Long Way to the Top (album)

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Long Way to the Top
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Studio album by Nantucket
Released 1980
Recorded 1979
Genre Hard rock
Length43:52
Label Epic
Producer Tom Allom
Nantucket chronology
Your Face or Mine?
(1979)
Long Way to the Top
(1980)
No Direction Home
(1983)
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Long Way to the Top is the third release by North Carolina music group, Nantucket. The album is a tribute to AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott, who died in 1980 and features a version of their 1975 classic "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)". This move landed Nantucket a spot with AC/DC on their Back in Black tour for the entire summer. Other popular songs on the album include "Time Bomb", "Rugburn" and "Turn The Radio On". Long Way to the Top was released on compact disc by re-issue label Wounded Bird Records in 2004.

North Carolina State of the United States of America

North Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. North Carolina is the 28th-most extensive and the 9th-most populous of the U.S. states. The state is divided into 100 counties. The capital is Raleigh, which along with Durham and Chapel Hill is home to the largest research park in the United States. The most populous municipality is Charlotte, which is the second-largest banking center in the United States after New York City.

Nantucket is a Southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, North Carolina in 1969. Originally known as a Beach music band named Stax of Gold, and later Nantucket Sleighride, the six-member group—Tommy Redd, Larry Uzzell, Mike Uzzell, Eddie Blair, Kenny Soule, and Mark Downing—first became successful in their home state of North Carolina as a cover band.

AC/DC Australian hard rock band formed in Sydney in 1973

AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock, and heavy metal. However, the band themselves describe their music as simply "rock and roll".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "It's a Long Way to the Top" (Young/Scott/Young) – 4:20
  2. "Living With You" (Redd) – 2:21
  3. "Time Bomb" (Redd) – 2:59
  4. "50 More" (Redd) – 5:21
  5. "Media Darlin'" (Redd) - 3:28
  6. "Rugburn" (Redd/Soule) - 3:28
  7. "Too Much Wrong in the Past (For a Future)" (Redd/Soule/Uzzell/Downing) - 4:06
  8. "Over and Over Again" (Redd/Soule/Uzzell/Uzzell/Blair) - 2:48
  9. "Turn the Radio On" (Redd) - 3:02
  10. "Tell Me (Doctor Rhythm Method) (Redd) - 2:40
  11. "Rescue" (Redd/Soule/Uzzell/Downing/Uzzell/Blair) - 4:45
  12. "Rock of the 80's" (Redd) - 4:34

Personnel

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