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Adrenalize (Album) by Def Leppard

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Def Leppard Is An English Rock Band Formed In 1976 In Sheffield. Since 1992 The Band Has Consisted Of Rick Savage Bass Backing Vocals Joe Elliott Lead Vocals Rick Allen Drums Backing Vocals Phil Collen Guitar Backing Vocals And Vivian Campbell Guitar Backing Vocals . They Established Themselves As Part Of The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal Movement Of The Early 1980s. The Band's Greatest Commercial Success Came Between The Early 1980s And The Early 1990s. Their First Album 1980's On Through The Night Reached The Top 15 In The UK But Received Little Notice Elsewhere. Their Second Album 1981's High 'n' Dry Was Produced By Mutt Lange Who Helped Them Begin To Define Their Melodic Hard Rock Style And The Album's Most Popular Track "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" Became One Of The First Rock Videos Played On MTV In 1982 But The Album Only Reached The Top 30 And 40 In The UK And US. Def Leppard's Next Studio Album Pyromania Was Released In January 1983 With "Photograph" And "Rock Of Ages" Both Topping The US Rock Tracks Chart And Reaching The Top 20 Of The Hot 100. Reaching No. 2 On The US Album Chart Pyromania Was Certified Diamond In The US And 7× Platinum In Canada And Reached The Top 20 In The UK But Did Not Sell Much Elsewhere. Def Leppard's Fourth Album The More Pop-Oriented Hysteria 1987 Topped The UK US New Zealand Canadian Australian And Norway Charts. It Also Went To No. 2 In Sweden And No. 10 In Germany Without Any Top 50 Singles In Those Countries. It Has Been Certified 12× Platinum For Sales In The US And 13× Platinum In Canada Selling Over 25 Million Copies Worldwide Making It One Of The Best-Selling Albums Of All Time. The Album Spawned Six Top 20 US Singles Including The US Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 "Love Bites" Went Top 10 In Several Other Countries Including No. 2 In NZ Alongside "Pour Some Sugar On Me" US No. 2 "Hysteria" "Armageddon It" No. 2 In NZ "Animal" At No. 6 The Biggest UK Hit And "Rocket" A Top 15 Hit In Many Countries . Hysteria Had Four Top 10 Hits In New Zealand. Their Next Studio Album Adrenalize Their First Following The Death Of Guitarist Steve Clark Reached No. 1 On The UK US NZ Canadian And Australian Charts In 1992 While Going Top 10 In Sweden And Germany. It Contained Several Hits Including The US Rock Tracks Chart-Topper "Let's Get Rocked" Which Became Their Biggest Hit In Several Countries Including No. 2 In The UK No. 3 In Canada And Switzerland And The Top 20 In Sweden And Germany. The Third Single "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" Was A Top 15 Song In The US UK And Canada. Adrenalize Went On To Sell Over 8 Million Copies Worldwide. Their 1993 Album Retro Active Contained The Acoustic Top 5 North American Hit "Two Steps Behind". Their Greatest Hits Album Vault Released In 1995 Featured The UK No. 2 Hit "When Love & Hate Collide" And Reached The Top 10 In Several Countries Going 5× Platinum In The US. Beginning With Slang Def Leppard Released Five Albums Between 1996 And 2008 With Most Usually Reaching The Top 15 In Several Countries Including The UK US And Canada. Their Self-Titled Album Was Released In 2015 And Reached The Top 10 In Several Countries. The Band's Newest Studio Album Diamond Star Halos Was Released In May 2022 And Reached The Top 10 In The US The UK And Australia. As One Of The World's Best-Selling Music Artists Def Leppard Have Sold More Than 100 Million Records Worldwide And Have Two Albums With RIAA Diamond Certification Pyromania And Hysteria Making Them One Of Only Five Rock Bands With Two Original Studio Albums Selling More Than 10 Million Copies In The US. The Band Were Ranked No. 31 In VH1's "100 Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock" And Ranked No. 70 In "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time". Def Leppard Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2019. Studio Albums
