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''Songs from the Sparkle Lounge'' is the tenth studio album and 14th album overall from the English hard rock band Def Leppard. It was released on 25 April 2008 in Europe and 29 April in North America. ==History== In an Interview on Rockline radio, two band members, Joe Elliott and Vivian Campbell stated that the title of their latest studio album would be ''Songs from the Sparkle Lounge'', saying that "Until someone comes up with a better name this will be the final title upon release".〔(Rockline Radio highlights ), ''DefLeppard.com News''〕 They also mentioned the possibility of previous Def Leppard album producer Mutt Lange being involved with a few songs for the album,〔 but in the end this collaboration did not turn out to be possible due to scheduling conflicts. However, Joe Elliott has stated that the band and Mutt Lange still plan to work on a few songs together in the future. In an interview with Billboard.com, Joe Elliott stated that the album title is a reference to a backstage area at shows where the band would work on new material. "It was a mini (drum) kit, mini amps, a tape recorder and sparkly lights."〔(Songs from the Sparkle Lounge ), ''Radio Luxembourg''〕 Elliott also stated that they would not be performing any previews of the songs, as they did not want them appearing on websites such as YouTube prior to the release of the album. Members of the band have described the tracks from the album as written in the style of ''Hysteria'', with the production style of ''High 'n' Dry''. The album's first single, "Nine Lives" features country singer Tim McGraw. Joe Elliott has stated at the band's official site that the concept of this album is that it sounds more like "early 70's AC/DC" and much like Led Zeppelin's song "Rock and Roll". The title of one of the songs in the tracklist, "Give It Away," was changed to "Gotta Let It Go." On 25 April 2008, Def Leppard's record label opened a website with teasers of every song on the album. The band performed "Love" with Taylor Swift for their 2008 ''CMT Crossroads'' episode ''Taylor Swift and Def Leppard''. Their performance of the song was not included in the actual episode, but is included as a bonus performance for the episode's DVD released exclusively to US Wal-Mart stores by Big Machine Records on June 16, 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CMT Crossroads: Taylor Swift / Def Leppard (Walmart Exclusive) (Music DVD) )〕 It was the only post-1995 song of Def Leppard's catalogue that was performed for that episode. The album debuted at No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling about 55,000 copies in its first week of release.〔Katie Hasty, ("Madonna Leads Busy Billboard 200 )," Billboard.com, 7 May 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Songs from the Sparkle Lounge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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