| Euphoria | 
 enlarge | Artist: Def Leppard
Label: Island / Mercury
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  456 reviews
Sales Rank: 13158
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 546212
UPC: 731454621229
EAN: 0731454621229
ASIN: B00000J7Q8
Release Date: June 8, 1999
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Condition: In great shape, may have light wear.
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| Tracks:
| • | Demolition Man | | • | Promises | | • | Back in Your Face - Def Leppard, Elliott, Joe | | • | Goodbye - Def Leppard, Savage, Rick | | • | All Night | | • | Paper Sun | | • | It's Only Love - Def Leppard, Elliott, Joe | | • | 21st Century Sha la la la Girl | | • | To Be Alive - Def Leppard, Campbell, Vivian | | • | Disintegrate | | • | Guilty | | • | Day After Day | | • | Kings of Obivion - Def Leppard, Elliott, Joe |
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Tongue firmly in cheek, Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott once referred to his band's wildly successful anthemic hard rock as "deep and meaningless." Indeed, while peers of the Sheffield punters were scrambling to embrace successive waves of punk, new wave, alternative, and post-whatever, the Leps stayed true to their arena-rock roots and became one of the most successful, if least hyped, bands of the 1980s and early '90s. Only their 1996 album Slang bowed to market trends; its disappointing showing only spurred a return to familiar form on Euphoria. The band also brought producer and de facto sixth band member Robert "Mutt" Lange back into the fold for a trio of tracks, including "Promises," a seamless wall of hooks that outshines even the band's Pyromania and Hysteria prime. And if the Lep-Lange lineup bats only .333 (faltering on the goofy, Prince-ly funk of "All Night" and the bubble-gum pop of "It's Only Love") this inning, they redeem themselves with balladry that beats post-Diane Warren Aerosmith at their own game ("Goodbye") and enough glossy energy ("Demolition Man," "Back in Your Face," "Day After Day," "King of Oblivion") to reclaim their strange niche on the pop plateau midway between AC/DC and Abba. Though they've largely been left out of the critical debate, Def Leppard long ago established their credentials as power-pop monsters with the public. All that's left for the pundits to decide is: Def Leppard--band out of time or band for the ages? --Jerry McCulley
Album Description
Australian edition of the hit British rocker's 1999 outing with two unmarked bonus tracks added, 'Worlds Collide' & 'Under My Wheels'. 15 tracks total, also featuring the singles 'Promises' & 'Goodbye'. 1999 release.
Album Description
Digitally remastered collection from one of Sweden's most influential and legendary bands. 20 of the band's best songs, 2 previously unreleasedtracks and a 16-page booklet following their history from start to finish. 2004.
Album Details
Limited Edition Special 3-D Packaging.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 451 more reviews...
 Def Leppard's new album is pure magic. November 7, 1999
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've been a huge fan of Def Leppard's for a long time. I have every one of their albums and every single one of them is great. With this new release,Euphoria, Def Leppard goes back to basics and brings out some of their best work. Mutt Lange is also back with Def Lep and worked on three songs with them, Promises, All Night, and It's Only Love. The album starts out with Demolition Man, a fasted pace song that basically says that they are here and they won't take sh** from nobody. Euphoria also has the ballads, Goodbye and To Be Alive. Def Leppard also has an instumental on the album, Disintegrate. This whole album is great and anyone who says Def Leppard died with the 80's, tell them to listen to this album. Move over Limp Bizkit, Korn, and Kid Rock, Def Leppard is here to bring true Rock N' Roll back to the 90's.
 I WISH I WAS DEAF AFTER LISTENING TO THIS! June 6, 2001
7 out of 15 found this review helpful
The sound you hear is Def Leppard hitting bottom. I'm amazed by all the good reviews here. Is everyone tone deaf? This is the weakest album I have ever heard. I can't believe this is the same band that made Pyromania and Hysteria. This album sorta sounds like Adrenalize, which isn't really a good thing. If you're thinking of buying this, don't. Ignore all the biased 4 and 5 star reviews. I have over 450 cd's of various music and this is one of the worst cd's I have. No kidding!
