Def Leppard is back with their new album, YEAH! (Island/UMe), in stores NOW! YEAH! is a tribute to the band's favorite picks from the late '60s and '70s.I have CDs available for review, audio streams and an e-card. Copies are limited, so put in your request today!

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, T. Rex, Badfinger David Bowie, Sweet, Roxy Music, Mott the Hoople, Electric Light Orchestra, Thin Lizzy, and Blondie. 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!

Said Joe Elliott, "I thought it was about time we showed the world what our true roots were... British pop rock from the early to mid '70s. The songs on this album are at least partly responsible for us making the kind of music that we do." Added Phil Collen, "We didn't want to make the standard covers album and gave this a lot of deep thought as Joe has been going on about doing this sort of project for 26 years. We wanted to express ourselves through these songs and approached the recording process as if they were our own."

Audio Streams:
"20th Century Boy" (originally recorded by T.Rex in 1973)
(Windows Media) http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/ume/dl/20th_century_boy-1.asx
(Real) http://boss.streamos.com/real/ume/dl/20th_century_boy.ram

"Hanging On The Telephone" (originally recorded by The Nerves in 1977, and Blondie in 1978)
(Windows Media) http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/ume/dl/hanging_on_the_telephone-1.asx
(Real) http://boss.streamos.com/real/ume/dl/hanging_on_the_telephone.ram

E-Card: http://www.umecard.com/yeah
You can download cover art, photo and press release here: http://www.specialopsmedia.com/assets/defleppard/assets.zip
Preferred Retail Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FC2HT...02-7755232-5649757?%5Fencoding=UTF8
Official Site: http://www.defleppard.com/

YEAH! Tracklisting:
01. 10538 Overture (originally recorded by Electric Light Orchestra in 1972)
02. 20th Century Boy (originally recorded by T.Rex in 1973)
03. Don't Believe A Word (originally recorded by Thin Lizzy in 1976)
04. Drive-In Saturday (originally recorded by David Bowie in 1973)
05. Hanging On The Telephone (originally recorded by The Nerves in 1977, and Blondie in 1978)
06. He's Gonna Step On You Again (originally recorded by John Kongos in 1971)
07. Hell Raiser (originally recorded by Sweet in 1973)
08. Little Bit Of Love (originally recorded by Free in 1972)
09. No Matter What (originally recorded by Badfinger in 1970)
10. Rock On (originally recorded by David Essex in 1973)
11. Stay With Me (originally recorded by Faces in 1971)
12. Street Life (originally recorded by Roxy Music in 1973)
13. The Golden Age Of Rock & Roll (originally recorded by Mott the Hoople in 1974)
14. Waterloo Sunset (originally recorded by The Kinks in 1967)

aaron, you're one corny motherfucker

Oh great another cover album.

At least they didn't cover Hysteria again.

LOL

they should do a Def Leppard style cover of something totally obscure like Grim and Frostbitten Kingdoms by Immortal

Or a Slayer song.

"highly anticipated new album" eh?

ha, I was listening to Hysteria last night...I wanna cover one of the songs and doom it out, by the time I'm done no one will even recognize it

I remember when Pour Some Sugar on Me came out.Man!! Ive never heard a song played more on the radio and on MTV

Pour some sugar on meeee

Thin Lizzy is fucking awesome Def leppard shoulda quit when Phil Collin sucked at drumming(which has been always therfore meaning DEF LEPPARD SHOULD HAVE NEVER EXISTED!)

Phil Collins = Genesis
Phil Collen = Def Leppard

Yeti said:

haha now that would be an interesting cover album: a glam tribute to black metal

Morbid_Mike said:

haha, Phil is the guitar player

Pffft, I could play all of their songs with one hand tied behind my back.

Although I have to applaud Steve Clark for the innovative cocktail: Jack n'Percs

the guy finally get that arm fixed?

THIN LIZZY rolls over Def Leppard like a fucking tank. Def Leppard is music for teenage girls...jesus fuck they suck.

def leppard rock