Def Leppard announce covers album

Coming hot on the heels of their platinum-certified 2CD hits package ROCK OF AGES, Def Leppard have announced that they will release their 12th studio album YEAH! on May 23, 2006.

On their new album, Def Leppard have created a heartfelt and hard rocking tribute to their musical heroes of the late 60's and 70's -the Kinks, Badfinger, T. Rex, David Bowie, Sweet, Roxy Music, Mott the Hoople, Free, Faces, and Thin Lizzy. Recording essential versions of the music that influenced their youth, the band have merged the "Now" with the "Then" to create YEAH!

Said Joe Elliott, "I thought it was about time we showed the world what our true roots were... British pop rock from the early to mid 70's. The songs on this album are at least partly responsible for us making the kind of music that we do."

Added Phil Collen, "We didn't want to make the standard covers album and gave this a lot of deep thought as Joe has been going on about doing this sort of project for 26 years. We wanted to express ourselves through these songs and approached the recording process as if they were our own."

The final tracklisting is as follows (original artist in brackets):

- 10538 Overture (Electric Light Orchestra, 1972)
- 20th Century Boy (T.Rex, 1973)
- Don't Believe A Word (Thin Lizzy, 1976)
- Drive-In Saturday (David Bowie, 1973)
- Hanging On The Telephone (The Nerves, 1977, and Blondie, 1978)
- He's Gonna Step On You Again (John Kongos, 1971)
- Hell Raiser (Sweet, 1973)
- Little Bit Of Love (Free, 1972)
- No Matter What (Badfinger, 1970)
- Rock On (David Essex, 1973)
- Stay With Me (Faces, 1971)
- Street Life (Roxy Music, 1974)
- The Golden Age Of Rock & Roll (Mott the Hoople, 1974)
- Waterloo Sunset (The Kinks, 1967)