Dallas Music Guide: X
The reason Def Leppard is one of the few 80s "arena rock" bands that still have a major label deal is because they always try to change with the times without being unidentifiable to longtime fans. Even though they may not sell 10 million copies of each album anymore, even 1/10 of that is good enough for a major label to hope for in the sad state the music business is in now. While many turned their back on the band with their last album, Euphoria, it looks like they won't be turning back around anytime soon. While this is the most "Def Leppard-ish" they've sounded in years, it's still not going to be enough to please the diehards.
Long gone is the big, bombastic rock sound that made them famous in the first place. The closest they get is on "Four Letter Word", which is an obvious rip-off of their own "Armageddon It". The big rock riffs are few and far between.