Def Leppard Music:

		List Price: $13.98		Label: Mercury Salesrank: 7093 Released: April 29, 2008
		Our Price: $6.87
		Used Price: $2.29
		Media: Audio CD

Songs From The Sparkle Lounge Track Listing:
1. Go
2. Nine Lives
3. C'mon C'mon
4. Love
5. Tomorrow
6. Cruise Control
7. Hallucinate
8. Only The Good Die Young
9. Bad Actress
10. Come Undone
11. Gotta Let It Go

Editorial Review:
BAND RETURNS WITH BRAND NEW STUDIO ALBUM
"SONGS FROM THE SPARKLE LOUNGE"
SET FOR RELEASE ON APRIL 29

Album Release Kicks Off With U.S. Spring Concert Tour!

Album Contains 11 NEW Original Songs Including the Single
"Nine Lives" Featuring Tim McGraw

Def Leppard, Great Britain's premiere arena rock band, is back with a bang--kicking off 2008 with the release of their 14th studio album and a U.S. arena concert tour scheduled for this spring. Entitled Songs From The Sparkle Lounge (Bludgeon Riffola/Island/UMe), the album contains 11 new songs including the highly-anticipated single "Nine Lives" featuring a groundbreaking collaboration with country music superstar Tim McGraw. Songs From The Sparkle Lounge is Def Leppard's first album of brand new material since 2002's X and begins yet another remarkable new chapter in the band's 30-year recording career.

Recorded last year during month-long stints at lead singer Joe Elliott's Dublin studio, the album's title refers to a backstage area called "The Sparkle Lounge" on Def Leppard's 2006 tour where the band would go to write songs. Tracks from the album have been described by the group as written in the style of Hysteria, with the production of High 'n' Dry.

"The whole record's got a great '70s feel," said lead singer Joe Elliott. "By our standards, it's a very different album as we've been very adventurous, musically, on certain numbers. On the album there are classic Def Leppard songs and then there's also tracks that are very new-wave influenced while others sound like middle-to-late '70s AC/DC. There will definitely be some moments on it where anybody that's familiar with our music will go, 'Whoa! I wasn't expecting that!'"

The foundation for the album's collaboration with country music superstar Tim McGraw was layed at Def Leppard's 2006 Hollywood Bowl show where McGraw joined the band on stage for an encore performance of "Pour Some Sugar on Me." The artists stayed in touch following the performance, and when the band started writing the song "Nine Lives" they immediately thought of reaching out to McGraw to sing on it. Guitarist Phil Collen flew to Nashville to play it for McGraw who loved it and recorded the song in Nashville shortly after. Other standout tracks on the album include "Go," reminiscent of the band's classic track "Rocket" in its power and aggressive tribal beat; "Love," an emotive and moving epic song; and the anthemic "Tomorrow," a song written by guitarist Collen about the death of his father.

With more than 65 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards to their credit, Def Leppard--Joe Elliott (vocals), Vivian Campbell (guitar), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick "Sav" Savage (bass) and Rick Allen (drums)--continues to be one of the most important forces in rock music. Over the course of their career, the band has produced a series of classic groundbreaking albums that set the sound for generations of music fans and artists. The group's spectacular live shows, filled with powerful melodic rock anthems, have become synonymous with their name and they are an institution in the touring industry as they continue to sell out arenas worldwide.

Songs From The Sparkle Lounge Reviews:
Awesome!
2009-12-11 - Love this album, especially the first track - totally Heavy Metal!
But c'mon Def Leppard - 11 tracks? If you put out another album
with only 11 tracks, I will give you just 1 star for being so miserly!

WOW!
2009-11-19 - The boys from Sheffield have still got it! Def Leppard only gets better with time. There is a mix, something for everyone. Even vintage Lep fans. Look forward to the next release.

Can't Pull The Wool Over People's Eyes Forever...
2009-10-26 - Def Leppard have been running on the successes of everything they did from 1980-1992. They continue to put out new albums, but they are not good. The songs lack hooks and good lyrics. It seems like they are following the trend of detuned guitars and a modern approach that stays away from big choruses and simple, effective guitar riffs. Bands like Def Leppard need to simplify things. That's what Mutt Lange would say if he were still producing them today. Keep it simple, lose the effects, add some emotion and draw people in.

As of October 25th, 2009, the band cancelled the third leg of their North American coliseum tour through Canada due to poor ticket sales. And little wonder. If each member of the band is pulling in around $200 K/year, you can't pull the wool over people's eyes forever. I'm sure (like greedy CEO's) they are making more than that, but let's make the point for argument sake. You can live off your early successes for a few years, but then you need to get going or you're gone!!

Comeback? They are back? Are you crazy?
2009-10-02 - This is a sad day when people have to "want" to like an old great rock band so much, they actually think a crappy CD is good. This CD is boring and so darn cheesy. Songs like "Bad Actress" are just awful. Its like a 5 year just ran around and started to spew out melodies and Def Leppard took them. The opening track "Go" offers some hope with its decent intro, but then it just fails to rock. I have loved this band since On Through the Night, but its time to just stop buying their new CD's. I have kept this CD in my player for a week, trying to like it. ITs just so not good.

Great like aged wine, they just get better.
2009-09-13 - This is a great cd. The music still had their hard beat that I love and the concert was awesome!