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Although many music fans were convinced that Def Leppard would become hard rock's next big band, few could have predicted the massive across-the-boards success that its third record, 1983's PYROMANIA, achieved. Many wondered why it was taking ... Full Descriptionthe group so long to release a follow-up to 1981's HIGH 'N' DRY, but the finished product was well worth the wait. Not only did it become one of the year's best-selling albums and made the band instant U.S. arena headliners, but it has remained a consistent seller ever since (by 1994, it had reached nine million units in the U.S. alone).
The songwriting and overall sound was more streamlined and succinct this time around--while there are guitar riffs galore, the songs have more of a pop feel. Founding guitarist Pete Willis left during the recording, replaced by Phil Collen, who fit in perfectly with the band. The album features such mega-hits as "Photograph," "Rock of Ages," and "Foolin'," as well as a couple of other tracks that could have easily been singles as well, "Rock Rock (Till You Drop)" and "Too Late for Love." PYROMANIA remains one of the best and most popular hard-rock recordings of the '80s.
Recorded at Park Gates Studios, Battle, Sussex, England and Battery Studios, London, England.
Def Leppard: Joe Elliot (vocals); Steve "Steamin" Clark, Phil Collen, Pete Willis (guitar); Rick Savage (bass); Rick Allen (drums).
Def Leppard: Joe Elliot (vocals); Steve "Steamin'" Clark, Phil Collen, Pete Willis (guitar); Rick Savage (bass); Rick Allen (drums).
Additional personnel: John Kongos, Booker T. Boffin, Charlie (keyboards); The Leppardettes (background vocals).
Additional personnel: John Kongos, Booker T. Roffin, Charile (keyboards); The Leppardettes (background vocals).
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Rolling Stone (11/89) - Ranked #62 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums Of The Eighties survey.
Spin (p.105) - "[T]hey sweeten the sound, mating AC/DC riffs to Journey mall drama, battle-march mythos to lovelorn mooning over photo albums."
Magnet (p.114) - "[O]ne of the biggest, most anthemic albums of an era marked by huge, anthemic albums."
CMJ (1/5/04, p.12) - Ranked #19 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1983". Hide Description Def Leppard Pyromania Songs Purchase Pyromania CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Def Leppard High 'N' Dry CD (1981)
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Between the time of Def Leppard's 1980 debut, ON THROUGH THE NIGHT, and the band's second album, HIGH 'N' DRY (released one year later), the young group had improved tremendously. An extended world tour had made the band musically tighter, but they'd also become better songwriters--HIGH 'N' DRY contains several tracks that longtime Leppard fans point to as classics. Another major reason for the group's vast improvement was that renowned producer Mutt Lange was involved in the proceedings.
While the album wasn't a smash hit, it faired extremely well on the U.S. charts, due to touring and a newly born cable network called MTV, which aired Def Leppard's low-budget clips from HIGH 'N' DRY quite often. Highlights included the power ballad "Bringin' on the Heartbreak" (which would soon become a concert staple for the band), as well as the album-opening anthem "Let It Go," the instrumental "Switch 625," and the rough and rocking title track. HIGH 'N' DRY was reissued in the mid-'80s with a remix of "Bringin' on the Heartbreak" and a previously unreleased track from the album's recording sessions, "Me and My Wine." The late-'90s version deleted these two extra tracks, however.
Recorded at Battery Studios, London, England.
Def Leppard: Pete Willis, Steve Clark (vocals, guitar); Rick Savage (vocals, bass); Rick Allen (vocals, drums); Joe Elliott (vocals).
| | Def Leppard On Through The Night CD (1980)
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After spending a few years honing their chops playing bars in England, the members of Def Leppard released their first full-length album, ON THROUGH THE NIGHT, in 1980. Though the young band (all the members were either in their early 20s or still teenagers) was an exciting live draw, on record, Def Leppard was still finding its sound. ON THROUGH THE NIGHT shows that the group had great promise, and that its chief influences (Judas Priest, AC/DC, and especially Led Zeppelin), are easily detectable. There's also a palpable excitement that comes across from a band recording its first album.
ON THROUGH THE NIGHT does not contain any hit singles that are still played on rock radio today (as the group's future releases PYROMANIA and HYSTERIA would), but it remains one of the band's most straightforward release. Although some of the material gets bogged down in cliches ("Rock Brigade," "Rocks Off," "Wasted," etc.), tracks such as "Hello America" and "Overture" contain soaring vocal harmonies and evidence the melodic rock direction that the band would soon take to the top. ON THROUGH THE NIGHT was produced by Judas Priest producer Tom Allom. On future releases, producer Mutt Lange, the "sixth Leppard," sculpted the band's sound.
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Recorded at Startling Studios, Ascot, England in December 1979.
Def Leppard: Joe Elliott (vocals); Pete Willis, Steve Clark (guitar); Rick Savage (bass); Rick Allen (drums).
