After the first class first single "Nine Lives" makes irrevocably anticipation for this album broad and it raises the question whether such a killer album about again comes to us as "Pyromania" and "Hysteria" from the glorious 80s. To anticipate - not ... This catchy, hard reef and this hymn-like, LEPPARD-typical song in bridge and chorus in "Nine Lives" are unique trademarks of this exceptional band, they can then become so popular and successful and make this song - as virtually all of their old - an absolutely merciless catchy first rate class, the weeks that settles in the ear canals and you look at him simply do not know enough of listening. Unfortunately, this was about the only really positive thing there is to say about "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge". The rest of the album is, at best, a good average and met no way the damage caused by "Nine Lives" high expectations. The opener "'Go' 'can convince even a little by its distinctive, hard riffing, then fails lyrically but completely and degenerates in the end to a 08/15-standard rock song, as well as have it every x-arbitrary Rumpel chapel can fabricate. At default and inconsequential acts also most of the other songs. '"C'mon C'mon"' recalls of chorus and melody ago very to a shooting match-Partyschlager à la Hermes House Band and consorts. The subsequent, absolutely terrible and unnecessary ballad '' Love '' causes stress pustules instead of goosebumps and lacks any emotion. Only when pompöswirkenden guitar solo some atmosphere is created. In "'Only The Good Die Young' 'should be paid to the died in 1991 guitarist Steve Clark tribute, but what missrät because the song far too cheerful and catchy seems that he, for its original purpose, which requires a little depth and emotionality fulfilled. After all, the chorus on some catchy approaches. '' Cruise Control '' and '' Hallucinate '' are still the songs next to the overheating (and probably much on commercialism and first single trimmed) "'Nine Lives'' most memories of past times to wake - but only in a small extent. Another minor hit is '' Tomorrow '' turns, which also has a catchy chorus, otherwise textually unfortunately again gets out of hand the inconsequential, superficial and replaceable. To sum it up: "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge" is simply failed to unspectacular and trivial, as it could take from the 80's the legacy of his grandiose predecessor. Def Leppard sound clearly different from before. Joe Elliot's vocal color is much darker and deeper than even 20 years ago - which is not necessarily necessarily bad. But the fact that the songwriting is not all band members have co-wrote all the songs (as was previously the case), but some songs were written by one person alone, is probably another reason that DEF LEPPARD simply no longer sound so , as one would expect from the name ... When I 2006 of her cover album "Yeah!" heard on the radio coming song 'Waterloo Sunset', "this band therefore (unfortunately) have only come to know me and then listened to older pieces, I was absolutely convinced that it was different to the lead singer. The known is not so. Only the style of deaf leopard has changed so much on this album that you really could not make out pure sound, if it were DEF LEPPARD, if you would listen to this CD without any prior knowledge virtually blind (what a pun) .. , This is a shame and it can only hope that our former hero back to find this long stretch of bad Albums finally back to its former strength and form, and again bring about great hit. "Nine Lives" is there already times a good approach ...
