Def Leppard discography

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Def Leppard discography
Def Leppard Sweden Rock 2008.jpg
Def Leppard at the Sweden Rock Festival, June 2008
Studio albums11
Live albums4
Compilation albums4
Video albums11
Music videos45
EPs2
Singles60

The English rock band Def Leppard have released ten original studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, one cover album, and three extended plays.

Def Leppard was formed in 1977 by vocalist Joe Elliott, bass player Rick "Sav" Savage, guitarist Pete Willis, and drummer Tony Kenning. They later released the EP The Def Leppard E.P. in 1979.[1] The band signed with Mercury Records and released their debut full-length album On Through the Night. The band's follow up was High 'n' Dry, which reached number 26 in the UK and was certified platinum two times in the United States. Their next album, titled Pyromania, would be their big breakthrough album and would later sell more than 10 million copies in the United States alone.[2]

After touring in support of Pyromania, the band released Hysteria which topped the American and British album charts and is their best-selling album worldwide, selling more than 12 million copies in the United States alone and over 25 million worldwide. Adrenalize, released in 1992, debuted at number one on the UK Album Chart and the US Billboard 200 and launched several successful singles, including "Let's Get Rocked" and "Make Love Like a Man" and went on to sell 8 million albums worldwide. In 1996, the band released its sixth studio album, Slang; while successful, the album could not reach the precedent set by Def Leppard's previous albums and was certified gold in the United States. After three years, Def Leppard released Euphoria, which is the band's last certified album by the RIAA, CRIA, and BPI.

At the start of the 21st century, the band released X. Four years later, Def Leppard released the studio/cover album, Yeah!, which included covers by Thin Lizzy and The Kinks. On 25 April 2008, the band released Songs from the Sparkle Lounge, which included the single "Nine Lives" featuring country singer Tim McGraw. The band released Mirrorball, its first live album, in 2011, which would be followed by another live album in 2013, Viva! Hysteria, featuring the Hysteria album played live in its entirety, from their Las Vegas residency at the Hard Rock Hotel. The band released a self-titled studio album on 30 October 2015.

Albums[]

Studio albums[]

Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[3]
AUS
[4]
CAN
[5]
FIN
[6]
GER
[7]
NOR
[8]
NZ
[9]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[11]
US
[12]
1980 On Through the Night
  • Released: 14 March 1980
  • Label: Mercury (MR #234321)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
15 98 51
1981 High 'n' Dry
  • Released: 6 July 1981[15]
  • Label: Mercury (MR #818836-2)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
26 31 38
1983 Pyromania
  • Released: 20 January 1983
  • Label: Mercury (MR #810308-2)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
18 70 4 26 23 2
1987 Hysteria
  • Released: 3 August 1987
  • Label: Mercury (MR #830675-2)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1 1 1 10 1 1 2 2 1
1992 Adrenalize
  • Released: 31 March 1992
  • Label: Mercury (MR #314-512185-2)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1 1 1 17 8 2 1 5 1 1
1996 Slang
  • Released: 14 May 1996
  • Label: Mercury (MR #532486)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
5 11 12 13 34 25 14 5 19 14
1999 Euphoria
  • Released: 8 June 1999
  • Label: Mercury (MR #546212)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
11 59 32 16 14 30 7 14 11
2002 X
  • Released: 30 July 2002
  • Label: Island (IR #063121)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
14 49 12 33 19 19 15 9 11
2006 Yeah!
  • Released: 23 May 2006
  • Label: Mercury/Island (MR #9858285)
  • Formats: CD, LP
52 95 13 73 25 57 16
2008 Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
  • Released: 25 April 2008
  • Label: Mercury (MR #1766038)
  • Formats: CD, LP
10 82 7 27 43 15 26 26 29 5
2015 Def Leppard
  • Released: 30 October 2015
  • Label: Bludgeon Riffola/earMUSIC Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
11 4 11 32 10 15 17 11 2 10
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums[]

