Def Leppard discography

Def Leppard discography

Def Leppard at the Sweden Rock Festival, 2008
Releases
↙Studio albums	9
↙Live albums	1
↙Compilation albums	3
↙EPs	2
↙Singles	50
↙Video albums	8
↙Music videos	33
↙Cover albums	1

The discography of Def Leppard, an English-based hard rock band, consists of 10 studio albums, three compilation albums, two extended plays (EP), 50 singles, 33 music videos, and eight videos albums. This list does not include material recorded by Def Leppard side projects.

Def Leppard was formed in 1977 by vocalist Joe Elliott and later released their only EP to date entitled The Def Leppard E.P. in 1979.^[1] The band signed with Mercury Records and released their debut full-length album On Through the Night. The band's follow up was High 'n' Dry which reached number 26 in the UK and was certified platinum two times in the United States. Their next album entitled, Pyromania, would be their big breakthrough album and would later sell more than 10 million copies in the United States alone.

After touring for the support of Pyromania, the band released Hysteria which topped the American and British album charts and is their best-selling album worldwide, selling more than 12 million copies in the United States alone and over 20 million worldwide . Adrenalize, released in 1992, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and launched several successful singles, including "Let's Get Rocked" and "Make Love Like a Man". In 1996, the band released its sixth studio album, Slang; while successful, the album could not emulate the precedent set by Def Leppard's previous albums and was certified gold in the United States. After three years, Def Leppard released Euphoria which is Def Leppard's last certified album by the RIAA, CRIA, and BPI.

At the start of the 21st century, the band released X. Four years later, Def Leppard released the studio/cover album, Yeah!, which included covers by Thin Lizzy and The Kinks. On 25 April 2008, the band released Songs from the Sparkle Lounge which included the single "Nine Lives" featuring country singer Tim McGraw. The band released Mirrorball, its first live album on June 3, 2011. It also featured three new studio songs. Previously several live CDs were released as bonus disks with various albums.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications (sales thresholds)
		UK [2]	AUS [3][4]	CAN [5]	FIN [6]	GER [7]	NOR [8]	NZ [9]	SWE [10]	SWI [11]	US [12]
1980	On Through the Night Released: 14 March 1980 Label: Mercury (MR #234321) Formats: CD, CS, LP	15	98	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	51	CAN: Platinum[13] US: Platinum[14]
1981	High 'n' Dry Released: 11 June 1981 Label: Mercury (MR #818836-2) Formats: CD, CS, LP	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	31	—	38	CAN: Platinum[13] US: 2× Platinum[14]
1983	Pyromania Released: 20 January 1983 Label: Mercury (MR #810308-2) Formats: CD, CS, LP	18	70	4	—	—	—	26	23	—	2	UK: Silver[15] CAN: 7× Platinum[13] US: 10× Platinum[14]
1987	Hysteria Released: 3 August 1987 Label: Mercury (MR #830675-2) Formats: CD, CS, LP	1	1	1	—	10	1	1	2	2	1	UK: 2× Platinum[15] AUS: 4× Platinum[16] CAN: 10× Platinum[13] US: 12× Platinum[14]
1992	Adrenalize Released: 31 March 1992 Label: Mercury (MR #314-512185-2) Formats: CD, CS, LP	1	1	1	17	8	2	1	5	1	1	UK: Gold[15] CAN: 4× Platinum[13] US: 3× Platinum[14]
1996	Slang Released: 14 May 1996 Label: Mercury (MR #532486) Formats: CD, CS, LP	5	11	12	13	34	25	14	5	19	14	UK: Gold[15] CAN: Platinum[13] US: Gold[14]
1999	Euphoria Released: 8 June 1999 Label: Mercury (MR #546212) Formats: CD, LP	11	54	9	16	14	30	—	7	14	11	CAN: Gold[13] US: Gold[14]
2002	X Released: 30 July 2002 Label: Island (IR #063121) Formats: CD, LP	14	49	12	33	19	19	—	15	9	11
2008	Songs from the Sparkle Lounge Released: 25 April 2008 Label: Mercury (MR #1766038) Formats: CD, LP	10	82	7	27	43	15	26	26	29	5
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [2]	AUS [3]	CAN [5]	FIN [6]	GER [7]	NOR [8]	NZ [9]	SWE [10]	SWI [11]	US [12]
1993	Retro Active Released: 5 October 1993 Label: Mercury Records (MR #314-518305-2) Formats: CD, CS, LP	6	33	1	—	36	—	—	12	7	9	CAN: Platinum[13] US: Platinum[14]
1995	Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995) Released: 31 October 1995 Label: Mercury Records (MR #528 6562) Formats: CD, CS, LP	3	9	1	7	31	7	2	10	7	15	UK: Platinum[15] CAN: 2× Platinum[13] US: 4× Platinum[14]
2004	Best of Def Leppard Released: 25 October 2004 Label: Mercury Records (MR #865493-91) Formats: CD, LP	6	—	—	—	—	7	—	19	76	—	UK: Gold[15]
2005	Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection Released: 17 May 2005 Label: Mercury Records (MR #000464702) Formats: CD, LP	—	81	3	—	—	—	11	—	—	10	CAN: 2× Platinum[13] US: Platinum[14]
" — " denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [2]	AUS [3]	CAN [5]	FIN [6]	GER [7]	NOR [8]	NZ [9]	SWE [10]	SWI [11]	US [12]
2011	Mirrorball Released: 3 June 2011[17] Label: Mercury Records Formats: CD	44	80	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	16
" — " denotes the album has yet to be released.

