391. AC/DC / Fly on the Wall. 1985. 2.5/5

Once you get on a roll with all of these AC/DC albums, there are times when you really do have to check to see which album you are listening to, such can be the similarity in songs on occasions. Even for those of us who had all of these albums as they were released during the 1980's and listened to them to death, until the grooves in the vinyl had been worn down even further by the needle, it can sometimes get a little confusing when you go back to the albums today as to which songs appear on which albums. Perhaps that's just the brain cells dying off from too much heavy metal or other substances, but any excuse can sometimes be justified.

So here is Fly on the Wall, another AC/DC album, and like pretty much everything they released in the 1980’s, each song has the same solid core, with only a couple of tracks that really come out with some flair to make them stand out from the rest. As with every other AC/DC album from this decade, this can be both a blessing and a prison sentence, but AC/DC do it so well that you can’t help but love the majority of it.
Following on from Flick of the Switch, which I believe was a step up from For Those About to Rock (We Salute You), this album again has some terrific songs. “Fly on the Wall”, “Danger” and “Back in Business” are enjoyable enough, while
“Sink The Pink” and “Shake Your Foundations” are the two standout tracks on the album. Both were released as singles and did well in Australia in pushing this album. However, in all honesty, the album is still a bit uneven. It lacks something that the previous album had, where the format and style of the songs seemed to emit more energy, and move along with less bumps. Here the flow tends to be up and then down, and a lack of cohesion between songs. I don't believe the band rested on its laurels in producing this album, but apart from the three or four songs that are obviously the better tracks, the remainder is quite average in the long run.

Rating:  No one can stop us cause we're feeling too right  2.5/5.