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Power Up (album)

January 29, 2023

Power Up (shortened as PWR/UP and stylised as PWRϟUP) is the seventeenth studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC, released on 13 November 2020 through Columbia Records and Sony Music Australia. Power Up marks the return of vocalist Brian Johnson, drummer Phil Rudd and bassist Cliff Williams, all of whom left AC/DC before, during, and after the supporting tour for their previous album Rock or Bust (2014).[10][11][12] This is also the band's first album since the death of co-founder and rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young in 2017 and it serves as a tribute to him, according to his brother Angus.[13][14] The album was generally well received by music critics and reached number one in 21 countries. It sold 1.4 million copies worldwide.[15]

Power Up
Studio album by
AC/DC
Released13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)
Recorded
  • August – September 2018
  • Early 2019
StudioThe Warehouse (Vancouver)
Genre
Length41:03
Label
ProducerBrendan O'Brien
AC/DC chronology
Rock or Bust
(2014) 		Power Up
(2020)
Singles from Power Up
  1. "Shot in the Dark"
    Released: 7 October 2020[3]
  2. "Realize"
    Released: 11 November 2020[4]
  3. "Demon Fire"
    Released: 9 December 2020[5][6]
  4. "Witch's Spell"
    Released: 9 June 2021[7][8]
  5. "Through the Mists of Time"
    Released: 11 June 2021[9]

At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the album was nominated for Best Rock Album and the band were nominated for Best Group.[16]

At the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards, the album won Rock Album of the Year. The single "Shot in the Dark" was nominated for Rock Song of the Year, but lost to Foo Fighters' "Shame Shame".[17]

For the 64th Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best Rock Album, and "Shot In The Dark" was nominated for Best Rock Performance and Best Music Video.[18]

Background and recording

Following the 2014 album Rock or Bust, the group embarked on a seventeen-month world tour. Prior to the tour, drummer Phil Rudd was charged with attempting to procure murder, threatening to kill, and possession of methamphetamine and cannabis. For the tour, Rudd was replaced by Chris Slade, who had also previously played with AC/DC on their 1990 album The Razors Edge, several years after Rudd first left the band.[19] By 2016, lead singer Brian Johnson had started to suffer hearing loss,[20][21] causing the final ten dates of the Rock or Bust tour to be rescheduled. Ultimately, he was replaced with Guns N' Roses vocalist Axl Rose for the remaining dates.[19][22] On 8 July 2016, bassist Cliff Williams announced that he would be retiring from the band once the tour was finished, citing health issues as reasons for retiring, and calling AC/DC a "changed animal".[23]

This record is pretty much a dedication to Malcolm, my brother. It's a tribute for him like Back in Black was a tribute to Bon Scott.

— Angus Young, on Power Up[14]

In 2018, rumours began circulating that AC/DC were working on their seventeenth studio album, with Johnson, Rudd, and Williams having returned to the group. Johnson, Rudd, Angus Young and Stevie Young were photographed in August 2018 at Warehouse Studio, a recording studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada owned by fellow musician Bryan Adams, suggesting the band were working where they had recorded their three previous albums.[24][25][26] The rumors were later confirmed as the truth, with the album having been recorded there over a six-week period in August and September 2018 with producer Brendan O'Brien, who also oversaw 2008's Black Ice and 2014's Rock or Bust,[13] with some tweaking having followed in early 2019.[14] Every track is credited to Angus and Malcolm Young as Angus had raided the AC/DC vault of unreleased songs to record the album.[14]

Promotion and release

After a series of cryptic teases reading PWR/UP (stylised as PWRϟUP) on the band's website, the album's title was revealed to be Power Up on 7 October 2020.[19][27]

Also after a series of teasers in the days prior, the music audio for the band's first single, "Shot in the Dark", was released the same day.[3][28] A music video for the song was released on 26 October 2020.[29] The song topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart for two weeks starting in November 2020.[30] A (53-second) short clip of a second song, "Demon Fire", was debuted ahead of the album's release on 30 October 2020 as well[31][32][4] and was released once again on 8 December 2020, the day before the complete song's world premiere release.[33]

