Hysteria's little brother

This album sounds similar to Hysteria which is it's strength AND weakness. Two years of Hysteria touring and promotion caused this follow-up to sound a little bit tired. Maybe the guys needed a longer break after the Hysteria tour (or perhaps they spent too much time in the studio). The absence of the late Steve Clark had a negative impact on this project as well. Phil Collen attempts to play guitar parts sounding like Steve, but only to mild success. Still this is a very respectable album. "White Lightning" is reason enough to get it. A great epic song that's reminds me of "Gods of War" from Hysteria.

Maybe not their Best, but My Personal Favorite

How could I give my favorite album only four stars? Well, I'm a Def Leppard fanatic, but I have to bow to the fact that the general population probably wouldn't list Def Leppard as the most talented band of all time.



This album is actually a change from the early Def Leppard rock vein. For this reason, however, I feel that this album can easily appeal to listeners outside of the Def Leppard fan base. Songs like "Tonight", "Stand Up", "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" could easily find appreciation in the soft rock crowd. Moreover, they are some of the first songs Def Leppard did (besides maybe "Hysteria") that actually deal with love and romance, and not just lust and sex.



But for the Def Leppard fans, there's plenty to rock out to here as well, with tracks like "Let's Get Rocked", "Heaven Is", "Make Love Like a Man", and "Personal Property".



The last two tracks (especially track 10) are a little weak, but I feel that the quality of the first 8 more than makes up for that. I would have loved it if the CD had more than 10 tracks, but what's there is good, and the price (this CD will probably cost you less than $3) is right.



If you're just dabbling in rock and roll and aren't ready for the hard stuff yet, Adrenalize is a great place to start.

My very first hard rock album!!!

Up until 1992, I never liked hard rock or metal at all. I was never into it. Then one day I was watching MTV in 1992, Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad came on and I totally fell in love with Def Leppard and the song! I bought the tape and it was my favorite and only hard rock album. After a while, I bought Hysteria which is now my all time favorite hard rock/metal album. But Adrenalize will always be up there with Hysteria. Adrenalize has some of the best rock songs I've ever heard like Let's Get Rocked (awesome video by the way), Make Love Like A Man, Tonight, White Lighting (I totally love all the guitar solos), Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion), and Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad (My 2nd favorite rock ballad next to Love Bites). But this album got me into other bands but Def Leppard are so unique and don't sound like any other band so they will always be my favorite. After the release of Vault, all the albums that came after it wasn't as good and I wish they would make another album like Adrenalize or Hysteria again but these two are my all time favorite rock albums. Adrenalize is REAL ROCK!!!