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Def Leppard - Adrenalize Audio CD

A fair review of the Def Leppard "Adrenalize" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Def Leppard reviews here, or go back to the Def Leppard tabs.

Def Leppard Band: Def Leppard
Title: Adrenalize
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Release Date: 2008-10-08
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Let's Get Rocked 2: Heaven Is 3: Make Love Like a Man 4: Tonight 5: White Lightning 6: Stand up (Kick Love into Motion) 7: Personal Property 8: Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad 9: I Wanna Touch U 10: Tear It Down

What can I say?
Well, I was wrong, this is one of my favorite post-Hysteria albums by Def Leppard and love listening to it often. I'm a total Def Leppard fan and after Hysteria I thought nothing could come close.


I Wanna Touch You is the BEST song!!!!!
This is an underrated CD and it is just as good as Hysteria if not BETTER!!!.


One of the Best Commercial Rock Albums Ever! But What a Disappointment!


Unfortunately, this is not one of those times. This is after the brilliant "Hysteria" Def Leppard's second best album by far and no mean feat considering the drummer only had one arm by this time and Steve Clark had just died! Almost every track is brilliant and the hit single "Let's Get Rocked" is actually one of the weaker tracks too! It's frightening how much better it'll sound once they get around to remastering this thing. Given the very hefty price tag on this thing in order to justify upgrading from your existing copy, it has got to be a major improvement at least from the aesthetics of the cardboard sleeve and especially when it comes to sound quality. The cardboard sleeve is nothing to shout about given what is currently out there e. g. The Band, Hall & Oates etc that have been very well designed from thicker good quality cardboard which is so well assembled that you don't fear it coming apart when the glue wears out like it is here. In fact, when it comes to the mlps version of "The Band" the only way to describe it is as a brilliant work of art; you'll have to see it to know what I mean about someone having great pride in his work to come up with what I believe is still the very best mlps version of an album that is currently out there.

The inclusion of the inner jacket replica and an insert with all the lyrics in both English and Japanese also isn't enough to justify a ridiculously expensive upgrade. The biggest crime though is the SHM-CD sound quality which is really very poor. In fact, my existing old copy sounds even better! Listening to both, there is nothing to distinguish between the two except for the cardboard sleeve with the SHM-CD label on the front and the vastly different sound quality which is no better than the old copy. I'm disappointed to have waited so long and this is what they have come up with: poor mlps design and sound quality that is no improvement over my existing old copy. The only plus is that they have added two bonus tracks: "Miss You in a Heartbeat" and "She's Too Tough" which is a nice touch. I have placed SHM-CD orders for other albums that are due to reach me soon and I hope and pray that they are much, much better sounding versions than this one.

Given the very high price on this baby for a version that is no improvement over the unremastered old cd that you already have, this is a rip off and a major waste of money in these uncertain economic times.

Avoid with as wide a berth as possible!.


Steve would be proud!
I figured it couldn't have been any good if Steve wasn't involved. I reluctantly bought this CD because I am a huge Steve Clark fan and it was done after his death. I couldn't have been more wrong. First of all, the Leps dedicated the CD to Steve, along with the song White Lightning, and (best of all!), most of the tunes were co-written by Steve. The music is pure Hysteria Leppard with a couple of notable exceptions that sound as if they could have been done in their Pyromania days ("Tear It Down," especially). There are also a couple of stinkers, too ("Let's Get Rocked," anyone? But then again Steve didn't co-write that one!) Phil did a phenomenal job interpreting Steve's guitar parts. . . not necessarily the same, but still impressive. There will never be another Steve, and in my opinion, Steve's spirit lives on happily in this CD. .


The End is here...
When John Bonham died. . Led Zep called it a day. . . when Steven Clark died Def Leppard should have.

This ablum is the Hysteria scrap heap (admittedly so by the band). . . The band lost is chemistry (and all ability to write wicked riffs) when their most talented member, Clark, passed away. A true shame that one of the greatest bands ever continues to destroy their legacy because there is money to be made.

Save your cash and buy High N' Dry, Pyromania and Hysteria. . . 3 incredibly great albums.

Joe Elliot said that after Hysteria (albeit much after) they could have released an album of Bee Farts and sold millions. . . . Adrenalize has sold over 7 million copies. . . for an album so bad and so out of place in 1992, that speaks volumes for DL's enormous popularity in the late 1980's. .


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