I stumbled accross this kind of strange news on the internets.

For a long while, the stories and rumors have been going round about Def Leppard recording an album full of cover songs. While we can confirm that the band have indeed recorded their versions of some hit songs from the 70s, it is not 100% sure that these songs will actually be released as a full album. The band does have ideas about releasing these songs in form or another (an album, singles, B-sides, online, etc.) in 2005, but this has not materialized yet.
We were trying to hold further news about this album back as long as possible, as we did not want it to interfere with the North American release of the "BEST OF" album (more news about that tomorrow), but it appears the excitement of the impending release of this much anticipated album has kind of forced us to reveal/confirm some more details..... So, ladies and gentlemen, for your perusal, here in glorious black and white, is a list of those songs that the band recorded for that projected covers album:

10538 Overture (original by ELO)
20th Century Boy (original by T-Rex)
Don't Believe A Word (original by Thin Lizzy)
Drive In Saturday (original by David Bowie)
Hanging On The Telephone (original by Blondie)
Hellraiser (original by Sweet)
He's Gonna Step On You Again (original by John Kongos)
No Matter What (original by Badfinger)
Little Bit Of Love (original by Free)
Rock On (original by David Essex)
Stay With Me (original by The Faces)
Street Life (original by Roxy Music)
The Golden Age Of Rock & Roll (original by Mott The Hoople)
Waterloo Sunset (original by The Kinks)

However, that's not all. While the 14 songs above were originally planned to be released on an album late 2004 indeed, the release of the "BEST OF"-album in October of last year changed those plans drastically. And since then, eight more cover songs have been recorded:

American Girl (original by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
Heartbeat (original by Jobriath)
How Does It Feel (original by Slade)
Kick Out The Jams (original by MC5)
Roxanne (original by The Police)
Dear Friends (original by Queen)
When I'm Dead And Gone (original by McGuinness Flint)
Winter Song (original by Lindisfarne)

At this moment, with these 22 songs in the can, a tracklisting or running order is definitely too early to talk about. An actual projected release date, or title, is even further away..... But we can promise that sooner or later, these songs will make it to your CD player. Something to look forward to!

i never got the importance of Def Leppard...Sometimes this cover projects are jsut made 2 gain money...

But Duran Duran did a crazy cool album...

But Tori is the queen of covers!

miguelbulcao said:

Not sure there is any.

how lovely to see def leppard crucifyi...erm...PAYING HOMAGE to some of my favorite bands!


covers albums are always dodgy affairs - every great once in a while one will be successful, but it's usually flop city unless it's an album of standards or some kind of traditional vocal project or somesuch.

Anxiety said:

This one sounds like a train wreck.

Stax said:

U mighty actually b correct

i like def leppard.


Billy's Got a Gun!!!

They have pretty good taste in songs to cover, but I just don't know if they're the right songs or bands for them to be doing.

And Miguel, you're right. Tori totally rocks a cover and makes it interesting, new and her own.