Great list. Pyromania is the album that got me into Def Leppard. It’s always been my favorite, with Hysteria a close 2nd. High and Dry is a kick ass album too. Good video!
Great list! Super close to mine. My list 10. Slang 9. Songs from the Sparkle Lounge 8. Def Leppard 7. X 6. Euphoria 5. On Through The Night 4. Adrenalize 3. High & Dry 2. Pyromania 1. Hysteria If Retroactive can be considered an album I would put in between On Through The Night and Adrenalize.
Missing the Album Yeah (2006) in your discography. It is a studio album. Your ranking is pretty good. My ranking would be a bit different, but each to their own. Well done - thumbs up!! Def Leppard when I heard the song "Rock Brigade" on the radio, I knew they would be VERY BIG!! I have all their studio stuff except the 2015 album, which I am hunting down based on your comments - thank you and I have pre-ordered the new 2022 album, which I am impatiently waiting to receive. Hope it is good. I am a big fan, saw them live, in an early concert just after Rick came back from his accident. It was an exceptional concert and Rick was awesome - didn't miss a beat!! (No pun intended). They played their asses off and it sounded great. Rick has my utmost respect and admiration for figuring out a way to be one of best drummers ever. Bandmates sticking with him throughout the whole ordeal giving him the support he needed, just shows how much they dig him. Great band with great people in it. Buying their albums and going to their concert to support them is a worthwhile endeavor. Can't say that about every band. Def Leppard is a Great Band who has eclipsed everything I thought they would become in every way!! I am extremely happy for them!!
Great Stuff Mate! I discovered them June 9th 1980 at the Tucson Community Center opening for Judas Priest. For me, the drumming of Rick Allen & Pete Willis was the core of the bands essence. When Pete left & Rick had his accident it had a big impact on the bands music for me. I've always enjoyed the 1st 2 albums so much more than the rest but am glad to see those 2 events didn't have a detrimental impact on the bands career. I work in the concert production industry & have worked many of their shows from 1987 to present. I can tell you they are all doing well.
I just turned 14 and my mom bought me Def Leppard's Pyromania, which had just come out. They were much more into 70s music, and my mom said "I wasn't even sure if this was your style or not." But, like you, I wore out the needle wearing out the record. I love the band. I've seen them in concert on a couple of occasions over the last couple decades. They still sound wonderful.
Great work on ranking all the albums my friend. I saw Def Leppard in 1983 right after they graduated to headlining status in Knoxville, TN. Great concert supporting Pyromania. They opened with Rock Rock Til You Drop and Joe had the signature Union Jack shirt on. Love Pryomania and High n Dry. I don't deny that Hysteria is a great album and put Leppard into the statosphere. But, for me, the record was too polished. Bought Adrenalize too. Good album. And the song White Lightning is an incredibly haunting track with the (then) recent passing of Steve Clark. That was pretty much it for me as it wasn't long after this album that Nevermind came out.
Thank you and thanks for watching and commenting. Hysteria is an incredibly polished album no doubt about it, I can see why some people prefer the earlier album's without the super shiny production job
Deaf Leopard 🐆 were RIDICULOUSLY lumped into the "NWOBHM" even though they never really played Heavy Metal 🤘🏻 and will never release a Heavy Metal 🤘🏻 album On Through The Night is their worst album and Hysteria is their best album Hard Rock throughout their career
@@mrboulder9714 first album they were just learning to be musicians and few metal songs like "Wasted" and "Switch 625" doesn't make them a metal band also Heavy Metal 🤘🏻 involves lyrics with violent and fantastic imaginary and extended guitar 🎸 solos like Judas Priest's Painkiller #1990 the birthyear of proper Heavy Metal 🤘🏻
oh, musical tastes My list 10. Songs from the Sparkle Lounge 9. Def Leppard 8. On Through The Night 7. X 6. Euphoria 5. High & Dry 4. Slang 3. Pyromania 2. Hysteria 1. Adrenalize
What’s with you heavy metal fans not liking Hysteria, Adrenalize, or Retro Active? Just because it’s not super heavy, doesn’t mean there aren’t any heavy songs on any of those albums. And y’all like to criticize the ballads and say it’s all bubblegum pop? Britney Spears is bubblegum pop, not Hysteria, Adrenalize, or Retro Active 🙄. Thoughts?
@@aaronshoaf4644 Dont know if you realize but other people on this planet have different opinions to you .... oh .... shock ....horror .....💋 hope you're feeling better now.
For me Pyromania is the best. I love that album. The thing about Hysteria for me (just my opinion I respect yours) is there are a number of overplayed radio songs on side A. Pour some sugar on me, Animal, and love bites just to name a few. I never need to here Love Bites again. However, side B has some AMAZING songs also, so I generally would rather listen to that side. High and Dry is #2 and Hysteria would be #3, still amazing album and like you I have a lot of memories with the record. Thx for another awesome video.
Great video. High’n Dry for me is my favorite, 2nd is the rawness of the debut, love it. Pyromania then Hysteria. I know retro-active is a bunch of B-sides/outtakes but actually really like that one too.
On Thru The Night was name of my metal radio show in college. : ) Looking forward to new album in a few weeks. Tough to pick up a favorite, as I've played Hysteria / Pyromania so many times over the years. Love these videos! Makes me go back thru the catalog again to compare notes.
I prefer the classic Def Leppard, Hysteria was a massive hit of course. And for the times it was perfect. Adrenalize was ok, not in my top 5, I still think their B sides compilations Retro Active is one of their best. So, if we're counting that one. My top favorites are: Retro Active, High 'N' Dry, Pyro, On Through the Night, Hysteria and Euphoria.
The early stuff is definitely their best. Retroactive is great, the only reason I didn't include it is because it's an album of B sides. Thanks for watching and commenting
@@mrboulder9714 yeah that's why I said if you count Retro. To me it's the perfect Def Leppard album, it's got songs that could fit era of Def Leppard. You have some Classic Leppard songs, mid to early 90's DL songs, as well as some what would become future DL poppy type songs. And of course two great ballads. But, I really liked the rawness of their early stuff when they were still considered part of the founding fathers of NWOBHM.
