Artist: DEF LEPPARD
Album: YEAH! VINYL REISSUE (2LP)

Release date: 2006/ 2021
EAN/UPS: 0602508180095
Media type: LP

Recording information: Joe's Garage, Dublin, Ireland. Riding a wave of renewed popularity that began with 2005's well-received ROCK OF AGES retrospective, Def Leppard released YEAH! the following year. Rather than issuing new original material, however, the U.K. group opted to record a set of songs by its late-1960s/early-'70s British (and, in one case, U.S.) rock precursors, effectively going back to its roots. As the lighthearted liner notes and humorous accompanying photos (featuring each band member inserted into a different classic album cover) indicate, frontman Joe Elliot and company clearly had a good time making this disc. While the ensemble offers up fairly straightforward versions of T. Rex's "20th Century Boy" and Blondie's "Hanging on the Telephone," David Essex's "Rock On" gets a bright, metallic facelift. Despite the absence of original material, the ensemble hasn't sounded this full of life since '87's smash HYSTERIA.

TRACKLIST 2LP:

1. 20th Century Boy
2. Rock On
3. Hanging On The Telephone
4. Waterloo Sunset

5. Hell Raiser
6. 10538 Overture
7. Street Life
8. Drive In A Saturday

9. Little Bit Of Love
10. Golden Age Of Rock & Roll
11. No Matter What

12. He's Gonna Step On You Again
13. Don't Believe A Word
14. Stay With Me

LINE-UP:

Joe Elliott (vocals)
Phil Collen (guitar)
Vivian Campbell (guitar)
Rick Savage (bass)
Rick Allen (drums)