"Having turned in a different direction on their previous album “Slang”, the opening three tracks here on “Euphoria” certainly bring back a sense of the past, all of them channelling the sound and structure that can be found on both “Hysteria” and “Adrenalize”. The opening salvo of “Demolition Man” is excellent, up tempo, energetic, with great guitars from both Phil Collen and Vivan Campbell, and vocals from Joe Elliott that are in top form. Def Leppard are generally excellent at composing opening tracks on their albums, and this one follows that pattern perfectly. This is followed by “Promises”, which was the first single released from the album, and this is most definitely written in that late 80’s era style. In fact, you could easily imagine this coming straight off the “Hysteria” album. It slots right back into the pop rock sound that Def Leppard had been cultivating for over a decade and is inoffensively enjoyable for what it is. The third track here is “Back in Your Face”, with the attitude and spark that you would expect from a song with this title. The lyrics are playfully belligerent and the song again harks back to those earlier days of the band. Overall, the first three tracks on the album showcase the blueprint that the band had set out for itself".

On this episode we are going to talk about “Euphoria” by Def Leppard, the band’s 7th studio album released 25 years ago this week, on today’s ‘so far gone and I'm almost there’ episode of Music from a Lifetime.