Live at River Plate (album)

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Live At River Plate
ACDC Live At River Plate Album.jpg
Live album by
AC/DC
Released19 November 2012 (2012-11-19)
Recorded4 December 2009
Venue River Plate Stadium (Buenos Aires)
Genre Hard rock
Length1:50:36
Label Columbia
AC/DC chronology
Iron Man 2
(2010)		Live At River Plate
(2012)		 Rock or Bust
(2014)
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Live at River Plate is a live album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released on 19 November 2012. [2]

Contents

The album was recorded during AC/DC's Black Ice World Tour on 4 December 2009 at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires. Video footage from the same concert was previously officially released in May 2011 on DVD and Blu-ray as Live at River Plate . This is the band's final release to feature original rhythm guitarist and co-founder Malcolm Young before his retirement in 2014 due to poor health.

Critical and commercial response

The album received mixed to positive reviews from publications such as Allmusic, for which Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated that while the band's vocalist, "Brian Johnson[,] sounds a little worse for wear" still "the brothers Young, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd remain as solid as a boulder". Newer songs such as "Rock 'n' Roll Train", in Erlewine's opinion, fit in perfectly alongside AC/DC's earlier work that that group continues to play. He praised the band overall for providing "a heavy dose of heavy rock & roll" even after decades of performing. [1]

With the release of Live at River Plate in the U.K., the top ten of the U.K. Rock & Metal Singles chart was composed of all AC/DC songs. "Back in Black", "Highway to Hell", "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Thunderstruck", "Whole Lotta Rosie", "Shoot to Thrill", "Hells Bells", "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)", "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)", and "T.N.T." all charted within the top ten in corresponding order. In particular, several songs in the chart were actually the studio versions. [3] This resulted from the move of having all of AC/DC's albums being re-released on iTunes at the time of Live at River Plate's release. [4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott; except where noted.

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Rock 'n' Roll Train" (A. Young, M. Young)4:41
2."Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be"4:27
3."Back in Black" (A. Young, M. Young, Brian Johnson)4:14
4."Big Jack" (A. Young, M. Young)4:07
5."Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"4:58
6."Shot Down in Flames"3:47
7."Thunderstruck" (A. Young, M. Young)5:32
8."Black Ice" (A. Young, M. Young)3:43
9."The Jack"10:11
10."Hells Bells" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson)5:37
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Shoot to Thrill" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson)5:55
2."War Machine" (A. Young, M. Young)3:39
3."Dog Eat Dog"5:09
4."You Shook Me All Night Long" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson)4:01
5."T.N.T."3:57
6."Whole Lotta Rosie"5:57
7."Let There Be Rock"18:05
8."Highway to Hell"4:43
9."For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson)7:44
Disc three (Saturn.de exclusive edition)
No.TitleLength
1."Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution (Live at the Circus Krone, Munich, 17 June 2003)" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson (incorrectly credited on packaging as A. Young, M. Young, B. Scott)) 
2."If You Want Blood (You've Got It) (Live at the Circus Krone, Munich, 17 June 2003)" 
3."What's Next to the Moon (Live at the Circus Krone, Munich, 17 June 2003)" 

Personnel

Chart performance

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [38] Gold35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [39] Gold10,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [40] 2× Platinum80,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [41] Gold10,000‡
France (SNEP) [42] Gold50,000*
Germany (BVMI) [43] Gold100,000^
Italy (FIMI) [44] Gold25,000*
Portugal (AFP) [45] Gold7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [46] Gold20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [47] Gold100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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