And Love from 2008's Sparkle Lounge made it into the song collection as well because they're very symphonic songs." Sav's a huge Queen fan and that's leads symphonies right there you know because his stuff is kind of an amalgamation of Switch 625” rumbles like Queen (and the guitar of Collen and Campbell I’d sensational), chest-beating, and oddly heavy, its better than “Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad”. It’s strange, maybe that the ballads work less well here, a fact that “Too Late For Love” neatly underlines by being superb. Question: Even with all that Def Leppard has accomplished in 40-plus years, how surreal was it to have the Royal Philharmonic playing your songs? take a lot of stuff that Vivian's been involved in. Even if Vivian didn't play on the originals he's been playing

Interestingly enough Joe Elliott harmonised with his younger self on the album. Vocally his performance is good as ever and with Leppard constantly on the road whilst also writing for new releases it’s not as though Elliott would have had to brush off his pipes for the re-recording with much strain. ‘Goodbye For Good This Time’ showcases its solo in a heartfelt classical guitar whilst ‘Love’ and ‘Gods Of War’ keep the dramatic values going strong. If I’m not wrong, the latter features some of those Joe Elliot harmonies with the 1987 version of himself. Proof of the pudding that he remains one of the great hair metal vocalists throughout the four decades of the band’s ongoing career.Yeah. It's maybe ten, fifteen seconds long. When we originally recorded it was massively longer. But it was just a bit And it was the same thing with the ones that we did on Love And Hate Collide which were done by Michael Kamen." Even the new Diamond Star Halos material gets a polish; both Angels (Can’t Help…) and Goodbye (For Good…) being prime selections. The nylon guitar on the latter right at home with the orchestra, evoking images of a Mediterranean vista. Not quite in the ‘essential’ but more obvious selections that fit the spec. And making sure the whole Leppard spectrum is n’t ignored, Bringing On The Heartbreak from the early days is prime orchestra fodder although much more interesting is Switch 625 – often given enough ‘swing’ to rename it Swing 625. In the latest guise, it comes over as a potential new Bond or Tom Cruise/Mission Impossible theme. Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" (Japanese SHM-CD, Blu-ray Audio, vinyl and digital editions only) Def Leppard released a teaser video featuring band members promoting Drastic Symphonies (and the “Animal” Director’s Cut music video release):

The first single 'Animal' was released to digital and streaming services on the same day as the announcement - listen below. So it's one of the few songs that does sound like, not that we just plonked an orchestra on top. But we justWell Bringin' On The Heartbreak is one of the few songs on the album that we didn't really mess with the Phil Collen: “It’s a new Def Leppard album, it’s a greatest hits plus album with some songs rarely heard before, it’s a live RPO album and we think it’s perfect. We’re so proud of how ‘Drastic Symphonies’ turned out and can’t wait to share it to the world.”

Joe and Phil discussed more of the songs including 'Gods Of War' with Joe giving some extra insight into the original version from 1987. This iconic UK band remain one of the most important, influential and loved British acts, delighting existing fans and winning over a whole new generation. And we could've kept going but it's like why do that you know. Why do that when you've got this amazing album. So Gods Of War, spectacular yeah."

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So and I think that again by having just a couple of songs that are literally less than a year old."