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Euphoria (Def Leppard album)
Euphoria (Def Leppard album)
Euphoria
Studio album by Def Leppard Released Recorded Genre Length Label Producer June 8, 1999 (1999-06-08) 1998 at Joe’s Garage in Dublin, Ireland Hard rock 51:01 Mercury Pete Woodroffe and Def Leppard
Professional reviews • Allmusic link • Entertainment Weekly B+ link Def Leppard chronology Slang (1996) Euphoria (1999) X (2002)
Singles from Euphoria 1. "Promises" Released: 1999 (worldwide, except Europe) 2. "Promises/Back in Your Face" Released: 1999 (Europe) 3. "Paper Sun" Released: 1999 (US) 4. "Goodbye" Released: 1999 5. "Day After Day" Released: 2000 (US) 6. "21st Century Sha La La La Girl" Released: 2000 (US)
days in a more limited role. Three songs were co-written with Lange, who lent background vocals (as he had on other albums): "It’s Only Love", "All Night" and "Promises". Tracks were written with their old sound clearly in mind, and a song first recorded by Vivian Campbell’s side band Clock, "To Be Alive", received a Leppard makeover. For the first time since 1981’s High ’n’ Dry, an instrumental was included (Phil Collen’s "Disintegrate"). This instrumental was known before as "Spanish Sky", a ballad that evolved into this track. Collen said this short breath for singer Joe Elliott was a "cigarette break for the nineties". 1996 Formula One racing champion Damon Hill, a neighbor of Rick Savage, would contribute a guitar solo to the track "Demolition Man". In its first week of release, Euphoria sold over 98,000 units in the US and just missed the Top 10 of the Billboard 200, reaching #11. First single "Promises" topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart in June 1999, a spot the band had not held in six years. Euphoria would later be certified gold in the US, Canada and Japan. The album-supporting tour stretched from May 1999 to September 2000.
Track listing
# 1. Title "Demolition Man" Writer(s) Phil Collen, Vivian Campbell, Joe Elliott Collen, Mutt Lange Elliott, Collen Rick Savage Collen, Lange Collen, Campbell, Elliott, Savage, Pete Woodroffe Length 3:24
Euphoria is the seventh studio album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1999. The album marked a return to their signature sound made famous by the band in the 1980s. It was produced by the band with Pete Woodroffe.
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"Promises" "Back in Your Face" "Goodbye" "All Night" "Paper Sun"
3:59 3:20 3:36 3:38 5:27
Overview
Following Slang, the band was initially unsure of which direction to take for their next release, upon reconvening in April 1998. The band would enlist the aid of former producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange for four
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7. "It’s Only Love" Elliott, Lange, Savage, Campbell 4:06
Euphoria (Def Leppard album)
• Vivian Campbell – guitar, vocals • Rick "Sav" Savage – bass guitar, vocals
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"21st Century Collen, Elliott, 4:06 Sha La La La Savage Girl" "To Be Alive" Campbell, P.J. Smith 3:53 2:51 3:47
Additional musicians
• Ciaran McGoldrick, Gary Sullivan, Ricky Warwick – hey’s and claps on "Back in Your Face" • Mutt Lange – additional vocals on "Promises" and "All Night", additional guitar on "All Night" • Damon "Demon" Hill – end guitar solo on "Demolition Man"
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10. "Disintegrate" Collen 11. "Guilty" Collen, Savage, Elliott, Campbell, Woodroffe
Production
• Pete Woodroffe – producer, engineer, mixing • Def Leppard – producer • Ger McDonnell – engineer • Ronan McHugh – engineer • Tom Stanley – mix assistant • Bob Ludwig – mastering • Andie Airfix – artwork • Andy Earl – photography
12. "Day After Day" 13. "Kings of Oblivion" 14. "I Am Your Child (Australian Bonus Track)"
Collen, Elliott, 4:36 Campbell Elliott, Collen, 4:18 Savage Elliott, Collen, 3:27 Savage
Personnel
• Rick Allen – drums • Phil Collen – guitar, vocals • Joe Elliott – lead vocals
References
• (1999) Album notes for Euphoria by Def Leppard [CD booklet]. London, England: Mercury (314 546 212-2). Euphoria at MusicBrainz.
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