Def Leppard - Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
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In the nineties, when producer Robert Mutt Lange disappeared into Switzerland with Shania Twain and dump trucks full of cash, he left Def Leppard stranded. Lange produced and co-wrote their best-selling release Hysteria, and the band tries hard to re-create that albums magic on Songs From the Sparkle Lounge. Go, the opener, has the groups signature layered vocals, crunching guitars and Seventies glam-rock vibe. But when the fivesome team up with Tim McGraw in a desperate country-crossover attempt on Nine Lives, the results arent pretty. From there, the bands on cruise control — especially on the politically tinged Cruise Control and the Kansas-style power ballad Love — with songs that feel like inferior versions of hits two decades past. Def Leppard...
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