open 12 to 6 today ! on this date 33 years ago ! For Those About to Rock We Salute You is an alb** by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It was the band's seventh internationally released studio alb** and the eighth to be released in Australia. Released in 1981, the alb** is a follow-up to their highly successful alb** Back in Black. For Those About to Rock has sold over four million copies in the US. It would be AC/DC's first and only No. 1 alb** in the U.S. until the release of Black Ice in October 2008. In their original 1981 review, Rolling Stone magazine declared it to be their best alb**. In Australia, the alb** peaked at No. 3 on the Kent Music Report Alb**s Chart. The alb**, recorded in Paris, France, was the third and final produced for the band by Robert John Mutt Lange. The name of the alb** was inspired by a book Angus Young read, ent**led For Those About to Die, We Salute You, about Roman gladiators. The gladiators' final words to the emperor were Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant – or, Hail Emperor, those who are about to die salute you . The alb** was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC remasters series.