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Retro Active is an album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1993. The album features touched-up versions of B-sides and previously unreleased recordings from the band's recording sessions between 1984 and 1993. After releasing only three albums over the course of a decade, Def Leppard used Retro Active to break that habit, provide a treat for diehard fans, and close the door on the "Steve Clark" era of the band. It reached platinum sales in many countries. Although many tracks were found on single releases, some parts were re-recorded on the road during the Adrenalize tour. Two unfinished songs from the Hysteria recording sessions, "Desert Song" and "Fractured Love", were completed exclusively for the album. "Two Steps Behind", an acoustic ballad originally recorded in electric version, was given strings by conductor Michael Kamen and included onto the Last Action Hero soundtrack. It would become the band's last Top 20 single in the US, reaching #12. The album also had covers, Sweet's "Action" (which would chart higher than the original in the UK) and Mick Ronson's "Only After Dark". Although guitarist Phil Collen had written "Miss You in a Heartbeat", it was released first on the self-titled 1991 debut by The Law, a band featuring Paul Rodgers and The Who drummer Kenny Jones. The version of "Ride into the Sun" is not the version that appeared on the Def Leppard EP, but rather the 1987 re-recording. It differs slightly from the version of the recording us
Desert Song
Def Leppard
Fractured Love
Def Leppard
Action
Def Leppard
Two Steps Behind (Acoustic Version)
Def Leppard
She's Too Tough
Def Leppard
Miss You In A Heartbeat
Def Leppard
Only After Dark
Def Leppard
Ride Into the Sun
Def Leppard
From the Inside
Def Leppard
Ring of Fire
Def Leppard
I Wanna Be Your Hero
Def Leppard
Miss You in a Heartbeat (electric version)
Def Leppard
Two Steps Behind (electric version) / Miss You In a Heartbeat (unplugged)
Def Leppard