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Songs From The Sparkle Lounge (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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Songs From The Sparkle Lounge Is The Tenth Studio Album And 14th Album Overall From The English Hard Rock Band Def Leppard. Released On April 25 2008 In Europe And April 29 In North America It Was The Band's First Album Of Brand New Material Since Their 2002 Album X. In An Interview On Rockline Radio Two Band Members Joe Elliott And Vivian Campbell Stated That The Title Of Their Latest Studio Album Would Be Songs From The Sparkle Lounge Saying That "Until Someone Comes Up With A Better Name This Will Be The Final Title Upon Release".They Also Mentioned The Possibility Of Previous Def Leppard Album Producer Mutt Lange Being Involved With A Few Songs For The Album But In The End This Collaboration Did Not Turn Out To Be Possible Due To Scheduling Conflicts. However Joe Elliott Has Stated That The Band And Mutt Lange Still Plan To Finish Off A Couple Songs Together. In An Interview With Billboard.Com Joe Elliott Stated That The Album Title Is A Reference To An Area Backstage Of Gigs Where The Band Would Work On New Material. "It Was A Mini Drum Kit Mini Amps A Tape Recorder And Sparkly Lights." Elliott Also Stated That They Would Not Be Performing Any Previews Of The Songs As They Did Not Want Them Appearing On Websites Such As YouTube Prior To The Release Of The Album. Members Of The Band Have Described The Tracks From The Album As Written In The Style Of Hysteria With The Production Style Of High 'n' Dry. The Album's First Single "Nine Lives" Features Country Singer Tim McGraw. Joe Elliott Has Stated At The Band's Official Site That The Concept Of This Album Is That It Sounds More Like "early 70's AC/DC" And Much Like Led Zeppelin's Song Rock And Roll. One Of The Songs In The Tracklist "Give It Away" Was Changed To "Gotta Let It Go." On April 25 2008 Def Leppard's Record Label Opened A Website With Teasers Of Every Song On The Album. In The May 17 2008 Issue Of Billboard Magazine The Album Debuted At #5 On The Top 200 Album Chart Selling About 55 000 Copies.The Album Debuted At #1 On The Rock Album Chart And The Hard Rock Album Chart. Reception
Initial Critical Response To Songs From The Sparkle Lounge Was Average. At Metacritic Which Assigns A Normalized Rating Out Of 100 To Reviews From Mainstream Critics The Album Has Received An Average Score Of 47 Based On 8 Reviews. Track Listing
# Title Writer S Length 1. "Go" Phil Collen Joe Elliott 3 21 2. "Nine Lives Feat. Tim McGraw " Collen Elliott Tim McGraw Rick Savage 3 32 3. "C'mon C'mon" Savage 4 09 4. "Love" Savage 4 17 5. "Tomorrow" Collen 3 35 6. "Cruise Control" Vivian Campbell 3 03 7. "Hallucinate" Collen 3 17 8. "Only The Good Die Young" Campbell 3 34 9. "Bad Actress" Elliott 3 03 10. "Come Undone" Elliott 3 32 11. "Gotta Let It Go" Campbell 3 55 UK And ITunes Bonus Track # Title Writer S Length 12. "Love Piano Version " Savage 4 22 Japanese Bonus Tracks # Title Writer S Length 12. "Love Piano Version " Savage 4 22 13. "Nine Lives Def Leppard Version " Collen Elliot McGraw Savage 3 33 Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD
"Behind The Curtain" "The Sparkle Lounge Commentary" "Nine Lives" Music Video Chart Positions
Year Chart Position 2008 The Billboard 200 5 2008 UK Albums Chart 10 2008 Ireland Albums Chart 32 2008 New Zealand Albums Chart 26 2008 Germany Albums Chart 43 2008 France Albums Chart 118 2008 Begin_Of_The_Skype_Highlighting              118 2008      end_Of_The_Skype_Highlighting Swiss Albums Chart 26 2008 Sweden Albums Chart 26 2008 Norway Albums Chart 15 2008 Finnish Albums Chart 27 2008 World Albums Chart 8 Personnel
Rick Savage – Bass Guitar Backing Vocals Additional Guitars Joe Elliott – Vocals Rick Allen – Drums Backing Vocals Phil Collen – Guitars Backing Vocals Vivian Campbell – Guitars Backing Vocals Additional Personnel
Tim McGraw – Vocals On "Nine Lives"

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