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2018 greatest hits album by Def Leppard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Story So Far – The Best Of is a compilation album by the English rock band Def Leppard. The album has a similar track listing to previous compilations, however it is the first to include tracks from the band's recent studio efforts Songs from the Sparkle Lounge (2008) and Def Leppard (2015) as well as all three studio tracks from Mirror Ball – Live & More (2011).[1][2][3][4]
The Story So Far – The Best Of | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | 30 November 2018 | |||
Recorded | 1981–2018 | |||
Genre | Glam metal, hard rock | |||
Label | Bludgeon Riffola | |||
Def Leppard chronology | ||||
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The album includes all tracks from their first greatest hits album Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995) (1995) with the exception of "Miss You in a Heartbeat".
Unlike the three previous greatest hits releases Vault, Best of Def Leppard (2004) and Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection (2005), The Story So Far – The Best Of features the Hysteria album versions of the songs "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and "Rocket".
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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1. | "Animal" | Hysteria, 1987 | 4:04 | |
2. | "Photograph" |
| Pyromania, 1983 | 4:08 |
3. | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" |
| Hysteria | 4:28 |
4. | "Love Bites" |
| Hysteria | 5:47 |
5. | "Let's Get Rocked" |
| Adrenalize, 1992 | 4:56 |
6. | "Armageddon It" |
| Hysteria | 5:22 |
7. | "Foolin'" |
| Pyromania | 4:34 |
8. | "Two Steps Behind" | Elliott | Retro Active and Last Action Hero, 1993 | 4:19 |
9. | "Heaven Is" |
| Adrenalize | 3:34 |
10. | "Rocket" |
| Hysteria | 6:36 |
11. | "Hysteria" |
| Hysteria | 5:56 |
12. | "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" |
| Adrenalize | 5:23 |
13. | "Make Love Like a Man" |
| Adrenalize | 4:15 |
14. | "Action" (Sweet cover) | Retro Active | 3:41 | |
15. | "When Love & Hate Collide" |
| Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995), 1995 | 4:17 |
16. | "Rock of Ages" |
| Pyromania | 4:08 |
17. | "Personal Jesus" (Remix) (Depeche Mode cover) (CD and digital bonus track) | Martin Gore | Spotify Singles, 2018 | 3:53 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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1. | "Let's Go" |
| Def Leppard, 2015 | 5:01 |
2. | "Promises" |
| Euphoria, 1999 | 3:59 |
3. | "Slang" |
| Slang, 1996 | 2:39 |
4. | "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" |
| High 'n' Dry, 1981 | 4:33 |
5. | "Rock On" (Radio Remix) (David Essex cover) | Essex | Yeah!, 2006 | 2:53 |
6. | "Nine Lives" (featuring Tim McGraw) |
| Songs from the Sparkle Lounge, 2008 | 3:32 |
7. | "Work It Out" | Vivian Campbell | Slang | 4:49 |
8. | "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" |
| Adrenalize | 4:33 |
9. | "Dangerous" |
| Def Leppard | 3:26 |
10. | "Now" |
| X, 2002 | 3:58 |
11. | "Undefeated" | Elliott | Mirror Ball – Live & More, 2011 | 4:40 |
12. | "Tonight" |
| Adrenalize | 4:03 |
13. | "C'mon C'mon" | Savage | Songs from the Sparkle Lounge | 4:09 |
14. | "Man Enough" |
| Def Leppard | 3:54 |
15. | "No Matter What" (Badfinger cover) | Pete Ham | Yeah! | 2:53 |
16. | "All I Want Is Everything" | Elliott | Slang | 5:28 |
17. | "It's All About Believin'" |
| Mirror Ball – Live & More | 4:22 |
18. | "Kings of the World" | Savage | Mirror Ball – Live & More | 6:12 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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1. | "We All Need Christmas" (with "Personal Jesus" (Remix) as A-side) | Savage | Previously unreleased | 3:57 |
Notes
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[21] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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