Editing Powerage

{{Short description|1978 studio album by AC/DC}}
{{redirect|What's Next to the Moon|the album of AC/DC cover songs|What's Next to the Moon (album)}}
{{redirect|Kicked in the Teeth|the album by Zeke|Kicked in the Teeth (album)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Powerage
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [[AC/DC]]
| cover      = Acdc Powerage.JPG
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|1978|05|05|df=yes}} (UK)<ref>{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224142446/http://ac-dc.net/discography1/acdc_discography.php?discography_id=261 |title=AC/DC Discography: ''Powerage'' (European LP) |first1=Arnaud |last1=Durieux |publisher=ac-dc.net |access-date=11 November 2023 |archive-date=24 December 2016 |url=https://ac-dc.net/discography1/acdc_discography.php?discography_id=261 |url-status=live }}</ref><br/>{{start date|1978|05|25|df=yes}} (US)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=AC%2FDC#search_section|title=RIAA certification for the US|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] }}</ref>
| recorded   = 
* September 1976{{efn|name=nine|Track 9 (European)}}
* February – March 1978{{efn|name=all|All tracks except track 9 (European)}}
| studio     = 
* [[Albert Studios|Albert]] (Sydney){{efn|name=all}}
* Vineyard (London){{efn|name=nine}}
| genre      =
* [[Hard rock]]
* [[blues rock]]
* [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=39|s=47}}
| label      = * [[Albert Productions|Albert]]
* [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| producer   =
* [[Harry Vanda]]
* [[George Young (rock musician)|George Young]]
| prev_title = [[Let There Be Rock]]
| prev_year  = 1977
| next_title = [[If You Want Blood You've Got It]]
| next_year  = 1978
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Powerage
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Rock 'n' Roll Damnation]]
 | single1date = 26 June 1978 (Aus)
}}
}}

'''''Powerage''''' is the fifth studio album by Australian [[hard rock]] band [[AC/DC]], released on 5 May 1978 in the United Kingdom and 20 May 1978 in the United States, by [[Albert Productions]] and [[Atlantic Records]]. This was the band's first album to feature [[Cliff Williams]] on bass guitar, and it was also the first AC/DC album not to have a title track (aside from the Australia-only ''[[High Voltage (1975 album)|High Voltage]]'' album) and the first worldwide not to be released with a different album cover. ''Powerage'' was re-released in 2003 as part of the ''AC/DC Remasters'' series.<ref>{{cite web |title=The AC/DC Remasters |url=https://www.discogs.com/label/584329-The-ACDC-Remasters |website=Discogs |access-date=18 August 2022 |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715131318/https://www.discogs.com/label/584329-The-ACDC-Remasters |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Background==
After a 12-date European tour opening for [[Black Sabbath]] in April, bassist [[Mark Evans (musician)|Mark Evans]] was fired from AC/DC on 3 May 1977.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilkening |first1=Matthew |title=Mark Evans Discusses Life In and Out of AC/DC |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ac-dc-mark-evans-interview/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=9 May 2012 |access-date=18 August 2022 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511230417/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ac-dc-mark-evans-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the AC/DC memoir ''AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll'', former manager Michael Browning states, "I got a call one day from Malcolm and Angus. We were in London, I went to their apartment and they told me they wanted to get rid of Mark. Him and Angus didn't see eye to eye. They used to have a sort of tit-for-tat thing going, but nothing that I would have ever thought was going to be gig-threatening." According to Browning, the Young brothers were seriously considering [[Colin Pattenden]] of [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] fame.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Villanopublished |first1=Freddy |title=AC/DC's Cliff Williams reflects on four decades at the top of rock's bottom-end |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/acdcs-cliff-williams-reflects-on-four-decades-at-the-top-of-rocks-bottom-end |website=guitarworld |date=8 January 2020 |access-date=9 May 2022 |archive-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509224456/https://www.guitarworld.com/features/acdcs-cliff-williams-reflects-on-four-decades-at-the-top-of-rocks-bottom-end |url-status=live }}</ref> Browning feared that Pattenden was too old and didn't fit the band's image, so he instead pushed for [[Cliff Williams]], who had previously played with [[Home (UK band)|Home]] and [[Bandit (band)|Bandit]]. Williams, who could also sing background vocals, passed the audition and was asked to join the band. In a 2011 interview with Joe Bosso that appears on [[MusicRadar]], Evans reflected on his ousting from the group: 
:"With Angus and Malcolm, they were put on this earth to form AC/DC. They're committed big-time. And if they feel your commitment is anything less than theirs, well, that's a problem. Angus was intense. He was AC/DC 100 percent. His work ethic was unbelievable. When I was with him, he expected everybody to be just like him, which is pretty impossible... At the time, Malcolm said something about them wanting a bass player who could sing, but I think that was a smokescreen. I don't know if there was any one reason. It's just the way it went down. I felt the distance growing between me and Angus and Malcolm. When I was fired, it wasn't so much a surprise as it was a shock. There was a lot of tension in the band at the time. We'd just been kicked off a Black Sabbath tour, and this was right when a trip to the States was cancelled because the record company rejected the ''[[Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap]]'' album. So it was a hard period."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bosso |first1=Joe |title=Interview: Former AC/DC bassist Mark Evans on life in the band |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-former-ac-dc-bassist-mark-evans-on-life-in-the-band-505345 |website=MusicRadar |date=11 October 2011 |access-date=18 August 2022 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918234401/https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-former-ac-dc-bassist-mark-evans-on-life-in-the-band-505345 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The band finally toured America for the first time in the summer of 1977, focusing on smaller markets at first but eventually playing [[CBGB]] in New York City and the [[Whisky a Go Go]] in Los Angeles. In December, they played a set in front of a small audience at [[Atlantic Recording Studios]] in New York City which was broadcast live over Radio WIOQ in [[Philadelphia]] and hosted by Ed Sciaky.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hatmaker |first1=Julia |title=25 memorable DJs and radio personalities from Philadelphia's past |url=https://www.pennlive.com/life/2017/06/25_memorable_djs_and_radio_per.html |website=pennlive |date=15 June 2017 |access-date=18 August 2022 |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131204816/https://www.pennlive.com/life/2017/06/25_memorable_djs_and_radio_per.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The promotional album, ''[[Live from the Atlantic Studios]]'', was later released on the 1997 ''[[Bonfire (album)|Bonfire]]'' box set. In early 1978, the band returned to Sydney to record their next album.

