Adrenalize

For the song by in This Moment, see Adrenalize (song).

Adrenalize
Studio album by
Def Leppard
Released31 March 1992 (1992-03-31)
Recorded1988–1990 (preliminary recordings)[1]
1991–1992
StudioWisseloord Studios, Hilversum
Dublin[2]
Genre
Length45:22
Label
Producer
Def Leppard chronology
Hysteria
(1987) 		Adrenalize
(1992) 		Retro Active
(1993)
Singles from Adrenalize
  1. "Let's Get Rocked"
    Released: March 1992
  2. "Make Love Like a Man"
    Released: June 1992
  3. "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
    Released: August 1992[5]
  4. "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"
    Released: December 1992
  5. "Heaven Is"
    Released: January 1993
  6. "Tonight"
    Released: March 1993
Audio
"Album" playlist on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Robert Christgau(dud)[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Sputnik Music

Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 31 March 1992 through Mercury Records. It is 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 is the only album recorded by Def Leppard as a four-member band. Spawning seven 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,[8] who has writing credits on six of the album's ten tracks.

  1. ^ DEF LEPPARD / ADRENALIZE ALBUM RELEASE (Making of)
  2. ^ "D E F L E P P A R D . C O M". 21 December 2001. Archived from the original on 21 December 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. ^ Elliott, Paul (6 March 2018). "Def Leppard look back on how they made 90s rock classic Adrenalize". Classic Rock. Future plc. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  4. ^ Basner, Dave (31 March 2017). [1]. iHeartRadio. iHeartMedia. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  5. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 213. ISBN 9780862415419.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Def Leppard". Robert Christgau.
  7. ^ J.D. Considine (16 April 1992). "Adrenalize | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).