Yeah! (Def Leppard album)

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Yeah!
YEAH-Def Leppard.jpg
Studio album by
Def Leppard
Released23 May 2006
Recorded2003–2006
Genre Hard rock
Length53:43
Label
Producer
  • Def Leppard
  • Ronan McHugh
Def Leppard chronology
Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection
(2005)		Yeah!
(2006)		 Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
(2008)
Singles from Yeah!
  1. "No Matter What"
    Released: May 2005
  2. "Rock On"
    Released: April 2006
  3. "20th Century Boy"
    Released: July 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Yeah! is the ninth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard. It is the first cover album by the band. It was originally intended to be released on 20 September 2005, but it was announced on 31 March 2006 that the album would be released on 23 May 2006. The album charted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 [3] and No. 52 on the UK Albums Chart. [4]

Contents

Artwork

The accompanying booklet contains photographs of the band members recreating classic images from 1970s album art.

There are also four group photographs in the CD booklet – on the cover, the centre, inside back cover and the back cover.

Reception

Rating the album 4.5 out of 5, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised Yeah! as the band's best effort since Hysteria , noting how the band "no longer sound as slick and calculated as they did on their albums after Hysteria; they sound alive and vigorous, making a convincing case that they're now their own best producers." Erlewine concluded that "few bands could achieve an artistic comeback via a covers album, but as this glorious record proves, there are few bands like Def Leppard." [5]

In a 3 out of 5 review, Andy Greene of Rolling Stone wrote that Yeah! was the band's "most convincing album in fourteen years", citing "Rock On" and "Stay With Me" as highlights. He concluded by saying that "none of the arrangements veer far from the originals, but they don't need to - it's good enough to just hear the band having fun and to see where all the Hysteria came from." [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."20th Century Boy" Marc Bolan T. Rex 3:41
2."Rock On" David Essex David Essex2:53
3."Hanging on the Telephone" Jack Lee The Nerves 2:23
4."Waterloo Sunset" Ray Davies The Kinks 3:38
5."Hell Raiser"
 Sweet 3:20
6."10538 Overture" Jeff Lynne Electric Light Orchestra 4:31
7."Street Life" Bryan Ferry Roxy Music 3:26
8."Drive-In Saturday" David Bowie David Bowie4:07
9."Little Bit of Love"
 Free 2:34
10."The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" Ian Hunter Mott the Hoople 3:28
11."No Matter What" Pete Ham Badfinger 2:57
12."He's Gonna Step on You Again"
John Kongos4:05
13."Don't Believe a Word" Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy 2:19
14."Stay with Me"
 Faces 4:30

Bonus material

iTunes bonus track (initial release only)
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
15."How Does It Feel"
 Slade 5:20
Target bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
15."Action" (Live)
Sweet4:03
16."When I'm Dead and Gone"
 McGuinness Flint 3:17
Best Buy bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
15."No Matter What" (Live) Pete Ham Badfinger 2:58
16."Winter Song" Alan Hull Lindisfarne 4:35
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
15."American Girl" Tom Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 3:34
16."Search and Destroy"
 The Stooges 3:27
Wal-Mart bonus EP (sold separately)
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."American Girl"Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 3:34
2."Backstage Interview No. 1"  3:12
3."Search and Destroy"
  • Pop
  • Williamson
The Stooges3:27
4."Backstage Interview No. 2"  2:01
5."Space Oddity"BowieDavid Bowie5:27
6."Backstage Interview No. 3"  2:43
7."Dear Friends" Brian May Queen 1:28
8."Heartbeat" Jobriath Jobriath2:44

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Yeah!
Chart (2006)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 95
French Albums (SNEP) [8] 161
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 73
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [10] 48
Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] 4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [12] 25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 57
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 52
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [15] 4
US Billboard 200 [16] 16

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