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Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is the third studio album recorded by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It was released in Australia through Albert Productions on 20 September 1976, and globally through through Atlantic Records on 17 December 1976. However, it would not be released in the United States until March 1981.It is the third LP released by the band in Australia, and the second in Europe, but it wasn't released in the United States immediately. The American A&R at Atlantic was the main roadblock, and actually threatened to drop AC/DC from their American catalog entirely despite the multi-Platinum success of High Voltage. It wasn't until the release of Highway to Hell that international copies began to circulate in America.It would finally see release in the United States in March 1981 after the success of Back in Black—and the death of original lead singer Bon Scott. It proceeded to go six-times Platinum. Previously, it went six-times Platinum in Australia and Platinum in Germany.Four singles were released initially: "Jailbreak", the Title Track, "Love at First Feel", and "Ride On". The first three were all hits in Australia. A reissue of the Title Track in 1980 would hit #4 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in the United States. When the album proper was released in America, an extra single, "Big Balls", would see circulation. "Problem Child", while not initially released as a single, would also become one of the band's most popular songs. |
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Villain Song: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" |
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Sextra Credit: One of the contract killer's victims in "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" is a high school headmaster extorting sexual favors out of students. |
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Face on the Cover: Angus Young and Bon Scott with a big arm done in a cartoon style on the Australian release cover. The back cover features the rest of the band. Not of the band, but of various people with their eyes blacked out with censor bars, and a dog on Hipgnosis' international release cover. |
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Title Track: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" |
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Alliterative Title: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", "Big Balls". |
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List Song: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" has a bridge in which the Professional Killer lists the ways he's disposed of his targets. |
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Depraved Bisexual: The POV character in "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap." He's a hitman who works cheap and it's implied he also sleeps with his clients, both men and women. |
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Bigger Is Better: The singer not only brags about his "Big Balls", but also... |
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Record Producer: Harry Vanda, George Young |
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"Balls" Gag |
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"Balls" Gag: "Big Balls" is nominally about high-class dance parties, intentionally written so it sounds like it's about testicles. |
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Henpecked Husband: One of the hitman's clients in the title track is a man whose wife won't stop nagging him. |
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Siamese Twin Songs: "Big Balls" smashes right into "Rocker" on international releases, though the tracks don't get played together on radio. Straighter on the Australian version, it transitions right into "R.I.P. (Rock in Peace)." |
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Asshole Victim: The narrator of the title track may be a remorseless hitman, but it's hard to dislike him since his victims are all varying degrees of unsympathetic. |
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Rotten Rock & Roll: The Title Track is very much this, as the singer's role in life is professional revenge, whether it be through violence or sex. |
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Heavy Meta: "There's Gonna Be Some Rockin'" |
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Big Rock Ending: Averted in "Problem Child". After the song ends, it cycles back to the beginning before fading out. |
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Professional Killer: The main character in "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". |
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One-Word Title: "Rocker", "Squealer", and "Jailbreak". |
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Title-Only Chorus: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", until they get to "dirty deeds, and they're done dirt cheap". |
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Album Title Drop: Not just the album's title in the Title Track, but also that of T.N.T. and High Voltage. |
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A Deadly Affair: One of the hitman's clients "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" wants revenge for her husband having an affair with her best friend, but whether she wants to bump off the husband, the friend, or both is unclear. |
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Alternate Album Cover: The original Australian version's album cover was a pencil drawing of Bon Scott with the album title tattooed on his oversized bicep while Angus Young flips the viewer off in the background. The international edition, meanwhile, features a new cover by Hipgnosis depicting a crowd of people with Censor Boxes over their eyes. |
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