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Yeah! is the ninth studio album by British rock band Def Leppard. It is the first cover album by the band. It was originally to be released on 20 September 2005, but it was announced on 31 March 2006 that the album would be released on 23 May 2006. The album charted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200[3] and No. 52 on the UK Albums Chart.[4]

Yeah!
Studio album by Def Leppard
Released	23 May 2006
Recorded	2003–2006
Genre	Hard rock
Length	53:43
Label	Mercury Island (US/Canada)
Producer	Def Leppard Ronan McHugh
Def Leppard chronology
Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection (2005) Yeah! (2006) Songs from the Sparkle Lounge (2008)
Singles from Yeah!
"No Matter What" Released: May 2005 "Rock On" Released: April 2006 "20th Century Boy" Released: July 2006

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Artwork

The accompanying booklet contains photographs of the band members recreating classic images from '70s album art.

• Rick Savage – Freddie Mercury from the album Queen II
• Vivian Campbell – Marc Bolan from T. Rex's Electric Warrior
• Joe Elliott – David Bowie from the rear cover of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
• Rick Allen – Lou Reed, Transformer
• Phil Collen – The Stooges, Raw Power

There are also four group photographs in the CD booklet – on the cover, the centre, inside back cover and the back cover.

• The inside back cover (back of the CD holder) has a picture with the original triangle Def Leppard logo (from the On Through the Night album), with a shaft of light passing through it and creating a rainbow, a la the cover of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

Reception

Rating the album 4.5 out of 5, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised Yeah! as the band's best effort since Hysteria, noting how the band "no longer sound as slick and calculated as they did on their albums after Hysteria; they sound alive and vigorous, making a convincing case that they're now their own best producers." Erlewine concluded that "few bands could achieve an artistic comeback via a covers album, but as this glorious record proves, there are few bands like Def Leppard."[5]

Track listing

Bonus material

Personnel

• Joe Elliott – lead vocals, piano, all instruments "Space Oddity", art direction on inner sleeve
• Phil Collen – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Stay with Me" and "Search and Destroy", all instruments on "Search and Destroy"
• Vivian Campbell – guitar, backing vocals
• Rick Savage – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals and all instruments on "Dear Friends"
• Rick Allen – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Emm Gryner—backing vocals, piano on "The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll"
• Ian Hunter—spoken intro on "The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll"
• Justin Hawkins – backing vocals on "Hell Raiser"
• Marc Danzeisen – drums and harmony/backing vocals on "American Girl"
• t42design – artwork
• Vartan – art direction on cover
• Clay Patrick McBride – photography on cover art, back cover, trays
• Mick Rock – photography on inner sleeve

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6]	95
French Albums (SNEP)[7]	161
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8]	73
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9]	48
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10]	25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11]	57
UK Albums (OCC)[12]	52
US Billboard 200[13]	16

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2005	"No Matter What"	Adult Top 40 Airplay (USA)[14]	24
		Billboard Heritage Rock[15]	28
2006	"Rock On"	Billboard Heritage Rock[16]	18
	"20th Century Boy"	Canada Rock Chart[17]	33

References

На других языках

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[de] Yeah!

Yeah! ist das neunte Studioalbum der britischen Hard-Rock-Band Def Leppard. Es enthält ausschließlich Coverversionen von Liedern anderer Interpreten, vornehmlich solchen, von denen die Mitglieder von Def Leppard musikalisch beeinflusst wurden.

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- [en] Yeah! (Def Leppard album)

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[es] Yeah! (álbum)

Yeah! es el noveno álbum de estudio de Def Leppard, integrado por versiones de canciones de los años 1970. Originalmente, el disco iba a ser publicado el 20 de septiembre de 2005, pero fue anunciado el 31 de marzo de 2006 que se lanzaría el 23 de mayo del mismo año.[1] and No. 52 on the UK Albums Chart.[2]

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[ru] Yeah!

«Yeah!» — альбом группы Def Leppard, составленный из кавер-версий рок-хитов 1970-х годов. Первоначально хотели издать 20 сентября 2005 года, но 31 марта 2006 года было объявлено, что альбом будет выпущен 23 мая 2006 года. Выпуск альбома откладывали несколько раз и когда его наконец выпустили, то встретили с восторгом. Yeah! достиг 16 строчки американского чарта Billboard 200[1] и 52 строчки в UK Albums Chart.[2]

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