Euphoria (Def Leppard album)
Euphoria is the seventh studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 8 June 1999 in the United States and on 14 June 1999 in the United Kingdom by Mercury Records. The album aimed to return to their signature sound made famous by the band in the 1980s. It was produced by the band with Pete Woodroffe. The album charted at No. 11 on the "Billboard" 200 and No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart. It includes the song "Promises", which hit the number one spot on "Billboard"'s Mainstream Rock chart. Overview. Following  Slang, the band was initially unsure of which direction to take upon reconvening in April 1998. "We just let ourselves go in any way we wanted," recalled Joe Elliott. With "Slang" we did: we said we're not gonna do the typical Def Leppard things. But with "Euphoria" we didn't rule them out… because it had been eight [sic] years since "Adrenalize". That's a long time to have abandoned your main style of music. So we embraced it." Former producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange returned for four days. "It was a bit weird, because he wasn't  working the same way," recalled Elliott. "He wasn't hands-on. He was more observant. He'd say, 'Stop,' and make a suggestion… We also wrote another song where we did kind of start from scratch. We said, 'Let's do something really off the wall.' That ended up being the song 'All Night' – all groovy noises and orgasmic songs." Three songs were co-written with Lange, who performed backing vocals (as he had on other albums): "It's Only Love", "All Night" and "Promises". A song first recorded by Vivian Campbell's side band Clock, "To Be Alive", received  a Leppard makeover. For the first time since 1981's "High 'n' Dry", an instrumental was included: Phil Collen's "Disintegrate". This instrumental was known before as "Spanish Sky", a ballad that evolved into this track. 1996 Formula One racing champion Damon Hill, a neighbour of Rick Savage, would contribute a guitar solo to the track "Demolition Man". In its first week of release, "Euphoria" sold over 98,000 units in the US and just missed the Top 10 of the "Billboard" 200, reaching No. 11. First single "Promises" topped "Billboard"'s Mainstream Rock chart in June 1999, a spot the  band had not held in six years. "Euphoria" would later be certified gold in the US, Canada and Japan. The album-supporting tour stretched from May 1999 to September 2000. The album was released for the first time on vinyl on 21 June 2019, as a part of "The Collection: Volume 2" box set.