I used to love these guys - for about a year. The I stopped. Around the time I discovered Alice In Chains, Nirvana, and Soundgarden.
In fact I remember this CD as the first and almost only product I bought because of the Cover Art - it's pretty cool isn't it.
If you're into your Hair ... Read review
Desert Song Fractured Love Action Two Steps Behind - (acoustic version) She's Too ... more
Tough Miss You In A Heartbeat Only After Dark Ride Into The Sun From The Inside Ring Of Fire I Wanna Be Your Hero Miss You In A Heartbeat - (electri...
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Advantages: Great Cover, Fairly good tunes considering it's a B-Sides collection Disadvantages: Grows old quickly, and music style is somewhat outdated
I used to love these guys - for about a year. The I stopped. Around the time I discovered Alice In Chains, Nirvana, and Soundgarden.
In fact I remember this CD as the first and almost only product I bought because of the Cover Art - it's pretty cool isn't it.
If you're into your Hair Metal it's probably a middle of the road thing. As Soon as I grew out of Bon Jovi these guys followed pretty quickly - although Skid ... ...band that will never go out of fashion. Ironic that they were helped to fame by none other than Jon Bon himself.
Def Leppard are the spotty English cousin of that kind of music. But I'm rambling...to sum up - preview this before you buy, and listen to every track before you make the purchase - just to be sure! ... more
I used to love these guys - for about a year. The I stopped. Around the time I discovered Alice In Chains, Nirvana, and Soundgarden.
In fact I remember this CD as the first and almost only product I bought because of the Cover Art - it's pretty cool isn't it.
If you're into your Hair Metal it's probably a middle of the road thing. As Soon as I grew out of Bon Jovi these guys followed pretty quickly - although Skid Row remains, and probably always will, the only glam rock band that will never go out of fashion. Ironic that they were helped to fame by none other than Jon Bon himself.
Def Leppard are the spotty English cousin of that kind of music. But I'm rambling...to sum up - preview this before you buy, and listen to every track before you make the purchase - just to be sure!
Product Information for "Retro Active - Def Leppard" »
Product details
Title
Retro Active
Performer
Def Leppard
Genre
Heavy Metal
Sub Genre
Pop Metal
Release Date
25/01/1994
Recomended Retail Price
13.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1993
Label / Distributor
Bludgeon Riffola / Universal Music
Producer
Def Leppard
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
731451830525
Catalogue Number
5183052
Additional notes
Album Notes
RETRO ACTIVE is a collection of B-sides, alternate versions and rarities from the Def Leppard vaults. Def Leppard: Joe Elliot (vocals, guitar, piano); Rick Savage (guitar, keyboards, acoustic & electric bass, background vocals); Vivian Campbell, Phil Collen (guitar, background vocals); Steve Clark (guitar); Rick Allen (drums). Additional personnel: Pete Woodroffe (piano); Robert Mutt Lange, P.J. Smith (background vocals). Engineers include: Pete Woodroffe, Ronald Prent, Albert Boekholt. Recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland; Rainbow Studios and Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany; Bow Lane Studios and Joe's Garage, Dublin, Ireland. If you spent several years meticulously preparing each release like Def Leppard, you'd have countless unused ditties lying around too. This bounty forms the basis for 1993's RETRO ACTIVE. The collection includes B-sides and rarities that will be familiar to only the most die-hard fans--including such rockers as "She's Too Tough," "Ride Into the Sun," and "Ring of Fire," plus the ballads "Miss You in a Heartbeat," and "Two Steps Behind." Usually such compilations are of variable quality, but RETRO ACTIVE is sequenced so cunningly it's almost comparable to a Def Leppard studio album.
Album Reviews
Rolling Stone (11/25/93, p.114) - "...RETRO ACTIVE is a powerful package...[Def Leppard's] chief strength has been in the songs they write and RETRO ACTIVE underscores that appeal..." Q (12/93, p.130) - 3 Stars - Good - "...[RETRO ACTIVE] creates a pleasantly patterned patchwork that is...preferable to [Def Leppard's] more contrived, overtly commercial releases...." Entertainment Weekly (10/8/93, p.54) - "...Hard rock, '80s style, is supposed to be fun, and that's just what zillion-selling Def Leppard delivers...mostly the band just rocks out--which is pretty damn welcome..." - Rating: A-
Titles on disc 1
1.
Desert Song
2.
Fractured Love
3.
Two Steps Behind (Acoustic)
4.
Only After Dark
5.
Action
6.
She's Too Tough
7.
Miss You In A Heartbeat
8.
Only After Dark
9.
Ride Into The Sun
10.
From The Inside
11.
Ring Of Fire
12.
I Wanna Be Your Hero
13.
Miss You In A Heartbeat
14.
Two Steps Behind
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