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| Released | 5 July 1988(VHS/LD) 2001 (DVD) | |||
| Recorded | 1980–1988 | |||
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| Length | 85 minutes | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
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Historia is a compilation video released by Def Leppard, containing all the band's promotional videos from 1980 to 1988. On DVD, it is bundled with the 1989 concert video Live: In the Round, in Your Face .
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hello America" | On Through the Night (1980) | ||
| 2. | "Let It Go" |
| High 'n' Dry (1981) | |
| 3. | "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" |
| High 'n' Dry | |
| 4. | "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (with Pete Willis) |
| High 'n' Dry | |
| 5. | "Photograph" |
| Pyromania (1983) | |
| 6. | "Rock of Ages" |
| Pyromania | |
| 7. | "Foolin'" |
| Pyromania | |
| 8. | "Too Late for Love" |
| Pyromania | |
| 9. | "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" |
| Pyromania | |
| 10. | "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (with Phil Collen) |
| High 'n' Dry | |
| 11. | "Me & My Wine" |
| "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" single (1982/1984) | |
| 12. | "Women" |
| Hysteria (1987) | |
| 13. | "Animal" |
| Hysteria | |
| 14. | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (UK version) |
| Hysteria | |
| 15. | "Hysteria" |
| Hysteria | |
| 16. | "Armageddon It" (Live) |
| Hysteria | |
| 17. | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (U.S. version live) |
| Hysteria | |
| 18. | "Love Bites" (unlisted on VHS release) |
| Hysteria |
Published in the U.K., Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Australia in 1988 by Bludgeon Riffola Ltd./Warner Bros. Music Ltd and in the Rest of the World by Bludgeon Riffola Ltd./Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. Was distributed across the U.K. by Channel 5 Video, a part of Polygram Music Video company. The back cover photograph featuring the band, was taken was by Ross Halfin. Video sleeve art direction was by Andie Aifix for Satori, who is also referenced as designer for the cover of Metallica: 'The Videos 1989-2004' on DVD.
The 2001 DVD release contains errors not present on the original VHS and Laserdisc releases. According to sources close to the band, there are no plans to fix the errors at this time:
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) [1] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
| Canada (Music Canada) [2] | 3× Platinum | 30,000^ |
| United States (RIAA) [3] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA) [4] | Gold | 50,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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.
X is the eighth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 30 July 2002 by Island Records in the US and sister label Mercury worldwide. Much like 1996's Slang, it featured another departure from their signature sound by moving into the pop genre. The album charted at No. 11 on The Billboard 200 and No. 14 on the UK Albums Chart. Most of the album was produced by Pete Woodroffe and the band, with remaining tracks produced by either Marti Frederiksen or Per Aldeheim and Andreas Carlsson.
"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."
Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection is the North American version of the second compilation album by the English rock band Def Leppard. The two-disc anthology featuring 35 hit songs by the band and was released in North America on 17 May 2005. The album charted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200.
"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.
"Armageddon It" is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album Hysteria. It was released as a single in 1988 and went to No. 3 in the United States, becoming their 3rd top 10 hit. It also reached the top 10 in Canada and New Zealand and the top 20 in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"Two Steps Behind" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their 1993 compilation album Retro Active and the soundtrack to the film Last Action Hero. It reached number five on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, numbers 12 and 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, and number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. The music video was directed by Wayne Isham. In the 1993 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Awards, the song was voted "Song of the Year" and "Best Song from a Movie Soundtrack".
"Miss You in a Heartbeat" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard, released in December 1993 by Mercury Records from their 1993 compilation album Retro Active. The single peaked at number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was Def Leppard's last American top 40 single to date.
Live: In the Round, in Your Face is a live video from Def Leppard. The video contains a full Def Leppard live show at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado and additional footage from shows at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia, compiled from footage shot during the band's 1987/1988 US Hysteria World Tour. On DVD, it is bundled with Historia.
Rock of Ages: The DVD Collection is a DVD featuring music videos by Def Leppard. This one-disc collection contains a total of 19 commercial single videos that helped jump the band to success after the release of their breakthrough 1983 album, Pyromania. Only one video featured on the compilation, "Bringin' On the Heartbreak", was not released after Pyromania.
Drastic Symphonies is a remix album by English rock band Def Leppard with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, released on 19 May 2023 through Bludgeon Riffola and Mercury Records. It was produced by Nick Patrick and Ronan McHugh, and contains 16 of the band's songs re-recorded with orchestral accompaniment from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and arrangements by Eric Gorfain, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London in March 2022. Most tracks contain the vocals from the original recordings. The album contains at least one song from Def Leppard's previous studio albums with the exception of On Through the Night (1980), X (2002), Yeah! (2006), and Def Leppard (2015).
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