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Retro Active is a compilation album by the English rock band Def Leppard, released in 1993. The album features touched-up versions of B-sides and previously unreleased recordings from the band's recording sessions from 1984 to 1993. The album charted at number 9 on the Billboard 200 [4] and No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart. [5]
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 ] The band signed with Mercury Records and released their debut full-length album On Through the Night .
Retro Active made the Top 10 in the UK, US, and Canada and has sold 3 million copies worldwide to date. In 1995, Def Leppard issued their first greatest hits collection, Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995), which reached number 3 in the UK, Top 10 in several other countries, and eventually sold over 5 million copies in the US.
Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995) is the first greatest hits album and the second compilation album by English hard rock band Def Leppard. The album was originally released in the band's home country on 23 October 1995 by Mercury Records. [1] It was released in North America a week later on 31 October by the same label.
The Def Leppard E.P. Hysteria (single) Retro Active: 1979 1987 1993 [4] "Ring of Fire" Steve Clark Phil Collen Joe Elliott Rick Savage Mutt Lange: Armageddon It Retro Active: 1988 1993 [4] "Rock Brigade" † Rick Savage Steve Clark Joe Elliott: On Through the Night: 1980 [9] "Rock of Ages" † Steve Clark Mutt Lange Joe Elliott: Pyromania: 1983 ...
"Miss You in a Heartbeat" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard, released in December 1993 by Mercury Records from their 1993 compilation album Retro Active. The single peaked at number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was Def Leppard's last American top 40 single to date.
"Two Steps Behind" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their 1993 compilation album Retro Active and the soundtrack to the film Last Action Hero. It reached number five on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, numbers 12 and 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, and number 32 on the UK Singles Chart.
Its worldwide release equivalent, Best of Def Leppard, has a slightly different track listing, different artwork, different "previously unreleased" song and was released on 25 October 2004. This is the only Def Leppard hits compilation (as of now) that features the full-length version of " Bringin' On the Heartbreak " that fades into the ...