Best Songs from Def Leppard's X
X (pronounced ten) is the 8th studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 30 July 2002 by Island Records in the US and sister label Mercury worldwide. It was recorded at Joe's Garage in Dublin, Ireland Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, and Rumbo Studios in Los Angeles, California, USAMuch like 1996's Slang, it featured another departure from their signature sound by moving into the pop genre.
Most of the album was produced by Pete Woodroffe and the band, with remaining tracks produced by either Marti Frederiksen or Per Aldeheim and Andreas Carlsson.
This is the first Def Leppard album in which drummer Rick Allen actively took part in song-writing. On all of the band's prior albums, he is only credited with helping co-write 3 tracks. On this album alone, he co-wrote 11.
The album features the Roman numeral 'X', recognising it as their tenth album release, although the album is in fact only their eighth collection of all-new studio material. The other two albums released by the band prior to the release of X, Retro Active and Vault, were a rerecording of B-sides and rarities and a greatest hits set respectively.
The album peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200, but did not sell to the standards of their previous releases and failed to earn any RIAA certifications. Nothing from this album had been performed live by the band since the conclusion of its supporting tour until the 'Rock of Ages' tour of 2012 during which the opening track " Now " was performed acoustically.
Genres: Pop Rock, Hard Rock
Personnel:
Joe Elliott – lead vocals
Rick "Sav" Savage – bass guitar, vocals
Rick Allen – drums
Vivian Campbell – guitar, vocals
Phil Collen – guitar, vocals
Additional personnel:
Stan Schiller – shredding tele licks on "Gravity"
Eric Carter – keyboards and drum loops on "Now", "You're So Beautiful" and "Everyday"
Production:
Producers: Def Leppard, Per Aldeheim, Andreas Carlsson, Pete Woodroffe
Engineers: Stefan Glaumann, Richard Chycki, Ronan McHugh, Liz Sroka, Pete Woodroffe
Mixing: Marti Frederiksen, Ronan McHugh, Pete Woodroffe
Mastering: Tom Coyne A&R: Simon Collins, Jeff Fenster
Production co-ordination: Leslie Langlo, Sue Tropio
Editing: Brian Paturalski
Vocal producer: Ronan McHugh
Drum technician: Jerry Johnson
String arrangements: David Campbell
Programming: Ronan McHugh, Pete Woodroffe
Photography: Clive Arrowsmith
The Top Ten
1 Now
2 Torn to Shreds
3 Long, Long Way to Go
4 Scar
5 Four Letter Word
6 Everyday
7 Kiss the Day
8 Unbelievable
9 Gravity
10 Cry
The Contenders
11 Love Don't Lie
12 10 x Bigger Than Love
13 You're So Beautiful
14 Girl Like You
15 Let Me Be the One
16 Gimme a Job
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