In what year did AC/DC release the album “Highway to Hell”? AC/DC released it in 1979.
The album was issued on 27 July 1979 by Albert Productions and Atlantic Records. It was AC/DC’s sixth studio album and the first of three albums the band made with producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange, whose polished but powerful production helped sharpen the group’s hard-rock sound for a wider audience.
“Highway to Hell” became a major breakthrough for AC/DC, reaching number 17 on the US Billboard 200 and eventually becoming the band’s second-best-selling album, behind 1980’s “Back in Black.” It was also the final AC/DC studio album to feature lead singer Bon Scott, who died in February 1980.
A common mix-up is confusing the album with “Back in Black,” which followed in 1980 and introduced Brian Johnson as the band’s lead vocalist. The title track “Highway to Hell” was released as a single on the same day as the album.