Tuesday, 31st March 2015
UK Album Advert
Def Leppard released their fifth studio album 'Adrenalize' 23 years ago on this day in 1992 in the USA and Canada.
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.
It spent five straight weeks at Number One on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Their second Number One album after 'Hysteria'.
Five US singles were released plus a promo single for 'I Wanna Touch U' which the band also filmed a promo video for.
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
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