Mirror Ball – Live & More
2011 live album by Def Leppard
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Mirror Ball – Live & More is a double live album by English rock band Def Leppard initially released on 3 June 2011 in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, then in the rest of Europe on 6 June, and in North America on 7 June.[1] The first stand-alone live album released by the band, it contains live recordings, three new studio tracks and a DVD containing both concert and backstage footage.[5]
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| Released | 3 June 2011[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2008–2011 | |||
| Venue | Various venues worldwide during the "Sparkle Lounge" Tour 2008/2009 | |||
| Studios | Joe's Garage, Dublin, Ireland, Phil's Sweat Shop and Rick's Place, California, USA | |||
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| Length | 119:16 | |||
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Background
The album was announced on 22 February 2011,[5] but almost a month earlier, on 26 January 2011, Phil Collen said in an interview with WNCX that the band had already written and started recording the new songs, and said the album was planned to be released in May 2011.[6] Release dates and the album's artwork were announced on 13 April 2011, with the album being sold exclusively thru Wal-Mart and Sam's Club in the US.[7]
The album includes three new studio songs along with the live recordings, taken during 2008 and 2009.[8] The new tracks include the singles "Undefeated", composed by Joe Elliott, who described it as "a big, epic, rock anthem...kind of 'We Will Rock You' with guitars,"[8] as well as "It's All About Believin'," by Phil Collen and "Kings of the World," by Rick Savage and described by Elliott as having "a very Queen-type vocal thing," The complete track listing was announced on 7 April 2011.[9] "Undefeated" charted at number 26 on the Billboard Heritage Rock charts.[10]
During its first week on sale, the album sold approximately 20,000 copies in the United States, charting at number sixteen on the Billboard 200.[11]
AllMusic gave Mirror Ball – Live & More a rating of three and a half out of five stars, noting the change in Joe Elliott's voice, "from a metallic screech into a coarse croon," and saying that the album was "far better than most fans will expect it to be."[4]
Track listing
Disc one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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| 1. | "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" | Pyromania, 1983 | 3:55 | |
| 2. | "Rocket" |
| Hysteria, 1987 | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Animal" |
| Hysteria | 4:02 |
| 4. | "C'mon C'mon" | Savage | Songs from the Sparkle Lounge, 2008 | 4:00 |
| 5. | "Make Love Like a Man" |
| Adrenalize, 1992 | 5:56 |
| 6. | "Too Late for Love" |
| Pyromania | 5:17 |
| 7. | "Foolin'" |
| Pyromania | 5:06 |
| 8. | "Nine Lives" |
| Songs from the Sparkle Lounge | 3:35 |
| 9. | "Love Bites" |
| Hysteria | 7:28 |
| 10. | "Rock On" | David Essex | Yeah!, 2006 | 5:10 |
Disc two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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| 1. | "Two Steps Behind" | Elliott | Retro Active and Last Action Hero, 1993 | 4:29 |
| 2. | "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" |
| High 'n' Dry, 1981 | 5:08 |
| 3. | "Switch 625" | Clark | High 'n' Dry | 4:14 |
| 4. | "Hysteria" |
| Hysteria | 6:20 |
| 5. | "Armageddon It" |
| Hysteria | 5:19 |
| 6. | "Photograph" |
| Pyromania | 4:35 |
| 7. | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" |
| Hysteria | 5:05 |
| 8. | "Rock of Ages" |
| Pyromania | 6:11 |
| 9. | "Let's Get Rocked" |
| Adrenalize | 6:11 |
| 10. | "Action" | Retro Active | 4:01 | |
| 11. | "Bad Actress" | Elliott | Songs from the Sparkle Lounge | 3:31 |
| 12. | "Undefeated" | Elliott | new studio track | 4:40 |
| 13. | "Kings of the World" | Savage | new studio track | 6:12 |
| 14. | "It's All About Believin'" |
| new studio track | 4:22 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 15. | "Kings of the World" (acoustic version) | Savage | 4:22 |
DVD
Behind the scenes on the Sparkle Lounge Tour 2008–2009, including live performances of
Music videos
Charts
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] | 80 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[13] | 14 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] | 46 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] | 51 |
| UK Albums (Official Charts)[16] | 44 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (Official Charts)[17] | 3 |
| US Billboard 200[18] | 16 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[20] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||