| Euphoria | ||||
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| Studio album by Def Leppard | ||||
| Released | June 8, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 at Joe's Garage in Dublin, Ireland | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 51:01 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Pete Woodroffe and Def Leppard | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B+)[3] |
| Q | [4] |
Euphoria is the seventh studio album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1999. The album marked a return to their signature sound made famous by the band in the 1980s. It was produced by the band with Pete Woodroffe.The album charted at #11 on The Billboard 200[5] and #11 on the UK Albums Chart.[6]
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Following Slang, the band was initially unsure of which direction to take for their next release, upon reconvening in April 1998.
The band would enlist the aid of former producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange for four days in a more limited role. Three songs were co-written with Lange, who lent background vocals (as he had on other albums): "It's Only Love", "All Night" and "Promises".
A song first recorded by Vivian Campbell's side band Clock, "To Be Alive", received a Leppard makeover. For the first time since 1981's High 'n' Dry, an instrumental was included (Phil Collen's "Disintegrate"). This instrumental was known before as "Spanish Sky", a ballad that evolved into this track.
1996 Formula One racing champion Damon Hill, a neighbour of Rick Savage, would contribute a guitar solo to the track "Demolition Man".
In its first week of release, Euphoria sold over 98,000 units in the US and just missed the Top 10 of the Billboard 200, reaching #11. First single "Promises" topped Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart in June 1999, a spot the band had not held in six years.
Euphoria would later be certified gold in the US, Canada and Japan. The album-supporting tour stretched from May 1999 to September 2000.
Upon the album's ten year anniversary in June 2009, The Record Review noted that "the band has yet to match it with any release since (despite the stiff competition of 2002’s X) and it still stands between leaders Hysteria and Pyromania as the band’s best album."[7]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Demolition Man" | Phil Collen, Vivian Campbell, Joe Elliott | 3:24 |
| 2. | "Promises" | Collen, Mutt Lange | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Back in Your Face" | Elliott, Collen | 3:20 |
| 4. | "Goodbye" | Rick Savage | 3:36 |
| 5. | "All Night" | Collen, Lange | 3:38 |
| 6. | "Paper Sun" | Collen, Campbell, Elliott, Savage, Pete Woodroffe | 5:27 |
| 7. | "It's Only Love" | Elliott, Lange, Savage, Campbell | 4:06 |
| 8. | "21st Century Sha La La La Girl" | Collen, Elliott, Savage | 4:06 |
| 9. | "To Be Alive" | Campbell, P.J. Smith | 3:53 |
| 10. | "Disintegrate (Instrumental)" | Collen | 2:51 |
| 11. | "Guilty" | Collen, Savage, Elliott, Campbell, Woodroffe | 3:47 |
| 12. | "Day After Day" | Collen, Elliott, Campbell | 4:36 |
| 13. | "Kings of Oblivion" | Elliott, Collen, Savage | 4:18 |
| 14. | "I Am Your Child (Japanese Bonus Track)" | Elliott, Collen, Savage | 3:27 |
| 15. | "Under My Wheels (Unmixed Version)* (Alice Cooper Cover) (Australian Bonus Track) {Joe Elliott & Phil Collen with others}" | Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Bob Ezrin | 3:21 |
| 16. | "Worlds Collide ("Back In Your Face" part 2 B-Side) (Australian Bonus Track)" | 3:45 |
| Country | Provider | Certification (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|
| United States | RIAA | Gold |
| Canada | CRIA | Gold |