,<ref name="AutoJ4-15">{{Cite web |url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=AC/DC&titel=Thunderstruck&cat=s |title=AC/DC – 'Thunderstruck' |first1=Steffen |last1=Hung |publisher=Australian Charts Portal (Hung Medien) |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref> and number&nbsp;13 on the [[Official Charts Company|OCC]]'s [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="OCC" /> Its second&nbsp;single, "[[Moneytalks]]" (12 November 1990),<ref name="aus disco">{{Cite web |first=Steffen |last=Hung |title=AC/DC Discography |url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=AC%2FDC |publisher=Hung Medien |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032610/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=AC%2FDC |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref> peaked at number&nbsp;23 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="Hot 100" /> By 2006, the album had achieved 5× Platinum status in the US.<ref name="AutoJ4-16">{{Cite web |title=American Album Certifications – AC/DC – ''The Razors Edge'' |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=AC%2FDC&ti=The+Razors+Edge&format=Album&type=#search_section |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>

Several shows on the 1991 [[Razors Edge World Tour]] were recorded for the 1992 live album, ''[[AC/DC Live]]''. It was produced by Fairbairn and was called one of the best live albums of the 1990s by Barry Weber of [[AllMusic]].<ref name="nUjzh">{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/r53486 | title = AC/DC – ''AC/DC Live'' | publisher = [[AllMusic]] |first1=Barry |last1=Weber | access-date = 2 August 2008 | archive-date = 4 September 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230904105529/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-mw0000616074 | url-status = live }}</ref> AC/DC headlined the [[Monsters of Rock]] show during this tour, which was released as a video album, ''[[Live at Donington (AC/DC album)|Live at Donington]]'', in 1992. During the tour, three fans were killed at a concert at the [[Salt Palace (arena)|Salt Palace]] in [[Salt Lake City]] on 18 January 1991, when they were crushed and fell to the floor at the beginning of the show.<ref name="deathinarena">{{cite news |last1=Carter |first1=Mike |title=AC/DC Says Band Stopped |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q2ZGAAAAIBAJ&dq=ac%2Fdc+concert&pg=PA1&article_id=1306,5192839 |access-date=4 September 2023 |work=[[The Daily Gazette]] |date=24 January 1991 |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |page=D14 |archive-date=4 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904104010/https://books.google.com/books?id=q2ZGAAAAIBAJ&dq=ac%2Fdc+concert&pg=PA1&article_id=1306,5192839 |url-status=live }}</ref> It took 26&nbsp;minutes before venue security and group members understood the severity of the situation and halted the concert. AC/DC settled out of court with the victims' families.<ref name="ibYKb">{{cite news |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/146127/SL-COUNTY-FINDS-NO-NEGLIGENCE-IN-CONCERT-DEATHS.html |title=S.L. County Finds no Negligence in Concert Deaths |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=9 February 1991 |access-date=16 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417091451/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/146127/SL-COUNTY-FINDS-NO-NEGLIGENCE-IN-CONCERT-DEATHS.html?pg=all |archive-date=17 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="knYih">{{cite news |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/265054/FAMILIES-SETTLE-SUITS-OVER-ACDC-CONCERT-DEATHS.html |title=Families Settle Suits Over AC/DC Concert Deaths |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=17 December 1992 |access-date=16 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306192726/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/265054/FAMILIES-SETTLE-SUITS-OVER-ACDC-CONCERT-DEATHS.html?pg=all |archive-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In September 1991, AC/DC performed in Moscow for the Monsters of Rock festival in front of 1.6&nbsp;million people. It was the first&nbsp;open-air rock concert to be held in the former [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="AutoJ4-17">{{cite news |title=List of the Most Crowded Music Concerts in History |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/list-of-the-most-crowded-music-concerts-in-history/articleshow/49702777.cms?from=mdr |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=8 November 2015 |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111231049/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/list-of-the-most-crowded-music-concerts-in-history/articleshow/49702777.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live}}</ref>

