AC/DCs debut album,High Voltage, is a stripped-down collection of loud, raw, rude rockers, mostly odes to rock & roll and its attendant hard-partying lifestyle to paraphrase the leadoff track, Its a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock n Roll), getting drunk, stoned, beat up, and laid. The band reveled in its own macho obnoxiousness, particularly Bon Scott; at the end of the gleefully sexist, double-entendre-filled The Jack, Scott grandiosely thanks a hostile, booing dubbed-in crowd. While their sense of humor and clever wordplay made earlyAC/DCa great deal of sleazy, infectious fun, the bands revolutionary musical attack could not be overlooked Angus Youngs manic guitar solos overlaid a series of simple, basic boogie grooves delivered with ferocious power and volume, a sound that made the band a popular attraction at British punk clubs around this same time. The formula would be refined on subsequent albums, butHigh Voltageproves thatAC/DCwere already in the big leagues.

1. Its a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna (Scott/Young/Young) 5:16
2. Rock & Roll Singer (Scott/Young/Young) 5:04
3. The Jack (Scott/Young/Young) 5:52
4. Live Wire (Scott/Young/Young) 5:50
5. T.N.T. (Scott/Young/Young) 3:34
6. Can I Sit Next to You Girl (Scott/Young/Young) 4:12
7. Little Lover (Scott/Young/Young) 5:37
8. Shes Got Balls (Scott/Young/Young) 4:51
9. High Voltage (Scott/Young/Young) 4:03