DEF LEPPARD – CD Box Set Volume Two [7-CD Remastered Ltd. Edition] (2019)

Sheffield icons DEF LEPPARD launched “Volume Two” Box Set bringing together 1992’s Adrenalize, 1993’s Retro Active, 1996’s Slang and 1999’s Euphoria, all remastered. Also included in the package there’s 3 bonus CD’s: Rarities Vol.2, Vol.3 and Vol.4, which feature rare tracks, b-sides and live recordings from the ’90s, which have been compiled by Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott.

Last year the band released Volume One including all their ’80s albums plus rarities.
Of course, Def Leppard’s Nineties catalog is the focus of the ‘Volume Two’ box set, which collects the decade’s LPs, B-sides, outtakes and more.
Indeed, this new box takes a look at their output through what would be a tumultuous and shifting ’90s.

This began with their fifth album, 1992’s ‘Adrenalize’, which came not just as the tide of popular music was quickly shifting from metal excess to grunge angst, but also after the 1991 death of longtime guitarist Steve Clark. Rather than jumping ship to follow the trends, ‘Adrenalize’ was a continuation of Def Lep’s infectious hard rocking melodic, and the record still topped the charts and sold respectable multi-million numbers.
Though the group’s next studio album, 1996’s ‘Slang’, took steps away from their established formula, even its raw production and experimental dabbling couldn’t disguise the blend of swagger and melody that made it a Def Leppard album.

The Collection: Volume Two also includes 1993 B-sides comp ‘Retro-Active’, 1999’s return-to-form ‘Euphoria’, and a vault’s 3-CD worth of rarities from this phase.
The rarities are made up largely of live recordings, but there’s also a fair amount of alternate versions, outtakes, and songs from soundtracks the group was involved with throughout the ’90s.

Various demos, working tapes, and acoustic versions of songs like “When Love and Hate Collide” give insight to Def Leppard’s creative process as they continued to evolve through a decade that was less than kind to many of the bigger names of ’80s hair metal and arena rock.
But Def Leppard is still here, alive and kickin’…
MUST Have

CD 1 Adrenalize
1. Let’s Get Rocked
2. Heaven Is
3. Make Love Like A Man
4. Tonight
5. White Lightning
6. Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion)
7. Personal Property
8. Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad?
9. I Wanna Touch U
10. Tear It Down

CD 2 Retro Active
1. Desert Song
2. Fractured Love
3. Action! Not Words
4. Two Steps Behind (Acoustic Version)
5. She’s Too Tough
6. Miss You in A Heartbeat
7. Only After Dark
8. Ride into The Sun
9. From the Inside
10. Ring of Fire
11. I Wanna Be Your Hero
12. Miss You in A Heartbeat (Electric Version)
13. Two Steps Behind (Electric Version)
14. Miss You in A Heartbeat (Piano Version)

CD 3 Slang
1. Truth?
2. Turn to Dust
3. Slang
4. All I Want Is Everything
5. Work It Out
6. Breathe A Sigh
7. Deliver Me
8. Gift of Flesh
9. Blood Runs Cold
10. Where Does Love Go When It Dies
11. Pearl of Euphoria

CD 4 Euphoria
1. Demolition Man
2. Promises
3. Back In Your Face
4. Goodbye
5. All Night
6. Paper Sun
7. It’s Only Love
8. 21st Century Sha La La La Girl
9. To Be Alive
10. Disintegrate
11. Guilty
12. Day After Day
13. Kings of Oblivion

CD 5 Rarities Vol. 2
1. Tonight (Demo Version 2)
2. When Love and Hate Collide (Original Demo)
3. From the Inside – B-Side
4. Two Steps Behind (Acoustic)
5. She’s Too Tough (Joe’s Demo)
6. Miss You in A Heartbeat (Phil’s Demo)
7. Tonight (Acoustic – Sun Studios Version)
8. S.M.C. – B-Side
9. Hysteria (In the Club in Your Face – Bonn)
10. Photograph (In the Club in Your Face – Bonn)
11. Pour Some Sugar on Me (In the Club in Your Face – Bonn)
12. Let’s Get Rocked (In the Club in Your Face – Bonn)

CD 6 Rarities Vol. 3
1. Armageddon It – Live In Singapore ’95
2. Two Steps Behind – Live In Singapore ’95
3. From The Inside – Live In Singapore ’95
4. Animal – Live In Singapore ’95
5. When Love & Hate Collide – Live In Singapore ’95
6. Pour Some Sugar On Me – Live In Singapore ’95
7. When Love & Hate Collide – Piano & Strings Version
8. Can’t Keep Away From The Flame – Japanese ‘Vault’ Bonus Track
9. Truth? – Original Version
10.Move With Me Slowly – Bonus Track
11. Work It Out – Viv’s Demo

CD 7 Rarities Vol. 4
1. Bringin’ On the Heartbreak (Live in Montreal)
2. Switch 625 (Live in Montreal)
3. Miss You in A Heartbeat (Live in Montreal)
4. Work It Out (Live in Montreal)
5. Deliver Me (Live in Montreal)
6. When Saturday Comes – B-Side All I Want
7. Jimmy’s Theme – B-Side All I Want
8. Burnout – B-Side Goodbye
9. Immortal – B-Side Goodbye
10. World Collide – B-Side Promises
11. I Am Your Child – Euphoria bonus track
12. Demolition Man – Denver (Web Site Bonus)
13. When Love and Hate Collide – Tokyo (Web Site Bonus)
14. Paper Sun – Tokyo (Web Site Bonus)
15. Goodbye – Tokyo (Web Site Bonus)

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