Best Of is a Def Leppard compilation gathering some of the band's most popular songs. It came out on 25 October 2004, and reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart.

It landed between the albums X (2002) and Yeah! (2006), so it works as a tidy stopping point in a career that began with On Through the Night in 1980 and took in the hard rock and glam metal of records like Pyromania and Hysteria. For anyone who wants the hits in one place before exploring the full albums, it does the job well.

Best Of: tracklist, credits and charts

34 tracks · 2:31:51

Tracklist

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1Pour Some Sugar on Me (Historia video edit)Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage4:53
  3. 2PhotographClark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, Willis4:08
  4. 3Love BitesClark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage5:47
  5. 4Let's Get RockedCollen, Elliott, Lange, Savage4:56
  6. 5Two Steps Behind (acoustic version)Joe Elliott4:20
  7. 6AnimalClark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage4:05
  8. 7Heaven IsClark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage3:34
  9. 8Rocket (Visualize video edit)Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage4:07
  10. 9When Love and Hate CollideJoe Elliott and Rick Savage4:18
  11. 10ActionConnolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker3:42
  12. 11Long, Long Way to GoWayne Hector and Steve Robson4:39
  13. 12Make Love Like a ManClark, Collen, Elliott, Lange4:15
  14. 13Armageddon ItAllen, Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage5:22
  15. 14Have You Ever Needed Someone So BadCollen, Elliott, Lange5:19
  16. 15Rock of AgesClark, Elliott, Lange4:08
  17. 16HysteriaClark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage5:55
  18. 17Bringin' on the HeartbreakClark, Elliott, Willis4:34
  19. Disc 2
  20. 1Rock Rock (Till You Drop)Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage3:56
  21. 2Waterloo SunsetRay Davies3:46
  22. 3PromisesPhil Collen and Robert John “Mutt” Lange4:00
  23. 4SlangPhil Collen and Joe Elliott2:38
  24. 5Foolin'Allen, Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, Willis4:35
  25. 6NowAllen, Campbell, Collen, Elliott, Frederiksen, Savage3:59
  26. 7Rock BrigadeClark, Elliott, Savage3:09
  27. 8WomenClark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage5:43
  28. 9Let It GoClark, Elliott, Willis4:44
  29. 10Too Late for LoveClark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, Willis4:28
  30. 11High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)Clark, Elliott, Savage3:27
  31. 12Work It OutVivian Campbell4:45
  32. 13Billy's Got a GunClark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, Willis5:00
  33. 14Another Hit and RunJoe Elliott and Rick Savage5:00
  34. 15Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion)Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange4:30
  35. 16WastedSteve Clark and Joe Elliott3:48
  36. 17Die Hard the HunterClark, Elliott, Lange, Savage6:18
Produced by
Robert John “Mutt” Lange, Def Leppard, Mike Shipley, Pete Woodroffe, Pete Woodroffe, Ronan McHugh, Ronan McHugh, Marti Frederiksen, Tom Allom
Executive producer
Robert John “Mutt” Lange
Recorded at
Battery Studios, Parkgate Studios, Tapestry Studios, Wisseloord Studios, Joe’s Garage, Campbell Manor, Phil’s Sweat Shop, A House in Spain, Bow Lane Studios, Rumbo Recorders, Startling Studios
Recorded
1979–2004
Mixed by
Robert John “Mutt” Lange, Nigel Green, Mike Shipley, Pete Woodroffe, Ronan McHugh, Marti Frederiksen
Mixed at
Battery Studios, Olympic Studios, Joe’s Garage, The Town House, The Enterprise
Engineered by
Nigel Green, Mike Shipley, Erwin Musper, Ronald Prent, Peter Woolliscroft, Mark Flannery, Pete Woodroffe, Stephen McLaughlin, Ronan McHugh, Liz Sroka, Ger McDonnell, Richard Chycki, Louis Austin, Dick Plant
Length
2:31:51

Line-up

  • Rick Allen · drums (drum set), background vocals
  • Steve Clark · guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
  • Phil Collen · guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals, electric guitar, other vocals, vocals
  • Rick Savage · electric bass guitar, bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar, background vocals, vocals
  • Def Leppard
  • Joe Elliot · lead vocals · guest
  • Booker T. Boffin · keyboard · guest
  • Pete Willis · guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
  • Joe Elliott · lead vocals, background vocals, vocals
  • The Leppardettes · background vocals · guest
  • The Bankrupt Brothers · background vocals · guest
  • Vivian Campbell · acoustic guitar, background vocals, guitar, vocals · guest
  • Stevie Vann · background vocals · guest
  • PJ Smith · background vocals · guest
  • Robert John “Mutt” Lange · vocals · guest
  • Eric Carter · sampler, keyboard · guest
  • Phil Nicholas · keyboard · guest

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
UK Albums Chart · 20046
UK Rock & Metal Albums · 20042
Scottish Albums · 20046
Norwegian Albums · 20047
Swedish Albums · 200419
Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 200443
Swiss Albums · 200476

Certifications

RegionCertification
Argentina · 2004Gold
United Kingdom · 2013Platinum

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Releases and pressings

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SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz25 October 2004
Wikipedia infobox25 October 2004
Wikidata2004
UK / Europe release25 October 2004earliest UK or European date
7 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
2004MY—other
2004GBBludgeon Riffola602498685129other
2004XEBludgeon Riffola602498685112other
25 October 2004GBBludgeon Riffola602498686386original
9 November 2004XEBludgeon Riffola602498685112other
10 November 2004JPUniversal Music Group4988005376718other
10 November 2004JPUniversal International4988005376725deluxe
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