Saturday, 11th April 2015
UK Album Advert
Def Leppard's fifth studio album 'Adrenalize' entered the UK album chart at Number One 23 years ago on this day in 1992 in the UK.
The album was the first to be released after the death of guitarist Steve Clark. It was finished off in 1991 as a four piece with Phil Collen playing all of the guitar parts.
This was the band's second straight UK Number One album.
It entered at the top spot on 11th April 1992 and spent one week at Number One.
It then spent the first four weeks inside the Top 10 at 1, 4, 7 and 9 plus two more weeks inside the Top 20.
The album had three runs on the chart spending 30 weeks inside the Top 100 in all between its release and February 1993.
1996 Work It Out Album Postcards - Joe Elliott Quotes
"Mike Shipley was co-producing, we went to Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Holland to make this one. We lost a dear friend in that year. It was tough going, I think that we all felt the strain or recording under these circumstances. But we made a conscious effort to complete the record as a four piece."
"We finished it at my house in Dublin. It went straight in at Number One on both sides of the Atlantic keeping the likes of Bruce Springsteen out of the picture for five weeks (Sorry Boss)."
- Def Leppard - Adrenalize Album Section
- Def Leppard - Adrenalize Tour 1992/1993
- Previous News - 5th April 2015