Adrenalize#Deluxe edition (Bonus CD)

Having done some writing on tour for Hysteria, the band returned to the studio in November 1988 to work on the next album at Wisseloord Studios and later Studio 150 in Amsterdam, both in Holland. Def Leppard had faced long delays previously, including the challenge of drummer Rick Allen losing his arm while making their previous album, Hysteria, and while trying to follow up the success, they also faced the prospect of doing so with a different producer, as Robert John "Mutt" Lange was already working with Bryan Adams. At the same time, guitarist Steve Clark had been suffering from alcohol addiction since 1989, spending six sessions in rehab, so he was in the studio less and less than before. Clark was involved in writing six of the songs on the album,{{cite web |last1=Elliott |first1=Paul |title=Def Leppard look back on how they made 90s rock classic Adrenalize |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/def-leppard-look-back-on-how-they-made-90s-rock-classic-adrenalize |website=loudersound |language=en |date=6 March 2018}} but was given an ultimatum over his alcoholism in September 1990, and put on a six-month leave of absence. Clark died four months later, in January 1991.

The band tried to continue the recording process, going back into the studio the day after Clark's death to cope with the loss, but it took a few months before they were able to work to what they felt was a satisfactory standard.{{cite web |title=Def Leppard Interview (March 1992 Adrenalize/Steve Clark Death) |url=http://www.deflepparduk.com/1992interview1.html |website=Def Leppard Tour History |language=en}} As singer Joe Elliott reported, 90% of the album was recorded between April and December 1991.{{cite magazine|first=John |last=Lappen |title=Def Leppard |magazine=Music Connection |date=27 April 1992 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Music-Connection/90/1992/Music-Connection-1992-04-27.pdf |page=23 |access-date=10 March 2025 |via=worldradiohistory.com}}

Instead of replacing Clark with a new member, the band continued recording 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."Barton, Geoff: "Steve was an artist…"; Classic Rock No. 219, February 2016, p184

This was also the band's first album since 1980's On Through the Night not to be produced by Lange. Instead, the band took matters in their own hands and produced the album themselves along with longtime engineer Mike Shipley;{{Cite web|last=Kielty|first=Martin|date=31 March 2017|title=When Def Leppard Beat the Grunge Clock With 'Adrenalize'|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/def-leppard-adrenalize/|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|language=en}} with Lange credited as executive producer.{{Cite web|title=Def Leppard News – The Story of Def Leppard's ADRENALIZE Album (Released 25 Years Ago)|url=http://www.deflepparduk.com/2017newsmar136.html|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Def Leppard Tour History}}

"We coped without Mutt quite well…" recalled Joe Elliott. "Mutt was in his studio in Guildford with Bryan Adams and we'd be in Dublin, talking every day… But it wasn't as adventurous as Hysteria. It was more of a rock album, less experimental. It's like with Pink Floyd: to me, Adrenalize was our Wish You Were Here and Hysteria was our Dark Side of the Moon."{{cite magazine|first=Mick|last=Wall|title=A wild ride over stony ground|magazine=Classic Rock|date=May 2018|issue=248|page=38}}

Adrenalize debuted at No. 1 on both the UK Albums Chart{{Cite web|title=adrenalize {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/adrenalize/|access-date=2021-05-15|publisher=Official Charts Company|language=en}} and, in the following week, on the U.S. Billboard 200.{{Cite magazine|title=Top Current Album Sales Chart|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/current-albums/1992-04-18|access-date=2021-05-15|magazine=Billboard}} It stayed at No. 1 of the Billboard chart for five weeks keeping Bruce Springsteen's Human Touch off the top spot, and spent 65 weeks on the charts in total.

The album received mixed reviews: some critics praised its production values and instantly catchy and radio-friendly material, while others called it tired and formulaic.{{Cite web|title=Def Leppard Adrenalize – AllMusic Review by Steve Huey|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/adrenalize-mw0000073073|publisher=AllMusic}} 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."{{cite magazine|last1=Considine|first1=J.D.|title=Adrenalize|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=16 April 1992|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/adrenalize-19920416}} Other reviewers also noted the album's less metal sound and pointed out its lack of cohesion. A staff writer for Sputnikmusic said that, despite the slick production, the album doesn't match the standard set by the band's previous two records, which they referred to as masterpieces."{{Cite web|title=Def Leppard – Adrenalize (album review ) {{!}} Sputnikmusic|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/30374/Def-Leppard-Adrenalize/|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Sputnikmusic}}

Writing in 2009, after Pyromania and Adrenalize have been reissued, Toby Cook of The Quietus said that, despite Adrenalize's many flaws, "the record buying public of '92 cared not."{{Cite web|last=Cook|first=Toby|date=11 June 2009|title=Reviews {{!}} Def Leppard – Pyromania & Adrenalize Reissues|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/01837-def-leppard-pyromania-adrenalize-reissue-album-review|access-date=2021-05-15|website=The Quietus|language=en-us}} Indeed, the album would go on to sell more than seven million copies worldwide, remaining Def Leppard's last studio album to achieve major mainstream success.