@@ryant3600 I was blown away by the rawness of On Through The Night when I first heard it, especially being a guy who grew up on a diet of Hysteria and Adrenalize. Yep great songs like Fractured Love and Two Steps Behing on Retroactive make it an essential pick up for any Leppard fan
Its funny how your taste changes over the years, I remember being about 16 and loving Hysteria and now just the last few days ive been going back listening to Def Leppards early albums and I think Pyromania is their best. Like most metal bands, once the 90s hit it was pretty much downhill I cant listen to modern stuff, I didnt even grow up in the 80s but thats where all my fav music is from.
My list and it changes every week except for 5th and 4th place 6. leave everything else at amazon? 5. Adrenalize 4. On through the night 3. High n dry 2. Hysteria 1. Pyromania
I agree about hysteria. Overrated. High and dry is the best. They lost a lot when they kicked out Pete Willis. He was a riff machine. Early DL was very NWBHM. Which is what I like
For me, the first 4 will always be their best. Hysteria was one of the albums that got me interested in heavy music as a teenager. I didn't like Adrenalize that much and I didnt listen much after that until recently. From their more modern albums, I think the self titled and sparkle lounge had some good stuff on them.
Great Video James, I don’t think I’ve heard a full Leppard album after adrenalize…really enjoy their first 5 albums except’ Make Love Like a Man” 😂😂wtf Good stuff James
Not a bad ranking and I agree that Hysteria is a great and well put together album! Here is my rankings as well as favorite tracks on the albums. 1. On Through The Night: Answer To The Master & Overture. Don't care these are freaking masterpieces and super underrated! I love everything about them! And yes the whole album is killer and I love every track! I also love the rawness sound of the album. 2. High 'N Dry: Switch 625 & Lady Strange as well as On Through The Night. With that said there is not a bad track on the whole album. Those are just my favorites. 3. Pyromania: Billy's Got A Gun, Die Hard The Hunter & Stagefright. Killer tracks as well as the rest of the album! 4. Hysteria: Women, Gods Of War, Armegeddon It. Just really not a bad track on this album either! And this album holds a lot of memories for me as well. As I got into Def Leppard in '87, '88. 5. Aderenalize: White Lightning, Heaven and others. This is another great album and to me the last good album that the band produced. I do like other tracks scattered on the albums after this one. But not every song. 6. Euphoria: Can't really pick a favorite track on this album. But it is pretty decent. And that is it for me as the other albums don't do much for me. Like I mentioned, just certain tracks on different albums.
If you've not heard anything past Adrenalize you're not missing that much. Pyromania and Hysteria are both excellent. Thanks for watching and commenting
I caught Leppard in '87 when I was 14. It was my first arena show. They were absolutely amazing, especially considering they had Tesla opening. Following them after they threw down Modern Day Cowboy was a tall order.
I saw that show with Tesla in Dallas, TX. Loved them then, love their older stuff still. The first time I heard a version of rap from them on Slang was the last time I listened to anything new from them.
@@chrisbiro1 I heard Adrenalize all the way through once when it first came out. I haven't listened to anything by them since. Still love Tesla though.
I just find X very bland. I've warmed to Slang a little bit over recent years. The self titled is a pretty good album. Thanks for watching and commenting
While I don’t dislike the bottom albums as much as you this is finally an album ranking which puts Hysteria, Adrenalize and Sparkle Lounge In their rightful spots. In my opinion anyway. Their new album is getting great reviews as well.
to my ears anyway the second side of the X album is musically heavier than side 1.It still has all the elements of what Def Leppard is all about but that said i don't think there'll be another DL album quite like that
This is my ranking 1.Pyromania 2.High’N’Dry 3.On Through The Night 4.Slang 5.Hysteria 6.Euphoria 7.Adrenalize 8.Retro Active 9.Def Leppard 10.X 11.Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
@@mrboulder9714 The only reason I put Slang above Hysteria. Is because The Album Slang helped me get through a really bad time in my life. I was in a really dark place and Slang pulled me out of it. Also Im really loyal to their 1st three albums I Just love Steve and Pete together on guitar. Steve Clark is my favorite musician of all time and I miss him dearly.
@@dinozzo97 Such a shame about Steve, he was so young when he passed. Sorry to hear about the bad time you had but at least music helped you get through
Pyromania was the first album I ever owned. Lots of nostalgia for me. It was actually on tape. Hysteria came out when I was in high school and I was obsessed with it along with the 1987 Whitesnake album. Still love them both. Adrenalize came out when I was in college. I think it’s underrated but not as good as the previous two. Although there are some good songs in the later years, I only own those three Def Leppard albums.
The first 2 are definitely worth checking out if you've not heard them. Some of the stuff after Adrenalize is bad, but some is still quite good. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment
10. X (No love for Scar? It might be the only good song on that album. It sounds like something that could have been on both Hysteria and Adrenalize) 09. Songs From the Sparkle Lounge (Love Go, think Gotta Let It Go and Hallucinate or decent, then just some okay songs in Cruise Control, Only the Good Die Young and Come Undone) 08. Slang (I think the singles from this album are cringey. I love Turn to Dust & Pearl of Euphoria, like Truth?, Deliver Me and Gift of Flesh) 07. Def Leppard (Shockingly decent. 06. Euphoria (I could flip this with Adrenalize. I thought Def Leppard was at least getting back to being somewhat a semblance of what they once were when this came out. I'm shocked you never mentioned the song Paper Sun. I think this is a Top 10 song off this album and maybe the best song after anything post Hysteria. Day After Day, Kings of Oblivion and Disintegrate are all really good tunes. Back in Your Face, Demolition Man and Promises are all decent. 05. Adrenalize (I give this a bit too much love because of the era. Tear It Down, White Lightning and Tonight are top notch. I Wanna Touch U and Stand Up are decent. Let's Get Rocked is the cringey version of Pour Some Sugar on Me of 1992) 04. On Through the Night (Had I listened to this album prior to 1987, this probably would have been a spot higher. Pete Willis was the man. Great partnership with Steve Clark and great riff guy. 03. Hysteria (Based on nostalgia only for me. I love songs like Gods of War, Women, Rocket, Love and Affection, Hysteria, Run Riot and Don't Shoot Shotgun, but then I hate much of the other stuff. Had the band just included the likes of Desert Song, Fractured Love, Ring of Fire and I Wanna Be Your Hero on this album like originally intended, this album could have been my favorite). 02. High 'N Dry (This probably should by my favorite, because I feel the better songs are on here over that of Pyromania. A beast of an album with the best guitarists that Def Leppard ever had. All killer, no filler. The only song that's not great NO NO NO. 01. Pyromania (Pyromania was the album that kicked it off for me in 1983, with my love of all things hard rock and heavy metal as a 12-year-old. Every song is killer with the exception of Action Not Words. Comin' Under Fire is my favorite song of all time that nobody ever talks about. Unbelievable time for this band!