The music audio for the album's second single, "Realize", was released on 11 November 2020.[4][34]

The album was released on 13 November 2020.[35] In its first week of release, it was projected to place either first or second on the Billboard 200 all-format albums chart, and to top the US and UK album sales chart.[36][37][38]

On 7 December 2020, it was announced that the music video for "Demon Fire" would have its world premiere release on 9 December 2020 as the third single from the album.[39][40]

A music video for the song "Realize" was released via YouTube on 13 January 2021.[41]

A music video for the song "Witch's Spell" was released via YouTube on 9 June 2021.[42]

A music video for the song “Through the Mists of Time” was released via YouTube on 30 September 2021.[43]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.2/10[44]
Metacritic79/100[45]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [46]
Clash     [47]
Consequence of SoundA−[48]
Exclaim!7/10[49]
The Guardian     [50]
The Independent     [51]
Kerrang!     [52]
NME     [53]
Rolling Stone     [54]
The Sydney Morning Herald     [55]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the release received an average score of 79, based on 19 reviews, indicating "Generally favourable reviews".[45] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a 7.2 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[44]

AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated, "Good times have always been a crucial part of the band, but there's a depth of feeling to the levity on Power Up, as if the band decided that the best way to pay respect to what they've lost is by focusing on what they still have. They don't dwell upon the past, they barrel forward with a set of turbocharged blues and high-octane rock that doesn't merely sound good, it feels nourishing."[46] Daniel Sylvester of Exclaim! noted, "The fact that AC/DC came together to create something as satisfying as Power Up when the cards were down is a complete miracle upon itself, and AC/DC seem more than ready to celebrate."[49] Kitty Empire of The Guardian gave the album three stars out of five, stating, "If deja vu is a familiar sensation with AC/DC, few outfits have managed to eke so much variety out of so few constituent parts as these stalwarts of reductio ad absurdum. For the undiminished certainties AC/DC provide in the face of adversity, it's hard not to salute them."[50] Nick Ruskell of Kerrang! observed, "AC/DC have made an album that, even for them, is a high-voltage celebration of life, the best of times, and the absolutely indomitable, boundless power of a couple of chords and a four-four beat. In a time where getting together with your mates and partying and getting the beers in and shagging and living it up is all but illegal, as a reminder of just how powerful and timeless the very idea of these wonderful things are, AC/DC have never felt more necessary or vital."[52]

Accolades

Accolades for Power Up
Publication Accolade Rank
Consequence of Sound Top 50 Albums of 2020
44[56]
Rolling Stone Top 50 Albums of 2020
45[57]

Commercial performance

In Australia, Power Up debuted at number one on the ARIA Charts and, in the process, AC/DC became the first act to have an Australian number one album in five consecutive decades (1980s to 2020s).[58] The album registered 21,535 sales in its first week outselling the rest of the top 15 combined.[59] As of 12 December, it has spent four weeks at number one, becoming the equal longest number 1 album in Australia in 2020.[60]

In the United States, Power Up debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, with 117,000 album-equivalent units (including 111,000 pure sales) in its opening week.[61] It became the band's third album to reach number one on the chart, following For Those About to Rock We Salute You (1981) and Black Ice (2008).[61] Additionally, the album's tracks accumulated a total 7.8 million on-demand streams in the week ending 28 November.[61]

The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart on 13 November 2020 with 62,000 chart sales, displacing Kylie Minogue's Disco as biggest opening week release of 2020 so far.[62]

In Germany, it debuted at number one, selling almost 160,000 copies, the best start of the year.[63] It stayed at number one for a total of 5 non-consecutive weeks, and became the best selling album of 2020.[64]

Worldwide, it was the 6th best selling album of 2020 with 1.37 million copies sold.[15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Angus Young and Malcolm Young.[14]

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Realize"3:37
2."Rejection"4:06
3."Shot in the Dark"3:06
4."Through the Mists of Time"3:32
5."Kick You When You're Down"3:10
6."Witch's Spell"3:42
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Demon Fire"3:30
8."Wild Reputation"2:54
9."No Man's Land"3:39
10."Systems Down"3:12
11."Money Shot"3:05
12."Code Red"3:31
Total length:41:03

