Your IP has been blocked. Please perform the action below to regain access.
75.126.130.58-
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
-
Timeless
just like the greats like Elvis, Jerry Lee and the rest, this can be listened to in any generation.
Rating: 
-
A sketchy three stars
Kickstarted by the great fun time lead track of Lets Get Rocked things were looking pretty darn rosy for this album. Great vibe, band with a huge profile, a bit of a sympathy vote due to the tragedy that befell them in the death of Steve Clark, I mean what could go wrong?
Well for starters overlong dreariness like White Lightning which sounds cool and atmospheric on first listen but is just plain boring on repeated plays. Or how about horrors like Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad? Tripe. Other tunes such as Personal Property and Make Love Like A Man would of sounded OK on Hysteria, they have some groove, but here they lack a supporting cast of really strong songs to prop them up.
On this album Def Lepard have come out with a flimsier version of Hysteria. And to drive the point home that this is Hysteria Mk II is the presence of track 10 - Tear It Down. It's a left over from the Hysteria album and was even used as a 'b' side for heavens sake. When you can't even write ten songs for an album and have to trawl through your discards from a previous album then it indicates a problem.
Having said that there is some growth here in other areas. The lessened involvement of Mutt Lange was much noted at the time though this is still a very heavily produced album as Mike Shipley and Def Leppard have continued very much in the same vein. But it does mean the band had to grow within themselves a bit. Also the band do deserve somewhat of a thumbs up for their perseverance in the face of adversity of a very deep and personal nature.
In summation this is a watered down, less inspired version of their mega hit Hysteria. As Joe Elliott said at the time to Metal Edge magazine 'we could probably put out an album of bee farts at the moment and it would sell'. Well with the big hit of Lets Get Rocked plus a few other OK lep tunes they certainly didn't stoop to those levels, but this was a big let down to their fanbase at the time. And no amount of rose coloured glasses will change that.
Rating: -
Adrenalize Is Underated
To me, Def Leppard's ADRENALIZE is so underated and every song on the album is a hit. I think more people would like the album if it came out a lot earlier than what it did back in the spring of 1992. I have been listening to this album recently and it just gets better, and once again when it comes to Def Leppard every song is a hit from the beginning of the album to the end of the album.
Rating: -
Decent follow-up to Hysteria
Seems like everyone either loves or hates this album. Is it "Hysteria Part II", as some say? Maybe, I would reply, but is that a bad thing? Adrenalize is a solid rock release amidst a sea of the new grunge emerging at the time, so I'd say it lived up to its promise although admittedly it's not on par with Hysteria. I don't know that that's a realistic expectation. The death of guitarist Steve Clark had a significant impact on their sound as well as on the emotions and well-being of the band, I'm sure. It couldn't have been an easy time, yet they still put a great album out.
Rating: -
Every song on this album is awesome!
I listen to every song on this album - they're all great!
see more
