Def Leppard - Rock Of Ages: The Definitive Collection

Artist:

Def Leppard

UPC:

602498293560

Description:

Def Leppard: Joe Elliot (vocals); Pete Willis, Phil Collen, Steve Clark , Vivian Campbell (guitar); Rick Savage (bass guitar); Rick Allen (drums).
Audio Mixers: Robert John "Mutt" Lange; Mike Shipley; Pete Woodroffe; Ronan McHugh; Marti Frederiksen.
Liner Note Author: Dave Ling.
Recording information: Joe`s Garage, Dublin, Ireland.
Photographers: Ross Halfin; Jim Quaranta.
In the mid-1980s, there were few hard-rock bands as popular as Sheffield, England`s Def Leppard. Influenced by the glam rock of Queen, Slade, and the Sweet, the quartet reveled in the style`s high-energy elements, while trading the outlandish imagery for a no-frills, denim-clad look that made them even more accessible to the masses. With 1983`s PYROMANIA and its delayed follow-up punch, 1987`s HYSTERIA, Def Leppard became an international phenomenon, unleashing hit after hit, including the riff-heavy, shout-along singles "Rock of Ages," "Pour Some Sugar on Me," and "Armageddon It."
This collection presents every song on the previously released VAULT: GREATEST HITS 1980-1995, along with an entire second disc of additional album tracks, including the AC/DC-like "High `N` Dry (Saturday Night)" and HYSTERIA`s anthemic ode to "Women." Throughout the decades, the group endured its share of upheavals and tragedies--drummer Rick Allen lost an arm in a 1985 accident and guitarist Steve Clark died in 1991--but they continued recording into the 21st century (see the 2002 track "Now"), revealing a determination that most of their peers lacked. For fans of `80s hard rock, this 35-track compilation is essential.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Pour Some Sugar on Me - (Historia video edit)
2. Photograph
3. Love Bites
4. Let`s Get Rocked
5. Two Steps Behind - (acoustic version)
6. Animal
7. Heaven Is
8. Foolin`
9. Rocket - (Visualize video edit)
10. When Love & Hate Collide
11. Armageddon It
12. Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad
13. Rock of Ages
14. Hysteria
15. Miss You in a Heartbeat
16. Bringin` on the Heartbreak
17. Switch 625

DISC 2:

1. Rock Rock (Till You Drop)
2. Let It Go
3. High `N` Dry (Saturday Night)
4. Too Late for Love
5. No Matter What
6. Promises
7. Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)
8. Women
9. Another Hit and Run
10. Slang
11. Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion)
12. Rock Brigade
13. Now
14. Paper Sun
15. Work It Out
16. Die Hard the Hunter
17. Wasted
18. Billy`s Got a Gun

Album Information

Release Date:

05/17/2005

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Hard Rock

Label:

Mercury

Producer:

Robert John Lange; Mike Shipley; Pete Woodroffe; Ronan McHugh; Tom Allom; Marti Frederiksen; Def Leppard; Robert John Lange; Mike Shipley; Pete Woodroffe; Ronan McHugh; Tom Allom; Marti Frederiksen

Catalog Number:

000464702

Original Release Year:

2005

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

154 : 51

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