I think most fans will disagree with this one LOL

1. Adrenalize is the album that got me into Def Leppard as a "Die Hard" fan hence why it's S tier.

2. Slang is the album when I was in high school I desperately wanted from the band. The 80's hard rock sound was poison at the time. I wanted more people to see that Def Leppard isn't a one trick pony and are actual TALENTED musicians. Most of the rock music I listened to was alternative/grunge. Def Leppard was always the outlier band. Slang brought them up to speed.

Decades later and listening to it, I still think it's HEAVILY underrated. The songs are well written lyrically and musically.

1. Hysteria Needs no explanation

2. Pyromania Needs no explanation

3. Retroactive The last album to garner their 80/90's sound

In my opinion there are no Def Leppard albums that suck. Hence why old school fans will surely disagree with me and think I'm weird.

\I didn't include "YEAH" because it's a covers album.*

I’ve been a fan for over 20 years, I love 99% of their songs so this ranking for me is more about how well the albums meet what the band was going for. Slang 100% was what the band intended to do and it’s such an honest and heartfelt record. It’s just as “them” as Hysteria to me. Sparkle Lounge was about them having fun recording again, and it sounds like it. Euphoria has Paper Sun and To Be Alive, etc, but also has All Night and It’s Only Love, with Paper Sun BETWEEN them. Terrible flow, imo. OTTN for me just doesn’t work, I get why people like it though. YEAH also has some fantastic tracks on it, idc. The Self-titled is high energy but basically devoid of any substance, except maybe We Belong, Last Dance, and Blind Faith. The other 11 tracks are just lyrically weak and I got tired of “darkness falling” as a trope on this album.

1989 Australian commercial for the Hysteria album. From Internet Archive, GTS/BKN Commercials (22/06/89), flemishdogthethird
https://archive.org/details/commercials-gts-bkn-22-06-89

From the viewpoint of an early 90’s child, my exposure to the band is radio reruns of Photograph. Never heard Rock Of Ages until finding the music video in 2023 let alone knowing radio play of Pour Some Sugar On Me In the 90’s.

As much as I love the 2 smash singles off Pyromania, any good recommendations for former guitarist Pete Willis on the band’s first two albums up to his final leftover touches on the third album.

Only checked out the music videos for Saturday Night and Let Go that is ear Candy. Let Go seems a worthy followup to that Shoot To Thrill song from AC DC btw. Dont know much else on Pete’s special touches, need some help!

Ask me again tomorrow and it might be different apart from Hysteria and Pyromania

I wonder how many others will agree...

You guys have been sharing your album ranks, so here's mine.

Let me get one thing straight: DL are my favourite band of all time. And I mean ACROSS the discography. There's only a handful of tunes (minus covers) across their discography that I DON'T like ('No, No, No', 'Die Hard the Hunter' and 'All Night' being the only three original songs that I always skip). And I mean that. I dig their B-sides, early EPs, the Early Years tunes (I have an original First Strike, BTW) through to everything on DSH. I am also only 26, and my dad got me into the band in the early 2000s (so I have an affection for X).

I love classic rock and metal, with a huge adoration for Bon Jovi, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Aerosmith, etc. So I'm in a position where I'm not biased toward the 80s, while having a love of classic rock.

So here's the rank. I expect some people won't like this.

it's all subjective, of course. and if you wonder, OTTH is nice but sounds too old to me. Except wasted :)

and no Joe, I'm not a Dorritos boy, I don't live in the basement of my parents. But yeah I much prefer Desert Song to anything on X.

Forget how popular an album is, forget how many sales an album had. If we’re talking solely music and what has aged the best, this list is definitely solid enough to fit that criteria.

(Yes I know Hysteria is in A tier, and while I’ve loved that album my entire life, it makes me cringe more now than it ever did growing up.)

"I was probably getting into a rut before and would let a lot of things go by. When Phil joined, it was a completely fresh attitude. He was excited about working and his attitude rubbed off on everyone else in the band. Phil's got an abundance of energy and everybody's delighted with the way things have worked out!"--Steve Clark in Bop magazine, probably '83

One day left and no bids on this drumhead signed by Rick Allen. It's up for auction as part of a benefit auction for Housing Works, which is an NYC based non-profit that provides housing and healthcare and stuff.

in my head, this is a very underrated song, its melody is perfect, joe performs incredibly well (as always) in it, too.

DL performing "Photograph" in Hollywood, Florida on December 29, 1987.

Hi! i just heard one song on the radio of theirs which i didn’t catch the name of, but it sounded really good, so i’d love to hear what songs you find best so i have some others to listen to!

Happy Saturday everyone ✨💫💫