Artist : Def Leppard

Album : X, Yeah! & Songs From The Sparkle Lounge: Rarities From The Vault

Release Date : 11-06-2021

Added : 01-08-2021

Album of the playlist 2021 : Melodic rock/hard-rock albums from the 1st half of 2021

And to finish the playlist of melodic rock/hard-rock/metal albums of the first half of 2021, what better than to offer you the release of one of the groups that was the emblem of melodic hard-rock of the 80/90s, I named the English 'Def Leppard'. Of course, it is not a new album but a set of titles chosen in the period between 2002 and 2008, which saw the release of the albums 'X' (2002), 'Yeah!' (2006) and 'Songs from the Sparkle Lounge' (2008) : first of all, the first 12 tracks are B-sides or demos with tracks not necessarily known like this bonus 'Kiss the Day' from the Japanese version of 'X' or B sides '10 Times Bigger Than Love' and 'Gimme A Job' or the acoustic version of 'Now' or the magnificent piano version of 'Love' from the album 'Songs from the Sparkle Lounge'. Then, like 'Yeah!' was a cover album, the following 19 tracks are covers by different artists from the 70s which did not find their place on the album, the British having recorded a large number (we find in particular the bonuses of the different editions including a certain 'Space Oddity' from 'David Bowie'). And finally, to finish, and to remind that 'Def Leppard' is also a stage group, 8 tracks of live covers end this album in beautiful ways with these crazy atmospheres that they trigger at each concert and if you are fans of these supercharged concert climates, 2020 saw the release of both live with 'Hits Vegas' and 'Hysteria at the O2'. In short, beyond the original collectors of the British group, these 2h40 of very varied titles interpreted by 'Def Leppard' are a beautiful journey through time which should fill a whole public fan of rock and hard-rock who loved this splendor period between the 70s and 90s...

Line Up / Musicians

Joe Elliott (Vocal, Piano), Vivian Campbell (Guitar), Phil Collen (Guitar), Rick Savage (Bass, Keybords), Rick Allen (Drums)