◎和The Beatles、Led Zeppelin、Pink Floyd、Van Halen并列『美国音乐史上两张原创专辑大破千万』的五大天团之一
◎AMG给予三星半评价:『好到远超过众多粉丝群所期待』,剪辑摇滚黄金时期的现场精选,交出见证辉煌岁月的成绩单,重温纯粹摇滚的美好时光
◎双CD收录"Pour Some Sugar on Me"、"Rock of Ages"、"Love Bites"、"Two Steps Behind"、"Bringin’ On the Heartbreak"、"Let’s Get Rocked"经典热力涌现,外加三支全新录音室单曲
来自大英帝国的Def Leppard,写下不少感动人心的抒情曲式,充满力道的金属野性同能发挥淋漓尽致!自70年代崛起,历经80年代重金属/摇滚全盛黄金时期,也走过90年代另类摇滚的快速兴起,同时踏入2000年代的电子化纪元,仍能不间断的持续发片,90年代以降更是每每出击,全部空投英美两地流行榜Top15之林中,实属不易!至今累积全球6500万张销售量,和The Beatles、Led Zeppelin、Pink Floyd、Van Halen并列『美国音乐史上两张原创专辑大破千万』的五大天团!
顶着全美音乐奖『最受欢迎重金属/硬式摇滚艺人』头衔的Def Leppard,和Queen、Kiss、Judas Priest共通进入VH1频道『Rock Honors摇滚荣耀』之列!1983年的「Pyromania」专辑,虽然仅获告示牌第18名,却狂卖获颁鑽石唱片认证!隔年鼓手Rick Allen因车祸而丧失左臂,拜电脑所赐,以独一无二的电子鼓打击方式继续于团效力。1987年的「Hysteria」,光在美国本土即破1200万大关,将Def Leppard事业推向最高峰。1989年药物与酒精过度滥用夺走Steve Clark生命,带着悲恸进入90年代,仍延续气势的推出「Adrenlize」,霸佔英美两地冠军宝座!虽然随后作品风格稍作修改,也顺应了另类摇滚风格,不变的是那绐终保持无比热力及企图心,替Def Leppard继续撰写风云史记!
一张剪辑摇滚黄金时期的现场精选,交出见证辉煌岁月的成绩单,重温纯粹摇滚美好时光的「Mirrorball:Live & More」,主唱Joe Elliots宝刀未老的高亢嗓音仍然不减魅力,AMG给予三星半评价:『好到远超过众多粉丝群所期待』,被乐迷尊称『雷神』的Rick Allen,一览无遗其精湛的现场单手勐击与爆发力,不输当年的场景完美回归!由开场的"Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"揭启序幕,剽悍威勐的摇滚声浪一触即发,毫无保留的宣洩无比劲道,秀出立刻让整个现场High翻的高强能力;第一支登上美国排行冠军的"Love Bites"演绎之下,也已准备就绪一连串的铁汉柔情攻势登场,果然"Two Steps Behind"、花蝴蝶Mariah Carey曾翻唱的"Bringin’ On the Heartbreak"相继诠释,感动之情全然涌现;金唱片单曲"Pour Some Sugar on Me"、庞克团The Offspring红歌"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) "取样,同时也是电影『乒乓特派员』重点衬乐之"Rock Of Ages"、英国亚军的"Let’s Get Rocked",都是加足火力的重点招牌之歌!除了旧曲目的逐一重温,Def Leppard更加值追收三支全新录音室单曲,包括全美电台榜冠军的"Undefeated",依然流畅动听,劲道不减的攀升过瘾音浪;渗入Queen编曲合声的"Kings of the World";谱入些许电气线条之"It’s All About Believin’",都是令人爱不释手的耐听佳选!!
Mirror Ball – Live & More is a double live album by British rock band Def Leppard released on 7 June 2011. The album contains, as well as live recordings, three new studio tracks and a DVD containing both concert and backstage footage.
The album was announced on 22 February 2011, 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. Release dates and the album's artwork were announced on 13 April 2011, with the album to be released on 3 June 2011 in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, 6 June for the rest of Europe, and 7 June for North America. The album is being sold exclusively thru Wal-Mart and Sam's Club in the US
The album includes three new studio songs along with the live recordings, taken during 2008 and 2009. The new tracks include "Undefeated," composed by Joe Elliott, who described it as "a big, epic, rock anthem...kind of 'We Will Rock You' with guitars," 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.
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.
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."