==Recording and composition==
[[File:1982 Cliff Williams.jpg|thumb|''Powerage'' is the first AC/DC album to feature bassist [[Cliff Williams|Cliff Wiliams]].]]
According to the Murray Engleheart book ''AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll'', several songs that appeared on ''Powerage'' were started in July 1977 during the band's first rehearsals with Williams at [[Albert Studios]], including "Kicked in the Teeth", "Up to My Neck in You", an early version of "Touch Too Much" (which later appeared on the follow-up album ''Highway to Hell''), and possibly "Riff Raff".<ref name="engleheart">{{cite book |last1=Engleheart |first1=Murray |title=AC/DC : maximum rock & roll |date=2008 |location=New York |isbn=978-0061133923 |page=233, 237}}</ref> The ''Powerage'' sessions officially got going in January 1978 and stretched over a period of about eight weeks. [[Atlantic Records]] executives in the United States complained that the album did not contain a radio-friendly single,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brannigan |first1=Paul |title="F**k you, follow that!": The electrifying story of AC/DC's masterpiece, Powerage |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/fk-you-follow-that-the-electrifying-story-of-acdcs-masterpiece-powerage |website=loudersound |date=5 August 2022 |access-date=18 August 2022 |archive-date=10 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810194417/https://www.loudersound.com/features/fk-you-follow-that-the-electrifying-story-of-acdcs-masterpiece-powerage |url-status=live }}</ref> so with the first pressings of ''Powerage'' ready to go in the UK, the band complied and recorded "[[Rock 'n' Roll Damnation]]". The song, which features handclaps and maracas and does not have a traditional guitar solo, was released in Britain at the end of May and reached #24, the best performance yet by an AC/DC single.{{cn|date=May 2022}} However, ''Powerage'' was ultimately the final Bon Scott-era studio album the band recorded with the team of [[Vanda & Young|Harry Vanda and George Young]], who had produced all of the band's albums up to that point ([[George Young (rock musician)|George]] was the older brother of Angus and Malcolm; he and [[Harry Vanda|Vanda]] had enjoyed their own pop success with the [[The Easybeats|Easybeats]] in the 1960s), the feeling from Atlantic being that a more commercial producer might do wonders for the band's profile in the lucrative American market.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

