Adrenalize
1992 studio album by Def Leppard
Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 30 March 1992 through Mercury Records. It’s the first album by the band recorded without guitarist Steve Clark who died in 1991. Although most songs were written and partially demoed before his death, they were re-recorded solo by Phil Collen in 1991–1992. It remains the only album recorded by Def Leppard as a four-member band. Spawning six singles, four of them – "Let's Get Rocked", "Make Love Like a Man", "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" and "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" – were major hits.
"Tear It Down" is a re-recording of a song written during a recording session following the completion of the Hysteria album and released as B-side for that album's single "Women" in 1987. The song received radio airplay and was performed by the band live at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards.
"White Lightning" is dedicated to the memory of Clark, who has writing credits on six of the album's ten tracks.
Background and recording
Def Leppard had faced long delays previously, including the challenge of drummer Rick Allen losing his arm while making their previous album, Hysteria, and while trying to follow up the success, they also faced the prospect of doing so with a different producer. Adrenalize became the band's first album since 1980's On Through the Night not to be produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, as Lange was more keen on songwriting than producing when they wanted to start the album.
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