Actually this was NOT the first release by AC/DC. Their first release was actually the 1974 Australia-only 8-song release of the album "High Voltage" (which oddly did not feature the track of the same name), which is certainly not the same album as the American release of the same name. As a matter of fact the American "High Voltage" release is basically the same as "T.N.T." with a couple of tracks from the 1974 H.V. thrown on. BUT!!! it was "T.N.T." that absolutely broke AC/DC, it was 'THE' album, and is a quintessential MUST-HAVE for any AC/DC fanatic. In 1975 this was THE album that shook Australian society to its roots with it's pure brashness: Parents hated AC/DC, mothers were locking up their daughters, meantime their sons were toughing up, hang-banging along to T.N.T. doing Bon or Angus impersonations and screaming "Oy!" It happened during that horrendously crappy campy era of tacky glam hairstyle rock in the mid-70s, a time when we really NEEDED a T.N.T. as a way of smashing all that glam crap out of the way. With T.N.T. the Australian music scene opened right up to hard raw guitar rock. Following in T.N.T's wake in Australia the following year, 1976, came Brisbane band The Saints with "I'm Stranded" and Sydney band Radio Birdman's Stooges-inspired "Burn My Eye"... suddenly Molly's "Countdown" show, ABBA and K-Tel records were blown right into the weeds by the new raw power of hard-core - and there you had a whole "new music"! T.N.T is a piece of pivotal music history. I think T.N.T. must be ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRE-PUNK ALBUM EVER!

AC/DC's 1975 album was their second "official" release. This time Aussie rock producers Vanda and Young where behind the desk giving the album a lo-fi independent sound that was heavier than the first album and much more rawer than the anything from the late 70's (never mind from the Brian Johnson period). If any album could be nominated from classic album status "T.N.T" would get the vote. Containing everything from rock anthem singles -- It's A Long Way To The Top, High Voltage, T.N.T -- , the manic guitar onslaught of "Rocker", the hard-as* "Live Wire" which rolls on down the highway on route 666 and a more aggressive revival of their early days with the glam stomp "Can I Sit Next To You Girl".

For overseas fans who are interested in the band's "local" era THIS is the album to listen to.

NOTE: This CD version has been slightly edited due to using remastered tracks from the U.S albums. The differences between the original LP are that three of the tracks fade out earlier - "Can I Sit Next To You Girl" is shorter, "Rocker" also fades out instead of the dramatic cut out (think The Beatles 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)), "High Voltage" fades out instead of naturally ending with a sustained guitar note followed by studio chat which leads onto "School Days" (in this context - "School Day's" works better as it comes an encore studio jam). Even though these tracks have later been released on Bonfire and Backtracks, the 1986 Australian CD is the only place you'll find the original master uncut.

I am young enough to remember when AC-DC made their first appearance on T.V. . . .Angus had his white schoolboy uniform and Bon Scott was dressed aa a cigarette smoking,blonde,pigtailed schoolgirl !The music was raw,bluesy,full of power.I knew I had to get my parents to buy me an AC-DC album. Grudgingly,they bought me TNT.During the next few days that damn record was not off my turntable. TNT did not sound like anything Australia had heard before:it was loud,confrontational,no bulls**t rock'n'roll cranked up to ten;and Bon Scott was the king.Previously in a pop group called the Valentines and a hippie folk group called Fraternity(who actually lived out in the bush and recorded when it suited them),Bon was a roadie for the original AC-DC lineup who picked him as a replacement when the original singer wanted to go "glam".Bon's voice could be soft as silk or screechy as a harpie's.Above all,Bon had a sense of humor.Who else could pull off a bagpipe/guitar duel with Angus Young(IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP)or thank profusely a booing audience(THE JACK)?Angus Young was/is a guitar genius and can play anything from crunching rock(TNT,A LONGWAY TO THE TOP,LIVEWIRE,HIGH VOLTAGE), speed boogie(ROCKER)and classic Chuck Berry riffs (SCHOOLDAYS);all while whirling like a top on stage.TNT has always been a favorite AC-DC release of mine;and it's a shame that it was chopped up for international release(to include the best songs off their previous album,HIGH VOLTAGE).One last image I will leave you with;Bon and the boys performing IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP on the back of a truck in the middle of Melbourne. It stopped a lot of traffic that day,let me tell you!

Dont be fooled and think this is the same tracks as the world wide HIGHVOLTAGE because its quite the opisote!

This is AC/DC's second album which is only released in Australia!, and the one that shot them to stardom in Australia!

This album almost seems like a greatest hits, but its just a great album with some of the best AC/DC songs ever written all just by coinedence where put onto this terrific album!

If you have the world release of HighVoltage - you will notice that there is 2 tracks of diffrence with this album! "School Days" and "Rocker" where replaced on the other album with "Shes Got Balls" and "Little Lover" which were two songs from there first Australian album ,also titled "HighVoltage"

"School Days" is a cover version of "Chuck Berry"

"Rocker" has surfaced on two world albums, why it was cut in the first place on the world HV i dont know? But this album is the bomb for AC/DC fans! And even the non AC/DC fans who like to rock will enjoy this album....i think? This is one of AC/DC's best of the best from the best of the best!

Altough Brian Johnson and BACK IN BLACK catapulted AC/DC into megastars, it's clear, after listening to albuns like this TNT, that Bon Scott was the man.