Flick Of The Switch, Back In Black, and this one ..."For Those About To Rock" were my first AC/DC albums I was exposed to in the early 80's. Of those 3 this one stands out just as much as Back In Black for me. So many anthems, and it's good to listen to in the fall around Halloween for songs such as "Evil Walks", "Night Of The Long Knives", and "C.O.D". Then of course there are the other rockers/favs in the title track; "Put The Finger On You", "Inject The Venom", and "Let's Get It Up", I even like "Breaking The Rules".

The only two not played very often are "Snowballed" and "Spellbound", and that's probably just because of being too busy playing those other songs mentioned over and over. Stronger than Flick of The Switch, more variety for sure than that one, and to me almost even with Back In Black at times, this one is a very pleasant, albeit dark and heavy, anthemic hard rock.

this album is very good.a couple snoozers but still has great songs.I still think flick of the switch is better and the razors edge.cant wait for black ice

Like all overrated AC/DC albums with BJ two good songs. For Those About To Rock & Lets Get It Up...that's it.

The enormous success of 'Back in Black' demanded a follow up full of equally momentous hard rock anthems, so AC/DC along with Mutt Lange (for one last time) tried to recreate the magic of 'BnB' and released 'For Those About to Rock We Salute You' in November of 1981. It was a letdown but it's still a damn good record. The problem is the songwriting sounds awfully tired. The constant flow of gold for the 'BnB' formula started to dry up....it's like they were trying TOO hard. Brian Johnson is the main culprit...he was starting to show his limitations as a lyricist. Lange's production was again flawless in terms of sound quality, I just wished he could have helped Brian out a little more. There really is only one classic, the title track of course which is a metal masterpiece and the gunfire gives me the chills! Angus' solos sound strangely muted here, like the sound is too fine. Other faves include "Evil Walks", "Put the Finger on You" and "Inject the Venom". The rest of the album is full of what seems like 'Back in Black' rejects - most of the 2nd side is just not that interesting - good songs but nothing great. I really like this album but AC/DC had this incredible legacy which started circa 1977 and records like 'FTATR' just can't stand up to it. The shadow of Bon Scott certainly loomed large indeed, something that one of the greatest bands who ever plugged into a stack of Marshalls would have to live with to the present day.

AC/DC was either really burnt out from the success of Back in Black, surprised by the success, or just used up all their ideas for that album, because this follow-up album is lackluster in comparison.

The title song, with its loud, fierce guitar riff and soaring chorus is about the only worthwhile moment on the entire disc. The rest of the songs point to the rapid downward decrease in songwriting quality the band would find themselves in for the rest of the 80's decade. There's too many uninspiring moments on this album for me to really recommend a purchase. The last three or four songs don't sound any different from each other, and none of them unfortunately grab my interest in any way.

The band wasn't washed-up already though, since they would eventually come back hard and heavy in the early 90's and remind everyone just why they are the very best of all the simple hard rock bands that were ever formed. For a while though, they would just release one average album after another with some success along the way