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[3]
AUS
[4]
BEL
[24]
CAN
[5][25]
FIN
[6]
GER
[7]
NOR
[8]
NZ
[9]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[11]
US
[12]
1993 Retro Active
  • Released: 5 October 1993
  • Label: Mercury Records (MR #314-518305-2)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
6 33 7 36 12 7 9
1995 Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995)
  • Released: 31 October 1995
  • Label: Mercury Records (MR #528 6562)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
3 9 30 7 7 31 7 2 10 7 15
2004 Best of Def Leppard
  • Released: 25 October 2004
  • Label: Mercury Records (MR #865493-91)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
6 7 19 76
2005 Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection
  • Released: 17 May 2005
  • Label: Mercury Records (MR #000464702)
  • Formats: CD, LP
81 3 11 10
2018 The Story So Far – The Best Of
  • Released: 30 November 2018
  • Label: Bludgeon Riffola
  • Formats: CD, LP
32 71 150 61 54 101
" — " denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums[]

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[3]
AUS
[4]
BEL
[24]
CAN
[5]
GER
[7]
SWI
[11]
US
[12]
2011 Mirror Ball – Live & More
  • Released: 3 June 2011[27]
  • Label: Mercury Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Recorded: 2008 — 2011
44 80 15 46 51 16
2013 Viva! Hysteria
  • Released: 22 October 2013
  • Label: Frontiers Records (Universal)
  • Formats: CD, DVD, Blu-ray, MP3
  • Recorded: 29–30 March 2013
73 81 28 28 81 24
2017 And There Will Be a Next Time... Live from Detroit
  • Released: 20 February 2017
  • Label: Frontiers Records (Universal)
  • Formats: CD, DVD, Blu-ray, MP3
  • Recorded: 15 July 2016
2020 London to Vegas
  • Released: 29 May 2020[28]
  • Label: Eagle Rock Ent
  • Formats: CD, DVD
  • Recorded: 2019
25 40
" — " denotes releases that did not chart.

Deluxe editions and box sets[]

Year Title Included content
2006 Hysteria Deluxe Edition
  • Released: 16 October 2006
  • 2 CDs, 27 tracks
Hysteria
Hysteria singles b-sides
2009 Pyromania Deluxe Edition
  • Released: 8 June 2009
  • 2 CDs, 25 tracks
Pyromania
Live at the L.A. Forum 1983
Adrenalize Deluxe Edition
  • Released: 8 June 2009
  • 2 CDs, 24 tracks
Adrenalize
In the Clubs... In Your Face
Adrenalize singles b-sides
2014 Slang Deluxe Edition
  • Released: 10 February 2014
  • 2 CDs, 30 tracks (8 additional digital tracks)
Slang
Demos & b-sides
2017 Hysteria 30th Anniversary Edition
  • Released: 4 August 2017[29]
  • 5 CDs, 48 tracks, 2 DVDs
Hysteria
Hysteria remixes & b-sides
Live: In the Round, in Your Face (CD)
Classic AlbumsHysteria (DVD)
Hysteria music videos (DVD)
2018 The Collection: Volume One
  • Released: 1 June 2018[30]
  • 7 CDs/9 LPs, 71 tracks
On Through the Night
High 'n' Dry
Pyromania
Hysteria
Live at the L.A. Forum 1983
Rarities Volume One
The Def Leppard E.P.
Hysteria – The Singles
  • Released: 30 November 2018
  • 10 LPs, 20 tracks
"Women" / "Tear it Down"
"Animal" / "I Wanna Be Your Hero"
"Hysteria" / "Ride into the Sun"
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" / "Ring of Fire"
"Love Bites" / "Billy's Got a Gun" (live)
"Armageddon It" / "Release Me"
"Rocket" / "Women" (live)
"Excitable" / "Run Riot"
"Love and Affection" / "Don't Shoot Shotgun"
"Animal" / "Tear it Down"
2019 The Collection: Volume Two
  • Released: 21 June 2019[31]
  • 7 CDs/10 LPs, 86 tracks
Adrenalize
Retro Active
Slang
Euphoria
Rarities Volume Two
Rarities Volume Three
Rarities Volume Four[†]
2020 The Early Years 79–81
  • Released: 20 March 2020[32]
  • 5 CDs, 64 tracks
On Through the Night
High 'n' Dry
When the Walls Came Tumbling Down – Live in Oxford 26/04/1980
Too Many Jitterbugs – B-Sides and Rarities
Raw – Early BBC Recordings
2021 The Collection: Volume Three
  • Released: 11 June 2021[33]
  • 6 CDs/9 LPs, 77 tracks
X
Yeah!
Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
B-Sides
Yeah! II (bonus album of cover songs)
Yeah! Live! (live album of cover songs)
  • ^ † CD version only, all of the tracks on Rarities Volume Four are included in the vinyl version of Rarities Volume Three.

