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Use dmy dates|date=April 2011Use British English|date=April 2011Infobox album | Name = Adrenalize| Type = studio| Artist = Def Leppard | Cover = Def Leppard - Adrenalize.jpg| Released = start-date|31 March 1992| Recorded = 1989–91 in the Netherlands and Republic of Ireland|Ireland | Genre = Hard rock , glam metal | Length = 45:24| Label = Mercury Records|Mercury /Bludgeon Riffola| Producer = Mike Shipley and Def Leppard| Last album = Hysteria (Def Leppard album)|Hysteria (1987)| This album = Adrenalize (1992)| Next album = Retro Active (1993)| Misc = Singles| Name = Adrenalize| Type = studio| Single 1 = Let's Get Rocked | Single 1 date = March 1992| Single 2 = Make Love Like a Man | Single 2 date = June 1992| Single 3 = Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad | Single 3 date = September 1992| Single 4 = Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion) | Single 4 date = December 1992 (US)| Single 5 = Heaven Is | Single 5 date = January 1993 (UK)| Single 6 = Tonight (Def Leppard song)|Tonight | Single 6 date = March 1993 Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by British rock music|rock band Def Leppard , released in 1992. The album was the first by the band following the 1991 death of guitarist Steve Clark . It was produced by Mike Shipley and Def Leppard , with Robert John "Mutt" Lange as executive producer. The album charted at #1 on The Billboard 200 cite web|url = Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4062|pure_url=yes|title = Allmusic (Def Leppard charts and awards) Billboard albums|publisher= and #1 on the UK Albums Chart .cite web|url = http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php? id=398|title = Def Leppard chart stats|publisher=
History
Unreferenced section|date=September 2010At the end of the Hysteria World Tour in October 1988, Def Leppard vowed to the press that their next album would not take another four years to be released, and quickly reconvened weeks later to start work. However, Steve Clark 's alcoholism was taking a turn for the worse. Whereas touring had kept him sober onstage, offstage his condition was beginning to affect his work in the studio. In addition, Mutt Lange was unavailable to return as producer as he was working with Canadian rocker Bryan Adams on Waking Up the Neighbours .
The band chose to produce the album themselves. Steve's problems did not help to advance progress and in fact, was starting to set them back.Citation needed|date=September 2010 In late 1989, Clark was found unconscious in a gutter in Minneapolis , Minnesota. He was immediately sent to rehab, and band members (along with Lange) started attending confrontational therapy to attempt to shame him into defeating his addictions. In a desperate move to help their friend, guitar tech Malvin Mortimer was assigned to keep a 24-hour watch on Clark; according to Joe Elliott , it was a difficult task.
None of this proved to be fruitful, and in August 1990 the band granted Clark a six-month leave of absence. While it was hoped that this break would free him of any stresses, the band seemed resigned to the fact that they could no longer do anything for Clark.Or|date=September 2010 On 8 January 1991, Steve Clark was found dead in his London home by his girlfriend Janie Dean. The coroner's report revealed that Clark had died of an accidental mix of alcohol with painkillers and anti-depressants that led to compression of the brain stem .
After a short period of uncertainty about the band's future, the remaining members decided to resume work on the album. Former Lange engineer Mike Shipley was hired as co-producer, while Lange maintained a minor role via phone calls and demos sent to him.
A search for Clark's replacement was held off until after the completion of the album, and recording sessions progressed quickly in the year that followed. On 31 March 1992, Adrenalize was released worldwide. While some reviews were favorable ( Rolling Stone magazine awarded it 4 out of 5 stars), many critics attacked the album for being formulaic and too similar to Hysteria (Def Leppard album)|Hysteria . Although Clark had died prior to the release of the album and did not participate in the recording process, nearly every song on the album was at least co-written by him.
Further complicating matters, Adrenalize was released during the time when grunge and alternative rock bands were killing off " glam metal|glam/pop metal " bands.cite web | url= http://classicrock.about.com/od/newreleases/a/101_glammetal.htm | title=Glam Metal 101 - history, description and examples of glam metal rock | publisher=About.com | accessdate=28 February 2012 Nonetheless, Adrenalize debuted at the number one position in both the UK and the US (quickly going triple platinum there). The album has sold over 7 million copies worldwide.cite web|author=Up for Discussion Jump to Forums |url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/-1003969129.story#/bbcom/news/-1003969129.story |title=Def Leppard rocking with reissues |publisher=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-02 The album was dedicated to the memory of Steve Clark.
