Best of Def Leppard
Best of Def Leppard (or The Best Of) is a compilation album featuring some of Def Leppard's most popular songs. The album charted at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart. Overview. "Best of" supplements 1995's "" as the definitive collection of Def Leppard's work. In fact, Disc one of "Best of" is essentially the entire "Vault" (UK Version) compilation album with the addition of "Long Long Way to Go" from "X". A 2-CD limited edition was released in a slipcase with more obscure fan-favourite album cuts on the second disc, including  tracks from more recent albums. In the UK, a cover of The Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset" was included as a bonus. This foreshadowed the band's forthcoming '70s cover album "Yeah!". "Best Of" was released in a number of territories around the world, but not North America. A 2-CD best of called "" was issued there instead. The single-CD edition of the album features material from 1981's "High 'n' Dry" through to 2002's "X". Track distribution focuses largely on the band's late '80s/early '90s hits, with a single song from "High 'n' Dry", two from "Pyromania  (1983), six from Hysteria" (1987), four from "Adrenalize" (1992), two from "Retro Active" (1993), and a single song from "X". "When Love & Hate Collide", the sole new song from 1995's greatest hits set "Vault" was also included. The 2-CD version gives a more even cross-section of the band's career, starting with two songs from "On Through the Night" (1980), four from "High 'n' Dry", seven from "Pyromania", seven from "Hysteria", five from "Adrenalize", two from "Retro Active", "When Love & Hate Collide" the new song on "Vault", two from "Slang" (1996), one from "Euphoria" (1999), two from  X (2002) and one new song, the cover of "Waterloo Sunset" which was to be included in the band's forthcoming cover album "Yeah!" (2006).