Retro Active by Def Leppard

Retro Active

Def Leppard

1993

Retro Active is a Rock album by Def Leppard, originally released in 1993. On Gatefold: 92 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Hard Rock
  • polished
  • triumphant
  • cinematic

About

This post-<i>Adrenalize</i> compilation bookends guitarist Steve Clark’s brilliant tenure with Def Leppard after his tragic death in 1991, and offers a fascinating alternate glimpse of a band at their commercial peak. “Desert Song” and “Fractured Love” are sultry <i>Hysteria</i> outtakes. There are foot-stomping covers of The Sweet’s “Action” and Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson’s “Only After Dark.” And there's also a soaring <i>Adrenalize</i> B-side (“She’s Too Tough”) and a supercharged re-recording of “Ride Into the Sun” from the Lepp’s 1979 debut EP.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Desert Song5:18
  2. 2Fractured Love5:08
  3. 3Action (Revised Version)3:40
  4. 4Two Steps Behind (String/Acoustic Version)4:16
  5. 5She's Too Tough (Revised Version)3:40
  6. 6Miss You In a Heartbeat (Revised Version)4:04
  7. 7Only After Dark (Revised Version)3:52
  8. 8Ride Into the Sun (Revised Version)3:11
  9. 9From the Inside (feat. The Acoustic Hippies from Hell)4:16
  10. 10Ring of Fire (Revised Version)4:41
  11. 11I Wanna Be Your Hero (Revised Version)4:29
  12. 12Miss You In a Heartbeat (Electric Version)4:56
  13. 13Two Steps Behind (Electric Version)4:30
  14. 14Miss You In a Heartbeat (Acoustic Version)4:07

Credits

Performers

3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 92 pressings tracked on Gatefold