AC/DC's move to release this album exclusively through Wal-Mart and Sam's Club may be untraditional, but the seemingly ageless Australian rock combo mostly employs its same tried-and-true formula on the audio side of the "Black Ice" equation. A number of songs unabashedly reference iconic 1980 album "Back in Black": "Wheels" echoes that set's "Givin' the Dog a Bone," while first single "Rock'n'Roll Train," with its gang chorus vocal, nods to "What You Do for Money Honey." "Big Jack" offers major-key thrills, and "Anything Goes" ought to sound great blaring at an arena near you. But at 15 tracks (four of which extol the base virtues of rock music), the album overstays its welcome, making deviations like the old-school blues of the title cut, the slide guitar licks on "Stormy May Day" and the sparse "Decibel" all the more entertaining. —Jonathan Cohen