Def Leppard (album)

Def Leppard
Studio album by Def Leppard
Released	October 30, 2015[1]
Studio	Joe's Garage in Dublin, Ireland
Genre	Hard rock[2]
Length	52:39
Label	Bludgeon Riffola/earMUSIC Records/Mailboat Records (US)
Producer	Ronan McHugh Def Leppard
Def Leppard chronology
Songs from the Sparkle Lounge (2008) Def Leppard (2015)
Singles from Def Leppard
"Let's Go" Released: 15 September 2015 "Dangerous" Released: 12 February 2016 "Man Enough" Released: 4 April 2016

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Def Leppard is the eleventh studio album by British rock band Def Leppard, released on October 30, 2015.^[4] It is Def Leppard's first studio album since Songs from the Sparkle Lounge (2008), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in their career, and their first one to be released on earMUSIC Records. The album became Def Leppard's seventh top ten album after it debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 10, peaking at #5. ^[5] The first single "Let's Go" was released 15 September 2015, alongside the artwork and track listing.

The album was produced by Ronan McHugh and Def Leppard.

Music

According to vocalist Joe Elliott, the album will consist of 14 tracks with a running time of around 55 minutes. Regarding the sound of the album, he explained "It's just called Def Leppard because that's what it sounds like. It doesn't sound like any one specific era of Def Leppard. It's got everything. [...] Every single aspect of anything we've ever wanted to put out — acoustic, heavy, soft, slow, fast — it's there. That's why we call it Def Leppard because, just like Queen were, we're capable of coming up with vastly different kinds of songs."^[4]

Guitarist Phil Collen referred to the album as "probably the most diverse thing we've done" as well as "the best thing we've done since Hysteria" as it contains "the loudest rock guitars we've ever had on some tracks." However, he stopped short of calling it an "experimental", album, instead saying that it's "more liberating and expressive".^[4]

Singles

Vocalist Joe Elliott has described lead single and opening track, "Let's Go", as "a call to arms and "a classic Def Leppard song. It's that three-minute pop-rock stuff with big chunky guitars and a big chorus. And it has that swaggering, mid-tempo rhythm, like "Pour Some Sugar on Me", and "Rock of Ages"." He described that the band wanted a familiar sounding song to introduce the album, being released several years after their previous album.^[6]

Classic Rock limited edition fan pack

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let's Go"	Rick Savage, Joe Elliott	5:01
2.	"Dangerous"	Phil Collen, Elliott	3:26
3.	"Man Enough"	Collen, Elliott	3:54
4.	"We Belong"	Elliott	5:06
5.	"Invincible"	Rick Allen, Elliott	3:46
6.	"Sea of Love"	Collen	4:04
7.	"Energized"	Collen	3:23
8.	"All Time High"	Elliott	4:19
9.	"Battle of My Own"	Savage, Elliott	2:42
10.	"Broke 'N' Brokenhearted"	Collen, Elliott	3:17
11.	"Forever Young"	Collen, Elliott	2:22
12.	"Last Dance"	Savage	3:09
13.	"Wings of an Angel"	Collen, Vivian Campbell, Savage, Elliott	4:23
14.	"Blind Faith"	Collen, Campbell, Savage, Elliott	5:33
Total length:			52:39

Classic Rock limited edition fan pack exclusive tracks
No.	Title	Length
15.	"We Belong" (alternative vocal take)	5:06
16.	"Let's Go" (UK radio edit)	3:56

Japanese exclusive track
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Last Dance" (demo)	3:09

Personnel

• Joe Elliott – vocals, acoustic guitars
• Phil Collen – co-lead guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "We Belong"
• Vivian Campbell – co-lead guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "We Belong"
• Rick Savage – bass guitar, backing vocals, additional guitars, co-lead vocals on "We Belong"
• Rick Allen – drums, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "We Belong"

Charts

Chart (2015–16)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	4
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8]	18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9]	85
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10]	39
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11]	11
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[12]	79
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[13]	32
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[14]	33
Irish Albums (IRMA)[15]	57
Italian Albums (FIMI)[16]	36
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17]	17
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[18]	15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19]	11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20]	2
UK Albums (OCC)[21]	11
US Billboard 200[5]	10
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[22]	1
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[23]	1
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[24]	1

References

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4. "Def Leppard's Joe Elliott Explains Decision To Make New Album Self-Titled Affair". Blabbermouth.net. August 27, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
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