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Orchestral reworkings • Physical Atmos Mix!

By Paul Sinclair

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Orchestral reworkings with Royal Philharmonic • Physical Atmos Mix

Def Leppard will release a new album called Drastic Symphonies in May in collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, the band have drastically “deconstructed and reimagined” some of their biggest hits. The tracks include new vocal and guitar recordings as well as the fresh arrangements.

The album will be available on 2LP vinyl, CD and a special CD+blu-ray edition with the Blu-ray Audio element featuring the album in Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM stereo. The Blu-ray also offers a bonus track not on the other formats (‘Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad’). The Atmos Mix is by Richard Whittaker.

This CD+blu-ray isn’t an SDE-exclusive, however there’s a couple of reasons to consider pre-ordering from the SDE shop. The first is that this is a limited edition and we’ll have a guaranteed stock allocation and the second is that I’m hoping to add Steven Wilson’s Atmos Mix of Diamond Star Halos to the SDE-exclusive blu-ray schedule later this year, so anyone who chooses to support SDE and orders Drastic Symphonies from the SDE shop will get priority if/when that happens (via early notification). You can use the ‘buy button’ below (‘add to cart’) as a quick way to order via SDE.

Drastic Symphonies is released on 19 May 2023 via UMR.

Tracklisting

Drastic Symphonies Def Leppard /

    • CD 1
      1. Turn To Dust
      2. Paper Sun
      3. Animal
      4. Pour Some Sugar on Me (Stripped version)
      5. Hysteria
      6. Love Bites
      7. Goodbye For Good This Time
      8. Love
      9. Gods Of War
      10. Angels (Can’t Help You Now)
      11. Bringin’ On The Heartbreak
      12. Switch 625
      13. Too Late for Love
      14. When Love & Hate Collide
      15. Kings Of the World
    • Blu-ray with Atmos Mix
      1. Turn To Dust
      2. Paper Sun
      3. Animal
      4. Pour Some Sugar on Me (Stripped version)
      5. Hysteria
      6. Love Bites
      7. Goodbye For Good This Time
      8. Love
      9. Gods Of War
      10. Angels (Can’t Help You Now)
      11. Bringin’ On The Heartbreak
      12. Switch 625
      13. Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad (Atmos Bonus Track)
      14. Too Late for Love
      15. When Love & Hate Collide
      16. Kings Of the World

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