While most of their teen peers were embracing nascent '70s U.K. punk with all the snotty 'tude they could muster, Sheffield's Def Leppard instead infused then-moribund metal with bracing pop smarts. Having long since sold a gazillion or...more.
On their highly anticipated new album, Def Leppard have created a heartfelt and hard rocking tribute to their musical heroes of the late 60's and 70's - the Kinks, Badfinger, T. Rex, David Bowie, Sweet, Roxy Music, Mott the Hoople...more.
Was blown away after listening this cd. Though almost all of the songs are new to me. But i have not seen such raw energy & passion in their music since High N Dry or Slang. Guitars are loud, Joe voice is...more.
Def Leppard has always been a very good band with good music. This CD is no exception. All the songs are good. My 2 favorite songs are 20th Century Boy and Stay With Me which sounds just like the Faces version...more.
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While many of their peers were abandoning '70s metal and arena rock to hop the punk/new wave bandwagon, Def Leppard smartly stripped the earlier era's music of its excesses, bolstered it with energetic, pop-savvy hooks and quickly found...more.