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Retro Active (Album) by Def Leppard

Artist Biography For Def Leppard

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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Retro Active Is An Album By British Hard Rock Band Def Leppard Released In 1993. The Album Features Touched-Up Versions Of B-Sides And Previously Unreleased Recordings From The Band's Recording Sessions Between 1984 And 1993. After Releasing Only Three Albums Over The Course Of A Decade Def Leppard Used Retro Active To Break That Habit Provide A Treat For Diehard Fans And Close The Door On The "Steve Clark" Era Of The Band. It Reached Platinum Sales In Many Countries. Although Many Tracks Were Found On Single Releases Some Parts Were Re-Recorded On The Road During The Adrenalize Tour. Two Unfinished Songs From The Hysteria Recording Sessions "Desert Song" And "Fractured Love" Were Completed Exclusively For The Album. "Two Steps Behind" An Acoustic Ballad Originally Recorded In Electric Version Was Given Strings By Conductor Michael Kamen And Included Onto The Last Action Hero Soundtrack. It Would Become The Band's Last Top 20 Single In The US Reaching #12. The Album Also Had Covers Sweet's "Action" Which Would Chart Higher Than The Original In The UK And Mick Ronson's "Only After Dark". Although Guitarist Phil Collen Had Written "Miss You In A Heartbeat" It Was Released First On The Self-Titled 1991 Debut By The Law A Band Featuring Paul Rodgers And The Who Drummer Kenny Jones. The Version Of "Ride Into The Sun" Is Not The Version That Appeared On The Def Leppard EP But Rather The 1987 Re-Recording. It Differs Slightly From The Version Of The Recording Used As A B-Side In The Hysteria Era Though. The One Used As A B-Side Had A Rick Allen Drum Solo Intro Whereas This One Has A Piano Intro. Retro Active Features A Hidden Final Track A Piano/vocal Version Of "Miss You In A Heartbeat". It Is The First Def Leppard Album To Feature Songs Recorded With Newly Added Guitarist Vivian Campbell. The Album Cover By Nels Israelson And Hugh Syme Shows A Lady Sitting At A Dressing Table Looking In A Mirror. However If You Hold The Cover At Arm's Length Or Look At It From A Distance It Takes The Form Of A Skull A Type Of Vanitas Art The Woman's Head Forming The Left Eye Socket And Her Reflected Head In The Mirror Forming The Right Eye Socket. The Mirror Itself Forms The Shape Of The Skull And The Accessories On The Dressing Table Form The Nose Nostrils And Teeth. It Was Inspired By Charles Allan Gilbert's Most Famous Work All Is Vanity 1892 .