Biographer Clinton Walker wrote in his 1994 Scott memoir ''Highway to Hell'', "'Gimme a Bullet' was perhaps Bon's most accomplished piece of writing to date, in which his penchant for hardcase metaphors finds even more genuine pathos and humour than it had before."{{cn|date=May 2022}} "What's Next to the Moon", with its allusions to [[Casey Jones]] and [[Clark Kent]], as well as the elusive "Gone Shootin'" and the unapologetic "Down Payment Blues" ("I know I ain't doin' much, but doin' nothin' means a lot to me"), clearly show that Scott's writing, much like the band's sound, had evolved from the novelties of the group's early albums.{{cn|date=May 2022}} "Bon was a street poet – he described it as 'toilet wall' poetry," former AC/DC manager Michael Browning explained to Peter Watts of ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' in 2013. "That was unknown. They signed a singer and got a lyricist, as well."<ref>{{cite web |title=AC/DC – the true adventures of Bon Scott |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/acdc-the-true-adventures-of-bon-scott-3713 |website=UNCUT |date=26 September 2014 |access-date=18 August 2022 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415232157/https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/acdc-the-true-adventures-of-bon-scott-3713/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "Sin City", which the band performed frequently in concert, explores the seductive charms and dangers of [[Las Vegas]], while "Kicked in the Teeth" addresses a two-faced woman with "two-faced lies". In an interview with ''Bass Frontiers'', Cliff Williams recalls the sessions fondly: "The guys had already been in the studio for a while and we went in to do what turned out to be the ''Powerage'' album. Great work environment. Albert Studios there in Sydney was a great little rock and roll room... Great producers. Obviously a lot of chemistry there being brothers. Just a real fiery, energetic work environment. And we had about three weeks to do it, 'cause that's about all the money we had... It was really a tremendous experience."<ref>{{cite web |title=Video Interview: Cliff Williams of AC/DC |url=https://www.bassfrontiersmag.com/cliff-williams-acdc-video-interview |website=Bass Frontiers Magazine |date=30 October 2010 |access-date=18 August 2022 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804114254/http://www.bassfrontiersmag.com/cliff-williams-acdc-video-interview |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Releases==
Many of AC/DC's early albums were altered for release in other markets, and this practice continued with ''Powerage'', although it was the first LP to be released nearly simultaneously in both Australian and international markets and the first to use just one cover image for both.

==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>

==Track listing==
===Original European LP release===
{{Track listing
| all_writing     = [[Angus Young]], [[Malcolm Young]] and [[Bon Scott]]
| headline = Side one
| title1          = [[Rock 'n' Roll Damnation]]
| length1         = 3:06
| title2          = Gimme a Bullet
| length2         = 3:20
| title3          = Down Payment Blues
| length3         = 5:40
| title4          = Gone Shootin{{'-}}
| length4         = 5:22
| title5          = Riff Raff
| length5         = 5:14
}}
{{tracklisting
| headline = Side two
| title6          = Sin City
| length6         = 4:40
| title7          = Up to My Neck in You
| length7         = 4:12
| title8          = What's Next to the Moon
| length8         = 3:42
| title9          = Cold Hearted Man
| length9         = 3:32
| title10         = Kicked in the Teeth
| length10        = 3:58
}}

'''Notes'''
*Initial editions of the European (UK) LP release featured a different mix of the album. It had a 'harder' sound than the later version, with small variations in vocals, guitar tracks, or both, and occasionally extra sections and longer or shorter fades. Some versions omitted "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" from the track list, but all included "Cold Hearted Man", albeit in a different sequence than on subsequent pressings. For vinyl variations containing "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation", the single version was used, with "Riff Raff" having a fade-out to accommodate the extra time on Side A. The bluesy coda on "Down Payment Blues" is also excluded from this version. UK cassette versions had this mix, with the single version of "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" and no fade on "Riff Raff", until the 1994 remasters.<ref>{{cite web|title=AC/DC - Powerage - another question about the different mixes|url=http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/ac-dc-powerage-another-question-about-the-different-mixes.307277/page-2|access-date=3 September 2017|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124175444/https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/ac-dc-powerage-another-question-about-the-different-mixes.307277/page-2|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The album was later remixed for the American market, with the new mix replacing the original European mix, and becoming the global standard. This mix is still used on all AC/DC ''Powerage'' CD releases today.