Personnel

Credits for Power Up adapted from liner notes.[65]

AC/DC

Additional personnel

  • Mike Fraser – engineering, mixing
  • Brendan O'Brien – production, mixing
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Billy Bowers – additional engineering
  • Zach Blackstone – assistant engineering
  • Dominick Civiero – assistant engineering
  • Richard Jones – equipment technician
  • Trace Foster – equipment technician
  • Simon Murton – equipment technician
  • Josh Cheuse – creative direction and photography, art direction and design
  • Michelle Holme – art direction and design
  • Ben Ib – cover art

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[121] Gold 35,000 
Austria (IFPI Austria)[122] Platinum 15,000 
Canada — 38,000[123]
France (SNEP)[124] 2× Platinum 200,000 
Germany (BVMI)[125] Platinum 200,000 
Italy (FIMI)[126] Gold 25,000 
Poland (ZPAV)[127] Platinum 20,000 
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[128] Gold 20,000 
Sweden (GLF)[129] Gold 15,000 
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[130] Platinum 20,000 
United Kingdom (BPI)[131] Gold 100,000 
Summaries
Worldwide (IFPI) — 1,400,000[15]

  Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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  • AC/DC – Power Up at Discogs (list of releases)

January 29, 2023
power, album, power, shortened, stylised, pwrϟup, seventeenth, studio, album, australian, rock, band, released, november, 2020, through, columbia, records, sony, music, australia, power, marks, return, vocalist, brian, johnson, drummer, phil, rudd, bassist, cl. Power Up shortened as PWR UP and stylised as PWRϟUP is the seventeenth studio album by Australian rock band AC DC released on 13 November 2020 through Columbia Records and Sony Music Australia Power Up marks the return of vocalist Brian Johnson drummer Phil Rudd and bassist Cliff Williams all of whom left AC DC before during and after the supporting tour for their previous album Rock or Bust 2014 10 11 12 This is also the band s first album since the death of co founder and rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young in 2017 and it serves as a tribute to him according to his brother Angus 13 14 The album was generally well received by music critics and reached number one in 21 countries It sold 1 4 million copies worldwide 15 Power UpStudio album by AC DCReleased13 November 2020 2020 11 13 RecordedAugust September 2018 Early 2019StudioThe Warehouse Vancouver GenreHard rock 1 rock and roll 2 Length41 03LabelColumbia Sony AustraliaProducerBrendan O BrienAC DC chronologyRock or Bust 2014 Power Up 2020 Singles from Power Up Shot in the Dark Released 7 October 2020 3 Realize Released 11 November 2020 4 Demon Fire Released 9 December 2020 5 6 Witch s Spell Released 9 June 2021 7 8 Through the Mists of Time Released 11 June 2021 9 At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards the album was nominated for Best Rock Album and the band were nominated for Best Group 16 At the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards the album won Rock Album of the Year The single Shot in the Dark was nominated for Rock Song of the Year but lost to Foo Fighters Shame Shame 17 For the 64th Grammy Awards the album was nominated for Best Rock Album and Shot In The Dark was nominated for Best Rock Performance and Best Music Video 18 Contents 1 Background and recording 2 Promotion and release 3 Critical reception 3 1 Accolades 4 Commercial performance 5 Track listing 6 Personnel 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Certifications and sales 9 References 10 External linksBackground and recording EditFollowing the 2014 album Rock or Bust the group embarked on a seventeen month world tour Prior to the tour drummer Phil Rudd was charged with attempting to procure murder threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and cannabis For the tour Rudd was replaced by Chris Slade who had also previously played with AC DC on their 1990 album The Razors Edge several years after Rudd first left the band 19 By 2016 lead singer Brian Johnson had started to suffer hearing loss 20 21 causing the final ten dates of the Rock or Bust tour to be rescheduled Ultimately he was replaced with Guns N Roses vocalist Axl Rose for the remaining dates 19 22 On 8 July 2016 bassist Cliff Williams announced that he would be retiring from the band once the tour was finished citing health issues as reasons for retiring and calling AC DC a changed animal 23 This record is pretty much a dedication to Malcolm my brother It s a tribute for him like Back in Black was a tribute to Bon Scott Angus Young on Power Up 14 In 2018 rumours began circulating that AC DC were working on their seventeenth