Extended plays[]

Year Title
1979 The Def Leppard E.P.
  • Released: January 1979
  • Label: Bludgeon-Riffola
    (BR #SRTS/78/CUS/232)
  • Format: LP, single, digital download
2018 The Lost Session
  • Released: 19 January 2018
  • Label: Bludgeon Riffola
  • Format: Digital download
2018 Live at Abbey Road Studios
  • Released: 21 April 2018
  • Label: Bludgeon Riffola
  • Format: LP, single

Singles[]

1979–1989[]

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[3]
AUS
[4]
CAN
[5]
GER
[7]
IRE
[34]
NZ
[35]
SWE
[36]
SWI
[37]
US
[38]
US Rock
[39]
1979 "Wasted" 61 On Through the Night
1980 "Hello America" 45
"Rock Brigade"
1981 "Let It Go" 76 34 High 'n' Dry
"Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
1983 "Photograph" 66 32 12 1 Pyromania
"Rock of Ages" 41 96 24 16 1
"Foolin'"
- b/w "Comin' Under Fire" [airplay]


39





28
9
24
"Billy's Got a Gun" [airplay] 33
"Action! Not Words" [airplay] 42
"Too Late for Love" 86 9
1984 "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Remix) 61 61 High 'n' Dry
1987 "Animal" 6 46 21 3 8 17 19 5 Hysteria
"Women" 100 80 7
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" 18 26 22 50 8 16 2 25
"Hysteria" 26 77 13 19 10 9
1988 "Armageddon It" 20 34 11 2 3 3
"Love Bites" 11 21 6 7 2 1 3
1989 "Rocket" 15 15 14 5 5 12 5

1992–2000[]

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[3]
AUS
[4]
CAN
[5]
GER
[7]
IRE
[34]
NZ
[35]
SWE
[36]
SWI
[37]
US
[38]
US Rock
[39]
1992 "Let's Get Rocked" 2 6 3 22 4 7 18 3 15 1 Adrenalize
"Make Love Like a Man" 12 22 23 95 10 26 40 36 3
"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
- b/w "Elected" [airplay]
16
44
7

24
49


12
7
22
"Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" 55 11 34 1
1993 "Heaven Is" 13 24
"Tonight" 34 60 62 13
"I Wanna Touch U" [US promo]
"Two Steps Behind" 32 33 5 66 26 34 21 12 5 Retro Active
"Miss You in a Heartbeat" 19 39
"Desert Song" [US promo] 12
1994 "Action" 14 19
1995 "When Love & Hate Collide" 2 22 6 67 1 27 36 58 Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits
1996 "Slang" 17 90 30 57 Slang
"Work It Out" 22 43 10 6
"All I Want Is Everything" 38 14
"Breathe a Sigh" 43 41
1999 "Promises"
- b/w "Back in Your Face"
41 18 1 Euphoria
"Paper Sun" [airplay] 11
"Goodbye" 54
2000 "Day After Day" [US tour promo disc] 22
"21st Century Sha La La La Girl" [US tour promo disc]

2002–2018[]

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[3]
CAN
[5]
GER
[7]
IRE
[34]
SWE
[36]
SWI
[37]
US Rock
[39]
2002 "Now" 23 29 72 37 57 84 26 X
"Four Letter Word" [US promo] 30
2003 "Long, Long Way to Go" 40
2005 "No Matter What" Yeah!
2006 "Rock On" [US radio promo] 18
"20th Century Boy" 33
2008 "Nine Lives" 38 Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
"C'mon C'mon"
2011 "Undefeated" Mirror Ball – Live & More
2012 "It's All About Believin"
2015 "Let's Go" Def Leppard
2016 "Dangerous"
"Man Enough"
"We Belong"
2018 "Personal Jesus" The Story So Far – The Best Of
"We All Need Christmas"

Videos[]

