Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Artwork, designed by Hipgnosis, for international releases, also used for later Australian and New Zealand releases
Studio album by AC/DC
Released	20 September 1976
Recorded	December 1975–March 1976 at Albert Studios in Sydney, Australia
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock, rock and roll
Length	42:24 (Australia) 39:59 (International)
Label	Albert
Producer	Harry Vanda, George Young
AC/DC chronology
High Voltage (1976) Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976) Let There Be Rock (1977)
Alternative cover art
Artwork for early Australian and New Zealand releases
Singles from Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
"Jailbreak" Released: 14 June 1976 (AUS) August 1976 (UK) "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" Released: 8 October 1976 "Love at First Feel" Released: 10 January 1977 "Ride On" Released: 1977

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	(Australian version)
Allmusic	(International version)
Blender
Robert Christgau	(C+)
Rolling Stone

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is an album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It was the band's second internationally released studio album and the third to be released in Australia. All songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott.

AC/DC began recording what would become Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap in January 1976 at Albert Studios with Harry Vanda and George Young (older brother of guitarists Malcolm and Angus) producing. In April, the band went on their first tour of the U.K. where "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" was released as a single. According to the book AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll, Vanda and Young traveled to the U.K. to record several songs with the band at Vineland Studios for a scheduled EP, which was eventually scrapped. One of these songs, "Love at First Feel," would surface on the international Dirty Deeds release while the others, "Carry Me Home" and "Dirty Eyes," would remain unreleased, the latter being reworked into "Whole Lotta Rosie" on 1977's Let There Be Rock. A song titled "I'm a Rebel" was recorded at Maschener Studios as well with music and lyrics written by Angus and Malcolm Young's older brother, Alex Young. This song was never released by AC/DC and remains in Albert Productions' vaults. German band Accept later released it as a single and named their second album after the song. In September, High Voltage was released in the United States but, hampered by visa problems and a disinterested Atlantic Records label in the United States, the band returned to Australia to finish their third album.