Where is Def Leppard's sparkle?
It’s obvious that Def Leppard tries to compare themselves to The Beatles with the cover of their new album Songs From the Sparkle Lounge. One look and anyone who has paid attention to popular culture over the last 50 years will instantly see the similarities to the Beatle’s hugely important Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.…
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26 - sophia
i agree with john's comment. it's good for a band to evolve, and furthermore, it's natural. you get older, your tastes change, and if you're an artist, that's going to reflect in you're work. heck, it reflects in other forms of work too.
personally, i think "bad actress" is the WORST track on this album! i like "Go" and "Tomorrow" best. i do agree that having tim mcgraw on "nine lives" was not a great idea. he sounds really cheesey in this musical context. at first i thought it was joe doing a weird impersonation thing to be funny or something. then i read about it and thought "oh, well, that explains that!" ha ha ha
and i thought Slang was one of the best albums ever. i thought def leppard was taking a very interesting turn with that, but i guess because of the criticism they went back to arena rock in euphoria. can't please 'em all, def lep, i say just do what you want. be true to your inspirations.
27 - Timothy Cook
I have to say that the new DEF LEPPARD album contains monster hits throughout the entire album. The melodies in these songs are so brilliant in such a way that they run so much deeper than most of the stuff that is out there. DEF LEPPARD doesn't have to experiment everytime they release an album mainly because they make their songs so perfect and brilliantly arranged with perfect melody, and I don't hear anyone else out there that can do that.
28 - chris lasek
yeah this album isn't very good. its better than X, but X sounded like the backstreet boys for christ's sake. this album sounds way too commercial, like they are trying to get young teeny boppers to like their music. as for having tim mcgraw sing on a def lepp tune hahaha what a joke. i honeslty believe that if def leppard dont make a decent album next time, they should call it quits. it has been down hill since steve clarke died, i'm sorry to say but its true. all in all i give this album 2 stars outta 5
29 - ---JaYmZ---
Chris i couldn't agree more. This is a bad cd, but not as bad as slang or x, man did they stink, this also stinks, just not as much. DEF LEPPARD, MAKE A GOOD CD FOR ONCE INSTEAD OF THIS TRIPE YOU CALL ROCK, ITS A MERE BLEND OF BAD RIFFS AND RECYCLED POP MUSIC LEFTOVER FROM THE LIKES OF NICKLEBACK AND OTHER SHITE BANDS!!! I am really disappointed about this cd, I thought they were finally coming to their senses but NO, they release this, oh well. glad i didnt buy it!!!! 0.5 stars out of 5 for me