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Def Leppard - Adrenalize [Deluxe Edition] Audio CD

A fair review of the Def Leppard "Adrenalize [Deluxe Edition]" 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 [Deluxe Edition]
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Release Date: 2009-06-23
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 11: Hysteria 12: Photograph 13: Pour Some Sugar on Me 14: Let's Get rocked 15: You Can't always Get What you Want 16: Little Wing (With Hothouse Flowers) 17: Tonight (Version 2 - Demo Version) 18: Now i'm Here (Live - Featuring Brian may) 19: Two Steps Behind (acoustic) 20: Tonight (acoustic - Sun Studios Version) 21: Too Late For Love (Live) 22: Women (Live)

REMASTERED
this always sounded too cold and dead. remastering this has helped this more than PYROMANIA & HYSTERIA. this is when everything was going completely digital and the sound did not have the crispness to it.


ROCKIN GOOD TIME!!!
YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. BOTH CD'S ARE TOTALLY EXCELLENT AND WORTH BUYING. IF YOU HAVE NEVER NEVER SEEN THESE GUYS, YOU SHOULD BUY BOTH PYROMANIA AND ADRENALIZE DELUXE EDITIONS. ALSO HYSERIA DELUXE EDITIION IS WELL WOTH THE MONEY. .


Adrenalize: undeniably good, but still the runt of the trilogy
And I certainly know that many people would've liked to have seen a deluxe edition of High 'N' Dry instead of Adrenalize. Adrenalize caught a lot of flak from fans and critics when it first came out in 1992, and as my title indicates, even the liner notes of the deluxe edition admit that it's the "runt" of the trilogy (Pyromania, Hysteria, and Adrenalize). But I happened to think Adrenalize was a decent follow-up to Hysteria and that despite some shortcomings, the deluxe edition is still a nice addition to my Def Leppard collection.

The deluxe edition contains all 10 tracks from the original album remastered on the first disc. Although admittedly no Pyromania or Hysteria, Adrenalize contains some great tracks: "Make Love Like a Man", "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)", "Tonight". . . just to name a few. It would be an understatement to say the album isn't too deep, but then again Def Leppard was never exactly known for thought-provoking music. I personally enjoy the carefree, light, tongue-in-cheek attitude that defines most of the tracks (it's the funniest Def Lep album to date, but in the best way possible). Just like with the deluxe edition of Pyromania, I've heard people complain that the remastering is not really noticeable, but again I have to disagree. The sound quality is definitely improved and it does help give the songs a boost. And just like Pyromania, it really is nice to hear remastered versions of some of the lesser-known songs that haven't made their way onto a compilation album ("Tonight" and "Personal Property" are great examples).

The second disc contains the Adrenalize B-sides as well as some live recordings. The B-sides are nice to have on one disc, though to be totally honest most of them are nothing special. The exception is the "Tonight" demo, which I think may even be better than the version that actually made it onto the album. The only real problem I have, though, is with the live recordings. Of the four live recordings (all from a Bonn concert in '92), only ONE track is of a song off Adrenalize ("Let's Get Rocked"). While the others: "Hysteria", "Photograph", and "Pour Some Sugar On Me", are great recordings, it just doesn't make sense to me why they didn't include more songs from Adrenalize in the deluxe edition of Adrenalize. How about a little "Make Love Like a Man" or "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" instead? I would've loved to have live versions of those songs (which, excepting poor-quality bootlegs and extremely rare DVDs, don't exist).

Unlike the Pyromania re-release, this one isn't necessarily a mandatory purchase. In conclusion, it's pretty decent and there's just enough worthwhile bonus material to keep it from being superfluous. I say if you don't already own Adrenalize and are looking to get it, buy this instead of the original 1992 version. The extra money you'll have to pay is still worth it.


Great Package
Great bonus cuts and packaging. I must say that the deluxe editions of the Def Leppard classics are fantastic. I must give them props for giving the deluxe treamtment to Adrenalize, as one would expect only Pyromania and Hysteria, their two biggest sellers, to be remastered.

To those who are calling this their least favorite album, I must say that it was a huge success when released. I look at albums like X, Euphoria and Songs from the Sparkle Lounge and realize that the Steve Clark connection is what makes this album still listenable nearly twenty years on. To me, every song is great and worth the rediscovery.


Missing quite a few b-sides.
BUT the bonus disc is missing "Action", "From The Inside", "Miss You In a Heartbeat", "Only After Dark", and "She's Too Tough". I have always loved this album. I know they were previously released on Retroactive, however it would have been nice to include them here to be complete. Still hoping for a REAL b-sides comp.


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