Adrenalize

Adrenalize
Studio album by
Def Leppard
Released30 March 1992 (1992-03-30)[1]
Recorded1988–1990 (preliminary recordings)[2]
1991–1992
StudioWisseloord Studios, Hilversum
Studio 150, Amsterdam
Joe's Garage, Dublin[3]
Genre
Length45:22
Label
Producer
  • Mike Shipley
  • Def Leppard
Def Leppard chronology
Hysteria
(1987)		 Adrenalize
(1992)		 Retro Active
(1993)
Singles from Adrenalize
  1. "Let's Get Rocked"
    Released: March 1992
  2. "Make Love Like a Man"
    Released: June 1992
  3. "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
    Released: August 1992[6]
  4. "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"
    Released: December 1992
  5. "Heaven Is"
    Released: January 1993
  6. "Tonight"
    Released: March 1993
Audio
"Album" playlist on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2.5/5 stars link
Robert Christgau(dud)[7]
Rolling Stone4/5 stars[8]
Sputnik Music3.5/5 stars

Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by English heavy metal band Def Leppard and was released on 30 March, 1992 through Mercury Records. It topped the album charts in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Finland and Switzerland.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let's Get Rocked"
4:56
2."Heaven Is"
3:33
3."Make Love Like a Man"
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
4:15
4."Tonight"
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
4:03
5."White Lightning"
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
7:03
6."Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
4:32
7."Personal Property"
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
4:21
8."Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
5:24
9."I Wanna Touch U"
3:37
10."Tear It Down"
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Savage
3:38
Total length:45:22
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Miss You in a Heartbeat" (electric version)Collen5:06
12."She's Too Tough"Elliott3:39
Total length:54:16

Deluxe edition (Bonus CD)

In the Clubs... In Your Face – Bonn, Germany 29/05/92
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hysteria" (live)
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
7:17
2."Photograph" (live)
4:44
3."Pour Some Sugar on Me" (live)
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
5:09
4."Let's Get Rocked" (live)
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
5:46
Adrenalize B-sides
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."You Can't Always Get What You Want" (The Rolling Stones cover; with Hothouse Flowers)Jagger–Richards7:43
6."Little Wing" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover; with Hothouse Flowers)Jimi Hendrix3:40
7."Tonight" (version 2 – demo version featuring Steve Clark)
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
4:24
8."Now I'm Here" (Queen cover; live – featuring Brian May)Brian May6:03
9."Two Steps Behind" (acoustic version)Elliott4:11
10."Tonight" (acoustic version, live at Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee, February 1993)
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
4:16
11."Too Late for Love" (live in Denver, Colorado, February 1988)
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
  • Willis
6:02
12."Women" (live in Denver, Colorado, February 1988)
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
6:34
  • Tracks 1–4 are taken from the band's In the Clubs... In Your Face EP, recorded at Bonn, Germany, on 29 May 1992
  • Tracks 5 & 6 taken from "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" single.
  • Tracks 7 & 8 taken from "Tonight" single.
  • Track 9 taken from "Make Love Like a Man" UK single and "Two Steps Behind" US single.
  • Track 10 taken from "Two Steps Behind" single.
  • Tracks 11 & 12 taken from "Let's Get Rocked" single.

References

  1. ↑ "New Releases: Albums". Music Week. 28 March 1992. p. 12.
  2. ↑ DEF LEPPARD / ADRENALIZE ALBUM RELEASE (Making of)
  3. ↑ "D E F L E P P A R D . C O M". 21 December 2001. Archived from the original on 21 December 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Elliott, Paul (6 March 2018). "Def Leppard look back on how they made 90s rock classic Adrenalize". Classic Rock. Future plc. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Basner, Dave (31 March 2017). . iHeartRadio. iHeartMedia. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  6. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 213. ISBN 9780862415419.
  7. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Def Leppard". Robert Christgau.
  8. ↑ J.D. Considine (16 April 1992). "Adrenalize | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
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