![]() Were you there for any of the Philharmonic’s recordings? We wanted to strip these songs down and bring the base of them back up. ![]() We’re by far not the first band to do (an orchestral album), but we didn’t want to just be buttering a piece of toast and slapping the orchestra on top of a record. But we’re well aware of walking a well-trodden path. Question: Even with all that Def Leppard has accomplished in 40-plus years, how surreal was it to have the Royal Philharmonic playing your songs?Īnswer: It was very surreal. 5 in Syracuse, New York.Īmiable frontman Elliott chatted with USA TODAY from his home in Dublin about which Def Leppard hits sounded “hideous” with an orchestra, why the band is compelled to still be better and how he's still holding on to rock star mystique. for six stadium dates with Motley Crue and Alice Cooper, commencing Aug. If that isn’t enough Lep in your life, after an early summer gallop through Europe, Def Leppard returns to the U.S. Part memoir, part photo essay, the hardcover is a treasure of 1,500 elements of band history, including recollections from singer Joe Elliott, guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell, bassist Rick Savage, drummer Rick Allen and archival interviews with original guitarists Steve Clark and Pete Willis. One half of the disc had the alien faces with no logos, the other had the computer backdrop with live pics of each band member to match up to the cover holes.Then, on June 13, “DEFinitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard” lands. The UK edition came in a die-cut album cardboard sleeve with five holes cut out. The US version had the alien faces with Def Leppard and Hysteria logo on one side, computer background and a large red band pic on the other. In both the UK and US special Limited Edition picture disc versions were released in December 1987. Initial copies of the album in the UK featured an insert promoting the previous albums. They were printed on both in the US although some of the lengths differed by a couple of seconds. The UK CD did not have song lengths by the titles on the back cover but only on the back of the inner booklet. The back sleeve of all CD editions featured the plain computer style background and red triangle without the wierd faces. The Japanese edition of the album had an extra track, future UK B-Side 'Love And Affection' live from Tilburg, Holland in June 1987. It remains one of the biggest selling hard rock albums of all time. ![]() Ten years later in 1998 the band would be one of the first to receive a Diamond Award from the RIAA to mark 10 million copies sold in the USA of the album. 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' would help to sell 4 million copies of the album in 4 months during the summer of 1988 in the USA alone. 'Love Bites' became their first US number one hit. No less than seven singles and videos were released with five of the six UK singles making the top 20. He took his production style and mixing techniques to a new level which would be copied by many other producers for years to come. Mutt Lange again produced and was also heavily involved in songwriting and arranging. At least 12 million while they were still promoting it in early 1989. Following on from Rick's 1984 accident it was a massive success and would go on to sell over 20 million copies. The fourth studio album released by the band and their most successful. News Link - Def Leppard's HYSTERIA Album Re-Enters UK Chart At Number 14.News Link - Def Leppard's HYSTERIA Album Set For High Re-Entry On Billboard Chart. ![]() News Link - Def Leppard's HYSTERIA Album Re-Enters Billboard Chart After 27 Years.News Link - 22nd August 2017 - (30th Anniversary - US Chart Entry).News Link - 29th August 2017 - (30th Anniversary - UK-Chart Entry at Number One).News Link - DEF LEPPARD's HYSTERIA Album Re-Enters UK Chart At Number 41.US Chart - 1 (23rd July 1988/134 weeks on chart/6 at Number 1).UK Chart - 1 (29th August 1987/107 weeks on chart/7 weeks in Top 10).Special Formats - US Picture Disc/Side A Alien Faces with logos/Side B computer background-promo pic.Special Formats - UK Limited Edition Die-Cut Sleeve Picture Disc/Side A Live Pics/Side B plain Alien Faces.UK Record Label - Bludgeon Riffola/Phonogram.Live Track 13 - Recorded 25th June 1987 in Tilburg, Holland.Mixed At - Battery Studios, London, England (early 1987).Studio - Studio Des Dames, Paris, France (June/July 1985).Studio - Windmill Lane Studio 2, Dublin, Ireland.Studio - Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland.Backing Vocals - The Bankrupt Brothers (Def Leppard/Mutt Lange/Rocky Newton).Keyboards/Fairlight programming - The Legendary Philip "Art School" Nicholas.Producer/Mixed By - Robert John 'Mutt' Lange.
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