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Yeah! | 
 enlarge | Artist: Def Leppard
Label: Island / Mercury
Category: Music
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Rating:  113 reviews
Sales Rank: 54075
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000534002
UPC: 602498323113
EAN: 0602498323113
ASIN: B000FC2HT0
Release Date: May 23, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | 20th Century Boy | | • | Rock On | | • | Hanging On The Telephone | | • | Waterloo Sunset | | • | Hell Raiser | | • | 10538 Overture | | • | Street Life | | • | Drive-In Saturday | | • | Little Bit Of Love | | • | The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll | | • | No Matter What | | • | He's Gonna Step On You Again | | • | Don't Believe A Word | | • | Stay With Me |
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Amazon.com
While most of their teen peers were embracing nascent '70s U.K. punk with all the snotty 'tude they could muster, Sheffield's Def Leppard instead infused then-moribund metal with bracing pop smarts. Having long since sold a gazillion or two records with that formula, the '80s superstars pay homage to the eclectic, chart-savvy tastes that spawned it on this collection of covers, recharging their contemporary fortunes a bit in the bargain. Their takes on Me Decade standards like The Faces' "Stay With Me," Badfinger's "No Matter What," and T Rex's "20th Century Boy" may be arguably too faithful, right down to Joe Elliot's often dead-on vocal chameleon routine. But elsewhere they perform some admirable pop archaeology, imparting a darker edge to David Essex's spooky "Rock On" and pumping Blondie's "Hanging on the Telephone," one-hit-wonder John Kongos's riff-fest "He's Gonna Step On You Again," and Sweet's "Hell Raiser" full of patent Lep energy. --Jerry McCulley
Album Description
On their highly anticipated new album, Def Leppard have created a heartfelt and hard rocking tribute to their musical heroes of the late 60's and 70's - the Kinks, Badfinger, T. Rex, David Bowie, Sweet, Roxy Music, Mott the Hoople, Free, Faces, and Thin Lizzy. Recording essential versions of the music that influenced their youth, the band have brilliantly merged the 'Now with the 'Then' to create a buzz that can only be summed up in one word: YEAH!
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 The Leps give us a review of their soft-rocking influences May 14, 2008
Well, I guess I'd better preface this by saying I'm a fan of Def Leppard's more hard-rocking stuff like "Pyromania" and "Retroactive", and that's the crux of my mixed feelings about this album. It consists of their covers of 70's music that inspired them, and many of these covers are rather mediocre ones of rather mediocre 70's glam and pop-rockers - not bad, just nothing great. However, there are a number of great ones in here, too - particularly "Don't Believe A Word" (orig. by Thin Lizzy), "10538 Overture" (ELO), etc.. as well as some decent ones. Overall about a third pretty good, a third decent, and a third kind of boring.
 Ginger April 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this album, it's everything that I expected and more. My teenage son even likes to listen to it.
Actually, it's one of their best April 1, 2008
I have a confession to make: I was wrong about this album. I have always been very skeptical about covers albums. Generally, they tend to be uneven and uninspired collections of songs that don't fit together. Tori Amos' Strange Little Girls had moments of brilliance but the album didn't really work as whole. Same thing with Queensryche's recent release, Take Cover. Duran Duran's Thank You was a disaster. But the Leps did it: they managed to make an album of covers so consistent that it actually plays like a regular album. The song selection is brilliant and the arrangements are carefully done in order to preserve the quality of the original songs while bringing new elements to them. The band manages to make these songs their own, which is not easy when you're dealing with Bowie (Drive in Saturday), T-Rex (20th Century Boy), The Kinks (Waterloo Sunset), The Faces (Stay with Me), Thin Lizzy (Don't Believe a Word), etc. It's also a great pleasure for us, longtime fans, to see these guys come up with an album that's 100% rock'n'roll. After Euphoria and X, I was beginning to lose hope. And from what I've heard from their next studio album, Songs from the Sparkle Lounge, Def Leppard is definitely back on tracks. Long live the Leps!!!!
YEAH! is exactly what it was supposed to be!! September 7, 2007
YEAH! is a covers album of Def Leppard's influences. That's pretty much the point of this album. Of course some will be upset that they put a covers album out instead of a album of new material..but that will come soon enough. I didn't really know most of the originals on this cd but what i do know is that they are great songs. I'm not sure what the originals all sounded like, but I can tell you Def Leppards versions are flawless. If you're a Def Leppard fan or even a fan of the bands they are covering, this is worth the buy. You won't be able to take it out once you put it in! One thing I would like to point out is that their cover of ELO is GREAT..its very different but so well put together. You won't regret getting this one.
Cover tunes July 16, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Def Leppard does cover album. Not a bad album. The cover songs are done tastefully. If you like Def Leppard you'll like this album
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