Long Way to the Top (album)

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Long Way to the Top
Long Way To The Top LP.jpg
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.

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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