Cover albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK	AUS	CAN	FIN	GER	NOR	NZ	SWE	SWI	US
2006	Yeah! Released: 23 May 2006 Label: Mercury/Island (MR #9858285) Formats: CD, LP	52	95	13	—	73	—	—	25	57	16
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

Year	Title
1979	The Def Leppard E.P. Released: January 1979 Label: Bludgeon-Riffola (BR #SRTS/78/CUS/232) Format: LP
1993	Live: In the Clubs, in Your Face E.P. Released: 1993 Bludgeon Riffola Format: CD

Singles

1979-1989

Year	Single	Peak chart Positions										Album
		UK [2]	AUS [18]	CAN [19]	GER [7]	IRE [20]	NZ [21]	SWE [22]	SWI [23]	US [24]	US Rock [24]
1979	"Wasted"	61	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	On Through the Night
1980	"Rock Brigade"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Hello America"	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981	"Let It Go"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	34	High 'n' Dry
	"Bringin' On the Heartbreak"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	"Photograph"	66	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	12	1	Pyromania
	"Rock of Ages"	41	96	30	—	—	—	—	—	16	1
	"Foolin'"	—	—	42	—	—	—	—	—	28	9
	"Too Late for Love"	86	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9
	"Comin' Under Fire"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24
	"Billy's Got a Gun"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33
	"Action! Not Words"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	42
1984	"Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Remix)	—	—	61	—	—	—	—	—	61	—	High 'n' Dry
1987	"Women"	—	100	—	—	—	—	—	—	80	7	Hysteria
	"Animal"	6	46	21	—	3	8	—	17	19	5
	"Pour Some Sugar on Me" (Gold)	18	30	1	50	8	16	—	—	2	25
	"Hysteria"	26	90	13	—	19	—	—	—	10	9
1988	"Armageddon It"	20	34	—	—	11	2	—	—	3	3
	"Love Bites"	11	21	1	—	7	2	—	—	1	3
1989	"Rocket"	15	15	3	—	5	5	—	—	12	5

1992-2000

Year	Single	Peak chart Positions										Album
		UK [2]	AUS [18]	CAN [19]	GER [7]	IRE [20]	NZ [21]	SWE [22]	SWI [23]	US [24]	US Rock [24]
1992	"Let's Get Rocked"	2	4	3	22	4	7	18	3	15	1	Adrenalize
	"Make Love Like a Man"	12	29	23	95	10	26	—	40	36	3
	"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"	16	51	7	—	24	49	—	—	12	7
	"Elected" (live)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22	non-album single
	"Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"	—	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	34	1	Adrenalize
1993	"Heaven Is"	13	—	—	—	24	—	—	—	—	—
	"Tonight"	34	—	62	—	—	—	—	—	62	13
	"Two Steps Behind"	32	33	7	66	26	34	21	—	12	5	Retro Active
	"Desert Song"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12
	"Miss You in a Heartbeat"	—	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	39	—
1994	"Action"	14	—	—	—	19	—	—	—	—	—
1995	"When Love & Hate Collide"	2	22	12	67	1	27	—	36	58	—	Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits
1996	"Slang"	17	—	—	—	—	—	57	—	—	—	Slang
	"Work It Out"	22	43	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
	"All I Want Is Everything"	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Breathe a Sigh"	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	"Promises"	41	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	Euphoria
	"Back in Your Face"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Paper Sun"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11
	"Goodbye"	54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	"Day After Day"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22
	"21st Century Sha La La La Girl"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