Former Dio (band)|Dio and Whitesnake guitarist Vivian Campbell , a longtime friend of the band, was brought in as the newest member in April 1992. He appears in all promotional videos for the album's singles (except "Let's Get Rocked"), despite not playing on the album.
A Deluxe Edition of Adrenalize , which was released in 2009, includes a digitally remastered version of the album, plus a Bonus CD containing b-sides from the album's singles.
Track listing
Track listing| writing_credits = yes | title1 = Let's Get Rocked | writer1 = Phil Collen , Joe Elliott , Robert John "Mutt" Lange|Mutt Lange , Rick Savage | length1 = 4:56 | title2 = Heaven Is | writer2 = Steve Clark , Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | length2 = 3:37 | title3 = Make Love Like a Man | writer3 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange | length3 = 4:13 | title4 = Tonight (Def Leppard song)|Tonight | writer4 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | length4 = 4:03 | title5 = White Lightning | writer5 = Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | length5 = 7:03 | title6 = Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion) | writer6 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange | length6 = 4:31 | title7 = Personal Property | writer7 = Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | length7 = 4:20 | title8 = Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad | writer8 = Collen, Elliott, Lange | length8 = 5:25 | title9 = I Wanna Touch U | writer9 = Rick Allen (drummer)|Rick Allen , Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange | length9 = 3:38 | title10 = Tear It Down | writer10 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Savage | length10 = 3:38
Track listing|headline = Japanese bonus tracks | writing_credits = yes | title11 = Miss You in a Heartbeat | writer11 = Collen | length11 = 5:55 | title12 = She's Too Tough | writer12 = Elliott | length12 = 3:39
Deluxe edition (Bonus CD)
Track listing| headline = In the Clubs, In Your Face& nbsp;– Bonn, Germany 29/05/92 | writing_credits = yes | title1 = Hysteria (Def Leppard song)|Hysteria | note1 = live | writer1 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | length1 = 7:17 | title2 = Photograph (Def Leppard song)|Photograph | note2 = live | writer2 = Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, Pete Willis | length2 = 4:44 | title3 = Pour Some Sugar on Me | note3 = live | writer3 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | length3 = 5:09 | title4 = Let's Get Rocked | note4 = live | writer4 = Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | length4 = 5:46 Track listing| headline = Adrenalize B-sides | writing_credits = yes | title5 = You Can't Always Get What You Want | note5 = with Hothouse Flowers | writer5 = Mick Jagger , Keith Richards | length5 = 7:43 | title6 = Little Wing | note6 = with Hothouse Flowers | writer6 = Jimi Hendrix | length6 = 3:40 | title7 = Tonight | note7 = version 2& nbsp;– demo version | writer7 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | length7 = 4:24 | title8 = Now I'm Here | note8 = live at Wembley Stadium& nbsp;– featuring Brian May | writer8 = Brian May | length8 = 6:03 | title9 = Two Steps Behind | note9 = acoustic | writer9 = Elliott | length9 = 4:11 | title10 = Tonight | note10 = acoustic& nbsp;– Sun Studios 1993 | writer10 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | length10 = 4:16 | title11 = Too Late for Love (song)|Too Late for Love | note11 = live at Denver 1988 | writer11 = Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, Willis | length11 = 6:04 | title12 = Women (Def Leppard song)|Women | note12 = live at Denver 1988 | writer12 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage | length12 = 6:34
Tracks 1-4 are taken from the band's Live: 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 (Def Leppard song)|Tonight " single.
Track 9 taken from " Make Love Like a Man " U.K. single and " Two Steps Behind " U.S. single.
S-startSuccession box| before = '' Wayne's World (soundtrack) by Various Artists | title = Billboard 200| Billboard 200 Number-one albums of 1992 (USA)|number-one album | years = 18 April& nbsp;– 22 May 1992 | after = Totally Krossed Out by Kris Kross Succession box| before = Human Touch by Bruce Springsteen | title = List of number-one albums (UK)|UK number one album | years = 11–17 April 1992 | after = Diva (Annie Lennox album)|Diva by AnnieLennox Succession box| before = Hepfidelity by Johnny Diesel|Diesel | title = Australian ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart Number-one albums of 1992 (Australia)|number-one album | years = 12–25 April 1992 | after = Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers end Def Leppard Category:Def Leppard albums Category:1992 albums Category:Mercury Records albums Category:Vertigo Records albums Category:Albums produced by Mike Shipley Category:Universal Deluxe Editions
