Retro Active

align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="darkseagreen" style="color:black"|Retro Active
lign="center" colspan="3"|
lign="center" bgcolor="darkseagreen" colspan="3"|Album by Def Leppard
lign="left" valign="top"|Released align="left" colspan=2|October 5, 1993
lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|1979-1993 at Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Holland, Rainbow Studios and Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany, Bow Lane Studios and Joe's Garage in Dublin, Ireland
lign="left" valign="top"|Genre align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|Hard Rock
lign="left" valign="top"|Length align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|56 min 04 sec
lign="left" valign="top"|Record label align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|Mercury
lign="left" valign="top"|Producers align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|Def Leppard,
Pete Woodroffe
lign="center" bgcolor="darkseagreen" colspan="3"|Professional reviews
lign="left" valign="top"|AMG valign="top" align=center|3/5 valign="top"|link
gcolor="darkseagreen" colspan="3" align="center" style="color:black;"|Def Leppard Chronology
i>Adrenalize
(1992)
Retro Active
(1993)
Slang
(1996)
Retro Active is an album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). The album contains outtakes and unused recording from the band's earlier albums.

Track listing

  1. "Desert Song" (Clark, Elliot, Savage) - 5:19
  2. "Fractured Love" (Clark, Elliot, Savage) - 5:08
  3. "Action" (Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker) - 3:41
  4. "Two Steps Behind" Version (Elliot) - 4:16
  5. "She's Too Tough" (Elliot) - 3:41
  6. "Miss You in a Heartbeat" (Collen) - 4:04
  7. "Only After Dark" (Ronson) - 3:52
  8. "Ride into the Sun" (Clark, Collen, Elliot, Savage) - 3:12
  9. "From the Inside" (Elliott) - 4:13
  10. "Ring of Fire" (Clark, Collen, Elliot, Lange, Savage) - 4:42
  11. "I Wanna Be Your Hero" (Clark, Collen, Elliot, Lange, Savage) - 4:29
  12. "Miss You in a Heartbeat" Version (Collen) - 4:58
  13. "Two Steps Behind" Version (Elliot) - 4:29

Personnel

Def Leppard Additional personnel
  • Ian Hunter - synthesizer
  • Michael Kamen - strings
  • Robert John "Mutt" Lange - background vocals
  • Steve McGaughlin - strings
  • Erwin Musper - vocals
  • Fiachna O'Braondin - whistle
  • Liam Maonla - piano
  • Peter O'Toole - mandolin
  • P.J. Smith - background vocals
  • Pete Woodroffe - bass, guitar, piano, drums, background vocals

Production

  • Producers: Def Leppard, Pete Woodroffe
  • Engineers: Janfred Arendsen, Albert Boekholt, Giles Cowley, Freek Feenstra, Nigel Green, Niall O'Sullivan, Ronald Prent, Robert Scovill, Mike Shipley, Pete Woodroffe
  • Arranger: Michael Kamen
  • Overdubs: Steve McGaughlin, Pete Woodroffe

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)
lign="left"|Chart align="left"|Position
lign="left"|1993 align="left"|The Billboard 200 align="left"|9
Singles - Billboard (North America)
lign="left"|Single align="left"|Chart align="left"|Position
lign="left"|1993 align="left"|"Desert Song" align="left"|Mainstream Rock Tracks align="left"|12
lign="left"|1993 align="left"|"Miss You in a Heartbeat" align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100 align="left"|39
lign="left"|1993 align="left"|"Miss You in a Heartbeat" align="left"|Top 40 Mainstream align="left"|17
lign="left"|1993 align="left"|"Two Steps Behind" align="left"|Adult Contemporary align="left"|29
lign="left"|1993 align="left"|"Two Steps Behind" align="left"|Mainstream Rock Tracks align="left"|5
lign="left"|1993 align="left"|"Two Steps Behind" align="left"|Top 40 Mainstream align="left"|5

 

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