I'm listening to The Michael Schenker Group CD. 1980. Cover of him sitting on chair with dark background. I was never really into him. But the first half of this album is really good. Produced really well. I hope you'll do a review of it. I'm checking it out but metal fans that I respect, have always told me to give it a listen. Thanks. Just discovered your channel. I like your non-annoying style. From Southern California. "Cheers".
Great ranking. Something happened to this band after hysteria that’s for sure. I agree sparkle lounge was great and Andre alike was pretty good. the only two since hysteria i would say is good. I like hysteria and it got me into the band. Then I got pyromania and I thought even better and my favourite. High n dry a great hard rock / heavy metal album. Top 3 definately those albums.
You ranked them...like a man. Never actually heard all of Adrenalize or anything after, I might try it with you rating it so high. I really like the first 4 and the order tends to differ every time i listen to them.
High and Dry was the first time I heard of them it just debuted, I was in middle school, a next door neighbor friend got it for one of his birthday presents. We rocked that cassette loud every morning before school on his old man's giant stereo.
On Through The Night would be a bit higher for me , I like the production on that one ! I just got rid of all the studio albums I had after Adrenalize , I had to pay someone to take them lol . Good job on the ranking videos , always interesting to hear someone else’s point on view 🤘
Definitely need to listen more to this band, I only have 2 cds from them: Hysteria and the Self titled album. So yeah, don't know much about Def Leppard sadly. Besides that I've enjoyed the video as usual! Keep it up :) 🤘
@@mrboulder9714 I'll give these albums a listen, thanks for recommending James! Speaking of Def Leppard, a new album will be released soon (May 27th if I'm correct). Would love to hear your thoughts when the album comes out. High expectations?
Great review on the Def Leppard albums I agree with you ! Have you listened to the new Def Leppard album the 3 singles, Kick, Take what you want , fire it up ?? Your thoughts?
Cool ranking James. Not seen many DL ranking videos. Have to agree they have a lot of poor/generic lyrics which I think has put me off them over the past decade. High and Dry would be my no.1 then on through the night. Hysteria is good but over played, it has some great deep cuts on it. I'll give sparkle lounge a listen today, not heard it for years. Nice one.
I think it all breaks down to your age and which albums were new when you were either in junior high or high school. Both On Through the Night and High and Dry came out when I was in high school. I would rank the albums this way. 1). High and dry 2). Pyromania 3). On Through the Night 4). 4). Hysteria was just too commercial for me. Just too formulaic. Really can’t say I got into much of anything after those albums. Great show!
my order would be Hysteria (10/10), Pyromania (9.75/10), High & Dry (9.5/10), On Through the Night (9/10), Adrenalize (7/10) and then everything else (5/10 or less). I would count Retro Active (8/10) as a studio album since most of it was new leftover Steve Clark songs.
Cool ranking video. I completely lost interest in them with "Adrenalize" but I like everything they released before that. Interesting to hear your thoughts on their post-Adrenalize albums most of which I've never heard.
OTTN is excellent. I remember when I first heard it. Musically it sounded like Saxon which was weird to a guy who grew up in the Hysteria era. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment on the video. Cheers
Agree with your ranking. I may have put Adrenalize one higher but that's nit picking just because I love White Lightening and for some reason Joe refuses to sing it. 👍🇬🇧
For me it started with High and Dry. Then found On Through the Night and was absolutely blown away when Pyromania came out. I know people love Hysteria and I love what it stands for in terms of what it meant for them as a band, but I still don’t like that album. I’ve liked a few songs here and there since then, but for me there’s nothing like those first three albums.
@@mrboulder9714 Cheers I just saw the video excellent analysis I enjoyed the new album a lot apart from the 2 ballads Angels and From here to eternity very boring dragged too long
Up don’t say when they come out. Done you did. But what the f man. You drop the ball. I clocked out half way through when you skipped what era it’s from
No, No, No, "just ok?" It's the best & heaviest Def Leppard song, the only song that bridges on really heavy metal, almost thrash. Then again, I listened to the shit Pyromania only once and dismissed them afterwards. High & Dry & On Through The Night were the only Def Leppard albums worth listening to.
I get what your saying definitely. The first album sounds nothing like the band that went on to record Hysteria. Thank you for watching and leaving a comment. Cheers
You just like living in the 1980s, don't you? Fans like you are the reason Bands don't take risks. You want them to repeat the same album and same sound all the time. Slang is their best album. Lyrically, sonically. Love when bands try something new and grow as a band.
high and dry really is def leppard trying to replicate ACDC. all the songs follow that recipe. they innitially wanted that direction, the mutt came in and in with computers and synth.
Always been a Def Leppard fan, more a fan of the albums with Steve Clarks work more than anything after that. Steve Clarks guitar work has been noticeably missing in their sound, you can tell how it peters out after Adrenalize. Steve was classically trained, his ingenuity and panache style of play was a huge loss for Def Leppard in my opinion and they have since never recovered.
Top 6 for me 1 High n Dry 2 Pyromania 3 On Through the Night 4 Hysteria 5 Arenalize 6 Retroactive After this apart from a song or 2 on each album fhey're pretty much a pile of crap. The recent self titled was a decent effort though
I first listen to the Leppard in 1981 during the High and Dry tour. I've always been a major fan. Here's my ranking from best to last.. High and Dry, Pyromania, On Through the Night, Hysteria. All the rest of their albums are garbage.
1- High and dry 2- On through the night 3- Pyromania 4- Hysteria 5- Adrenalize High and dry. One of the best albums of all time First two albums New Wave British heavy metal third album Hard Rock after that it's bubblegum Rock which I despise. At the time of its release I enjoyed Hysteria never stayed with me songs are cheesy
I like his list but I hated the Adrenalize album Lets Get Rocked to me is just an awful song. For me High and Dry will always be my favorite album. I love On Through the Night, Pyromania and Hysteria as well. Euphoria wasn't bad lots of hit and misses. X sucked. I liked a lot of the songs on Retro Active much better than Adrenalize.
