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2006 studio album by Def Leppard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yeah! is the ninth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard. It is the first cover album by the band. It was originally intended to be released on 20 September 2005, but it was announced on 31 March 2006 that the album would be released on 23 May 2006. The album charted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200[3] and No. 52 on the UK Albums Chart.[4]
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Released | 23 May 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2003–2006 | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 53:43 | |||
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Def Leppard chronology | ||||
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Singles from Yeah! | ||||
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The accompanying booklet contains photographs of the band members recreating classic images from 1970s album art.
There are also four group photographs in the CD booklet – on the cover, the centre, inside back cover and the back cover.
Rating the album 4.5 out of 5, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised Yeah! as the band's best effort since Hysteria, noting how the band "no longer sound as slick and calculated as they did on their albums after Hysteria; they sound alive and vigorous, making a convincing case that they're now their own best producers." Erlewine concluded that "few bands could achieve an artistic comeback via a covers album, but as this glorious record proves, there are few bands like Def Leppard."[5]
In a 3 out of 5 review, Andy Greene of Rolling Stone wrote that Yeah! was the band's "most convincing album in fourteen years", citing "Rock On" and "Stay With Me" as highlights. He concluded by saying that "none of the arrangements veer far from the originals, but they don't need to - it's good enough to just hear the band having fun and to see where all the Hysteria came from."[6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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1. | "20th Century Boy" | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | 3:41 |
2. | "Rock On" | David Essex | David Essex | 2:53 |
3. | "Hanging on the Telephone" | Jack Lee | The Nerves | 2:23 |
4. | "Waterloo Sunset" | Ray Davies | The Kinks | 3:38 |
5. | "Hell Raiser" | Sweet | 3:20 | |
6. | "10538 Overture" | Jeff Lynne | Electric Light Orchestra | 4:31 |
7. | "Street Life" | Bryan Ferry | Roxy Music | 3:26 |
8. | "Drive-In Saturday" | David Bowie | David Bowie | 4:07 |
9. | "Little Bit of Love" | Free | 2:34 | |
10. | "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" | Ian Hunter | Mott the Hoople | 3:28 |
11. | "No Matter What" | Pete Ham | Badfinger | 2:57 |
12. | "He's Gonna Step on You Again" | John Kongos | 4:05 | |
13. | "Don't Believe a Word" | Phil Lynott | Thin Lizzy | 2:19 |
14. | "Stay with Me" | Faces | 4:30 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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15. | "How Does It Feel" | Slade | 5:20 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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15. | "Action" (Live) | Sweet | 4:03 | |
16. | "When I'm Dead and Gone" | McGuinness Flint | 3:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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15. | "No Matter What" (Live) | Pete Ham | Badfinger | 2:58 |
16. | "Winter Song" | Alan Hull | Lindisfarne | 4:35 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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15. | "American Girl" | Tom Petty | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 3:34 |
16. | "Search and Destroy" | The Stooges | 3:27 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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1. | "American Girl" | Petty | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 3:34 |
2. | "Backstage Interview No. 1" | 3:12 | ||
3. | "Search and Destroy" |
| The Stooges | 3:27 |
4. | "Backstage Interview No. 2" | 2:01 | ||
5. | "Space Oddity" | Bowie | David Bowie | 5:27 |
6. | "Backstage Interview No. 3" | 2:43 | ||
7. | "Dear Friends" | Brian May | Queen | 1:28 |
8. | "Heartbeat" | Jobriath | Jobriath | 2:44 |
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 95 |
French Albums (SNEP)[8] | 161 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] | 73 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] | 48 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] | 25 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] | 57 |
UK Albums (OCC)[13] | 52 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[14] | 4 |
US Billboard 200[15] | 16 |
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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2005 | "No Matter What" | Adult Top 40 Airplay (USA)[16] | 24 |
Billboard Heritage Rock[17] | 28 | ||
2006 | "Rock On" | Billboard Heritage Rock[18] | 18 |
"20th Century Boy" | Canada Rock Chart[19] | 33 | |
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