If Def Leppard have discovered something over time, it is do not mess with what works. They tried that for a spell: Bear in mind Slang and X? Most likely not. Up to now few years they’ve aimed to get again to fundamentals: Witness the artistic rebirth of 2015’s self-titled LP and the not-always-successful try on 2008’s Songs From the Sparkle Lounge to coat themselves in glammy glitter.
Diamond Star Halos, their twelfth album, is Def Leppard’s most blatant callback to glam’s glory days in addition to their very own previous triumphs. By pulling inspiration from the style’s heavyweights – David Bowie, Mott the Hoople and T. Rex, whose immortal “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” provides the LP its title – and sending it by a flip of their profession highlights (Pyromania, Hysteria), Def Leppard have successfully made a tribute file to themselves that includes 15 new and authentic songs.
And like most tribute albums, the take-and-give outcomes on Diamond Star Halos do not at all times match what was heard the primary time round. However the band hasn’t sounded this invigorated on file because the early ’90s. And so they come out swinging: The opening one-two punch of “Take What You Need” and “Kick” might not be fairly consultant of the remainder of the album (the final half sags a bit), however it positive does set a tone.
“Kick” seems like the place T. Rex would have ended up on the finish of the ’70s if Marc Bolan did not die in 1977. “Fireplace It Up” is a rocket-fueled Hysteria-era stadium sing-along. “SOS Emergency” rides a monster guitar riff carried over from the band’s most commercially profitable years. And the throwback “Gimme a Kiss” travels an anticipated, however not unwelcomed, path.
With an hour-plus operating time, Diamond Star Halos takes some detours alongside the best way, particularly a pair of songs with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss which have extra in widespread with trendy nation’s classic-rock fixation than her dust-bowl-Americana collaborations with Robert Plant or Def Leppard’s hyper-polished glam-metal. And so they once more load up on the adult-contemporary pop (two of them that includes Bowie’s “Aladdin Sane” pianist Mike Garson) that has made newer information an occasional slog. Trim away the fats, nevertheless, and Diamond Star Halos presents the veteran band in some refreshingly acquainted settings.
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