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An alternate version of the album cover exists, only released for promotional use. The only difference is the Def Leppard logo is represented in the most traditional style seen on Pyromania, Hysteria and Adrenalize. The band felt that, given Retro Active ' s sonically darker tone, that it would be best to shelve the bright colours of the logo.
In October 2008, Def Leppard played with country star Taylor Swift in a taped show in Nashville, Tennessee, in a show called CMT Crossroads: Taylor Swift and Def Leppard. This was released as a DVD on 16 June 2009 exclusively at Wal-Mart. [ 74 ] The release was the best-selling DVD of the week, and the 10th best-selling Wal-Mart music release ...
Steve Huey of AllMusic notes how Def Leppard "continues in the vein of the anthemic, working-class hard rock of their debut. While still opting for a controlled musical attack and melodies as big-sounding and stadium-ready as possible, the band opens up its arrangements a bit more on High 'n' Dry, letting the songs breathe and groove while the rhythm section and guitar riffs play off one another."
Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 31 March 1992 through Mercury Records.It is the first album by the band recorded without guitarist Steve Clark, who died in 1991, although most songs were written and partially demoed before his death, they were re-recorded solo by Phil Collen in 1991-1992.
Slang is the sixth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 14 May 1996.The album marked a musical departure from their signature sound; it was produced by the band with Pete Woodroffe and was their first album since 1980 without involvement by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.
Def Leppard also have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. [1] Def Leppard was formed in 1977 by vocalist Joe Elliott, bass player Rick "Sav" Savage, guitarist Pete Willis, and drummer Tony Kenning. They later released the EP The Def Leppard E.P. in 1979. [2]
Visualize is a video release by Def Leppard. A compilation of promo videos, interviews and concert footage. On DVD, it is bundled with Video Archive. It won the 1993 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for "Best Home Video." [1] The video was released on DVD in 2005, bundled with the 1995 compilation release Video Archive.
Subsequent to the album's release, Def Leppard published a book titled Animal Instinct: The Def Leppard Story, written by Rolling Stone magazine senior editor David Fricke, on the three-year recording process of Hysteria and the difficult times the band endured through the mid-1980s. Lasting 62 minutes and 32 seconds, it is the band's longest ...