Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield. Since 1992,it 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 early 1990s.
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 #14 on the Billboard 200 and #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.
"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.
"Rocket" is a song recorded by English rock band Def Leppard in 1987 from the album Hysteria. It was released in January 1989 as the seventh and final single from the album and reached the Top 15 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. It is the band’s final single to be released with guitarist Steve Clark before his death in 1991.
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.
"Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" is a 1993 single by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album Adrenalize. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Album Rock charts,and #34 on the Billboard Hot 100. This was the fourth single from the Adrenalize album.
"Tonight" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their 1992 album,Adrenalize. It was originally recorded during a break in the Hysteria World Tour as a possible B-side to one of the singles from their fourth album,Hysteria. but was shelved and re-recorded during the Adrenalize sessions. "Tonight" is the sixth international single from Adrenalize and the fifth single in both the US and UK. 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 1992 album,Adrenalize. The single was released in January 1993 and reached number 13 in the United Kingdom.
"Work It Out" is a 1996 song by the English hard rock band Def Leppard from their gold album Slang. It was written entirely by new guitarist Vivian Campbell. It was released as a single later that year,reaching number six on the US Mainstream Rock chart and number 22 on the UK Singles Chart.
"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.
"Slang" is a 1996 song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their gold album Slang. It reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is the only one from its parent album to be played after the Slang World Tour of 1996 to 1997,with Def Leppard performing the song most recently during their concert residency of Las Vegas in 2019.
