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- UK Release Date - 14th March 1980.
- US Release Date - 22nd March 1980.
- Album Type - Studio Album.
- Formats - CD/LP/CASS.
- Producer - (Colonel) Tom Allom.
- Engineer - Louis 'Snook' Austin/Dick Plant.
- Spoken Intro Voice - Dave Cousins (Track 06).
- Co-Writer On Track 06/Guitar Tech - Andy Smith (Joe's childhood friend).
- Synthesizer - Chris Hughes (Hello America).
- Studio - Startling Studios, Ascot, England (Dec 1979).
- UK Record Label - Vertigo.
- US Record Label - Island/Mercury.
- Side A Etched Message - 'Unleashed Leppard'-around label on UK Vinyl (9102 040).
- Side B Etched Message - 'Heavey Racket'-around label on UK Vinyl (9102 040).
- UK Chart - 15
- US Chart - 51
- Lead Vocals - Joe Elliott
- Bass - Rick Savage
- Guitars - Steve Clark
- Guitars - Pete Willis
- Drums - Rick Allen
Album Notes By DefDazz/Darren
The first studio album released by the band. The band had spent almost two years rehearsing and playing these songs live. They knew them so well the recording took only days. The album includes the classics 'Wasted', 'Rock Brigade' and the prophetic first single 'Hello America'.
The spoken intro for 'When The Walls Came Tumbling Down' was read by singer Dave Cousins of UK band the Strawbs who reached #2 in 1973 with 'Part Of The Union'.
Starting a tradition the original UK vinyl edition (9102 040) had funny messages etched on the vinyl around the label. Side 1 had "Unleashed Leppard" and Side 2 a deliberately mispelled "Heavey Racket". This edition also had the white cardboard inner sleeve holding the record. One side featuring a big black Def Leppard logo with triangular band pics/names below it. On the reverse was a smaller band logo in the top left, album title below it and full lyrics for all 11 songs.
As with 'High 'n' Dry' the mid 80s CD versions are all similar with the 822 533-2 M-1 catalogue number used for the UK/European and American releases still available today.
- Tracklisting >
- 01 - Rock Brigade
- 02 - Hello America
- 03 - Sorrow Is a Woman
- 04 - It Could Be You
- 05 - Satellite
- 06 - When The Walls Came Tumbling Down
- 07 - Wasted
- 08 - Rocks Off
- 09 - It Don't Matter
- 10 - Answer To The Master
- 11 - Overture