@@mrboulder9714 The bands first 4 albums were all amazing and groundbreaking. Run Riot is also one of my favorite songs when I tell people they are like huh what. Pour Some Sugar on Me was played out to death and is the weakest song on Hysteria IMO, How could you not love Don't Shoot Shotgun. Wish I could have seen that "In the Round Tour" live in concert but I was just 6 years old at the time. I haven't heard the Sparkle Lounge album but the reviews for it were pretty good. Thank you for the reply comment and video. I saw them live on the X tour and it was a great show they didn't play many tunes off that album thankfully. Way in the back sitting next to a gorgeous blonde lady good times.
@@bartsullivan4866 say them in 83, 87, 92 and 96 ! Best one by far was 92 Adrenalize in the round tour ( the sound was easily the best or the 4 ) pour some suger is one of my most despised rock songs of All time ( like Cherry pie ) It sounds like a Bad KISS song and I ❤️ KISS 💋
Great list. Pyromania is the album that got me into Def Leppard. It’s always been my favorite, with Hysteria a close 2nd. High and Dry is a kick ass album too. Good video!
Thanks. Yeah you really can't go wrong with those early Leppard album's, all classics definitely
Great list! Super close to mine.
My list
10. Slang
9. Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
8. Def Leppard
7. X
6. Euphoria
5. On Through The Night
4. Adrenalize
3. High & Dry
2. Pyromania
1. Hysteria
If Retroactive can be considered an album I would put in between On Through The Night and Adrenalize.
Excellent ranking and Retroactive is an amazing B sides album
Missing the Album Yeah (2006) in your discography. It is a studio album. Your ranking is pretty good. My ranking would be a bit different, but each to their own. Well done - thumbs up!! Def Leppard when I heard the song "Rock Brigade" on the radio, I knew they would be VERY BIG!! I have all their studio stuff except the 2015 album, which I am hunting down based on your comments - thank you and I have pre-ordered the new 2022 album, which I am impatiently waiting to receive. Hope it is good.
I am a big fan, saw them live, in an early concert just after Rick came back from his accident. It was an exceptional concert and Rick was awesome - didn't miss a beat!! (No pun intended). They played their asses off and it sounded great. Rick has my utmost respect and admiration for figuring out a way to be one of best drummers ever. Bandmates sticking with him throughout the whole ordeal giving him the support he needed, just shows how much they dig him. Great band with great people in it. Buying their albums and going to their concert to support them is a worthwhile endeavor. Can't say that about every band. Def Leppard is a Great Band who has eclipsed everything I thought they would become in every way!! I am extremely happy for them!!
Hi and thanks for watching. The only reason Yeah isn't included is because it's a covers album. Looking forward to the new album too
Great Stuff Mate! I discovered them June 9th 1980 at the Tucson Community Center opening for Judas Priest. For me, the drumming of Rick Allen & Pete Willis was the core of the bands essence. When Pete left & Rick had his accident it had a big impact on the bands music for me. I've always enjoyed the 1st 2 albums so much more than the rest but am glad to see those 2 events didn't have a detrimental impact on the bands career. I work in the concert production industry & have worked many of their shows from 1987 to present. I can tell you they are all doing well.
Must have been amazing to have seen them in those early days. I didn't see them until about 3 or 4 years ago and they atill have it live
I just turned 14 and my mom bought me Def Leppard's Pyromania, which had just come out. They were much more into 70s music, and my mom said "I wasn't even sure if this was your style or not." But, like you, I wore out the needle wearing out the record. I love the band. I've seen them in concert on a couple of occasions over the last couple decades. They still sound wonderful.
My two favorites are the first two then followed by pyromania.
Great work on ranking all the albums my friend. I saw Def Leppard in 1983 right after they graduated to headlining status in Knoxville, TN. Great concert supporting Pyromania. They opened with Rock Rock Til You Drop and Joe had the signature Union Jack shirt on. Love Pryomania and High n Dry. I don't deny that Hysteria is a great album and put Leppard into the statosphere. But, for me, the record was too polished. Bought Adrenalize too. Good album. And the song White Lightning is an incredibly haunting track with the (then) recent passing of Steve Clark. That was pretty much it for me as it wasn't long after this album that Nevermind came out.
Thank you and thanks for watching and commenting. Hysteria is an incredibly polished album no doubt about it, I can see why some people prefer the earlier album's without the super shiny production job
Nevermind came out 1991,: Adrenalize came out 1992 FACT 🎯
Deaf Leopard 🐆 were RIDICULOUSLY lumped into the "NWOBHM" even though they never really played Heavy Metal 🤘🏻 and will never release a Heavy Metal 🤘🏻 album
On Through The Night is their worst album and
Hysteria is their best album
Hard Rock throughout their career
First album is the closest they got to Heavy Metal. Hysteria is a masterpiece. Cheers for watching and commenting fella 👍
@@mrboulder9714 first album they were just learning to be musicians and few metal songs like "Wasted" and "Switch 625" doesn't make them a metal band also Heavy Metal 🤘🏻 involves lyrics with violent and fantastic imaginary and extended guitar 🎸 solos like Judas Priest's Painkiller #1990 the birthyear of proper Heavy Metal 🤘🏻
oh, musical tastes My list
10. Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
9. Def Leppard
8. On Through The Night
7. X
6. Euphoria
5. High & Dry
4. Slang
3. Pyromania
2. Hysteria
1. Adrenalize
Excellent ranking, thanks for watching
On through the night , High and dry and Pyromania ...... the rest make good frizbees . Rock on James.
Haha this comment made me laugh mate. Cheers as always 👍
What’s with you heavy metal fans not liking Hysteria, Adrenalize, or Retro Active? Just because it’s not super heavy, doesn’t mean there aren’t any heavy songs on any of those albums. And y’all like to criticize the ballads and say it’s all bubblegum pop? Britney Spears is bubblegum pop, not Hysteria, Adrenalize, or Retro Active 🙄. Thoughts?
@@aaronshoaf4644 Dont know if you realize but other people on this planet have different opinions to you .... oh .... shock ....horror .....💋 hope you're feeling better now.
@@rocketrod1444 let’s be fair tho: most people who like heavy metal don’t like Hysteria, Adrenalize, or Retro Active.