studio album with Johnson Rudd and Williams having returned to the group Johnson Rudd Angus Young and Stevie Young were photographed in August 2018 at Warehouse Studio a recording studio in Vancouver British Columbia Canada owned by fellow musician Bryan Adams suggesting the band were working where they had recorded their three previous albums 24 25 26 The rumors were later confirmed as the truth with the album having been recorded there over a six week period in August and September 2018 with producer Brendan O Brien who also oversaw 2008 s Black Ice and 2014 s Rock or Bust 13 with some tweaking having followed in early 2019 14 Every track is credited to Angus and Malcolm Young as Angus had raided the AC DC vault of unreleased songs to record the album 14 Promotion and release EditAfter a series of cryptic teases reading PWR UP stylised as PWRϟUP on the band s website the album s title was revealed to be Power Up on 7 October 2020 19 27 Also after a series of teasers in the days prior the music audio for the band s first single Shot in the Dark was released the same day 3 28 A music video for the song was released on 26 October 2020 29 The song topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart for two weeks starting in November 2020 30 A 53 second short clip of a second song Demon Fire was debuted ahead of the album s release on 30 October 2020 as well 31 32 4 and was released once again on 8 December 2020 the day before the complete song s world premiere release 33 The music audio for the album s second single Realize was released on 11 November 2020 4 34 The album was released on 13 November 2020 35 In its first week of release it was projected to place either first or second on the Billboard 200 all format albums chart and to top the US and UK album sales chart 36 37 38 On 7 December 2020 it was announced that the music video for Demon Fire would have its world premiere release on 9 December 2020 as the third single from the album 39 40 A music video for the song Realize was released via YouTube on 13 January 2021 41 A music video for the song Witch s Spell was released via YouTube on 9 June 2021 42 A music video for the song Through the Mists of Time was released via YouTube on 30 September 2021 43 Critical reception EditProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingAnyDecentMusic 7 2 10 44 Metacritic79 100 45 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 46 Clash 47 Consequence of SoundA 48 Exclaim 7 10 49 The Guardian 50 The Independent 51 Kerrang 52 NME 53 Rolling Stone 54 The Sydney Morning Herald 55 At Metacritic which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications the release received an average score of 79 based on 19 reviews indicating Generally favourable reviews 45 Aggregator AnyDecentMusic gave the album a 7 2 out of 10 based on their assessment of the critical consensus 44 AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated Good times have always been a crucial part of the band but there s a depth of feeling to the levity on Power Up as if the band decided that the best way to pay respect to what they ve lost is by focusing on what they still have They don t dwell upon the past they barrel forward with a set of turbocharged blues and high octane rock that doesn t merely sound good it feels nourishing 46 Daniel Sylvester of Exclaim noted The fact that AC DC came together to create something as satisfying as Power Up when the cards were down is a complete miracle upon itself and AC DC seem more than ready to celebrate 49 Kitty Empire of The Guardian gave the album three stars out of five stating If deja vu is a familiar sensation with AC DC few outfits have managed to eke so much variety out of so few constituent parts as these stalwarts of reductio ad absurdum For the undiminished certainties AC DC provide in the face of adversity it s hard not to salute them 50 Nick Ruskell of Kerrang observed AC DC have made an album that even for them is a high voltage celebration of life the best of times and the absolutely indomitable boundless power of a couple of chords and a four four beat In a time where getting together with your mates and partying and getting the beers in and shagging and living it up is all but illegal as a reminder of just how powerful and timeless the very idea of these wonderful things are AC DC have never felt more necessary or vital 52 Accolades Edit Accolades for Power Up Publication Accolade RankConsequence of Sound Top 50 Albums of 2020 44 56 Rolling Stone Top 50 Albums of 2020 45 57 Commercial performance EditIn Australia Power Up debuted at number one on the ARIA Charts and in the process AC DC became the first act to have an Australian number one album in five consecutive