Adrenalize

Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 31 March 1992 through Mercury Records.[6] The album was the first by the band following the death of guitarist Steve Clark in 1991. Instead of replacing him with a new member, the band recorded the album as a four-piece. "We had recorded demos on multitrack," recalled fellow guitarist Phil Collen. "I was sitting there with him when he played the original parts. I could relay that. But it was like playing along to a ghost."[7]

For the song by In This Moment, see Adrenalize (song).

Adrenalize
Studio album by Def Leppard
Released	31 March 1992 (1992-03-31)
Recorded	1988–1992
Studio	Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum Dublin[1]
Genre	Hard rock[2] glam metal[3]
Length	45:22
Label	Mercury Bludgeon Riffola
Producer	Mike Shipley Def Leppard
Def Leppard chronology
Hysteria (1987) Adrenalize (1992) Retro Active (1993)
Singles from Adrenalize
"Let's Get Rocked" Released: March 1992 "Make Love Like a Man" Released: June 1992 "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" Released: September 1992 (USA), November (UK/International) "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" Released: December 1992 (US), July (1993) (Australia) "Heaven Is" Released: January 1993 (UK) "Tonight" Released: March 1993 "I Wanna Touch U" Released: May 1993

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Robert Christgau	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
Sputnik Music

Reception

Adrenalize debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200[8] and peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.[9]

In a four star review for Rolling Stone, J.D. Considine wrote "Adrenalize is so relentlessly catchy that it almost seems as if the band is about to abandon its heavy-metal roots for the greener fields of hard pop."[10]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let's Get Rocked"	Phil Collen Joe Elliott Mutt Lange Rick Savage	4:56
2.	"Heaven Is"	Steve Clark Collen Elliott Lange Savage	3:33
3.	"Make Love Like a Man"	Clark Collen Elliott Lange	4:15
4.	"Tonight"	Clark Collen Elliott Lange Savage	4:03
5.	"White Lightning"	Collen Elliott Lange Savage	7:03

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"	Clark Collen Elliott Lange	4:32
7.	"Personal Property"	Collen Elliott Lange Savage	4:21
8.	"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"	Collen Elliott Lange	5:24
9.	"I Wanna Touch U"	Rick Allen Clark Collen Elliott Lange	3:37
10.	"Tear It Down"	Clark Collen Elliott Savage	3:38
Total length:			45:22

Japanese bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Miss You in a Heartbeat" (Electric version)	Collen	5:06
12.	"She's Too Tough"	Elliott	3:39

Deluxe edition (Bonus CD)

In the Clubs... In Your Face - Bonn, Germany 29/05/92

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hysteria" (live)	Clark Collen Elliott Lange Savage	7:17
2.	"Photograph" (live)	Clark Elliott Lange Savage Pete Willis	4:44
3.	"Pour Some Sugar on Me" (live)	Clark Collen Elliott Lange Savage	5:09
4.	"Let's Get Rocked" (live)	Collen Elliott Lange Savage	5:46

Adrenalize B-sides

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"You Can't Always Get What You Want" (with Hothouse Flowers)	Mick Jagger Keith Richards	7:43
6.	"Little Wing" (with Hothouse Flowers)	Jimi Hendrix	3:40
7.	"Tonight" (version 2 - demo version featuring Steve Clark)	Clark Collen Elliott Lange Savage	4:24
8.	"Now I'm Here" (live - featuring Brian May)	Brian May	6:03
9.	"Two Steps Behind" (acoustic)	Elliott	4:11
10.	"Tonight" (acoustic - Sun Studios version)	Clark Collen Elliott Lange Savage	4:16
11.	"Too Late for Love" (live)	Clark Elliott Lange Savage Willis	6:02
12.	"Women" (live)	Clark Collen Elliott Lange Savage	6:34

• Tracks 1–4 are taken from the band's In the Clubs... In Your Face EP, recorded at Bonn, Germany, on 29 May 1992
• Tracks 5 & 6 taken from "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" single.
• Tracks 7 & 8 taken from "Tonight" single.
• Track 9 taken from "Make Love Like a Man" UK single and "Two Steps Behind" US single.
• Track 10 taken from "Two Steps Behind" single.
• Tracks 11 & 12 taken from "Let's Get Rocked" single.

Personnel

• Joe Elliott – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Phil Collen – lead and rhythm guitars (except acoustic guitar on "Tonight"), backing vocals, Cockney rhyming rap on "Make Love Like a Man"
• Rick Savage – bass guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "Tonight"
• Rick Allen – drums, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• The Sideways Mob – backing vocals
• Robert John "Mutt" Lange, John Sykes - backing vocals
• Phil "Crash" Nicholas – keyboards on "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"

Production

• Mike "Bat Ears" Shipley – producer, engineer, mixing
• Def Leppard – producer
• Pete Woodroffe – engineer, programming, sequencing
• Robert John "Mutt" Lange – executive producer
• Robert Scovill – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Andie Airfix – art direction
• Pamela Springsteen – photography

Chart positions

Album

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[11]	1
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[12]	1
UK Albums Chart[13]	1
U.S. Billboard 200[14]	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[15]	Platinum	70,000^^
Canada (Music Canada)[16]	4× Platinum	400,000^^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[17]	Gold	25,0000[17]
France (SNEP)[18]	Gold	100,000^*
Japan (RIAJ)[19]	Gold	100,000^^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[20]	Gold	100,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[21]	Gold	7,500^^
Sweden (GLF)[22]	Gold	50,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[23]	Platinum	50,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[24]	Platinum	300,000^^
United States (RIAA)[25]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Notes

1. "D E F L E P P A R D . C O M". 21 December 2001. Archived from the original on 21 December 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
2. Elliott, Paul (6 March 2018). "Def Leppard look back on how they made 90s rock classic Adrenalize". Classic Rock. Future plc. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
3. Basner, Dave (31 March 2017). . iHeartRadio. iHeartMedia. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
4. Christgau, Robert. "Def Leppard". Robert Christgau.
5. J.D. Considine (16 April 1992). "Adrenalize | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
6. "Def Leppard Adrenalize Album Anniversary". Def Leppard Report. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
7. Barton, Geoff: "Steve was an artist…"; Classic Rock #219, February 2016, p184
8. "Allmusic (Def Leppard charts and awards) Billboard albums".
9. "Def Leppard The Official Charts Company".
10. Considine, J.D. (16 April 1992). "Adrenalize". Rolling Stone.
11. "australian-charts.com > Def Leppard in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
12. "charts.nz > Def Leppard in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
13. "Official Charts > Def Leppard". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
14. "Billboard > Def Leppard Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
15. "1992 Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
16. "Canadian album certifications – Def Leppard – Adrenalize". Music Canada. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
17. "Def Leppard" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
18. "Les Certifications & Les Ventes". Info Disc. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
19. "Japanese album certifications – Def Leppard – Adrenalize" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
20. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 24 April 2019. Type Def Leppard in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Adrenalize in the box under TÍTULO
21. "New Zealand album certifications – Def Leppard – Adrenalize". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
22. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
23. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Def Leppard; 'Adrenalize')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
24. "British album certifications – Def Leppard – Adrenalize". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 April 2019. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Adrenalize in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
25. "American album certifications – Def Leppard – Adrenalize". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 24 April 2019. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 

References

• Adrenalize (CD booklet). Def Leppard. London, England: Mercury. 1992. 314 512 185-2.CS1 maint: others (link)