AC/DC’s second live album is very different from their first, and not just because of who was singing. (It’s worth noting that by the time it was released, Brian Johnson had already fronted the band for twice as long as Bon Scott had.) Where 1978’s If You Want Blood You’ve Got It was a snapshot of a hungry, up-and-coming band giving their all to one ferocious gig, 1992’s AC/DC Live was a statement from a group that routinely sold out arenas across the globe. As such, it’s just as boring as almost every other live album released after the 1970s heyday of the double (and sometimes triple) live slab.

Overdubbed almost beyond recognition, these tracks from the 1990-91 Razors Edge tour are culled from a variety of shows, rather than one amazing concert, and they’re all separated, with the screams and applause fading in and out at the beginning and end of the tracks (and disappearing entirely, thanks to studio magic, while the songs are actually playing). Brian Johnson’s stage banter is terse and minimal, rarely offering more than a cursory lead-in to the next song, and while he’s in decent voice, the band’s performances are almost all near-exact mirrors of the studio versions, with the exception of radical extensions of “Jailbreak” (14 minutes), “Let There Be Rock” (12 minutes), and “High Voltage” (10 ½ minutes). There were two versions released, a 14-track single CD and a 23-track double-disc set; neither is particularly essential, but if you’re gonna go for it, go big, as bigness is this thing’s whole reason for being.