Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1976. Since 1992,the band has consisted of Rick Savage,Joe Elliott,Rick Allen (drums),Phil Collen,and Vivian Campbell. They established themselves as part of the new wave of British heavy metal of the early 1980s. Their greatest commercial success came between the early 1980s and mid–1990s.
High 'n' Dry is the second studio album by the English rock band Def Leppard,released on 6 July 1981. High 'n' Dry was Pete Willis' last full-time album with Def Leppard. It charted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200 and No. 26 on the UK Albums Chart. "High 'n' Dry ",ranked No. 33 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs. Following the success of Pyromania,the album re-entered in the US chart and reached No. 72 in 1983.
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. It is the only album recorded by Def Leppard as a four-member band. Spawning seven singles,four of them –"Let's Get Rocked","Make Love Like a Man","Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad",and "Stand Up " –were major hits.
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. Slang is the first album with new material to feature new guitarist Vivian Campbell. It charted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 and number 5 on the UK Albums Chart. It is also the only Def Leppard album that does not feature their recognisable font logo on the album cover,though all its singles still bore the classic logo.
Euphoria is the seventh studio album by English rock band Def Leppard,released on 8 June 1999 in the United States and on 14 June 1999 in the United Kingdom by Mercury Records. The album aimed to return to their signature sound made famous by the band in the 1980s. It was produced by the band with Pete Woodroffe. The album charted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 and No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart. It includes the song "Promises",which hit the number one spot on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.
"Bringin' On the Heartbreak" is a song by English rock band Def Leppard. A power ballad,it was the second single from their 1981 album High 'n' Dry. The song was written by three of the band's members,Steve Clark,Pete Willis and Joe Elliott.
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. It was released in North America a week later on 31 October by the same label. Vault went on to be certified gold in four countries,platinum in three and multi-platinum in two. In the US,the album is currently certified 5×platinum by the RIAA,and in June 2011 it topped the five million mark in sales there. It won Metal Edge magazine's 1995 Readers' Choice Award for "Best Hits or Compilation Album."
"Love Bites" is a song by English glam metal band Def Leppard from their album Hysteria. The power ballad is Def Leppard's only number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became a top-10 hit in Canada,Ireland,and New Zealand. On the UK Singles Chart,the track peaked at number 11.
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album Hysteria. It reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 23 July 1988,behind "Hold On to the Nights" by Richard Marx. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is considered the band's signature song,and was ranked #2 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s" in 2006.
The English rock band Def Leppard have released 12 studio albums,four live albums,six compilation albums,and two extended plays. Def Leppard also have sold over 100 million records worldwide,making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Best of Def Leppard is a compilation album featuring some of Def Leppard's most popular songs. The album charted at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart.
"Hysteria" is a song by English rock band Def Leppard. It is the tenth track on their 1987 album of the same name and was released as the album's fourth single in November 1987. The song became the band's first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100,peaking at number 10.
"Let's Get Rocked" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their fifth studio album,Adrenalize (1992). Released in March 1992,the song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart,number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100,number two on the UK Singles Chart,and number three on the Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. It was the band's first release after the death of guitarist Steve Clark.
"Make Love Like a Man" is a 1992 single by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album Adrenalize. The song reached No. 3 on the Album Rock Tracks chart and No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.
"Tonight" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their fifth album,Adrenalize (1992). It was released as the sixth international single from Adrenalize and the fifth single in both the US and UK,released by Bludgeon Riffola and Mercury. In the US,the song reached number 13 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks charts and number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Heaven Is" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their fifth album,Adrenalize (1992). The single was released in January 1993 by label Bludgeon Riffola and reached number 13 in the United Kingdom.
"Promises" is a 1999 song by English rock band Def Leppard from their album Euphoria. It was released as a single later that year and reached number one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart as well as number forty-one on the U.K. Singles Chart.
"When Love &Hate Collide" is a song by English rock band Def Leppard from their 1995 greatest hits album Vault,written by Joe Elliott and Rick Savage. The power ballad was originally written and demoed for Adrenalize,but not finalized until 1995 for its inclusion on Vault. The demo version is much more heavily produced in the signature style of Hysteria and Adrenalize,and the final version is more stripped down,supposedly toward the style of the following studio album Slang. The original demo version contains the final recorded guitar solo by late original guitarist Steve Clark.
"Long,Long Way to Go" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard,from their studio album X (2002). The song was later included on the Best of Def Leppard compilation album in 2004. Released as a single,it remains Def Leppard's last UK Top 40 hit single,reaching number 40 in April 2003.