On Through The Night 1980 High 'n' Dry 1981 Pyromania 1983 Hysteria 1987 Adrenalize 1992 Slang 1996 Euphoria 1999 X 2002 Yeah! 2006 Songs From The Sparkle Lounge 2008 Def Leppard 2015 Diamond Star Halos 2022

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Adrenalize Is The Fifth Studio Album By British Hard Rock Band Def Leppard Released In 1992. The Album Was The First By The Band Following The 1991 Death Of Guitarist Steve Clark. It Was Produced By Mike Shipley And Def Leppard With Robert John "Mutt" Lange As Executive Producer. At The End Of The Hysteria World Tour In October 1988 Def Leppard Vowed To The Press That Their Next Album Would Not Take Another Four Years To Be Released And Quickly Reconvened Weeks Later To Start Work. However Steve Clark's Alcoholism Was Taking A Turn For The Worse. Whereas Touring Had Kept Him Sober Onstage Offstage His Condition Was Beginning To Affect His Work In The Studio. In Addition Mutt Lange Was Unavailable To Return As Producer As He Was Working With Canadian Rocker Bryan Adams On Waking Up The Neighbours. The Band Chose To Produce The Album Themselves. Steve's Problems Did Not Help To Advance Progress And In Fact Was Starting To Set Them Back. In Late 1989 Clark Would Be Found Unconscious In A Gutter In Minneapolis Minnesota. He Was Immediately Sent To Rehab And Band Members Along With Lange Started Attending Confrontational Therapy To Attempt To Shame Him Into Defeating His Addictions. In A Desperate Move To Help Their Friend Guitar Tech Malvin Mortimer AKA Stumpus Maximus Would Be Assigned To Keep A 24 Hour Watch On Clark According To Joe Elliott It Was A Difficult Task. None Of This Would Prove To Be Fruitful And In August 1990 The Band Granted Clark A Six-Month Leave Of Absence. While It Was Hoped That This Break Would Free Him Of Any Stresses The Band Seemed Resigned To The Fact That They Could No Longer Do Anything For Clark. On January 8 1991 Steve Clark Was Found Dead In His London Home By His Girlfriend Janie Dean. The Coroner's Report Revealed That Clark Had Died Of An Accidental Mix Of Alcohol With Painkillers And Anti-Depressants That Led To Compression Of The Brain Stem. After A Short Period Of Uncertainty About The Band's Future The Remaining Members Decided To Resume Work On The Album. Former Lange Engineer Mike Shipley Was Hired As Co-Producer While Lange Maintained A Minor Role Via Phone Calls And Demos Sent To Him. A Search For Clark's Replacement Was Held Off Until After The Completion Of The Album And Recording Sessions Progressed Quickly In The Year That Followed. On March 31 1992 Adrenalize Was Released Worldwide. While Some Reviews Were Favorable Rolling Stone Magazine Awarded It 4 Out Of 5 Stars Many Critics Attacked The Album For Being Formulaic And Too Similar To Hysteria. Although Clark Had Died Prior To The Release Of The Album And Did Not Participate In The Recording Process Nearly Every Song On The Album Was At Least Co-Written By Him. Further Complicating Matters Adrenalize Was Released During The Time When Grunge And Alternative Rock Bands Were Breaking Into The Mainstream At The Expense Of "glam/pop Metal" Bands. Nonetheless Adrenalize Debuted At The Number One Position In Both The UK And The US Quickly Going Triple Platinum There . The Album Has Sold Over 7 Million Copies Worldwide. The Album Was Dedicated To The Memory Of Steve Clark. Former Dio And Whitesnake Guitarist Vivian Campbell A Longtime Friend Of The Band Was Brought In As The Newest Member In April 1992. He Appears In All Promotional Videos For The Album's Singles Except "Let's Get Rocked" Despite Not Playing On The Album. The Song "Let's Get Rocked" Was Featured In The Movie Rock Star As Well As The Pyromania Track "Rock! Rock! Till You Drop" . A Deluxe Edition Of Adrenalize Was Released On June 8 2009 Includes A Digitally Remastered Version Of The Album Plus A Bonus CD Containing B-Sides From The Albums Singles.