DEF LEPPARD: Euphoria CD 1999. Check videos. Incl. the killer ballad “Goodbye”, “Promises”, etc.

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Euphoria from ’99 is an almost forgotten jewel in the Def Leppard discography.

Euphoria Studio album by Def Leppard
Recorded 1998 at Joes Garage in Dublin, Ireland.         Released June 8, 1999
Length 51:01     Label Mercury      Producer Pete Woodroffe and Def Leppard
SAMPLES: www.allmusic.com/album/euphoria-mw0000666861
Track listing:
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. “Demolition Man” Phil Collen, Vivian Campbell, Joe Elliott 3:24
2. “Promises” Collen, Mutt Lange 3:59
3. “Back in Your Face” Elliott, Collen 3:20
4. “Goodbye” Rick Savage 3:36
5. “All Night” Collen, Lange 3:38
6. “Paper Sun” Collen, Campbell, Elliott, Savage, Pete Woodroffe 5:27
7. “Its Only Love” Elliott, Lange, Savage, Campbell 4:06
8. “21st Century Sha La La La Girl” Collen, Elliott, Savage 4:06
9. “To Be Alive” Campbell, P.J. Smith 3:53
10. “Disintegrate” Collen 2:51
11. “Guilty” Collen, Savage, Elliott, Campbell, Woodroffe 3:47
12. “Day After Day” Collen, Elliott, Campbell 4:36
13. “Kings of Oblivion” Elliott, Collen, Savage 4:18

Duration 51:01

Certifications: United States RIAA Gold, Canada CRIA Gold

Personnel:
Joe Elliott lead vocals
Phil Collen guitar, backing vocals
Vivian Campbell guitar, backing vocals
Rick “Sav” Savage bass guitar, backing vocals
Rick Allen drums
Additional musicians: Ciaran McGoldrick, Gary Sullivan, Ricky Warwick heys and claps on “Back in Your Face”, Mutt Lange additional vocals on “Promises” and “All Night”, additional guitar on “All Night”, Damon “Demon” Hill end guitar solo on “Demolition Man”

Singles from Euphoria:
“Promises” Released: 1999 (worldwide, except Europe), “Promises/Back in Your Face” Released: 1999 (Europe)
“Paper Sun” Released: 1999 (US)
“Goodbye” Released: 1999
“Day After Day” Released: 2000 (US)
“21st Century Sha La La La Girl” Released: 2000 (US)

Euphoria is the seventh studio album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1999. The album marked a return to their signature sound made famous by the band in the 1980s. It was produced by the band with Pete Woodroffe. The album charted at #11 on The Billboard 200 and #11 on the UK Albums Chart.
The band would enlist the aid of former producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange for four days in a more limited role. Three songs were co-written with Lange, who lent background vocals (as he had on other albums): “Its Only Love”, “All Night” and “Promises”.
A song first recorded by Vivian Campbells side band Clock, “To Be Alive”, received a Leppard makeover. For the first time since 1981s High ‘n’ Dry, an instrumental was included (Phil Collens “Disintegrate”). This instrumental was known before as “Spanish Sky”, a ballad that evolved into this track.
1996 Formula One racing champion Damon Hill, a neighbour of Rick Savage, would contribute a guitar solo to the track “Demolition Man”.
In its first week of release, Euphoria sold over 98,000 units in the US and just missed the Top 10 of the Billboard 200, reaching #11. First single “Promises” topped Billboards Mainstream Rock chart in June 1999, a spot the band had not held in six years.
Euphoria would later be certified gold in the US, Canada and Japan. The album-supporting tour stretched from May 1999 to September 2000.
Upon the albums ten year anniversary in June 2009, The Record Review noted that “the band has yet to match it with any release since and it still stands between leaders Hysteria and Pyromania as the bands best album.”