{{Track listing

| headline = International edition

| title1 = Let's Get Rocked

| writer1 = {{hlist|Phil Collen|Joe Elliott|Robert John "Mutt" Lange|Rick Savage}}

| length1 = 4:56

| title2 = Heaven Is

| writer2 = {{hlist|Steve Clark|Collen|Elliott|Lange|Savage}}

| length2 = 3:33

| title3 = Make Love Like a Man

| writer3 = {{hlist|Clark|Collen|Elliott|Lange}}

| length3 = 4:15

| title4 = Tonight

| writer4 = {{hlist|Clark|Collen|Elliott|Lange|Savage}}

| length4 = 4:03

| title5 = White Lightning

| writer5 = {{hlist|Collen|Elliott|Lange|Savage}}

| length5 = 7:03

| title6 = Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)

| writer6 = {{hlist|Clark|Collen|Elliott|Lange}}

| length6 = 4:32

| title7 = Personal Property

| writer7 = {{hlist|Collen|Elliott|Lange|Savage}}

| length7 = 4:21

| title8 = Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad

| writer8 = {{hlist|Collen|Elliott|Lange}}

| length8 = 5:24

| title9 = I Wanna Touch U

| writer9 = {{hlist|Rick Allen|Clark|Collen|Elliott|Lange}}

| length9 = 3:37

| title10 = Tear It Down

| writer10 = {{hlist|Clark|Collen|Elliott|Savage}}

| length10 = 3:38

| title11 = Miss You in a Heartbeat

| writer11 = Collen

| length11 = 5:06

| note11 = Japanese bonus track

| title12 = She's Too Tough

| writer12 = Elliott

| length12 = 3:39

| note12 = Japanese bonus track

| total_length = 54:16

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{{Track listing

| headline = In the Clubs... In Your Face – Bonn, Germany 29/05/92

| title_width = 50%

| writing_width = 50%

| title1 = Hysteria

| note1 = live

| writer1 = {{hlist|Clark|Collen|Elliott|Lange|Savage}}

| length1 = 7:17

| title2 = Photograph

| note2 = live

| writer2 = {{hlist|Clark|Elliott|Lange|Savage|Pete Willis}}

| length2 = 4:44

| title3 = Pour Some Sugar on Me

| note3 = live

| writer3 = {{hlist|Clark|Collen|Elliott|Lange|Savage}}

| length3 = 5:09

| title4 = Let's Get Rocked

| note4 = live

| writer4 = {{hlist|Collen|Elliott|Lange|Savage}}

| length4 = 5:46

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Adrenalize B-sides

| title_width = 50%

| writing_width = 50%

| title5 = You Can't Always Get What You Want

| note5 = The Rolling Stones cover; with Hothouse Flowers

| writer5 = Jagger–Richards

| length5 = 7:43

| title6 = Little Wing

| note6 = The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover; with Hothouse Flowers

| writer6 = Jimi Hendrix

| length6 = 3:40

| title7 = Tonight

| note7 = version 2 – demo version featuring Steve Clark

| writer7 = {{hlist|Clark|Collen|Elliott|Lange|Savage}}

| length7 = 4:24

| title8 = Now I'm Here

| note8 = Queen cover; live – featuring Brian May

| writer8 = Brian May

| length8 = 6:03

| title9 = Two Steps Behind

| note9 = acoustic version

| writer9 = Elliott

| length9 = 4:11

| title10 = Tonight

| note10 = acoustic version, live at Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee, February 1993

| writer10 = {{hlist|Clark|Collen|Elliott|Lange|Savage}}

| length10 = 4:16

| title11 = Too Late for Love

| note11 = live in Denver, Colorado, February 1988

| writer11 = {{hlist|Clark|Elliott|Lange|Savage|Willis}}

| length11 = 6:02

| title12 = Women

| note12 = live in Denver, Colorado, February 1988

| writer12 = {{hlist|Clark|Collen|Elliott|Lange|Savage}}

| length12 = 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.

• 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

• The Sideways Mob – backing vocals
• Robert John "Mutt" Lange, John Sykes – backing vocals
• Phil "Crash" Nicholas – keyboards on "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"
• Pete Woodroffe – additional guitar on "Let's Get Rocked"

• 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

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• {{cite AV media notes

|title = Adrenalize

|title-link = Adrenalize

|others = Def Leppard

|year = 1992

|type = CD booklet

|publisher = Mercury

|id= 314 512 185-2

|location = London, England

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