@@aaronshoaf4644 WGAF 💩
For me Pyromania is the best. I love that album. The thing about Hysteria for me (just my opinion I respect yours) is there are a number of overplayed radio songs on side A. Pour some sugar on me, Animal, and love bites just to name a few. I never need to here Love Bites again. However, side B has some AMAZING songs also, so I generally would rather listen to that side. High and Dry is #2 and Hysteria would be #3, still amazing album and like you I have a lot of memories with the record. Thx for another awesome video.
This one's easy
1. High N Dry
2. Pyromania
3. On Through the Night
Everything else, leave it at the store
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Agreed
Great list, I love Sparkle Lounge, could be my 3rd fave. Where would Diamond Star Halos fit in your list? Just subbed! 👍🏻😀
Thanks for subbing. Sparkle Lounge definitely exceeded my expectations. Cheers for watching fella
Great video.
High’n Dry for me is my favorite, 2nd is the rawness of the debut, love it. Pyromania then Hysteria.
I know retro-active is a bunch of B-sides/outtakes but actually really like that one too.
I like the first album at number one, the second album at number 2, and the 3rd album at number three.
The first 3 are excellent. Thanks for watching
On Thru The Night was name of my metal radio show in college. : ) Looking forward to new album in a few weeks. Tough to pick up a favorite, as I've played Hysteria / Pyromania so many times over the years. Love these videos! Makes me go back thru the catalog again to compare notes.
Looking forward to hearing the new album too. Thanks for watching fella
I prefer the classic Def Leppard, Hysteria was a massive hit of course. And for the times it was perfect. Adrenalize was ok, not in my top 5, I still think their B sides compilations Retro Active is one of their best. So, if we're counting that one. My top favorites are: Retro Active, High 'N' Dry, Pyro, On Through the Night, Hysteria and Euphoria.
The early stuff is definitely their best. Retroactive is great, the only reason I didn't include it is because it's an album of B sides. Thanks for watching and commenting
@@mrboulder9714 yeah that's why I said if you count Retro. To me it's the perfect Def Leppard album, it's got songs that could fit era of Def Leppard. You have some Classic Leppard songs, mid to early 90's DL songs, as well as some what would become future DL poppy type songs. And of course two great ballads. But, I really liked the rawness of their early stuff when they were still considered part of the founding fathers of NWOBHM.
@@ryant3600 I was blown away by the rawness of On Through The Night when I first heard it, especially being a guy who grew up on a diet of Hysteria and Adrenalize. Yep great songs like Fractured Love and Two Steps Behing on Retroactive make it an essential pick up for any Leppard fan
Great list!!
Cheers, and thanks for watching
Great show that. Yeah Sparkle Lounge is ace. I've got the Adrenalize T shirt with 'that line' on the back! 😄 cheers 👍
Thanks. Yeah Sparkle Lounge was a surprise, wasn't expecting much from it but I really enjoyed it. Cheers for watching
Its funny how your taste changes over the years, I remember being about 16 and loving Hysteria and now just the last few days ive been going back listening to Def Leppards early albums and I think Pyromania is their best. Like most metal bands, once the 90s hit it was pretty much downhill I cant listen to modern stuff, I didnt even grow up in the 80s but thats where all my fav music is from.
You have great taste in music
I enjoyed much of the music from the nineties but Pyromania is my favorite one of theirs too.
my def leppard album ranked:
1 - on through the night
2 - high n dry
3 - pyromania
4 - adrenalize
5 - hysteria
Great ranking fella as always 👍
My list and it changes every week except for 5th and 4th place
6. leave everything else at amazon?
5. Adrenalize
4. On through the night
3. High n dry
2. Hysteria
1. Pyromania
Haha leave everything at Amazon at number 6 😂 Nice ranking and great choices 👍
1. Pyromania
2. High And Dry
3. On Through The Night
Anything after that is meh(Hysteria) to laughable but you is you Mr Boulder. Rock on!
Nice top 3. Cheers for watching fella
Hysteria is a masterpiece
I agree about hysteria. Overrated. High and dry is the best. They lost a lot when they kicked out Pete Willis. He was a riff machine. Early DL was very NWBHM. Which is what I like
The rest is pop music
Totally agree with 'Hysteria' at number one. Really pleased that you pointed out the ridiculous lyrics on 'Make Love Like a Man'. Absolute nonsense.
Despite the shite lyrics I still love that song. Cheers as always James 👍
For me, the first 4 will always be their best. Hysteria was one of the albums that got me interested in heavy music as a teenager. I didn't like Adrenalize that much and I didnt listen much after that until recently. From their more modern albums, I think the self titled and sparkle lounge had some good stuff on them.
The first 5 are definitely the best, cheers John
Pretty much spot on for me as well those first 4 albums and Retroactive.
Great list for me high and dry #1
High and Dry is a beast and worthy.of being #1. Cheers for watching and commenting 👌
Great Video James, I don’t think I’ve heard a full Leppard album after adrenalize…really enjoy their first 5 albums except’ Make Love Like a Man” 😂😂wtf
Good stuff James
The first 5 are definitely the best. Still laugh at Make Love Like A Man now 🤣. Cheers Marty
Not a bad ranking and I agree that Hysteria is a great and well put together album! Here is my rankings as well as favorite tracks on the albums.
1. On Through The Night: Answer To The Master & Overture. Don't care these are freaking masterpieces and super underrated! I love everything about them! And yes the whole album is killer and I love every track! I also love the rawness sound of the album.
2. High 'N Dry: Switch 625 & Lady Strange as well as On Through The Night. With that said there is not a bad track on the whole album. Those are just my favorites.
3. Pyromania: Billy's Got A Gun, Die Hard The Hunter & Stagefright. Killer tracks as well as the rest of the album!
4. Hysteria: Women, Gods Of War, Armegeddon It. Just really not a bad track on this album either! And this album holds a lot of memories for me as well. As I got into Def Leppard in '87, '88.
5. Aderenalize: White Lightning, Heaven and others. This is another great album and to me the last good album that the band produced. I do like other tracks scattered on the albums after this one. But not every song.
6. Euphoria: Can't really pick a favorite track on this album. But it is pretty decent.
And that is it for me as the other albums don't do much for me. Like I mentioned, just certain tracks on different albums.
pyromania is first i heard...luved it still do....then hysteria which holds loads memorys for me....not too fussed abiut anything after adrenalize....
