Def Leppard decided to grace us with yet another Greatest Hits Collection right before the holidays. How nice of them! It is exactly what I needed…uhh…yeah…NO!! No offense Lep, I am a huge fan, but why do we need another greatest hits collection. We have some solid ones already.
I get it. They have been riding a pretty big wave this last year with the awesome success of their arena and stadium tour with Journey (You can read about those here for Def Leppard and here for Journey). They have picked up some fans this past year and also they were nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (FINALLY!!!). All-in-all, a pretty big year so why not cap it off with a new greatest hits set.
Now, they released 3 different sets. One was a single CD set, a Deluxe 2CD set and a Vinyl Set (2LPs). So what are the differences between the sets? I am glad you asked. We will start with the single CD and the Vinyl Editions. Both of these sets have 16 tracks. Okay, the CD has 17 because it includes the new track which is a cover of Depeche Mode’s song “Personal Jesus”. Now that I mention that, the Vinyl set has that song 2 but is on a separate 7″ Single and the B-Side is the bands new Christmas song “We All Need Christmas”…we will get to those two new songs later.
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