Track Listing

1. Demolition Man
2. Promises
3. Back In Your Face
4. Goodbye
5. All Night
6. Paper Sun
7. It's Only Love
8. 21st Century Sha La La Girl
9. To Be Alive
10. Disintegrate
11. Guilty
12. Day After Day
13. Kings Of Oblivion

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65870 in Music
• Released on: 1999-06-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition

Amazon.co.uk Review
Tongue firmly in cheek, Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott once referred to his band's wildly successful anthemic hard rock as "deep and meaningless". Indeed, while peers of the Sheffield rockers were scrambling to embrace successive waves of punk, new wave, alternative and post-whatever, the Leps stayed true to their arena-rock roots and became one of the most successful, if least hyped, bands of the 1980s and early 90s. Only their 1996 album Slang bowed to market trends; its disappointing showing only spurred a return to familiar form on Euphoria. The band also brought producer and de facto sixth band member Robert "Mutt" Lange back into the fold for a trio of tracks, including "Promises", a seamless wall of hooks that outshines even the band's Pyromania and Hysteria prime. Though they've largely been left out of the critical debate, Def Leppard long ago established their credentials as power-pop monsters with the public. All that's left for the pundits to decide is: Def Leppard--band out of time or band for the ages? --Jerry McCulley

CD Description
80's pop metal demigods Def Leppard release their 9th albumamid a hard rock resurgence primed and ready for the Lep's sound. With their previous album, SLANG, heading slightly too far in the alternative direction for longtime fans to digest, EUPHORIA is a welcome return to form.
"Demolition Man" is a hard rock track reminiscent of HIGH N' DRY-era Def Lep. "Promises" is an infectious pop ditty featuring Mutt Lange on background vocals. Lange also supplies funky guitar on "All Night", yet the longtime Leppard producer takes a backseat to Pete Woodroffe and the band for this album's production. "Goodbye" is a wonderful power ballad from the band thatinvented the genre. On EUPHORIA, Def Leppard keep things fresh and new, while returning to the hooks and crunchy guitars that made the group a household name. The album is their strongest since 1992's ADRENALIZE, and well worth a listen.

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Overlooked Album
1998 through 2000 were bad years for bands whose highpoints were the 80's. Def Leppard, along with other bands from their era tried to change their sound to fit in -- the only other alternative was to fade away. With "Euphoria" the band returned to the signature sound they left off with after "Hysteria". Had this album been released after "Hysteria" rather than "Adrenalize," I think it would have done much better. Since it was released during the "Dark Ages" of music: the boy-band-brainless-teen-pap era, the album never had a real chance for chart success. Now that the music listening audience at large seems to be coming back to its senses, I'm hoping people rediscover the good music that was being produced during these lean years. This is one album that deserves another listen.

This truly is a very good album of material. "Demolition Man," "Promises," "Paper Sun," "It's Only Love," "21st Century Girl" and "Day After Day" are really good Def Leppard songs while the rest are only so-so. There is definitely a high level of energy throughout "Euphoria" that the band seemed lacking on their previous effort, "Slang," and it shows in the music. There are a few exceptions on the CD (the cheesy "Back in Your Face" comes to mind), but those tracks are forgivable for all the good material contained within.

If you lost track of the band after "Hysteria," pick this album up, as it's a good place to see all the good music you've been missing!

Def Leppard "Back in Your Face"!!!
After getting the "Retroactive" album (a collection of older bits n pieces) and the "Vault" greatest hits album out of their system, Def Leppard released "Slang" and we finally got to hear what the new line up (now including Vivian Campbell) would sound like... and it was a bit of a disappointment as Def Leppard really did try something new and probably left most of their older fans scratching their heads. So what would the next album bring??? "Euphoria" was the answer... literally!

This is Def Leppard getting back to basics with the feel of energy and enthusiasm that was in the earlier albums. Tracks such as "Day after Day" (sounding a bit like "Fractured Love" or "Gods of War" or perhaps "High N Dry" in parts??) and "Disintegrate" demonstrate that, whilst "Kings of Oblivion" will grow on you instantly and make you want to play the whole album again!

Even fans of the middle Def Lep period of Hysteria/Adrenalize won't be disappointed with songs such as "Promises" and "All Night" very much fitting into that period with their feel... and with tongue in cheek humour returning again! "I'm back in your face" sings Joe... Never a truer word uttered!!!!!

A great return to classic Def Leppard rock!
After a slight "pause" in their career with the previosly released "Slang" album, the Leps are back in fine form with "Euphoria".

"Euphoria" is very reminicent of their heady "Pyromania" and "Hysteria" days and favourite tracks for me are "Back In Your Face" which they certainly are and the beautiful ballad "Goodbye".

To all fans of classic rock, especially the early Def Leppard sound, this is definitely worth a listen. One of the best albums they have released in years. There isn't one bad track on the album - ENJOY!