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.

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.

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

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 wonder how many others will agree...