Def Leppard / Yeah – CD

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Author: DEF LEPPARD

Format: Remixes included

Release Date: 23-05-2006

Details: Amazon.ca While most of their teen peers were embracing nascent ’70s U.K. punk with all the snotty ‘tude they could muster, Sheffield’s Def Leppard instead infused then-moribund metal with bracing pop smarts. Having long since sold a gazillion or two records with that formula, the ’80s superstars pay homage to the eclectic, chart-savvy tastes that spawned it on this collection of covers, recharging their contemporary fortunes a bit in the bargain. Their takes on Me Decade standards like The Faces’ « Stay With Me, » Badfinger’s « No Matter What, » and T Rex’s « 20th Century Boy » may be arguably too faithful, right down to Joe Elliot’s often dead-on vocal chameleon routine. But elsewhere they perform some admirable pop archaeology, imparting a darker edge to David Essex’s spooky « Rock On » and pumping Blondie’s « Hanging on the Telephone, » one-hit-wonder John Kongos’s riff-fest « He’s Gonna Step On You Again, » and Sweet’s « Hell Raiser » full of patent Lep energy. –Jerry McCulley

UPC: 602498323113

EAN: 0602498323113

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New