Yeah! (Def Leppard album)
Occupation
- Vocals: Joe Elliott
- Guitar Vivian Campbell
- Guitar: Phil Collen
- Bass: Rick Savage
- Drums: Rick Allen
Yeah! is the ninth studio album by the English hard rock band Def Leppard. It only contains cover versions of songs by other artists, especially those from which the members of Def Leppard have been musically influenced.
Background
The album was in the private recording studio of singer Joe Elliott, "Joe 's Garage ", recorded and produced by Ronan McHugh. The title Kick Out the Jams ( MC5 ) and Roxanne ( The Police ) were recorded but not released.
Yeah! appeared in various versions. While it was released in Europe only one version, released in the U.S. several additional titles that were of the relevant distribution partner dependent. The album was released in the USA on iTunes as well as Best Buy, Target and Wal Mart. Wal-Mart offered the album with an additional CD, in addition to the bonus tracks also included interview segments. It was not possible to get all the songs offered on a CD; in Europe the additional titles were not offered in Japan appeared Yeah! with two bonus tracks.
Shaping
The booklet contains photographs of the group members, adjust the motives of record covers of the 1970s:
- Rick Savage as Freddie Mercury from Queen album Queen II
- Vivian Campbell as Marc Bolan by T. Rex Electric Warrior album
- Joe Elliott as David Bowie on the back cover of the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
- Rick Allen as Lou Reed, Transformer
- Phil Collen as Iggy Pop, Raw Power
In addition, four group photos included in the booklet. The inside of the back cover below the CD tray shows an image of the original triangular Def Leppard logos, as it was used in the album On Through the Night, which as a prism a beam of light breaks and plays as a rainbow as the on the cover Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon was seen.
Title list
Bonus Tracks (Japan)
ITunes (USA)
Target ( USA)
Best Buy Edition
Wal -Mart Bonus CD
Reception
In Germany the album reached number 73 of the singles chart in the UK court 52 In both hit lists could each hold only a week, while it reached 200 16th place in the American Billboard and remained 11 weeks in the album charts.
Michael Rensen ( Rock Hard ) wrote about this album:
" Beautiful thing as a musical journey back to their own youth. Man digs his first purchased (or stolen ) LP forth, remembers the soundtrack to the first kiss and the background noise of the first bar fight. In the case of Def Leppard the socialization soundtracks come (except for the '67 - Gänsehäuter Kinks Waterloo Station) from the seventies and by acts like T. Rex, David Bowie, the Faces and Mott The Hoople. In the usual abgelutschten evergreens have Sheffield 's Finest thankfully neglected and instead surprised with many geratenen unjustly forgotten pearls that are so raw, earthy and good humored rausgedonnert how the last regular Leppard albums would have wished. Anspieltipps the disc completely successful: the already mentioned Waterloo Sunset, Hellraiser ( Sweet), No Matter What ( Badfinger ), Little Bit of Love ( Free) and Do not Believe a Word (Thin Lizzy ) ".