Songs From The Sparkle Lounge

Def Leppard - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge

Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
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Artist: Def Leppard
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-04-29
Music Label: Mercury
Soundtracks:
  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

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Free Music Review: It's Not Quite There
Hit: 3 Stars

Overall, not a bad album. However, still not to the old school Def Leppard that I long to hear. This album is a bit too "bubble gum" for me. Not that Def Leppard has ever been like a real hard-edged band (With the exception of "High 'n' Dry," "On Through The Night," and "Pyromania"), but I think this was kind of a desperate attempt to create a new fan base, instead trying to keep the old one happy. I throw this album in the same category with "Slang" and "X," which in my opinion were not very good, b/c those albums sound nothing like their old stuff. Anything post Retro-active that sounds like their old stuff has to be "Euphoria." This album is a slow step back in that direction, on some parts. The one thing that absolutely infuriated and the main reason this album is getting 3 stars (possibly even less), instead of 4, they broke the rocker cardinal rule: they put Tim McGraw in a song! YUCK!!!! THIS IS A ROCK BAND NOT COUNTRY GROUP!!!! I hope they don't become sell outs and make the mistake of creating a country album such as Bon Jovi and risk alienating their loyal fans. Overall not a bad album, if your a Def Lep fan pick it up. It's worth a shot.
P.S. JUST SKIP THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NINE LIVES WHERE TIM MCGRAW SINGS, SO AS TO AVOID EXCESSIVE NAUSEA!

Songs From The Sparkle Lounge Poster

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.

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