If you've not heard anything past Adrenalize you're not missing that much. Pyromania and Hysteria are both excellent. Thanks for watching and commenting
I caught Leppard in '87 when I was 14. It was my first arena show. They were absolutely amazing, especially considering they had Tesla opening. Following them after they threw down Modern Day Cowboy was a tall order.
I saw that show with Tesla in Dallas, TX. Loved them then, love their older stuff still. The first time I heard a version of rap from them on Slang was the last time I listened to anything new from them.
@@chrisbiro1
I heard Adrenalize all the way through once when it first came out. I haven't listened to anything by them since. Still love Tesla though.
I'm one of the few people that really likes Slang Euphoria X and Yeah! I think Def Leppard's self titled album is really Good.
I just find X very bland. I've warmed to Slang a little bit over recent years. The self titled is a pretty good album. Thanks for watching and commenting
@@mrboulder9714 I just find your TH-cam channel been watching a lot of your Album ranking videos.
While I don’t dislike the bottom albums as much as you this is finally an album ranking which puts Hysteria, Adrenalize and Sparkle Lounge In their rightful spots. In my opinion anyway. Their new album is getting great reviews as well.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Yeah I like the singles I've heard, looking forward to the new album
Slang is much higher up for me. At the time i didnt like it but i really do love the album now. Agree with X being bottom. Horses for courses
I like it more than I did, but Slang has some terrible stuff on it. Yeah, X is a stinker
to my ears anyway the second side of the X album is musically heavier than side 1.It still has all the elements of what Def Leppard is all about but that said i don't think there'll be another DL album quite like that
X is an album I don't mind listening to when I want a more chilled Rock album, it has its moment's
This is my ranking
1.Pyromania
2.High’N’Dry
3.On Through The Night
4.Slang
5.Hysteria
6.Euphoria
7.Adrenalize
8.Retro Active
9.Def Leppard
10.X
11.Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
Great ranking, thanks for watching and commenting
@@mrboulder9714 The only reason I put Slang above Hysteria. Is because The Album Slang helped me get through a really bad time in my life. I was in a really dark place and Slang pulled me out of it. Also Im really loyal to their 1st three albums I Just love Steve and Pete together on guitar. Steve Clark is my favorite musician of all time and I miss him dearly.
@@dinozzo97 Such a shame about Steve, he was so young when he passed. Sorry to hear about the bad time you had but at least music helped you get through
Pyromania was the first album I ever owned. Lots of nostalgia for me. It was actually on tape. Hysteria came out when I was in high school and I was obsessed with it along with the 1987 Whitesnake album. Still love them both. Adrenalize came out when I was in college. I think it’s underrated but not as good as the previous two. Although there are some good songs in the later years, I only own those three Def Leppard albums.
The first 2 are definitely worth checking out if you've not heard them. Some of the stuff after Adrenalize is bad, but some is still quite good. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment
10. X (No love for Scar? It might be the only good song on that album. It sounds like something that could have been on both Hysteria and Adrenalize)
09. Songs From the Sparkle Lounge (Love Go, think Gotta Let It Go and Hallucinate or decent, then just some okay songs in Cruise Control, Only the Good Die Young and Come Undone)
08. Slang (I think the singles from this album are cringey. I love Turn to Dust & Pearl of Euphoria, like Truth?, Deliver Me and Gift of Flesh)
07. Def Leppard (Shockingly decent.
06. Euphoria (I could flip this with Adrenalize. I thought Def Leppard was at least getting back to being somewhat a semblance of what they once were when this came out. I'm shocked you never mentioned the song Paper Sun. I think this is a Top 10 song off this album and maybe the best song after anything post Hysteria. Day After Day, Kings of Oblivion and Disintegrate are all really good tunes. Back in Your Face, Demolition Man and Promises are all decent.
05. Adrenalize (I give this a bit too much love because of the era. Tear It Down, White Lightning and Tonight are top notch. I Wanna Touch U and Stand Up are decent. Let's Get Rocked is the cringey version of Pour Some Sugar on Me of 1992)
04. On Through the Night (Had I listened to this album prior to 1987, this probably would have been a spot higher. Pete Willis was the man. Great partnership with Steve Clark and great riff guy.
03. Hysteria (Based on nostalgia only for me. I love songs like Gods of War, Women, Rocket, Love and Affection, Hysteria, Run Riot and Don't Shoot Shotgun, but then I hate much of the other stuff. Had the band just included the likes of Desert Song, Fractured Love, Ring of Fire and I Wanna Be Your Hero on this album like originally intended, this album could have been my favorite).
02. High 'N Dry (This probably should by my favorite, because I feel the better songs are on here over that of Pyromania. A beast of an album with the best guitarists that Def Leppard ever had. All killer, no filler. The only song that's not great NO NO NO.
01. Pyromania (Pyromania was the album that kicked it off for me in 1983, with my love of all things hard rock and heavy metal as a 12-year-old. Every song is killer with the exception of Action Not Words. Comin' Under Fire is my favorite song of all time that nobody ever talks about. Unbelievable time for this band!
Love your detailed ranking here. Thank you for watching and commenting on the video. Cheers
I'm listening to The Michael Schenker Group CD. 1980. Cover of him sitting on chair with dark background. I was never really into him. But the first half of this album is really good. Produced really well. I hope you'll do a review of it. I'm checking it out but metal fans that I respect, have always told me to give it a listen. Thanks. Just discovered your channel. I like your non-annoying style. From Southern California. "Cheers".
I was going to tell you that the drums are great. I just looked up who's on drums. Cozy Powell and Simon Phillips. Hah! It all makes sense now!
Hi thanks for watching. I've never checked out the MSG stuff, another one of those bands I've not got round to yet. Thanks
Great ranking. Something happened to this band after hysteria that’s for sure. I agree sparkle lounge was great and Andre alike was pretty good. the only two since hysteria i would say is good. I like hysteria and it got me into the band. Then I got pyromania and I thought even better and my favourite. High n dry a great hard rock / heavy metal album. Top 3 definately those albums.
Those 3 are definitely their best. Thanks for watching
You ranked them...like a man. Never actually heard all of Adrenalize or anything after, I might try it with you rating it so high. I really like the first 4 and the order tends to differ every time i listen to them.
First 5 are definitely the only one's you really need
High and Dry was the first time I heard of them it just debuted, I was in middle school, a next door neighbor friend got it for one of his birthday presents. We rocked that cassette loud every morning before school on his old man's giant stereo.
