Rock of Ages: Definitive Collection (2005)

Product Summary UPC: 00602498293560 Release Date: 5/17/2005 Buy.com Sku: 63978957 Item#: M2CKJW Buy.com Sales Rank: 25332 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Pour Some Sugar On Me - (Historia video edit) ~ Def Leppard 2. Photograph ~ Def Leppard 3. Love Bites ~ Def Leppard 4. Let's Get Rocked ~ Def Leppard 5. Two Steps Behind - (acoustic version) ~ Def Leppard 6. Animal ~ Def Leppard 7. Heaven Is ~ Def Leppard 8. Foolin' ~ Def Leppard 9. Rocket - (Visualize video edit) ~ Def Leppard 10. When Love & Hate Collide ~ Def Leppard 11. Armageddon It ~ Def Leppard 12. Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad ~ Def Leppard 13. Rock Of Ages ~ Def Leppard 14. Hysteria ~ Def Leppard 15. Miss You In A Heartbeat ~ Def Leppard 16. Bringin' On The Heartbreak ~ Def Leppard 17. Switch 625 ~ Def Leppard Def Leppard celebrates its 25th anniversary with Rock Of Ages The Definitive Collection/ features 16 of Def Leppard's Top 40 hits among the 35 selections spanning its 25-year album career to date. Besides being the band's first two-CD set, "Rock of Ages" also highlights another first -- the group's first new U.S.-issued song since 2002, "No Matter What."   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Def Leppard: Joe Elliot (vocals); Pete Willis, Phil Collen, Steve Clark , Vivian Campbell (guitar); Rick Savage (bass guitar); Rick Allen (drums). In the mid-1980s, there were few hard-rock bands as popular as Sheffield, England's Def Leppard. Influenced by the glam rock of Queen, Slade, and the Sweet, the quartet reveled in the style's high-energy elements, while trading the outlandish imagery for a no-frills, denim-clad look that made them even more accessible to the masses. With 1983's PYROMANIA and its delayed follow-up punch, 1987's HYSTERIA, Def Leppard became an international phenomenon, unleashing hit after hit, including the riff-heavy, shout-along singles "Rock of Ages," "Pour Some Sugar on Me," and "Armageddon It." This collection presents every song on the previously released VAULT: GREATEST HITS 1980-1995, along with an entire second disc of additional album tracks, including the AC/DC-like "High 'N' Dry (Saturday Night)" and HYSTERIA's anthemic ode to "Women." Throughout the decades, the group endured its share of upheavals and tragedies--drummer Rick Allen lost an arm in a 1985 accident and guitarist Steve Clark died in 1991--but they continued recording into the 21st century (see the 2002 track "Now"), revealing a determination that most of their peers lacked. For fans of '80s hard rock, this 35-track compilation is essential. Producer: Robert John Lange; Mike Shipley; Pete Woodroffe; Ronan McHugh; Tom Allom; Marti Frederiksen   Compilation Appearances Hair Bands with Karaoke Edge Limited Edition Greatest Hits 1 2 3 Now That's What I Call Power Ballads   Associated Artists and Works Artists, Various Leppardmania: Def Leppard Tribute ~ Artists, Various Pickin' On Def Leppard : a Bluegrass Tribute ~ On, Pickin' Various Artists Leppardmania: A Tribute to Def Leppard ~ Various Artists Various Artists Hip-Hop Tribute To Def Leppard ~ Various Artists   Technical Info Release Date : 05/17/2005 Original Release Date : 2005 Catalog ID : 0004647 Label : Island Records (USA) Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602498293560   Professional Reviews Rolling Stone (No. 975, p.78) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "[Def] Lep [cranked] up enough hits to fill this sucker out... "    Product Image