Rock of Ages: Definitive Collection (2005)

Artist: Def Leppard
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UPC: 00602498293560
Release Date: 5/17/2005
Buy.com Sku: 63978957
Item#: M2CKJW
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
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).
Recording information: 1980 - 2005.
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.

 
Artist Overview
Before Def Leppard, heavy metal was associated with leather, studs, and motorcycles. After a pair of mega-platinum albums in the '80s, Leppard proved that pop hooks, hard rock, and good looks could equal massive success, hatching a slew of imitators in the process. Despite numerous setbacks such as drummer Rick Allen losing an arm in an accident, followed by the death of guitarist Steve Clark, the British band persevered, achieving even more popularity. Though they inspired legions of hair metal bands, their longevity is a testament to their enduring musical legacy.

Artist Influences
AC/DC | Aerosmith | Black Sabbath | Boston | Deep Purple | Judas Priest | Kiss | Led Zeppelin | Marc Bolan | Mott The Hoople | Queen | Slade | Sweet | The Beatles | Thin Lizzy | UFO (Rock)

Artist Contemporaries
Accept | Dio | Journey | Loudness | Motley Crue | Ozzy Osbourne | Queensryche | Quiet Riot | Ratt | Raven (Metal) | Saxon | Scorpions | Van Halen

Artist Followers
Alter Bridge | Cinderella (Metal) | Europe | Extreme | Guns N' Roses | Helloween | Hinder | Poison (Metal) | Saigon Kick | Skid Row | Slaughter | Steelheart | Switches | Tesla | The Darkness | The Jason Bonham Band | Thunder | Velvet Revolver | Warrant | White Lion | Winger


 
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... "

  
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