Def Leppard discography
| Def Leppard discography | |
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 Def Leppard performing at Hellfest in 2019
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| Studio albums | 12 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Video albums | 11 |
| Music videos | 45 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 60 |
The English rock band Def Leppard have released 12 studio albums, four live albums, six compilation albums, and two extended plays. Def Leppard also have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Def Leppard was formed in 1977 by vocalist Joe Elliott, bass player Rick "Sav" Savage, guitarist Pete Willis, and drummer Tony Kenning .They later released the EP The Def Leppard E.P. in 1979. 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, titled Pyromania, would be their big breakthrough album and would later sell more than 10 million copies in the United States alone.
After touring in 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 25 million worldwide. Adrenalize, released in 1992, debuted at number one on the UK Album Chart and the US Billboard 200 and launched several successful singles, including "Let's Get Rocked" and "Make Love Like a Man" and went on to sell 8 million albums worldwide. In 1996, the band released its sixth studio album, Slang; while successful, the album could not reach 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 the band'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, in 2011, which would be followed by another live album in 2013, Viva! Hysteria, featuring the Hysteria album played live in its entirety, from their Las Vegas residency at the Hard Rock Hotel. The band released a self-titled studio album on 30 October 2015. Seven years later, on 27 May 2022, Def Leppard released Diamond Star Halos.
In January 2022, it was announced that Primary Wave Music had acquired an “additional” stake in Def Leppard's music publishing catalog, as well as the band's master royalty income stream.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| 1980 | On Through the Night | 15 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51 | |||||
| 1981 |
High 'n' Dry
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26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | 38 |
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| 1983 |
Pyromania
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18 | 70 | 4 | — | — | — | 26 | 23 | — | 2 | |||||
| 1987 |
Hysteria
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1 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 1992 |
Adrenalize
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1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
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| 1996 |
Slang
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5 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 14 |
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| 1999 |
Euphoria
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11 | 59 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 30 | — | 7 | 14 | 11 |
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| 2002 |
X
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14 | 49 | 12 | 33 | 19 | 19 | — | 15 | 9 | 11 |
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| 2006 |
Yeah!
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52 | 95 | 13 | — | 73 | — | — | 25 | 57 | 16 | |||||
| 2008 |
Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
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10 | 82 | 7 | 27 | 43 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 5 | |||||
| 2015 |
Def Leppard
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11 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| 2022 |
Diamond Star Halos
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5 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 8 | — | 21 | 14 | 4 | 10 | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
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| 1993 |
Retro Active
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6 | 33 | — | 7 | — | 36 | — | — | 12 | 7 | 9 |
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| 1995 |
Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995)
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3 | 9 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 15 |
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| 2004 |
Best of Def Leppard
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6 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 19 | 76 | — |
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| 2005 |
Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection
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— | 81 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | 10 |
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| 2018 |
The Story So Far – The Best Of
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32 | 71 | 150 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | 101 |
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| 2023 |
Drastic Symphonies
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4 | 46 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 10 | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
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Live albums
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| 2011 |
Mirror Ball – Live & More
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44 | 80 | — | 15 | 46 | 51 | 16 |
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| 2013 |
Viva! Hysteria
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73 | — | 81 | 28 | 28 | 81 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 |
And There Will Be a Next Time... Live from Detroit
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| 2020 |
London to Vegas
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— | — | — | — | 25 | 40 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Deluxe editions and box sets
| Year | Title | Included content |
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| 2006 |
Hysteria Deluxe Edition
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Hysteria Hysteria singles b-sides |
| 2009 |
Pyromania Deluxe Edition
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Pyromania Live at the L.A. Forum 1983 |
Adrenalize Deluxe Edition
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Adrenalize In the Clubs... In Your Face live 1988 Adrenalize singles b-sides |
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| 2014 |
Slang Deluxe Edition
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Slang Demos & b-sides |
| 2017 |
Hysteria 30th Anniversary Edition
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Hysteria Hysteria remixes & b-sides Live: In the Round, in Your Face (live in Denver, Colorado, February 1988) (CD) Classic Albums – Hysteria (DVD) Hysteria music videos (DVD) |
| 2018 |
The Collection: Volume One
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On Through the Night High 'n' Dry Pyromania Hysteria Live at the L.A. Forum 1983 Rarities Volume One The Def Leppard E.P. |
Hysteria – The Singles
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"Women" / "Tear it Down" "Animal" / "I Wanna Be Your Hero" "Hysteria" / "Ride into the Sun" "Pour Some Sugar on Me" / "Ring of Fire" "Love Bites" / "Billy's Got a Gun" (live) "Armageddon It" / "Release Me" "Rocket" / "Women" (live) "Excitable" / "Run Riot" "Love and Affection" / "Don't Shoot Shotgun" "Animal" / "Tear it Down" |
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| 2019 |
The Collection: Volume Two
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Adrenalize Retro Active Slang Euphoria Rarities Volume Two Rarities Volume Three Rarities Volume Four |
| 2020 |
The Early Years 79–81
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On Through the Night High 'n' Dry When the Walls Came Tumbling Down – Live in Oxford 26/04/1980 Too Many Jitterbugs – B-Sides and Rarities Raw – Early BBC Recordings |
| 2021 |
The Collection: Volume Three
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X Yeah! Songs from the Sparkle Lounge B-Sides Yeah! II (bonus album of cover songs) Yeah! Live! (live album of cover songs) |
- ^ † CD version only, all of the tracks on Rarities Volume Four are included in the vinyl version of Rarities Volume Three.