Year Title
1988 Historia
  • Label: Universal Music (UM #459772)
  • Format: VHS, LD
1989 Live: In the Round, in Your Face
  • Label: Universal Music (UM #23543)
  • Format: VHS, LD
1993 Visualize
  • Label: Universal Music (UM #454-23322)
  • Format: VHS, LD
1995 Video Archive
  • Label: Universal Music (UM #453754)
  • Format: VHS, LD, VCD
2001 Historia / Live: In the Round, in Your Face
  • Label: Universal Music (UM #4543224-46)
  • Format: DVD
Visualize / Video Archive
  • Label: Universal Music (UM #45244)
  • Format: DVD
2004 Best of the Videos
  • Label: Universal Music (UM #3494522)
  • Format: DVD
2005 Rock of Ages: The DVD Collection
  • Label: Island Records (IR #5653-564)
  • Format: DVD
2009 CMT Crossroads – Taylor Swift & Def Leppard
2013 Viva! Hysteria
2017 And There Will Be a Next Time... Live from Detroit
  • Label: Frontiers Records
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray, digital download
2020 London To Vegas
  • Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray

Music videos[]

Year Title Director Ref.
1980 "Wasted"
"Hello America"
"Rock Brigade"
1981 "Let It Go" Doug Smith [41]
"High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" [41]
"Bringin' on the Heartbreak"
(version 1)
[41]
1983 "Photograph" David Mallet [42]
"Rock of Ages" [42]
"Foolin'" [42]
"Too Late for Love" Mike Mansfield [43]
1984 "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" Kinichi Nakae [44]
"Bringin' on the Heartbreak"
(version 2)
David Mallet [42]
"Me and My Wine" [42]
1987 "Women" Jean Pellerin & Doug Freel [45]
"Animal" [46]
"Pour Some Sugar on Me"
(version 1)
Russell Mulcahy [47]
"Hysteria" Jean Pellerin & Doug Freel [45]
1988 "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
(version 2)
Wayne Isham [48]
"Armageddon It" [49]
"Love Bites" Jean Pellerin & Doug Freel [50]
"Rocket" Nigel Dick [51]
1992 "Let's Get Rocked" Steve Barron [52]
"Make Love Like a Man" Wayne Isham [49]
"Have You Ever Needed Someone
So Bad?"
[49]
"Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" Matt Mahurin
1993 "Heaven Is" Charlie Watson
"Tonight" Josh Taft
"I Wanna Touch U" Phil Tuckett [53]
"Two Steps Behind (acoustic)" Wayne Isham
"Two Steps Behind (electric)"
"Miss You in Heartbeat" Phil Tuckett
1994 "Action"
1995 "When Love & Hate Collide" Jean Pellerin & Doug Freel
1996 "Slang" Nigel Dick [51]
"Work It Out" [51]
"All I Want Is Everything" Matt Mahurin [54]
1999 "Promises" Wayne Isham [55]
"Goodbye" Dave Meyers [56]
2002 "Now" The Malloys [57]
2003 "Long, Long Way to Go" Clive Arrowsmith [58]
2005 "No Matter What" John Logsdon [59]
2006 "Rock On"
2008 "Nine Lives" Sherman Halsey [60]
"C'mon C'mon" Matthew Mulholland
Jonathan Beswick
[61]
2015 "Let's Go"
2016 "Dangerous"
"Man Enough" Frank Gryner [62]
"We Belong"
2018 "Personal Jesus"
"We All Need Christmas"

Personnel[]

Album Year Vocals Guitar Bass Drums Producer
The Def Leppard E.P. 1979 Joe Elliott Pete Willis Steve Clark Rick Savage Frank Noon Def Leppard
On Through the Night 1980 Rick Allen Tom Allom
High 'N' Dry 1981 Mutt Lange
Pyromania 1983 Phil Collen
Hysteria 1987
Adrenalize 1992 - Mike Shipley, Def Leppard
Slang 1996 Vivian Campbell Pete Woodroffe, Def Leppard
Euphoria 1999
X 2002
Yeah! 2006 Def Leppard
Songs from the Sparkle Lounge 2008 Ronan McHugh, Def Leppard
Def Leppard 2015

See also[]

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