Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album 2.5 out of 5. The album was released on vinyl for the first time in 2019 alongside 3 other albums from the 2000s, Yeah! and Songs from the Sparkle Lounge, before being released standalone later the same year. With the exception of an abbreviated version of " Now" being performed as part of an acoustic medley during the Rock of Ages Tour in 2012, nothing from this album was performed live by the band since the conclusion of its supporting tour until their Las Vegas residency in 2019.įor a short time after the album was released, Def Leppard's website featured a free mp3 download of "Perfect Girl," a bonus track and early version of the track "Gravity". The album X peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200, but did not sell to the standards of their previous releases and failed to earn any RIAA certifications. Their previous two albums prior to X, Retro Active and Vault, were a rerecording of B-sides and rarities and a greatest hits set respectively, although Vault also included a non-album single " When Love & Hate Collide" as well as different versions of the songs " Pour Some Sugar on Me" and " Rocket" to what had appeared on the Hysteria album. The album features the Roman numeral 'X', recognising it as their tenth album release, although the album is in fact only their eighth collection of all-new studio material. The album is also the first from the band to include original songs not to be written by any of the members: "Unbelievable" and " Long, Long Way to Go", the latter of which was released as a single. On all of the band's prior albums, he is only credited with helping co-write three tracks. This is the first Def Leppard album in which drummer Rick Allen actively took part in song-writing. Most of the album was produced by Pete Woodroffe and the band, with remaining tracks produced by either Marti Frederiksen or Per Aldeheim and Andreas Carlsson. Much like 1996's Slang, it featured another departure from their signature sound by moving into the pop genre. X (pronounced ten) is the eighth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 30 July 2002 by Island Records in the US and sister label Mercury worldwide.
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