Extended plays
| Year | Title |
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| 1979 |
The Def Leppard E.P.
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| 2018 |
The Lost Session
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| 2018 |
Live at Abbey Road Studios
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Singles
1979–1989
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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SWE |
SWI |
US |
US Rock |
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| 1979 | "Wasted" | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | On Through the Night | |
| 1980 | "Hello America" | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Rock Brigade" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1981 | "Let It Go" | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | High 'n' Dry | |
| "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1983 | "Photograph" | 66 | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | Pyromania | |
| "Rock of Ages" | 41 | 96 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| "Foolin'" - b/w "Comin' Under Fire" [airplay] |
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| "Billy's Got a Gun" [airplay] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | |||
| "Action! Not Words" [airplay] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | |||
| "Too Late for Love" | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | |||
| 1984 | "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Remix) | — | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | — | High 'n' Dry | |
| 1987 | "Animal" | 6 | 46 | 21 | — | 3 | 8 | — | 17 | 19 | 5 | Hysteria | |
| "Women" | — | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | 7 | |||
| "Pour Some Sugar on Me" | 18 | 26 | 22 | 50 | 8 | 16 | — | — | 2 | 25 |
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| "Hysteria" | 26 | 77 | 13 | — | 19 | — | — | — | 10 | 9 | |||
| 1988 | "Armageddon It" | 20 | 34 | — | — | 11 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 | ||
| "Love Bites" | 11 | 21 | 6 | — | 7 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | |||
| 1989 | "Rocket" | 15 | 15 | 14 | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | 12 | 5 | ||
1992–2000
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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GER |
IRE |
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SWE |
SWI |
US |
US Rock |
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| 1992 | "Let's Get Rocked" | 2 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1 |
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Adrenalize |
| "Make Love Like a Man" | 12 | 22 | 23 | 95 | 10 | 26 | — | 40 | 36 | 3 | |||
| "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" - b/w "Elected" [airplay] |
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| "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" | — | 55 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 1 | |||
| 1993 | "Heaven Is" | 13 | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Tonight" | 34 | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | 13 | |||
| "I Wanna Touch U" [US promo] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Two Steps Behind" | 32 | 33 | 5 | 66 | 26 | 34 | 21 | — | 12 | 5 | Retro Active | ||
| "Desert Song" [US promo] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | |||
| "Miss You in a Heartbeat" | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | |||
| 1994 | "Action" | 14 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995 | "When Love & Hate Collide" | 2 | 22 | 6 | 67 | 1 | 27 | — | 36 | 58 | — |
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Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995) |
| 1996 | "Slang" | 17 | 90 | 30 | — | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | Slang | |
| "Work It Out" | 22 | 43 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | |||
| "All I Want Is Everything" | 38 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Breathe a Sigh" | 43 | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1999 | "Promises" - b/w "Back in Your Face" |
41 | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | Euphoria | |
| "Paper Sun" [airplay] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | |||
| "Goodbye" | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2000 | "Day After Day" [US tour promo disc] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | ||
| "21st Century Sha La La La Girl" [US tour promo disc] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2002–2023
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
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SWE |
SWI |
US Rock |
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| 2002 | "Now" | 23 | 29 | 72 | 37 | 57 | 84 | 26 | X | |
| "Four Letter Word" [US promo] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | |||
| 2003 | "Long, Long Way to Go" | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005 | "No Matter What" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Yeah! | |
| 2006 | "Rock On" [US radio promo] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | ||
| "20th Century Boy" | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2008 | "Nine Lives" | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | Songs from the Sparkle Lounge | |