 I cried when I bought this album!!! January 12, 2006
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
This was definitely not the direction Def Leppard should've gone in. Their previous album Slang took them in a new direction. Like it or not, it was different, edgey and simply put, much better music. After Slang didn't do as well as they'd hoped or expected, they went back to their old 80's pop style music, trying to rekindle old flames......... and it didn't work. This album to me was sort of like Adrenalize Part 2. And Adrenalize sucked (minus White Lightning and maybe Tear it Down and I Wanna Touch U)!!!
My review of this album is as follows:
1. Demolition Man: Nothing new here. Ok song, upbeat. Not bad, just not good. This is the perfect lead up to the rest of this album.
2. Promises: Very catchy tune! Good musically but the lyrics are abysmal! C'mon guys, you can do better than this! When I was 13 this would've been cool.
3.Back in Your Face: Sucks. Sort of like a Don't Shoot Shotgun/Run Riot sound but.....not!
4. Goodbye: Not horrible but just another Def Lep ballad recycled
5. All Night: Horrible
6. Paper Sun: FINALLY! Something that sounds like older bluesy Bringin on the Heartbreak/Too Late for Love edge to it. But what the hell do the lyrics mean?
7. It's Only Love: Sucks
8. 21st Cent. Shala....: Kinda catchy but ????? We've gotta work on the lyrics a little guys!
9. To Be Alive: Best ballad on cd. Not bad.
10. Disintergrate: Nice departure. Stricly instrumental. Like it
11. Guilty: Almost threw cd out of the window after I heard this one!
12. Day After Day: Best song on the CD by far!!! but.... (see Paper Sun comments)
13. Kings of Oblivion: Sounds more like something off of Slang. Not bad but too over-produced.
Believe it or not, I LOVE Def Lep; just not this version of them. Basically it's not a bad album. It's just not a good album.
Guys, if you ever by some miracle read this PLEASE, just pick up the instruments, play something, record it and stick it on a cd. STOP OVER-F*#KING-PRODUCING every album you make. And the soft overdubbed back ground vocals, i.e., Love Bites, Have you ever needed..., Guilty...... STOP IT. Go back to something real. Something more Slang meets RetroActive. Better yet, don't try to rehash anything. Just try to expand musically. Please, for the love of GOD, don't give us another Euphoria or X.
I'll give it 3 stars because of Day After Day, and a couple of catchy tunes and also because Vivian Campbell's solo's on Day After Day and Paper Sun ROCK!!! Viv and Phil's styles are easily discernable.
 Euphoria: The Best Of Def Leppard? May 10, 2000
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Def Leppard claims that Euphoria is a return to the Pyromania/Hysteria sound and style. That isn't quite what I hear when I listen to Euphoria but this is a good album, anyway.The rockers fare better on this album moreso than do the ballads. The fast-paced "Demolition Man", the epic "Paper Sun" and the '70s glam rock-influenced "21st Century Sha La La La Girl" are the highlights on this excellent release. Other noteworthy songs include the dark "Day After Day", the radio-friendly rocker "Promises", the catchy "Guilty" and the Satriani-like instrumental "Disintegrate". Unfortunately, as I stated earlier, the ballads keep this album from being a five star cd. But that's okay, Def Leppard is back. Is Euphoria Pyromania plus Hysteria? No. I find that while Euphoria does have many similarities to Hysteria, the similarities to Adrenalize, Retro Active and even Slang are stronger than the Pyromania similarities. If you took the best moments off of Retro Active, Slang and Adrenalize, mixed it with the powerful pop-metal of Hysteria, you'd end up with Euphoria. So, in a way, Euphoria is the best of Def Leppard. Euphoria is Adrenalize on steroids, it's Hysteria injected with the best of Slang. It's the best of post-Pyromania Def Leppard.
Leppardized February 9, 2000
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
First of all, the album "Slang" was never a disappointment. This album needed some "air time" on the radio, which It never did! Never heard one song on tha radio. Songs such as "Breath a sigh", "All I want is everything" would of been smash hits. Not only those two, but the rest of the other tracks would been also. Big Def Lep fans would understand im trying to say, and the peeps that havnt got a taste of Def Lep, watch out.....! Euphoria is an album that kicks these artist in the head....., pop, rock, hip-hop, and heavy metal. Its that good. The tracks are uplifting, juices you up to start the day and go till night. Buy it, it wont disappoint you. "I GUARANTEE IT"
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