
Def Leppard Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980-1995)
Def Leppard: Joe Elliott (vocals); Phil Collen, Vivian Campbell, Steve Clark, Pete Willis (guitar, background vocals); Rick Savage (bass, background vocals); Rick Allen (drums, background vocals).Additional personnel includes: Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Stevie Vann (background vocals).Producers: Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Mike Shipley, Def Leppard, Pete Woodroffe.Engineers: Nigel Green, Mike Shipley, Pete Woodroffe.Includes liner notes by Peter Mensch, Joe Elliott, Phil Collen and Rick Savage.When Def Leppard arrived on American shores with 1980's ON THROUGH THE NIGHT, they were lumped with a New Wave of British Heavy Metal that also counted Iron Maiden part of the movement. Yet even then, the Sheffield quintet's inescapable pop sense separated them from their heavier brethren. As the '80's progressed, Def Lep soldiered on through tragedy, lengthy multi-year stays in the studio and quite a few world tours. VAULT culls the hits from the millions of albums they sold by way of MTV ("Photogr