===Australian/US and all CD releases===
{{Track listing
| all_writing     = [[Angus Young]], [[Malcolm Young]] and [[Bon Scott]]
| headline = Side one
| title1          = [[Rock 'n' Roll Damnation]]
| length1         = 3:37
| title2          = Down Payment Blues
| length2         = 6:04
| title3          = Gimme a Bullet
| length3         = 3:21
| title4          = Riff Raff
| length4         = 5:12
}}
{{tracklisting
| headline = Side two
| title5          = Sin City
| length5         = 4:45
| title6          = What's Next to the Moon
| length6         = 3:32
| title7          = Gone Shootin{{'-}}
| length7         = 5:06
| title8          = Up to My Neck in You
| length8         = 4:13
| title9          = Kicked in the Teeth
| length9         = 3:54
| total_length    = 39:47
}}

'''Notes'''
*Some cassette copies, such as the original Canadian issue, had an alternate track listing. For example, "Sin City" was the first song on side 1, while "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" was the first song on side 2. All other tracks appear in the order of the original Australian/US release.

==Personnel==
===AC/DC===
*[[Bon Scott]] – lead vocals
*[[Angus Young]] – lead guitar
*[[Malcolm Young]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*[[Cliff Williams]] – bass guitar,  backing vocals
*[[Phil Rudd]] – drums

===Additional personnel===
*[[Mark Evans (musician)|Mark Evans]] – bass guitar (on "Cold Hearted Man")

'''Note'''

''The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC'' book claims that George Young played bass on all tracks,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fink|first1=Jesse|title=The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC. Ebury Australia.|year=2013|publisher=Random House Australia |isbn=9781742759791}}</ref> but Cliff Williams denied this in a 2020 interview.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/acdcs-cliff-williams-reflects-on-four-decades-at-the-top-of-rocks-bottom-end | title=AC/DC's Cliff Williams reflects on four decades at the top of rock's bottom-end | date=8 January 2020 | access-date=9 May 2022 | archive-date=9 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509224456/https://www.guitarworld.com/features/acdcs-cliff-williams-reflects-on-four-decades-at-the-top-of-rocks-bottom-end | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Production===
*[[Harry Vanda]] – producer
*[[George Young (rock musician)|George Young]] – producer
*[[Mark Opitz]] – engineer
*Michael A. Browning – management

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1978)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="aus">{{Cite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |year=1993 |title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] |edition=illustrated |location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] |publisher=Australian Chart Book |page=11 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| 22
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|15|artist=AC/DC|album=Powerage |rowheader=true|access-date=30 April 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|19|artist=AC/DC|album=Powerage|rowheader=true|access-date=23 February 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|26|artist=AC/DC|album=Powerage|rowheader=true|access-date=30 April 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|133|artist=AC-DC|rowheader=true|access-date=30 April 2023}}
|}

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{{album chart|Switzerland|32|artist=AC/DC|album=Powerage|rowheader=true|access-date=24 March 2024}}
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{{album chart|UKRock|9|date=20240322|rowheader=true|access-date=22 March 2024}}
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==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|title=Powerage|type=album|artist=AC/DC|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1978|certyear=2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=AC/DC|title=Powerage|award=Gold|relyear=1978|certyear=2024|access-date=27 December 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|artist=AC/DC|title=Powerage|award=Gold|relyear=1978|certyear=1980}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Powerage|type=album|artist=AC/DC|award=Gold|relyear=1978|certyear=1991}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=AC/DC|title=Powerage|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1978|certyear=2000|certref=<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/7q55521w7go6vh6/Spanish+Certifications+for+2000-2002.pdf |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=es |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=Fundación Autor/SGAE |date=September 2005 |page=954 |isbn=84-8048-639-2 |access-date=23 August 2019 |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129151111/http://www.mediafire.com/file/7q55521w7go6vh6/Spanish+Certifications+for+2000-2002.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|title=Powerage|type=album|artist=AC/DC|award=Gold|relyear=1978|certyear=1992}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Powerage|type=album|artist=AC/DC|award=Gold|relyear=2003|certyear=2013|certmonth=8|id=12028-1825-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Powerage|type=album|artist=AC/DC|award=Platinum|relyear=1978|certyear=1990}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.acdc.com AC/DC's official website]

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[[Category:AC/DC albums]]
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[[Category:Atlantic Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by George Young (rock musician)]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Harry Vanda]]