Additional personnel: Chris M. Hughes (synthesizer).
| | Def Leppard Hysteria CD (1987)
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Four years after PYROMANIA, Def Leppard were a comparative write-off. Dismissed by critics, seemingly dogged by bad luck, with drummer Rick Allen losing an arm in a car accident, HYSTERIA had to be an album to turn heads. In retrospect, it sounded like the first true hard rock record for the CD generation. Ambitious arrangements and remixes on songs such as "Rocket" and "Armaggedon It," a crisp single in "Animal," and a dense paean to love with "Love Bites," all bets were off. Def Leppard had created an intriguing language of ideas that still speaks volumes more than a decade on.
Recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland; Windmill Lane Studio 2, Dublin, Ireland; Studio Des Dames, Paris, France.
Def Leppard: Joe Elliot (vocals); Phil Collen, Steve Clark (guitar); Rick Savage (bass guitar); Rick Allen (drums).
Recording information: 1987.
Def Leppard: Joe Elliott (vocals); Steve Clark, Phil Collen (guitar); Rick Savage (bass); Rick Allen (drums).
Additional personnel: The Bankrupt Brothers (background vocals).
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| | Nightmare On Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors DVD (1987) Widescreen
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The third installment in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series. In a medical facility, seven teenagers who have constant nightmares about child murderer Freddy Krueger undergo monitoring for sleep disorders. But nothing that anyone does seems to help them -- until Nancy Thompson, the heroine of the first movie, joins the medical staff. She suggests that they try a new drug, which inhibits dreaming, on the youngsters. The gullible doctor-in-charge opposes this treatment, forcing Nancy to fight both him and a suspicious nurse in order to save the teens. Meanwhile, Freddy gleefully unleashes one horror-filled image after another to traumatize the patients ... till they fear that this is one nightmare they'll never wake up from again.
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments
| | Nightmare On Elm Street 4 - The Dream Master DVD (1988) Widescreen
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Freddy, the psycho-sandman, returns to terrorize the teenagers on Elm street, but finds himself squared off against the "Dream Master," a beautiful young girl who just may have the psychic ability to lay the horror to rest.
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments
| | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare DVD (1991) Widescreen
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Freddy Krueger, the evil dreamstalker, returns to lure his son back to Springwood. This time he may have met his match in his own child, but not before he enjoys some fiendish games of his own.
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments
| | By The Grace Of God Perspective CD (1997)
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| | Jason Becker Raspberry Jams CD (1999)
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Personnel: Jason Becker (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drum programming); Ehren Becker (vocals, bass); Marty Friedman (guitar).
| | Metal Majesty Untitled CD (2003) (Import) Japan
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This alternate version of Dutch hard rockers Metal Majesty's debut album includes "Grim Reaper" and "License to Chill."
Japanese edition of the melodic metal band's 2003 debut album with one bonus track added 'Everytime It Rains Again'. Avalon.
Japanese version includes extra song.
| | Masato Honda Illusion CD (2004) (Import)
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All tracks have been digitally mastered using XRCD technology.
As seen at the end of the 2003 JVC Jazz Festival Tour in Asia with such jazz greats as Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour and Pat Metheny, Masato Honda, the ex-front man of T-Square, the most famous jazz/fusion band in Asia, explodes on the jazz scene with his
Personnel: Masato Honda (alto saxophone); Masahiro Sayama (piano); Vagabond Suzuki (bass instrument); Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami (drums).
Recording information: JVC Aoyama Studio, Tokyo, Japan (11/1999).
| | Essential Lounge CDs (2005)
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Track Listing of songs: DISC 1: Rondo Acapricio; I Still Feel; Marching the Hate Machines (Into the Sun); Wonders Never Cease; Maybe; Back It Up; Mating Game, The; Song For Mary; That's What's Happening Tonight; Tippy Tippy Toe; Mating Game, The; What You're Going Through; DISC 2: Turn on the Sun Again; Grin and Bear; Together; Once Around the Block; Here Comes...; Longsight M13; Fruity Track, The; Spirituality Immature Mansion, The; Farewell/Goodbye; Little Words; Enter My Vibe; Sunday Monday;
| | Dinah Washington CD (2006) (Import)
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Track Listing of songs: Mad About The Boy; Stairway To The Stars; How Deep Is The Ocean; If I Loved You; I Apologize; My Devotion; I Thought About You; Am I Blue; Our Love Is Here To Stay; If It's The Last Thing I Do; Darn That Dream; Teach Me Tonight; I Concentrate On You; Make The Man Love Me; I Wanna Be Loved; Blue Gardenia; What A Difference A Day Made; Cry Me A River; Willow Weep For Me; If I Had You; Goodbye; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes; Look To The Rainbow; I'm Lost Without You Tonight; More Than You Know; You're Crying; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye; I'll Close My Eyes; Never Let Me Go; I've Got A Feelin' I'm Fallin'; It's Magic; Time After Time;
| | Face The Panic Reclamation CD (2007)
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Track Listing of songs: The Reclamation; Shell Of A Man; Land Of Opportunities; My Human Tumor; El Diablo Blanco; Authority Pollutes; Black Heart; Business As Usual; File Under Fiction; Elitist Fool; Face The Panic; Outro;
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