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DEF LEPPARD's DRASTIC SYMPHONIES Spends 16th Week At #1 On USA Classical Charts

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Def Leppard's Drastic Symphonies album recorded with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has spent 16 weeks at Number One on the USA Billboard charts.

The new album 'Drastic Symphonies' was released on Friday 19th May.

The album features 16 classic Def Leppard songs reworked and reimagined with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London.

The first single 'Animal' was released to digital and streaming services on the same day as the announcement followed by both 'Hysteria' on 5th May and 'When Love & Hate Collide' on 17th May.

USA Classical Charts

'Drastic Symphonies' has now spent 17 weeks on the USA Classical charts.

It topped the Billboard Classic and Classical Crossover charts in the USA in June just after in was released.

Joe confirmed on his latest Joe Elliott Show on Planet Rock that the album has spent 16 weeks at Number One now.

Joe says 11 of these weeks were consecutive.

This week the album is at Number Two for a second week in a row on the Classical Crossover chat after it's last run at Number One.


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The Joe Elliott Show - 16th September 2023 Quote

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"And before that we heard Def Leppard from the Drastic Symphonies album that I just found out a little while ago has been number one on the Classical charts for 16 weeks. 11 of them consecutively. So I thought that was something well worth celebrating with you good folk. The song that we just heard from the Drastic Symphonies album, Kings Of The World."


USA Billboard Classic Crossover Chart - Week of September 23rd, 2023

  • 2 - Def Leppard - Drastic Symphonies - (17th Week)

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Drastic Symphonies - Spotify Audio


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Drastic Symphonies (With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - Tracklisting

  • 01 - Turn To Dust - 5:29
  • 02 - Paper Sun - 5:33
  • 03 - Animal - 4:03
  • 04 - Pour Some Sugar On Me (Stripped Version) - (Feat. Emm Gryner) - 5:26
  • 05 - Hysteria - 5:56
  • 06 - Love Bites - 6:41
  • 07 - Goodbye For Good This Time - 4:26
  • 08 - Love - 3:55
  • 09 - Gods Of War - 6:45
  • 10 - Angels (Can't Help You Now) - 4:58
  • 11 - Bringin' On The Heartbreak - 4:33
  • 12 - Switch 625 - 3:04
  • 13 - Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad - 4:55 - (Bonus Track)
  • 14 - Too Late For Love - 5:37
  • 15 - When Love & Hate Collide - 4:16
  • 16 - Kings Of The World - 6:19
  • Producer - Def Leppard/Ronan McHugh/Nick Patrick
  • Mixer - Ronan McHugh
  • Record Label - Universal Music Recordings/Bludgeon Riffola
  • Total Time - 82 mins
  • Release Date - 19th May 2023

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