On Through The Night would be a bit higher for me , I like the production on that one ! I just got rid of all the studio albums I had after Adrenalize , I had to pay someone to take them lol . Good job on the ranking videos , always interesting to hear someone else’s point on view 🤘
Post Adrenalize the discography is patchy. Cheers Darcy hope you're well fella
I wonder where you will rank Diamond Star Halos once it's released.
I've pre ordered it today, looking forward to hearing it
Definitely need to listen more to this band, I only have 2 cds from them: Hysteria and the Self titled album. So yeah, don't know much about Def Leppard sadly. Besides that I've enjoyed the video as usual! Keep it up :) 🤘
Plenty of more good stuff in their discography, first 5 are the best
@@mrboulder9714 I'll give these albums a listen, thanks for recommending James!
Speaking of Def Leppard, a new album will be released soon (May 27th if I'm correct). Would love to hear your thoughts when the album comes out. High expectations?
@@kenankustura8595 Ive heard the singles and I like what I've heard so far, looking forward to hearing the album when it arrives this week
@@mrboulder9714 Awesome! Great to hear, cheers James \m/
Greetings from The Netherlands
Great review on the Def Leppard albums I agree with you !
Have you listened to the new Def Leppard album the 3 singles, Kick, Take what you want , fire it up ?? Your thoughts?
Thanks for watching and commenting. Heard all the new singles and I really like them, gonna be pre ordering the new album soon
Cool ranking James. Not seen many DL ranking videos. Have to agree they have a lot of poor/generic lyrics which I think has put me off them over the past decade. High and Dry would be my no.1 then on through the night. Hysteria is good but over played, it has some great deep cuts on it. I'll give sparkle lounge a listen today, not heard it for years. Nice one.
Should never have gotten rid of Pete Willis
He had problems. Shame he couldn't control them. Excellent guitarist
I think it all breaks down to your age and which albums were new when you were either in junior high or high school. Both On Through the Night and High and Dry came out when I was in high school. I would rank the albums this way.
1). High and dry
2). Pyromania
3). On Through the Night 4).
4). Hysteria was just too commercial for me. Just too formulaic.
Really can’t say I got into much of anything after those albums.
Great show!
my order would be Hysteria (10/10), Pyromania (9.75/10), High & Dry (9.5/10), On Through the Night (9/10), Adrenalize (7/10) and then everything else (5/10 or less). I would count Retro Active (8/10) as a studio album since most of it was new leftover Steve Clark songs.
Great order, Retroactive is great for a B sides compilation album. Cheers for watching
@@mrboulder9714 gonna give sparkle lounge another chance
Cool ranking video. I completely lost interest in them with "Adrenalize" but I like everything they released before that. Interesting to hear your thoughts on their post-Adrenalize albums most of which I've never heard.
Cheers Kim. The first 5 are definitely their best. Other than Sparkle Lounge the rest are all very patchy
@@mrboulder9714 if you remove the last 3 tracks on self titled the self titled would be killer
Def Leppard lost their edge when they fired Pete Willis!
A lot of people have that opinion, he did write some amazing riffs. Thanks for watching
For me OTTN is my fav and their best Pyromania, High and Dry. And I'm out after that. Although I like the songs Women and Undefeated
OTTN is excellent. I remember when I first heard it. Musically it sounded like Saxon which was weird to a guy who grew up in the Hysteria era. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment on the video. Cheers
Agree with your ranking. I may have put Adrenalize one higher but that's nit picking just because I love White Lightening and for some reason Joe refuses to sing it. 👍🇬🇧
Thanks for watching. I'm guessing as it's about Steve Clark that's why he doesn't want to sing it maybe
Hysteria
Thanks for watching
Can you please review the new Def Leppard album on May 27th and give each track a score out of 10 ?
Yes will do. Thanks for watching
seen them when they opened for rainbow and there was just such stark difference in energy between the two.
I presume Leppard were opening?
@@mrboulder9714 they were openers. 81 just before high and dry release
Paper sun is brilliant from euphoria
Some decnt tunes on that album. Thanks for watching
I'm not too much into the guys anymore but, I still really dig the instrumental from High and Dry. Wish I could remember the name of that tune.
Switch 625
Yes that's it
@@georgepatton6195 WOW, that is a lot of switches? They must of been on Coke to keep track of that many. XD
For me it started with High and Dry. Then found On Through the Night and was absolutely blown away when Pyromania came out. I know people love Hysteria and I love what it stands for in terms of what it meant for them as a band, but I still don’t like that album. I’ve liked a few songs here and there since then, but for me there’s nothing like those first three albums.
Their early stiff is definitely their best. Thanks for watching
Do you like the new Def Leppard album?? Can you please review the new album?
Hi, I've already filmed a review of the latest Leppard album
@@mrboulder9714 Cheers I just saw the video excellent analysis I enjoyed the new album a lot apart from the 2 ballads Angels and From here to eternity very boring dragged too long
@@jimtsikarlis6553 cheers for watching
Up don’t say when they come out. Done you did. But what the f man. You drop the ball. I clocked out half way through when you skipped what era it’s from
Cheers for checking it out anyway fella
No, No, No, "just ok?" It's the best & heaviest Def Leppard song, the only song that bridges on really heavy metal, almost thrash. Then again, I listened to the shit Pyromania only once and dismissed them afterwards. High & Dry & On Through The Night were the only Def Leppard albums worth listening to.
subbed because this was astute
Cheers and thanks for watching
There's only the first three albums on my radar as they went far too Murican for me after those.
I get what your saying definitely. The first album sounds nothing like the band that went on to record Hysteria. Thank you for watching and leaving a comment. Cheers
My all time favorite band.... everything before pyromania.
Cheers for watching
Dude high and dry is a rock masterpiece. Nothing comes close. My most overplayed album EVER
You just like living in the 1980s, don't you? Fans like you are the reason Bands don't take risks. You want them to repeat the same album and same sound all the time.
Slang is their best album. Lyrically, sonically. Love when bands try something new and grow as a band.
No i really don't. For me these guys put out their best stuff back in their early days. Simple ss that
@@mrboulder9714 No, the early stuff wasn't their best. Aside from Hysteria snd Adrenalize.
@@ba2n5dits We're all different and all have our opinions 🙂 Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
High n' Dry
Pyromania
On Through the Night
Hysteria
Adrenalize
That's it, I'm not familiar enough with anything else.
