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 rockers 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 … mehrtrends; 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. 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 weniger
CD 1
01 - Demolition Man
02 - Promises
03 - Back In Your Face
04 - Goodbye… mehr
05 - All Night
06 - Paper Sun
07 - It's Only Love
08 - 21st Century Sha La La La Girl
09 - To Be Alive
10 - Disintegrate
11 - Guilty
12 - Day After Day
13 - Kings Of Oblivion weniger