decades 1980s to 2020s 58 The album registered 21 535 sales in its first week outselling the rest of the top 15 combined 59 As of 12 December it has spent four weeks at number one becoming the equal longest number 1 album in Australia in 2020 60 In the United States Power Up debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with 117 000 album equivalent units including 111 000 pure sales in its opening week 61 It became the band s third album to reach number one on the chart following For Those About to Rock We Salute You 1981 and Black Ice 2008 61 Additionally the album s tracks accumulated a total 7 8 million on demand streams in the week ending 28 November 61 The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart on 13 November 2020 with 62 000 chart sales displacing Kylie Minogue s Disco as biggest opening week release of 2020 so far 62 In Germany it debuted at number one selling almost 160 000 copies the best start of the year 63 It stayed at number one for a total of 5 non consecutive weeks and became the best selling album of 2020 64 Worldwide it was the 6th best selling album of 2020 with 1 37 million copies sold 15 Track listing EditAll tracks are written by Angus Young and Malcolm Young 14 Side oneNo TitleLength1 Realize 3 372 Rejection 4 063 Shot in the Dark 3 064 Through the Mists of Time 3 325 Kick You When You re Down 3 106 Witch s Spell 3 42 Side twoNo TitleLength7 Demon Fire 3 308 Wild Reputation 2 549 No Man s Land 3 3910 Systems Down 3 1211 Money Shot 3 0512 Code Red 3 31Total length 41 03Personnel EditCredits for Power Up adapted from liner notes 65 AC DC Brian Johnson lead vocals Angus Young lead guitar Stevie Young rhythm guitar backing vocals Cliff Williams bass guitar backing vocals Phil Rudd drumsAdditional personnel Mike Fraser engineering mixing Brendan O Brien production mixing Ryan Smith mastering Billy Bowers additional engineering Zach Blackstone assistant engineering Dominick Civiero assistant engineering Richard Jones equipment technician Trace Foster equipment technician Simon Murton equipment technician Josh Cheuse creative direction and photography art direction and design Michelle Holme art direction and design Ben Ib cover artCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart performance for Power Up Chart 2020 2021 Peak positionArgentine Albums CAPIF 66 1Australian Albums ARIA 67 1Austrian Albums O3 Austria 68 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 69 2Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 70 1Canadian Albums Billboard 71 1Czech Albums CNS IFPI 72 3Danish Albums Hitlisten 73 2Dutch Albums Album Top 100 74 2Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 75 1French Albums SNEP 76 1German Albums Offizielle Top 100 77 1Greek Albums IFPI 78 1Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 79 1Irish Albums OCC 80 1Italian Albums FIMI 81 1Japanese Albums Oricon 82 11New Zealand Albums RMNZ 83 1Norwegian Albums VG lista 84 1Polish Albums ZPAV 85 2Portuguese Albums AFP 86 1Scottish Albums OCC 87 1Slovak Albums CNS IFPI 88 15Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 89 1Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 90 1Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 91 1UK Albums OCC 92 1US Billboard 200 93 1US Top Rock Albums Billboard 94 1 Year end charts Edit 2020 year end chart performance for Power Up Chart 2020 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 95 4Austrian Albums O3 Austria 96 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 97 40Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 98 15Dutch Albums Album Top 100 99 72French Albums SNEP 100 9German Albums Offizielle Top 100 64 1Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 101 16Italian Albums FIMI 102 35Polish Albums ZPAV 103 19Portuguese Albums AFP 104 9Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 105 19Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 106 75Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 107 1UK Albums OCC 108 262021 year end chart performance for Power Up Chart 2021 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 109 96Austrian Albums O3 Austria 110 32Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 111 138Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 112 63French Albums SNEP 113 103German Albums Offizielle Top 100 114 3Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 115 78Portuguese Albums AFP 116 47Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 117 51Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 118 5US Billboard 200 119 174US Top Rock Albums Billboard 120 34Certifications and sales EditRegion Certification Certified units 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