Def Leppard set out to make a classic Def Leppard album with Slangs successor, Euphoria. And, surprisingly, thats exactly what they’ve delivered. From the outset, its clear that Euphoria finds the band returning to the glam-inflected, unabashedly catchy, arena-ready pop-metal that made them stars — and its also clear that they’re not concerned with having a hit, they just want to make a good record. For them, that means returning to the pop-metal formula that made Pyromania and Hysteria blockbusters, even if they must know that this signature sound no longer guarantees a hit at the close of the ’90s. It is true that this approach means Euphoria sounds out of time in 1999, but its a tight, attractive album with more than its share of big hooks, strong riffs, and memorable melodies. There are a couple of slow moments here and there, but no more than those on Hysteria, and the best songs (particularly the opening triptych of “Demoltion Man,” “Promises,” “Back in Your Face,” plus the jangly Beatles-esque “21st Century Sha-La-La Girl”) are worthy additions to an already strong catalog. But whats best about Euphoria is that its utterly not self-conscious. Def Leppard feels free to try straight pop, appropriate Gary Glitter riffs, or play straight metal, without caring whether its hip or commercial.
Euphoria is a classic, their most appealing effort in over a decade.

Issued on June 8, 1999, Euphoria quickly made it plain that Def Leppard were right back in the game, something Joe Elliott himself acknowledged, singing “It’s like I’ve never been away” on the assured “Back In Your Face.” The troops also made some truly consummate noise on the roaring “Demolition Man,” the seemingly effortless “Promises” and the irrepressible “Kings Of Oblivion,” with the latter providing lead guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell the ideal launch pad for some vintage, Thin Lizzy-esque interplay.

Yet Euphoria had far more to offer than just rampaging rockers. Bassist Rick Savage’s dreamy “Goodbye” and Campbell’s “To Be Alive” ranked highly among the band’s best widescreen ballads, while Collen’s exhilarating instrumental, “Disintegrate,” and the brooding, psych-imbued “Paper Sun” suggested Leppard were still keen to prowl in pastures new as they headed into their third decade together.

Joe Elliott and company knew they were onto something good all along with Euphoria, and they were proved right when the album’s lead single, “Promises,” thrust Leppard back to their rightful place at the top of Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart.

Leading the way in the press, Entertainment Weekly cut to the chase when they declared, “Def Leppard are back in a big, bad Hysteria-sleek way.” When Euphoria again yielded Top 20 Billboard chart success and a further brace of gold discs, it served notice that these seemingly invincible hard rockers remained in fine shape as they strode fearlessly into the new millennium.

Leppard’s brief, but fruitful, reunion with Lange resulted in three of Euphoria’s stand-out tracks: the classy, semi-acoustic “It’s Only Love,” the quixotic “All Night” (a throwback to the Prince-esque funk of Slang’s title track), and the album’s signature song, “Promises”: a turbulent rocker with bags of panache which bore the hallmarks of a future classic.

For the rest of the album, Leppard reconvened with Slang producer Peter Woodroffe and decamped to Joe’s Garage studio in Dublin to lay down the bulk of their new record. A collective confidence prevailed and their ensuing performances proved that their initial session with Lange had energized the whole band.

Issued on June 8, 1999, Euphoria quickly made it plain that Def Leppard were right back in the game, something Joe Elliott himself acknowledged, singing “It’s like I’ve never been away” on the assured “Back In Your Face.” The troops also made some truly consummate noise on the roaring “Demolition Man,” the seemingly effortless “Promises” and the irrepressible “Kings Of Oblivion,” with the latter providing lead guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell the ideal launch pad for some vintage, Thin Lizzy-esque interplay.

Yet Euphoria had far more to offer than just rampaging rockers. Bassist Rick Savage’s dreamy “Goodbye” and Campbell’s “To Be Alive” ranked highly among the band’s best widescreen ballads, while Collen’s exhilarating instrumental, “Disintegrate,” and the brooding, psych-imbued “Paper Sun” suggested Leppard were still keen to prowl in pastures new as they headed into their third decade together.

Joe Elliott and company knew they were onto something good all along with Euphoria, and they were proved right when the album’s lead single, “Promises,” thrust Leppard back to their rightful place at the top of Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart.

Leading the way in the press, Entertainment Weekly cut to the chase when they declared, “Def Leppard are back in a big, bad Hysteria-sleek way.” When Euphoria again yielded Top 20 Billboard chart success and a further brace of gold discs, it served notice that these seemingly invincible hard rockers remained in fine shape as they strode fearlessly into the new millennium.

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