X (Def Leppard album)

X
US cover
Studio album by Def Leppard
Released	30 July 2002 (2002-07-30)
Recorded	2001–2002
Studio	Joe's Garage (Dublin, Ireland) Polar Studios (Stockholm, Sweden) Rumbo Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Pop rock[1]
Length	47:09
Label	Island (US) Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury (UK & Europe)
Producer	Pete Woodroffe Def Leppard Per Aldeheim Andreas Carlsson Marti Frederiksen
Def Leppard chronology
Euphoria (1999) X (2002) Best Of (2004)
Singles from X
"Now" Released: 5 August 2002 "Four Letter Word" Released: 23 November 2002 "Long, Long Way to Go" Released: 14 April 2003

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Rolling Stone	link
NME	link

X (pronounced ten) is the eighth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 30 July 2002 by Island Records in the US and sister label Mercury worldwide. Much like 1996's Slang, it featured another departure from their signature sound by moving into the pop genre. The album charted at No. 11 on The Billboard 200 and No. 14 on the UK Albums Chart.^[3] 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.