70 - AC/DC Let There Be Rock 1977

Back in 1977, fresh faced is exactly what the lads were, determined to break big outside of Australia. Let There Be Rock, their sophomore effort, lives up to its pretentious title in every way imaginable. Thick and chunky riffage between Angus and Malcolm Young fills the songs of "Let there be Rock", the title track lays a down a smoking lead that Motley Crue tried to steal and every rock band since have used as a blueprint to jamming out the next great rocker. Bon Scott was the perfect match to the dirty guitar as his vocals stormed where others might have shirked, refining his horny and throaty howl into a confident scream. He began to incorporate a storyteller feel to his lyrical delivery more than before, fitting over any bottom end fill or grinding guitar perfectly.