Best Of [Import, Limited Edition]

Def Leppard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 11, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Limited Edition
• Label: MSI:UNIVERSAL/MERCURY
• ASIN: B00035W096
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #184,937 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Pour Some Sugar On Me

2. Photograph

3. Love Bites

4. Let's Get Rocked

5. Two Steps Behind

6. Animal

7. Heaven Is

8. Rocket

9. When Love & Hate Collide

10. Action

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Rock Rock (Till You Drop)

2. Waterloo Sunset

3. Promises

4. Slang

5. Foolin'

6. Now

7. Rock Brigade

8. Women

9. Let It Go

10. Too Late For Love

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

This is an exclusive UK limited edition best-of double-disc from Def Leppard. The first disc (same as the International pressing) features 17 of the band's biggest hits such as 'Animal', 'Pour Some Sugar on Me', 'Let's Get Rocked', 'When Love and Hate Collide' and many more. The bonus disc features an additional 17 tracks including a brand new and previously unreleased song, a cover of the Kinks 'Waterloo Sunset'. Mercury. 2004.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not a review, but some info on the impending U.S. release., March 27, 2005

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Michael J. Burger (Carrollton, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Of (Audio CD)

Well, if I had some extra money, I'd buy this version as well, but I'm waiting for the U.S. version which will be titled ROCK OF AGES: The Definative Collection, which is due out May 17th. Go to the band's website if you want to see the cover art, which is MUCH better then this version! Here are other differences between the 2

Action, Long Long Way To Go & Make Love Like A Man will not be on this version, the latter one baffles me because MLLAM was actually a hit here in the U.S.

However, Switch 625, Miss You In A Heartbeat, Mirror Mirror & Paper Sun WILL be on this version!

Foolin' is on disc 1 instead of disc 2, given that it was a much bigger hit here in the U.S.

The tracks on disc 2 are in a different order.

There will be a different cover song on this version, a cover of Badfinger's "No Matter What"

I'm definately looking forward to getting this to hear what the older tracks sound like remastered, as well as having all of these great songs on 2 cds!.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Def Leppard compilations released to date, June 27, 2006

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J. Navleris (Lynn, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Of (Audio CD)

As of June 2006, Def Leppard has released 3 compilations: "Vault", "Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection", and this set, the "Best Of". (If you want to inlcude the hard-to-find "Rock Vault", which includes Vault and a seperate disc of previously released tracks, then it would be 4 compilations). And in my opinion, this one is their best so far, but not by much.

Why? What makes this collection better than "Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection"?

It's true that both this set and "ROA" have almost the same set of songs, including the usual suspects, like "Photograph", "Bringing On The Heartbreak" and "Pour Some Sugar On Me".

It's the songs that one contains that the other one doesn't, that really makes the difference for me, regardless of the price.

The songs on "Best Of" that are not on "ROA" are:
"Action", "Long, Long Way To Go", "Make Love Like A Man", "Waterloo Sunset"

The songs on "ROA" that are not on "Best Of" are:
"Miss You In A Heartbeat", "Switch 625", "No Matter What", "Mirror, Mirror (In My Eyes)", "Paper Sun"

Also, there are edited versions of "Rocket" and "Pour Some Sugar On Me" on "ROA" as opposed to the album versions that are on "Best Of". But "ROA" has a total of 35 tracks as opposed to "Best Of" which has 34. And "ROA" costs about $10 USD less than "Best Of".

My preference is "Best Of". But, which one should YOU buy? It all depends on which one has the tracks you really want and how much you want to spend? But, hey, you can always buy both, right?

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Def Leppard Collection, But "Rock Of Ages" Is Better, July 6, 2005

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Anthony Nasti "Tony" (Staten Island, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of (Audio CD)

Def Leppard is my favorite band ever. I love pretty much everything these guys do. I loved these guys since I got a copy of 1995's greatest hits "Vault". That 15 song collection was a very good starting point for Leppard fans like myself, but when I finished listening to it, I immediately knew I was missing out on a lot of other great stuff.

Well, now there are two single disc Def Leppard collections out on the market. One is the American release "Rock Of Ages: The Definitive Collection" and the other in is simply titles "Best Of". Now, I only have the American release of this album, which save for a few tracks, the sequencing on disc two and a much better cover, is identical to the import version. Which one should you by? Here's my review.

If you're a beginning Leppard fan, than either of these collections should suit you fine. Either way you slice it, you're going to get all time rock classics like "Pour Some Sugar On Me", "Armageddon It" and "Photograph". You're also going to get a second disc of lesser known gems like "Let It Go", "Die Hard The Hunter" and "Billy's Got A Gun", plus one new song (The Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset" on this version, Badfinger's "No Matter What" on the other.

However, while both are excellent, "Rock Of Ages" has the advantage. Here are a few reasons why:

1)This cd does not include the unedited version of "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" that leads into "Switch 625", and "ROA" does. These two songs belon together. Plain and simple.
2)"ROA" has "Mirror Mirror" and "Miss You In A Heartbeat" on it. These songs are amongst their most underrated work, and they belong on any Lep collection
3) Better cover art! The one on here looks like dull, but "ROA's" screamd Def Leppard!

So in conclusion, this is good, but I'd recommend "Rock Of Ages" instead.