After hearing some snippets during MLB post-season commercials, we finally have the first full single from the new AC/DC album, Rock or Bust. Radio stations across the country have begun playing "Play Ball" and somebody was nice enough to post a radio rip online:
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In other news, the band released the artwork for the full-length album, which you can see at the top of this post. I hope that the CDs come with those old-school holograms to give it the animated effect you see up above. The tracklisting for the album is as follows:
01. Rock or Bust
02. Play Ball
03. Rock The Blues Away
04. Miss Adventure
05. Dogs of War
06. Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder
07. Hard Times
08. Baptism by Fire
09. Rock the House
10. Sweet Candy
11. Emission Control
You can practically hear each song just from reading out the song title. This will be the first album ever without guitarist Malcolm Young, who, due to a stroke, is currently in nursing care suffering from dementia.
In semi-related news, Classic Rock reports drummer Phil Rudd sat out of the band's music video shoots this weekend for an apparent family emergency. Hopefully, it was a one shot deal and he can get back on the promo cycle with the band. His fill in was Rob Richards, who plays in the solo band for Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith.
