CD Yeah! - Def Leppard

-Titulo Original : Audio CD - YEAH! - Def Leppard

-Fabricante :

Island

-Descripcion Original:

On their highly anticipated new album, Def Leppard have created a heartfelt and hard rocking tribute to their musical heroes of the late 60s and 70s - 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! While most of their teen peers were embracing nascent 70s U.K. punk with all the snotty tude they could muster, Sheffields 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, Badfingers No Matter What, and T Rexs 20th Century Boy may be arguably too faithful, right down to Joe Elliots often dead-on vocal chameleon routine. But elsewhere they perform some admirable pop archaeology, imparting a darker edge to David Essexs spooky Rock On and pumping Blondies Hanging on the Telephone, one-hit-wonder John Kongoss riff-fest Hes Gonna Step On You Again, and Sweets Hell Raiser full of patent Lep energy. --Jerry McCulley