Adrenalize

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Adrenalize
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Studio album by
Def Leppard
Released31 March 1992 (1992-03-31)
Recorded1988–1990 (preliminary recordings) [1]
1991–1992
Studio Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum
Dublin [2]
Genre
Length45:22
Label
Producer
Def Leppard chronology
Hysteria
(1987)		Adrenalize
(1992)		 Retro Active
(1993)
Singles from Adrenalize
  1. "Let's Get Rocked"
    Released: March 1992
  2. "Make Love Like a Man"
    Released: June 1992
  3. "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
    Released: August 1992 [5]
  4. "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"
    Released: December 1992
  5. "Heaven Is"
    Released: January 1993
  6. "Tonight"
    Released: March 1993
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let's Get Rocked"
4:56
2."Heaven Is"
3:33
3."Make Love Like a Man"
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
4:15
4."Tonight"
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
4:03
5."White Lightning"
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
7:03
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
4:32
7."Personal Property"
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
4:21
8."Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
5:24
9."I Wanna Touch U"
3:37
10."Tear It Down"
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Savage
3:38
Total length:45:22
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Miss You in a Heartbeat" (electric version)Collen5:06
12."She's Too Tough"Elliott3:39

Deluxe edition (Bonus CD)

In the Clubs... In Your Face – Bonn, Germany 29/05/92
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hysteria" (live)
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
7:17
2."Photograph" (live)
4:44
3."Pour Some Sugar on Me" (live)
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
5:09
4."Let's Get Rocked" (live)
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
5:46
Adrenalize B-sides
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."You Can't Always Get What You Want" (with Hothouse Flowers)
7:43
6."Little Wing" (with Hothouse Flowers) Jimi Hendrix 3:40
7."Tonight" (version 2 – demo version featuring Steve Clark)
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
4:24
8."Now I'm Here" (live – featuring Brian May) Brian May 6:03
9."Two Steps Behind" (acoustic version)Elliott4:11
10."Tonight" (acoustic version, live at Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee, February 1993)
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
4:16
11."Too Late for Love" (live in Denver, Colorado, February 1988)
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
  • Willis
6:02
12."Women" (live in Denver, Colorado, February 1988)
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
6:34

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [41] 2× Platinum140,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [42] 4× Platinum400,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [41] Gold50,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [43] Gold25,000 [43]
France (SNEP) [44] Gold100,000*
India [41] Silver5,000 [45]
Indonesia [41] Gold25,000 [45]
Ireland (IRMA) [41] Gold7,500^
Japan (RIAJ) [46] Gold100,000^
Malaysia [41] Gold15,000 [45]
Mexico (AMPROFON) [47] Gold100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [41] Platinum15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [41] Gold25,000*
Portugal (AFP) [41] Silver10,000^
South Africa (RISA) [41] Gold25,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [41] Gold50,000^
Sweden (GLF) [48] Platinum100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [49] Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [41] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [50] 3× Platinum3,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ↑ DEF LEPPARD / ADRENALIZE ALBUM RELEASE (Making of)
  2. ↑ "D E F L E P P A R D . C O M". 21 December 2001. Archived from the original on 21 December 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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  29. ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN   4-87131-077-9.
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  41. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "A Custom Sales Award for the album 'Adrenalize' by Def Leppard". 20 December 2020.
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  43. 1 2 "Def Leppard" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland . Retrieved 24 April 2019.
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  45. 1 2 3 "Certification Award Levels" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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  47. ↑ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas . Retrieved 24 April 2019.Type Def Leppard in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Adrenalize in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
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