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Retro Active

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Retro Active is a compilation album by the English hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1993. [1]

72 relations: Acoustic guitar, Acoustic music, Action (Sweet song), Adrenalize, AllMusic, Andy Scott (guitarist), Animal (Def Leppard song), Armageddon It, Billboard 200, Brian Connolly, Charles Allan Gilbert, Compilation album, Def Leppard, Desert Song, Dublin, Fiachna Ó Braonáin, Glam metal, Hard rock, Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad, Heaven Is, Helix (band), Hidden track, Hilversum, Hugh Syme, Hysteria (Def Leppard album), Hysteria (Def Leppard song), Ian Hunter (singer), Joe Elliott, Kenney Jones, Last Action Hero, Let's Get Rocked, Liam Ó Maonlaí, List of music recording certifications, Make Love Like a Man, Mercury Records, Michael Kamen, Mick Ronson, Mick Tucker, Miss You in a Heartbeat, Music Canada, Music recording certification, Olympiahalle, Only After Dark, Outtake, Paul Rodgers, Percussion instrument, Phil Collen, Piano, Pour Some Sugar on Me, Rainbow Studios, ..., Recording Industry Association of America, Rick Allen (drummer), Rick Savage, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Rolling Stone, Soundtrack album, Sputnikmusic, Steve Clark, Steve Priest, The Def Leppard E.P., The Law (English band), The Sweet, The Who, Tin whistle, Tonight (Def Leppard song), Two Steps Behind, UK Albums Chart, Vanitas, Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995), Vivian Campbell, Wild in the Streets (Helix album), Wisseloord Studios. Expand index (22 more) »

Acoustic guitar

An acoustic guitar is a guitar that produces sound acoustically by transmitting the vibration of the strings to the air—as opposed to relying on electronic amplification (see electric guitar).

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Acoustic music

Acoustic music is music that solely or primarily uses instruments that produce sound through acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means; typically the phrase refers to that made by acoustic string instruments.

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Action (Sweet song)

"Action" is a self-written and produced 1975 song by the glam rock band Sweet.

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Adrenalize

Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 31 March 1992 through Mercury Records.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Andy Scott (guitarist)

Andrew David "Andy" Scott (born 30 June 1949) is a Welsh musician and songwriter.

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Animal (Def Leppard song)

"Animal" is a song recorded by English hard rock band Def Leppard in 1987 from the album Hysteria.

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Armageddon It

"Armageddon It" is a song by the English hard rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album Hysteria.

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Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.

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Brian Connolly

Brian Francis Connolly (5 October 1945 – 10 February 1997) was a Scottish musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of the British glam rock band The Sweet.

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Charles Allan Gilbert

Charles Allan Gilbert (September 3, 1873 – April 20, 1929), better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was a prominent American illustrator.

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, either previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers.

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Def Leppard

Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement.

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Desert Song

"Desert Song" is a song by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their 1993 rarities and 'B-sides' album Retro Active.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Fiachna Ó Braonáin

Fiachna Ó Braonáin (born 27 November 1965) plays the guitar and sings vocals with the Irish band Hothouse Flowers.

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Glam metal

Glam metal (also known as hair metal and often used synonymously with pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal, which features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, and borrows from the fashion of 1970s glam rock.

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Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements.

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Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad

"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" is a 1992 single by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album Adrenalize.

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Heaven Is

"Heaven Is" is a 1993 single by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their 1992 multi-platinum album Adrenalize.

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Helix (band)

Helix is a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band.

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Hidden track

In the field of recorded music, a hidden track (sometimes called a secret track) is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, LP record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener.

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Hilversum

Hilversum is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.

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Hugh Syme

Hugh Syme is a Canadian Juno Award-winning graphic artist and member of the who is best known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands.

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Hysteria (Def Leppard album)

Hysteria is the fourth studio album by English hard rock band Def Leppard, released on 3 August 1987 through Mercury Records and reissued on 1 January 2000.

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Hysteria (Def Leppard song)

"Hysteria" is a love song by the English hard rock band Def Leppard.

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Ian Hunter (singer)

Ian Hunter Patterson (born 3 June 1939), known as Ian Hunter, is a British singer-songwriter and musician who is best known as the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople, from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and at the time of its 2009 and 2013 reunions.

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Joe Elliott

Joseph Thomas Elliott Jr. (born 1 August 1959) is an English singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of the English rock band Def Leppard.

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Kenney Jones

Kenneth Thomas Jones (born 16 September 1948) is an English musician and drummer best known for his work in the groups Small Faces, Faces, and the Who.