Those are the best one for sure. Cheers for watching
You might want to add Retroactive…
Hi, I didnt include Retroactive as it's a compilation of B sides
Interesting that the OG vinyl you have has 60 mins squeezed into two sides...
Yep and it sounds absolutely fine. I'm not afan of a lot of this 2LP nonsense these days. Cheers
@@mrboulder9714 I am the exact opposite, anything over 45mins if it's not a double LP I avoid it.
You missed the album retro active
The only reason I didn't include that is because it's an album of B sides and rarities. Thanks for watching
1. High and Dry
2. Pyromania
3. On through the Night
Mike Shipley passed away in 2013 of an apparent suicide.
Ah yes I do seem to remember hearing about that now. That's a shame
high and dry really is def leppard trying to replicate ACDC. all the songs follow that recipe. they innitially wanted that direction, the mutt came in and in with computers and synth.
I stopped listening to Def Leppard, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest in fhe 1990's
You're missing out on some good music
Always been a Def Leppard fan, more a fan of the albums with Steve Clarks work more than anything after that. Steve Clarks guitar work has been noticeably missing in their sound, you can tell how it peters out after Adrenalize. Steve was classically trained, his ingenuity and panache style of play was a huge loss for Def Leppard in my opinion and they have since never recovered.
Steve was a genius and is much missed. Thank you for watching
The first 3 albums were great, but that was all I could stomach. After that it just got embarrassing.
A couple of the latter day ones are not good. Early stuff is definitely their best. Thanks for watching
1st: HighNDry, 2nd: Pyromania, 3rd, OTTN. The rest suck. It also somehow coincides with the departure of Pete Willis.
Gods of War. Best.
An excellent and underrated Leppard track. Cheers for watching
_not fussed about Sorrow is a Woman_
WHAT
THE
FUCK!
High 'n Dry is their best album, and Pestilence for the win!
Retro Active
Hysteria
Pyromania
Euphoria
On Through The Night
Def Leppard
Slang
High N’ Dry
Adrenalize
Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
X
Retro Active is great. Nice ranking and thank you for watching
Top 6 for me
1 High n Dry
2 Pyromania
3 On Through the Night
4 Hysteria
5 Arenalize
6 Retroactive
After this apart from a song or 2 on each album fhey're pretty much a pile of crap. The recent self titled was a decent effort though
That's a great top 6. Thanks you for watching
You can literally tell the heavy guys levitate to the first two or three albums and the bubblegum guys are after. Lol
@@cvzanikos1 it’s too predictable. I think Hysteria is a damn near perfect album, but that’s just my opinion
I first listen to the Leppard in 1981 during the High and Dry tour. I've always been a major fan. Here's my ranking from best to last.. High and Dry, Pyromania, On Through the Night, Hysteria. All the rest of their albums are garbage.
For me pyromania my #1
High n dry and pyromania. After that i tuned out. Sorry. I feel they got too pop-ish for me after those two albums.
Totally get where your coming from, after the first 2 they went for a much more polished sound. Thanks for watching
Eh, Def Leppard never had a bad album. The whole premise of this video is wrong. Over 100 million sold worldwide. How is this even a topic???
2 of them are bad album's in my opinion
I think "answer to the master" is one of Def Leppard's only good songs
The worst album is songs from the sparkle lounge but I haven't liked any def leppard album past adrenalize
Pyromania and Hysteria are arguably the best Def Leppard albums. The rest....meh IMO.
Cheers for your feedback Tony, 2 great album's definitely
Pyromania was by far the best. all downhill after that
Pyromania is great. Thanks for watching
1- High and dry
2- On through the night
3- Pyromania
4- Hysteria
5- Adrenalize
High and dry. One of the best albums of all time
First two albums New Wave British heavy metal third album Hard Rock after that it's bubblegum Rock which I despise. At the time of its release I enjoyed Hysteria never stayed with me songs are cheesy
High and Dry is the best album then Pyromania.
If High and Dry's not number 1, the list is invalid.
Thanks for watching
I like his list but I hated the Adrenalize album Lets Get Rocked to me is just an awful song. For me High and Dry will always be my favorite album. I love On Through the Night, Pyromania and Hysteria as well. Euphoria wasn't bad lots of hit and misses. X sucked. I liked a lot of the songs on Retro Active much better than Adrenalize.
Retroactive is amazing, so many good songs on that. High and Dry is an amazing album, you really can't go wrong with the early album's
@@mrboulder9714 The bands first 4 albums were all amazing and groundbreaking. Run Riot is also one of my favorite songs when I tell people they are like huh what. Pour Some Sugar on Me was played out to death and is the weakest song on Hysteria IMO, How could you not love Don't Shoot Shotgun. Wish I could have seen that "In the Round Tour" live in concert but I was just 6 years old at the time. I haven't heard the Sparkle Lounge album but the reviews for it were pretty good. Thank you for the reply comment and video. I saw them live on the X tour and it was a great show they didn't play many tunes off that album thankfully. Way in the back sitting next to a gorgeous blonde lady good times.
@@bartsullivan4866 Thanks for watching and commenting
@@bartsullivan4866 say them in 83, 87, 92 and 96 ! Best one by far was 92 Adrenalize in the round tour ( the sound was easily the best or the 4 ) pour some suger is one of my most despised rock songs of All time ( like Cherry pie ) It sounds like a Bad KISS song and I ❤️ KISS 💋
You don’t like Let’s Get Rocked??
I might have to unsubscribe :: hysteria before pyromania and high and dry Wtf
3 great album's. Cheers for watching
Wow. Just wow. The Sparkle lounge??? I don’t even know what to say. Just lost respect. At least he earned a lil back with Hysteria being his number 1!
Was genuinely surprised how much I enjoyed Sparkle
Make love like a man, is definitely better than judus priest turbo lover mate🤣🤣🤣
Their both pretty poor but yeah it's better than Turbo Lover 😂
First 5 album's mate rule end of
@@powerhouseelite4357 Agreed fella
utterly embarrassing band
Then why watch?
@@mrboulder9714 it's not a crime
@@hugo2216 u a Trollin fool
@@tamathawalden2037 YEAH whatever
@@tamathawalden2037 I'm sorry but they are.
Crazy. I rank them all last….
Not a fan then 🤣