AC/DC recorded "[[Big Gun]]" in 1993 for the soundtrack of [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s film ''[[Last Action Hero]]''. Released as a single, it reached number&nbsp;one on the US Mainstream Rock chart, the band's first&nbsp;number-one single on that chart.<ref name="mra" /> Pacific Gameworks proposed a [[beat 'em up]] video game for the [[Atari Jaguar CD]] in 1994, ''AC/DC: Defenders of Metal'', which would have featured the group's crew; however, production never started.<ref name="AutoJ4-18">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Jay |url=http://archives.insertcredit.com/news/122003.html |title=News: ''AC/DC - Defenders of Metal'' |website=insertcredit.com |date=30 December 2003 |access-date=19 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228061039/http://archives.insertcredit.com/news/122003.html |archive-date=28 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Angus and Malcolm invited Rudd to several [[jam session]]s during 1994; he was eventually rehired due to Slade resigning.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giles |first=Jeff |date=24 July 2014 |title=Chris Slade Reveals the Reason He Quit AC/DC, Hints at Firm Reunion |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ac-dc-chris-slade-quit/ |website=[[Future plc|Ultimate Classic Rock]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003225004/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ac-dc-chris-slade-quit/ |archive-date=3 October 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> Recording began in October 1994 at [[Record Plant Studios]] in New York City. After 10&nbsp;weeks of recording, they moved to [[Ocean Way Recording|Ocean Way Studios]] in Los Angeles, in February 1995,<ref name="Disco 19">{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224142712/http://ac-dc.net/discography1/acdc_discography.php?discography_id=22 |title=AC/DC Discography: ''Ballbreaker'' |first1=Arnaud |last1=Durieux |publisher=ac-dc.net |access-date=22 January 2024 |archive-date=24 December 2016 |url=https://ac-dc.net/discography1/acdc_discography.php?discography_id=22 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Elliott|2018|p=183}} and finished recording in May.<ref name="Disco 19" /> On 22 September, their thirteenth&nbsp;studio album, ''[[Ballbreaker]]'', was released,{{sfn|Elliott|2018|pp=183, 186}}<ref name="Disco 19" /> which reached number&nbsp;one in Australia,<ref name="AUS Ballbreaker">{{Cite web |title=AC/DC – ''Ballbreaker'' |first1=Steffen |last1=Hung |url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=AC/DC&titel=Ballbreaker&cat=a |publisher=Australian Charts Portal (Hung Medien) |access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref> Sweden,<ref name="SWE" /> and Switzerland.<ref name="SWE">{{cite web |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=AC%2FDC |title=Discography AC/DC |first1=Steffen |last1=Hung |publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]] (Hung Medien) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103172729/http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=AC%2FDC |access-date=28 September 2023 |archive-date=3 November 2012 }}</ref>

In November 1997, a box set, ''[[Bonfire (album)|Bonfire]]'', was released.{{sfn|Elliott|2018|pp=184, 186}} It contained four albums: a [[remaster]]ed version of ''Back in Black'', ''[[Volts (album)|Volts]]'' – a disc with alternative takes, outtakes and stray live cuts recorded with Scott – and two live albums, ''[[Live from the Atlantic Studios]]'' and ''[[Let There Be Rock: The Movie – Live in Paris|Let There Be Rock: The Movie]]''. ''Live from the Atlantic Studios'' was recorded on 7 December 1977 at the [[Atlantic Studios]] in New York. ''Let There Be Rock: The Movie'' was a double album recorded in December 1979 at the [[Pavillon de Paris]] and was the soundtrack of ''AC/DC: Let There Be Rock'' (1980).<ref name="Erlewine Bonfire">{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614131908/http://www.allmusic.com/album/bonfire-mw0000028954 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bonfire-mw0000028954 |title=''Bonfire'' – AC/DC: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=14 June 2012 |access-date=28 December 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Elliott|2018|p=184}}