In their original 1981 review, Rolling Stone magazine declared it to be their best album.

[4] The album, recorded in Paris, was the third and final AC/DC collaboration with producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange.

[citation needed] However it marks a major drop-off in sales in the United States, only selling 4 million as follow-up to the 25× platinum Back in Black.

In a 2008 Rolling Stone cover story, David Fricke singled out the title track for praise, noting its "unusual stop-start effect that hooks you just as hard as their usual railroad drive.

"[citation needed] Robert Christgau stated: "Brian Johnson takes over, defining an anthemic grandiosity more suitable to their precious-metal status than Bon Scott's old-fashioned raunch.