Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits 1980-1995

80年代那会儿的威豹乐队（Def Leppard）让同时期的其他乐队只能望其项背。他们凭借四张杰作当仁不让地成为了那个年代最优秀也最流行的硬摇滚/重金属乐队之一，出产了一长串热门单曲。《Vault》网罗了这些热门歌曲中的精粹，另外还从乐队90年代的第一张专辑《Adrenalize》以及删减曲目集《Retro Active》中精选了部分曲目。就根本而言，威豹乐队的音乐遗产主要集中于1983年的专辑《Pyromania》和1987年的《Hysteria》。在这两张佳作中，乐队开创了一种光滑锃亮的硬摇品牌：轰烈悦耳的旋律与精彩的吉他叠句（在这方面，相比深紫乐队和黑色安息日两个乐队，Mott the Hoople和T.Rex两支乐队对他们的影响更大）。 To have resisted Def Leppard's radio power in their heyday, you'd have to have been a critic--and even some of us could hardly argue with the likes of "Photograph," "Animal," and "Bringin' on the Heartbreak." Vault covers a decade and a half of hits by the one-time wonder boys of the new wave of British metal, but perhaps inevitably concentrates on singles from the multiplatinum Pyromania and Hysteria. It offers little meaning beyond fun fun fun, but there are hooks here that Noel Gallagher would punch a paparazzo for.