Mirrorball: Live & More
Occupation
- Vocals: Joe Elliott
- Guitar: Vivian Campbell
- Guitar: Phil Collen
- Bass: Rick Savage
- Drums: Rick Allen
Mirror Ball (English for " disco ball " ), also known as Mirror Ball: Live & More, is the first live album by British hard rock band Def Leppard. Mirrorball was released as a CD album with DVD, as vinyl album with three plates, and in a limited version with a gatefold cover.
Background
The live recordings used for this album were recorded during the songs -from- the- Sparkle Lounge tour at various unspecified locations around the world. This tour took place in the period from 27 March 2008 to 12 September 2009 a total of seven separate sections instead; the band toured here in the first section, only the United States, in the second section various European countries, Canada in the third and once again the United States, in the fourth then Japan, and in the fifth section of Oceania. The sixth section consisted of only two concerts, namely one in Dublin and an appearance at the Download Festival in Donington. The group closed the concert tour from with more performances in the U.S. and Canada. Overall, they occurred during the tour with 132 concerts.
For admission procedure explained Joe Elliott, the band have recorded 30 to 40 concerts, from which the best shots were prioritized to make a selection for the album later: " We have listened to the same song in 15 different versions and us for each of the best version chosen. " And: " We were not looking for the perfect presentation, but for the perfect atmosphere of a song because we have the audience also included. If we had so > Bringing On The Heartbreak ' better to play or sing, but the audience was full of it and no better could have been, then that is the reason why we have chosen this version of the album. "
In addition to the 21 live tracks, the album contains three new songs recorded in the studio: Undefeated, which was released as a single before the album's release, Kings of the World, and It's All About Believin '. These titles were in the private recording studio of singer Joe Elliott, "Joe 's Garage " was added.
The album was produced by Def Leppard and Ronan McHugh. McHugh had already occupied this task the studio album Songs from the Sparkle Lounge.
The published in Europe on June 17, 2011 CD album also includes a DVD with excerpts from the Sparkle Lounge Tour, four live tracks ( "Rock! Skirt! (Till You Drop ) ", " Armageddon It", "Pour Some Sugar on Me "and" Hysteria " ) and two music videos ( " Nine Lives "and" C'mon C'mon "). The live songs were also recorded during the songs -from- the- Sparkle Lounge tour.
Title list
CD 1
CD 2
DVD
Behind the Scenes on the songs -from- the- Sparkle Lounge Tour 2008-2009, including live performances of:
- Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop )
- Armageddon It
- Pour Some Sugar on Me
- Hysteria
Music Videos:
- Nine Lives
- C'mon C'mon
Reception
Mirrorball increased one week after the release in the U.S. at number 16 in the Billboard album charts and also reached the top position in the Hard Rock album charts.
The magazine Rocks wrote in a review of the album, it was a " live showcase with gaps " and criticized the fact that the band has left at the song selection, several albums of more than thirty -year career disregarded:
" Not surprisingly, that Pyromania and Hysteria clearly be the focus of song selection: DC eleven of the 21 numbers come from their two biggest classics. A disappointment ( but equally unsurprisingly) is equal to ignoring several albums of their career. In addition to the debut On Through the Night, the years 1996 to 2002 completely passed over the LPs Slang, Euphoria and X. From the recent work of Songs from the Sparkle Lounge there anyway to hear three songs. (...) Mirror Ball is recommended but not essential. Who wants to experience Def Leppard on their live zenith, the video In the Round or the Deluxe Edition of Pyromania, including the magnificent 's 1983 recording from the LA Forum was supposed to get. "