2002-2011

" — " denotes releases that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Year	Single	Peak chart Positions							Album
		UK [2]	CAN [19]	GER [7]	IRE [20]	SWE [22]	SWI [23]	US Rock [24]
2002	"Now"	23	29	72	37	57	84	26	X
	"Long, Long Way to Go"	40	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Four Letter Word"	—	—	—	—	—	—	30
2005	"No Matter What"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection
2006	"Rock On"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Yeah!
	"20th Century Boy"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	"Nine Lives" (ft. Tim McGraw)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
	"C'mon C'mon"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	"Undefeated"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Mirrorball

Videos

Year	Title
1988	Historia Label: Universal Music (UM #459772) Format: VHS
1989	Live: In the Round, in Your Face Label: Universal Music (UM #23543) Format: VHS
1993	Visualize Label: Universal Music (UM #454-23322) Format: VHS
1995	Video Archive Label: Universal Music (UM #453754) Format: VHS
2003	Historia / Live: In the Round, in Your Face Label: Universal Music (UM #4543224-46) Format: VHS, DVD
	Visualize / Video Archive Label: Universal Music (UM #45244) Format: VHS, DVD
2004	Best of the Videos Label: Universal Music (UM #3494522) Format: VHS, DVD
2005	Rock of Ages – The DVD Collection Label: Island Records (IR #5653-564) Format: VHS, DVD
2009	CMT Crossroads: Taylor Swift & Def Leparrd Label: Big Machine Records Format: DVD

Music videos

Year	Title	Director	Ref.
1980	"Hello America"
1981	"Bringin' on the Heartbreak" (version 1)	Doug Smith	[25]
	"High 'n' Dry (Saturday night)"	David Mallet	[26]
1982	"Let It Go"		[26]
1983	"Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"	Kinichi Nakae	[27]
	"Too Late for Love"	Mike Mansfield	[28]
	"Photograph"	David Mallet	[26]
	"Rock of Ages"		[26]
	"Foolin'"		[26]
1984	"Me and My Wine"		[26]
	"Bringin' on the Heartbreak" (version 2)		[26]
1987	"Animal"	Jean Pellerin Doug Freel	[29]
	"Pour Some Sugar on Me (version 1)"	Russell Mulcahy	[30]
	"Hysteria"	Jean Pellerin Doug Freel	[31]
1988	"Women"		[31]
	"Pour Some Sugar on Me (version 2)"	Wayne Isham	[32]
	"Armageddon It" (live)		[33]
	"Love Bites"	Jean Pellerin Doug Freel	[34]
	"Rocket"	Nigel Dick	[35]
1992	"I Wanna Touch U"	Phil Tuckett	[36]
	"Let's Get Rocked"	Steve Barron	[37]
	"Make Love Like a Man"	Wayne Isham	[33]
	"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad?"		[33]
1993	"Two Steps Behind"
1995	"When Love & Hate Collide"
1996	"Slang"	Nigel Dick	[35]
	"Work It Out"		[35]
	"All I Want Is Everything"	Matt Mahurin	[38]
1999	"Promises"	Wayne Isham	[39]
	"Goodbye"	Dave Meyers	[40]
2002	"Now"	The Malloys	[41]
2003	"Long, Long Way to Go"	Clive Arrowsmith	[42]
2005	"No Matter What"	John Logsdon	[43]
2008	"Nine Lives"	Sherman Halsey	[44]
	"C'mon C'mon"	Matthew Mulholland Jonathan Beswick	[45]

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