Thursday, 29th October 2015
Happy Def Leppard Day Japan!
It is 30th October in Japan and Def Leppard's new self titled studio album has now been released there.
Local fans will not only be enjoying the main 14 album tracks but also a bonus song in the form of the 'Last Dance (Demo)'.
And to prove that see the photo below! - and someone in Germany has it too.
The band first played live in this country in January 1984 playing three Pyromania tour shows in Tokyo and Osaka.
The 2015 world tour continues on 9th November in Tokyo when the band return to this country for the first time since 2011 with a show at the legendary Nippon Budokan.
The band revealed the final running order for the album on Instagram on 14th September.
The first single/radio track Let's Go was then premiered online a day later and released digitally on 16th September.
A new lyric video for this song was released via YouTube on 2nd October.
Track 2 Dangerous was premiered on 16th October via the Billboard website.
The album recording started in February 2014 when the band thought they might record one or two songs for a possible online release.
They ended up with 12 in that first session and decided to make a full album. An album that is now being released all over the world throughout the next few hours.
DEF LEPPARD
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Def Leppard - Def Leppard - Album Tracklisting
- 01 - Let's Go - 5:01
- 02 - Dangerous - 3:26
- 03 - Man Enough - 3:54
- 04 - We Belong - 5:06
- 05 - Invincible - 3:46
- 06 - Sea Of Love - 4:04
- 07 - Energized - 3:23
- 08 - All Time High - 4:19
- 09 - Battle Of My Own - 2:42
- 10 - Broke 'n' Brokenhearted - 3:17
- 11 - Forever Young - 2:21
- 12 - Last Dance - 3:09
- 13 - Wings Of An Angel - 4:23
- 14 - Blind Faith - 5:33
- Total Time - 54:24
- Release Date - 30th October 2015
Phil Collen - September 2015
"We started writing all these stupid names down like we normally do, and I said, 'Why don't we call it 'Def Leppard' 'cause this is like, who knows if there will be another Def Leppard album, per se, with the way the industry is, and the fact that this record actually represents us. It doesn't represent someone else's, you know, a label, a business agenda or anything else's idea of what Def Leppard is. This is actually Def Leppard's version of Def Leppard. That's actually why we called it it."
Joe Elliott - August 2015
"It's got a bit of everything. And that's why the album is called Def Leppard."
Rick Allen - March 2015
"I love it. It was great making this record. You know we spent a lot of time together. We did three really concentrated sessions together over the course of last year and a little bit into this year. You know it was great just all sitting down in the same room and figuring these songs out."
Vivian Campbell - February 2015
"It's a great record. It's actually I think the best record I've made in the 23 years that I've been with the band."
Def Leppard - Retail Description
'Def Leppard" is the bands eleventh studio album – the first since 2008’s “Songs From the Sparkle Lounge”. From the instant hooks of album opener and first single “Let’s Go” to the bass groove of “Man Enough”, from the anthemic “Sea Of Love” to the beautiful album closer and future classic “Blind Faith”, from the instant hit of “Dangerous” to the acoustic “Battle Of My Own”, this is timeless Def Leppard: fourteen tracks that will delight fans and win over a whole new generation alike. Def Leppard have always known how to write hits, and this album is packed with them. The album was produced by Def Leppard, and longtime producer/engineer Ronan McHugh. The album was recorded at Joe’s Garage."
- Def Leppard - Def Leppard Album Section
- Def Leppard - 2015 Album News
- Previous News - 29th October 2015 - Part 2