Best of Def Leppard
| Best of Def Leppard | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 25 October 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–2004 | |||
| Genre | Glam metal | |||
| Label | Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury | |||
| Def Leppard chronology | ||||
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Best of Def Leppard (or The Best Of) is a compilation album featuring some of Def Leppard's most popular songs. The album charted at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart.[1]
Best Of supplements 1995's Vault as the definitive collection of Def Leppard's work. In fact, Best of Disc 1 is essentially Vault with the addition of "Long Long Way to Go."
A 2-CD limited edition was released in a slipcase with more obscure fan-favourite album cuts on the second disc, including tracks from more recent albums. In the UK, a cover of The Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset" was included as a bonus. This foreshadowed the band's forthcoming '70s cover album Yeah!
Best Of was released in a number of territories around the world, but not North America. A 2-CD best of called Rock of Ages was issued there instead.
The single-CD edition of the album features material from 1981's High 'n' Dry through to 2002's X. Track distribution focuses largely on the band's late '80s/early '90s hits, with a single song from High 'n' Dry, two from Pyromania (1983), six from Hysteria (1987), four from Adrenalize (1992), two from Retro Active (1993), and a single song from X. "When Love & Hate Collide", the sole new song from 1995's greatest hits set Vault was also included. The 2-CD version gives a more even cross-section of the band's career, starting with two songs from On Through the Night (1980), four from High 'n' Dry, seven from Pyromania, seven from Hysteria, five from Adrenalize, two from Retro Active, "When Love & Hate Collide" the new song on Vault, two from Slang (1996), one from Euphoria (1999), two from X (2002) and one new song, the cover of "Waterloo Sunset" which was to be included in the band's forthcoming cover album Yeah! (2006).
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (Historia video version) | Hysteria, 1987 | 4:52 | |
| 2. | "Photograph" |
| Pyromania, 1983 | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Love Bites" |
| Hysteria | 5:47 |
| 4. | "Let's Get Rocked" |
| Adrenalize, 1992 | 4:56 |
| 5. | "Two Steps Behind" | Elliott | Retro Active and Last Action Hero: Music from the Original Motion Picture, 1993 | 4:20 |
| 6. | "Animal" |
| Hysteria | 4:04 |
| 7. | "Heaven Is" |
| Adrenalize | 3:34 |
| 8. | "Rocket" |
| Hysteria | 4:07 |
| 9. | "When Love & Hate Collide" |
| Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995), 1995 | 4:18 |
| 10. | "Action" | Retro Active | 3:42 | |
| 11. | "Long, Long Way to Go" (Edited version) |
| X, 2002 | 4:39 |
| 12. | "Make Love Like a Man" |
| Adrenalize | 4:15 |
| 13. | "Armageddon It" |
| Hysteria | 5:22 |
| 14. | "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" |
| Adrenalize | 5:19 |
| 15. | "Rock of Ages" |
| Pyromania | 4:08 |
| 16. | "Hysteria" |
| Hysteria | 5:55 |
| 17. | "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" |
| High 'n' Dry, 1981 | 4:34 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" |
| Pyromania | 3:55 |
| 2. | "Waterloo Sunset" | Ray Davies | New song; later to be released on Yeah!, 2006 | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Promises" |
| Euphoria, 1999 | 3:59 |
| 4. | "Slang" |
| Slang, 1996 | 2:37 |
| 5. | "Foolin'" |
| Pyromania | 4:34 |
| 6. | "Now" |
| X | 3:59 |
| 7. | "Rock Brigade" |
| On Through the Night, 1980 | 3:08 |
| 8. | "Women" |
| Hysteria | 5:42 |
| 9. | "Let It Go" |
| High 'n' Dry | 4:42 |
| 10. | "Too Late for Love" |
| Pyromania | 4:27 |
| 11. | "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" |
| High 'n' Dry | 3:26 |
| 12. | "Work It Out" | Campbell | Slang | 4:45 |
| 13. | "Billy's Got a Gun" (Edited version) |
| Pyromania | 5:00 |
| 14. | "Another Hit and Run" |
| High 'n' Dry | 4:58 |
| 15. | "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" |
| Adrenalize | 4:26 |
| 16. | "Wasted" |
| On Through the Night | 3:48 |
| 17. | "Die Hard the Hunter" |
| Pyromania | 6:17 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina (CAPIF)[2] | Gold | 20,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[3] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ "Def Leppard The Official Charts Company".
- ^ "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "British album certifications – Def Leppard – Best Of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 April 2019. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Best Of in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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