Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 31 March 1992 through Mercury Records. The album was the first by the band following the death of guitarist Steve Clark in 1991. "We had recorded demos on multitrack," recalled fellow guitarist Phil Collen. "I was sitting there with him when he played the original parts. I could relay that. But it was like playing along to a ghost."[4]
Reception
Adrenalize debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200[5] and peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.[6]
In a four star review for Rolling Stone, J.D. Considine wrote "Adrenalize is so relentlessly catchy that it almost seems as if the band is about to abandon its heavy-metal roots for the greener fields of hard pop."[7]
Track listing
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1. | "Let's Get Rocked" | Phil Collen, Joe Elliott, Mutt Lange, Rick Savage | 4:56 |
2. | "Heaven Is" | Steve Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | 3:33 |
3. | "Make Love Like a Man" | Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange | 4:15 |
4. | "Tonight" | Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | 4:03 |
5. | "White Lightning" | Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | 7:03 |
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6. | "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" | Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange | 4:32 |
7. | "Personal Property" | Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | 4:21 |
8. | "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" | Collen, Elliott, Lange | 5:24 |
9. | "I Wanna Touch U" | Rick Allen, Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange | 3:37 |
10. | "Tear It Down" | Clark, Collen, Elliott, Savage | 3:38 |
Total length: | 45:22 |
Deluxe edition (Bonus CD)
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1. | "Hysteria" (live) | Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | 7:17 |
2. | "Photograph" (live) | Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, Pete Willis | 4:44 |
3. | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (live) | Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | 5:09 |
4. | "Let's Get Rocked" (live) | Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | 5:46 |
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5. | "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (with Hothouse Flowers) | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | 7:43 |
6. | "Little Wing" (with Hothouse Flowers) | Jimi Hendrix | 3:40 |
7. | "Tonight" (version 2 - demo version featuring Steve Clark) | Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | 4:24 |
8. | "Now I'm Here" (live - featuring Brian May) | Brian May | 6:03 |
9. | "Two Steps Behind" (acoustic) | Elliott | 4:11 |
10. | "Tonight" (acoustic - Sun Studios version) | Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | 4:16 |
11. | "Too Late for Love" (live) | Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, Willis | 6:02 |
12. | "Women" (live) | Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | 6:34 |
Personnel
Production
- Mike "Bat Ears" Shipley – producer, engineer, mixing
- Def Leppard – producer
- Pete Woodroffe – engineer, programming, sequencing
- Robert John "Mutt" Lange – executive producer
- Robert Scovill – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Andie Airfix – art direction
- Pamela Springsteen – photography
Chart positions
Album
Chart (1992-1993) |
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Australia ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart |
1 |
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart |
1 |
U.S. Billboard 200 |
1 |
UK Albums Chart |
1 |
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