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Last Action Hero

Last Action Hero is a 1993 American fantasy action-comedy film directed and produced by John McTiernan.

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Let's Get Rocked

"Let's Get Rocked" is a 1992 single by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album Adrenalize.

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Liam Ó Maonlaí

Liam Ó Maonlaí (born 7 November 1964 in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician best known as a member of the Hothouse Flowers.

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List of music recording certifications

Music recording certifications are typically awarded by the global music industry based on the total units sold, streamed, or shipped to retailers.

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Make Love Like a Man

"Make Love Like a Man" is a 1992 single by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album Adrenalize.

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Mercury Records

Mercury Records is an American-based record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Michael Kamen

Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, and session musician.

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Mick Ronson

Michael Ronson (26 May 1946 – 29 April 1993) was an English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer.

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Mick Tucker

Michael Thomas "Mick" Tucker (17 July 1947 – 14 February 2002) was an English musician, best known as the drummer and backing vocalist of the glam rock band Sweet.

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Miss You in a Heartbeat

"Miss You in a Heartbeat" is a 1994 song by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their album Retro Active.

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Music Canada

Music Canada (formerly Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA)) is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, manufacture, produce, promote and distribute music in Canada.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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Olympiahalle

Olympiahalle is a multi-purpose arena located in Am Riesenfeld in Munich, Germany, part of Olympiapark.

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Only After Dark

"Only After Dark" is a song by English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer Mick Ronson.

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Outtake

An outtake is a portion of a work (usually a film or music recording) that is removed in the editing process and not included in the work's final, publicly released version.

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Paul Rodgers

Paul Bernard Rodgers (born 17 December 1949) is an English singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his success in the 1960s and 1970s as vocalist of Free and Bad Company.

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Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument.

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Phil Collen

Philip Kenneth Collen (born 8 December 1957) is an English musician.

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Piano

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.

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Pour Some Sugar on Me

"Pour Some Sugar on Me" is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album Hysteria.

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Rainbow Studios

Rainbow Studios Inc. is an American video game developer known for their off-road racing video games involving motocross bikes and all-terrain vehicles.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States.

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Rick Allen (drummer)

Richard John Cyril Allen (born 1 November 1963) is an English drummer who has played for the hard rock band Def Leppard since 1978.

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Rick Savage

Richard Savage (born 2 December 1960) is an English musician best known for being the bass guitarist and one of the founding members of the English rock band, Def Leppard.

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Robert John "Mutt" Lange

Robert John "Mutt" Lange (born 11 November 1948) is a South African record producer and songwriter.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Soundtrack album

A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show.

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Sputnikmusic

Sputnikmusic is a music community website offering music criticism and music news alongside features commonly associated with wiki-style websites.

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Steve Clark

Stephen Maynard Clark (23 April 1960 – 8 January 1991) was an English musician.

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Steve Priest

Stephen Norman "Steve" Priest (born 23 February 1948, Hayes, Middlesex, England) is a British bass player known as the lead and backing vocalist of the glam rock band Sweet.

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The Def Leppard E.P.

The Def Leppard E.P. is the debut EP by British rock band Def Leppard.

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The Law (English band)

The Law were an English rock group formed in 1991 by singer Paul Rodgers (ex-Free, Bad Company and The Firm) and drummer Kenney Jones (ex-Small Faces/Faces and The Who).

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The Sweet

The Sweet (also known as Sweet) is a British glam rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s.

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The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964.

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Tin whistle

The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, tin flageolet, Irish whistle, Belfast Hornpipe, feadóg stáin (or simply feadóg) and Clarke London FlageoletThe Clarke Tin Whistle By Bill Ochs is a simple, six-holed woodwind instrument.

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Tonight (Def Leppard song)

"Tonight" is a 1993 single by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their 1992 multi-platinum album Adrenalize.

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Two Steps Behind

"Two Steps Behind" is a 1993 song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their album Retro Active and Last Action Hero Soundtrack.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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Vanitas

A vanitas is a symbolic work of art showing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death, often contrasting symbols of wealth and symbols of ephemerality and death.

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Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995)

Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995) is the first greatest hits album and the second compilation album by English hard rock band Def Leppard.

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Vivian Campbell

Vivian Patrick Campbell (born 25 August 1962) is a rock guitarist from Northern Ireland.

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Wild in the Streets (Helix album)

Wild in the Streets was the sixth album by the rock band Helix, released in 1987.

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Wisseloord Studios

The Wisseloord Studio is a recording studio in Hilversum, Netherlands.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro_Active

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