| "C'mon C'mon" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2011 | "Undefeated" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mirror Ball – Live & More | |
| 2012 | "It's All About Believin'" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015 | "Let's Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Def Leppard | |
| 2016 | "Dangerous" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Man Enough" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "We Belong" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2018 | "Personal Jesus" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Story So Far – The Best Of | |
| "We All Need Christmas" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2022 | "Kick" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | Diamond Star Halos | |
| "Take What You Want" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Fire It Up” | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2023 | "Animal" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Drastic Symphonies | |
Videos
| Year | Title |
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| 1988 | Historia |
| 1989 |
Live: In the Round, in Your Face
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| 1993 |
Visualize
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| 1995 |
Video Archive
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| 2001 |
Historia / Live: In the Round, in Your Face
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Visualize / Video Archive
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| 2004 |
Best of the Videos
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| 2005 |
Rock of Ages: The DVD Collection
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| 2009 |
CMT Crossroads – Taylor Swift & Def Leppard
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| 2013 |
Viva! Hysteria
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| 2017 |
And There Will Be a Next Time... Live from Detroit
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| 2020 |
London to Vegas
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Music videos
| Year | Title | Director | Ref. |
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| 1980 | "Wasted" | ||
| "Hello America" | |||
| "Rock Brigade" | |||
| 1981 | "Let It Go" | Doug Smith | |
| "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" | |||
| "Bringin' on the Heartbreak" (version 1) |
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| 1983 | "Photograph" | David Mallet | |
| "Rock of Ages" | |||
| "Foolin'" | |||
| "Too Late for Love" | Mike Mansfield | ||
| 1984 | "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" | Kinichi Nakae | |
| "Bringin' on the Heartbreak" (version 2) |
David Mallet | ||
| "Me and My Wine" | |||
| 1987 | "Women" | Jean Pellerin & Doug Freel | |
| "Animal" | |||
| "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (version 1) |
Russell Mulcahy | ||
| "Hysteria" | Jean Pellerin & Doug Freel | ||
| 1988 | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (version 2) |
Wayne Isham | |
| "Armageddon It" | |||
| "Love Bites" | Jean Pellerin & Doug Freel | ||
| "Rocket" | Nigel Dick | ||
| 1992 | "Let's Get Rocked" | Steve Barron | |
| "Make Love Like a Man" | Wayne Isham | ||
| "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad?" | |||
| "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" | Matt Mahurin | ||
| 1993 | "Heaven Is" | Charlie Watson | |
| "Tonight" | Josh Taft | ||
| "I Wanna Touch U" | Phil Tuckett | ||
| "Two Steps Behind (acoustic)" | Wayne Isham | ||
| "Two Steps Behind (electric)" | |||
| "Miss You in Heartbeat" | Phil Tuckett | ||
| 1994 | "Action" | ||
| 1995 | "When Love & Hate Collide" | Jean Pellerin & Doug Freel | |
| 1996 | "Slang" | Nigel Dick | |
| "Work It Out" | |||
| "All I Want Is Everything" | Matt Mahurin | ||
| 1999 | "Promises" | Wayne Isham | |
| "Goodbye" | Dave Meyers | ||
| 2002 | "Now" | The Malloys | |
| 2003 | "Long, Long Way to Go" | Clive Arrowsmith | |
| 2005 | "No Matter What" | John Logsdon | |
| 2006 | "Rock On" | ||
| 2008 | "Nine Lives" | Sherman Halsey | |
| "C'mon C'mon" | Matthew Mulholland Jonathan Beswick |
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| 2015 | "Let's Go" | ||
| 2016 | "Dangerous" | ||
| "Man Enough" | Frank Gryner | ||
| "We Belong" | |||
| 2018 | "Personal Jesus" | ||
| "We All Need Christmas" | |||
| 2022 | "Kick" | Anuk Rohde | |
| "Fire It Up" | Dylan Hayes |
Personnel
| Album | Year | Vocals | Guitar | Bass | Drums | Producer | |
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| The Def Leppard E.P. | 1979 | Joe Elliott | Pete Willis | Steve Clark | Rick Savage | Frank Noon | Def Leppard |
| On Through the Night | 1980 | Rick Allen | Tom Allom | ||||
| High 'N' Dry | 1981 | Mutt Lange | |||||
| Pyromania | 1983 | Phil Collen | |||||
| Hysteria | 1987 | ||||||
| Adrenalize | 1992 | - | Mike Shipley, Def Leppard | ||||
| Slang | 1996 | Vivian Campbell | Pete Woodroffe, Def Leppard | ||||
| Euphoria | 1999 | ||||||
| X | 2002 | ||||||
| Yeah! | 2006 | Def Leppard | |||||
| Songs from the Sparkle Lounge | 2008 | Ronan McHugh, Def Leppard | |||||
| Def Leppard | 2015 | ||||||
| Diamond Star Halos | 2022 | ||||||