PHIL COLLEN Says DEF LEPPARD's DIAMOND STAR HALOS Is Best Album Yet/Explains Title

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Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen has said he thinks the new Diamond Star Halos album is the band's best one yet.

'Diamond Star Halos' is the band's 12th studio album.

As announced yesterday it will be released on Friday 27th May 2022.

Phil (along with Joe and Sav) spoke to Billboard and discussed the making of the album over the last two years, the single 'Kick' and much more.

Diamond Star Halos Best Album

Phil said he thinks this is this album is the 'best thing we’ve ever done.' echoing his words about the 2015 self-titled album.

Making The Album

He also spoke glowingly about the album writing and recording process the band have mentioned on and off in interviews since 2020.

Kick/Album Title

Phil talked about writing 'Kick' as the last song for the album.

Listen to 'Kick' below.

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Visit the Album News section for more news on new music (based on band member quotes).

Phil Collen - 17th March 2022 Interview Quotes

Diamond Star Halos Best Album

“I think it’s the best thing we’ve ever done. There was so much more energy by not having to go to a studio or a situation where you were waiting on anything."

Exciting Album Sessions/Writing

"I’d finish something, send it to Joe in Ireland and he’d send it to Sav and…we’d just be back and forth - It was constantly exciting. I don’t think we don’t want to go back to whatever that standard way was that we did before.”."

New Single Kick

“‘Kick’ represented where we were at as well. It’s got that glam rock feel, that hand-clap groove, big vocals."

"It was just a no-brainer. It was not only that it’s got to be on the album, it’s got to be the first single as well."

Album Title/Glam Influence

"We were all really influenced by an era that was somewhere between 1971 and 1974."

"And the way we’re presenting the songs, it’s not just the rock of that era. There’s flavors of that flooding all the way through the album"

Buy 'Diamond Star Halos' Online

Amazon - Regular CD
Amazon - Deluxe CD
Amazon - Vinyl
Amazon - MP3

Diamond Star Halos - Tracklisting

01 - Take What You Want - 4:14
02 - Kick - 3:42 - (Collen) - Amazon - (MP3)
03 - Fire It Up - 3:19
04 - This Guitar [feat. Alison Krauss] - 3:50
05 - SOS Emergency - 3:25
06 - Liquid Dust - 4:01
07 - U Rok Mi - 3:33
08 - Goodbye For Good This Time - 4:27
09 - All We Need - 4:46
10 - Open Your Eyes - 4:19
11 - Gimme A Kiss - 3:12
12 - Angels (Can’t Help You Now) - 4:57
13 - Lifeless [feat. Alison Krauss] - 4:19 - (Collen/Elliott)
14 - Unbreakable - 3:46
15 - From Here To Eternity - 5:37

Producer - Def Leppard
Producer - Ronan McHugh
Total Time - 61mins
Release Date - 27th May 2022

Diamond Star Halos (Deluxe) - Tracklisting

01 - Take What You Want - 4:14
02 - Kick - 3:42 - (Collen) - Amazon - (MP3)
03 - Fire It Up - 3:19
04 - This Guitar [feat. Alison Krauss] - 3:50
05 - SOS Emergency - 3:25
06 - Liquid Dust - 4:01
07 - U Rok Mi - 3:33
08 - Goodbye For Good This Time - 4:27
09 - All We Need - 4:46
10 - Open Your Eyes - 4:19
11 - Gimme A Kiss - 3:12
12 - Angels (Can’t Help You Now) - 4:57
13 - Lifeless [feat. Alison Krauss] - 4:19 - (Collen/Elliott)
14 - Unbreakable - 3:46
15 - From Here To Eternity - 5:37

16 - Goodbye For Good This Time (Avant-Garde Mix)

17 - Lifeless (Joe Only version)