Now Unbelievable You're So Beautiful Everyday Long, Long Way To Go Four Letter Word Torn To Shreds Love Don't Lie Gravity Cry Girl Like You Let Me Be The One Scar UK and Japanese only tracks Kiss The Day Long, Long Way To Go (acoustic version)

title: X released: July 30, 2002 producer(s):  Pete Woodruffe and Def Leppard (tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13), Marti Fredericksen (tracks 1, 3, and 4), Andreas Carlsson and Per Aldeheim (track 2) engineer(s):  Pete Woodruffe and Ronan McHugh (tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13), Stefan Boman  (track 2) mixed by:  Pete Woodruffe, with Ronan McHugh (tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13), with Marti Frederickson (tracks 1, 3, and 4), Stefan Gaulmann (track 2) band line-up: Rick Allen, Vivian Campbell, Phil Collen, Joe Elliott, Rick Savage cover artwork:  Todd Perry recorded in Dublin, Ireland at Joe's Garage, Studios 1 and 2; Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden;  and Rumbo Studios in Los Angeles, CA (USA).

As of now .... the Leps tenth album entitled X, "ten" as pronounced by the fans, is out on shelves in music stores all around the world ...  With the album out so late in the summer, it was debatable if and when the boys might start a tour, but the lads played a few dates in Japanese in November 2002 and did a short trek through the states this December before invading the UK and now they have returned to the states to rock throughout the summer and those dates are available on Tour Dates.... but things can change, there are not definites and absolutely no promises. This IS Leppard, remember :-) .... In addition, set lists are a changing thing and will continue to morph into various lists as the tour goes along. The Leps plan on spicing up the tour with making little tweaks here and there to the set lists, so expect the unexpected!!

In regards to the music, if you want to know the full lyrics to a particular song, you can always click the song title up above in the track listing or zoom off directly to the lyrics page by clicking here. In addition, if you're looking for articles, interviews, and album reviews, they can be found in the Leppard Library.

For those who don't know, the first single is entitled "Now" and is one of the songs that the lads wrote with producer Marti Frederiksen. The lyrics are available on this page as well for those who just want them only. The video has been shot (directed by the Malloys) and has had a numerous airings on VH1, especially in the morning hours during the Jump Start and Fresh Music shows. You can visit VH1.com and vote for the video on the Fresh Music page to keep it in rotation.

The actual "Now" CD single is only available in the UK (and not in the US, there's a biiiiig surprise, expect the same for "Long, Long Way To Go") and was released on July 29. The CDs and b-sides are as follows (and you can click the link to get the lyrics, or just click here, and click the CD# for the image):

CD1: Now (with video) / Let Me Be The One (acoustic) / Album Snippets
CD2: Now / Stay With Me / Rebel Rebel
CD3: Now / Pour Some Sugar On Me (live; Bonn, Germany) / Let's Get Rocked  (live; Bonn, Germany)

"Rebel Rebel" is the David Bowie cover left over from Euphoria b-sides as is "Stay With Me" which is The Faces cover sung by the professional Rod Stewart impersonator Phil Collen  (and about bloody time!). Other supposed b-sides running around are the original demo for "Love Don't Lie" (which lyrically is the same as the album version) and the demo of "Let Me Be The One."

As for the second commercial single ...   "Long, Long Way To Go" has been released (4/14/03) in the UK (and still will not be released as any kind of single in the U.S. ...We the fans are still confused as to why and of course, no one can give us an explanation.) As for the video, it was directed by Clive Arrowsmith (see photos in X sleeve) and is based on an idea by Phil Collen ... you can see it on the official site, so check it out here ... There are two sets of singles... one is a normal CD with video and the second is a DVD (DVD formatted for Region 2 - Europe). The CDs and b-sides (on the ones I purchased anyway) are as follows (and you can click the link to get the lyrics, or just click here, and click the CD#/DVD# for the image):

CD1: Long, Long Way To Go (with video) / 10 X Bigger Than Love / Now (acoustic)
DVD1: Long, Long Way To Go (video) / Gimme A Job / Video Clips (of Now, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Animal, Hysteria)

I hear some of you say, "Hey wait, what about ....?" Don't let the radio playing "Four Letter Word" fool you, it is a radio single ONLY and will not be released as an official single!

As noted here and on the lyrics page, various producers have worked on this album, including Marti Fredericksen, the Swedish team of Andreas Carlsson and Per Aldeheim (who happened to be huge Dio fans and also co-wrote "Unbelievable"), and Pete Woodruffe (yay Pete!).

 

Lyrics to: "Now," the first single  written by: Frederiksen/Collen/Elliott/Campbell/Savage/Allen I wanna know you better Let’s spend some time together I want to be what’s on your mind Look in my eyes, they’re calling I need your love to fall in If you could just give me a sign I can’t get over baby I can’t get over now I can’t get over this feeling I feel Now, right now If the fire inside you Feels like I feel now Right now Deep inside of me Deep inside of me  I'm tired of make believin' I'm lost and barely breathing I'm on the ceiling, help me down, yeah So stop my heart from aching I'll be the risk you're taking And I won't rest until you're mine, oh I wanna show you baby I wanna show you now I wanna tell ya this feeling I feel  Now, right now If the fire inside you Feels like I feel now Right now If it’s love you’re craving It’s a love worth saving Can’t get over this feeling I feel now, yeah Now, right now Let the fire inside you Burn like I do Now, right now If there’s a love you’re craving It’s a love worth saving Deep inside of me Deep inside Deep inside of me Deep inside Deep inside of me Deep inside of me Deep inside

Lyrics to "Long, Long Way To Go," the second single  written by W. Hector and S. Robson You held my hand and then you slipped away And I may never see your face again So tell me how do to fill the emptiness inside Without love, what is life? And anyone who knew us both can see We always were the better part of me  I never wanted to be this free  All this pain, does it go away?  Then every time I turn around  And you're nowhere to be found  I know I got a long, long way to go  Before I can say goodbye to you  Oh, I got a long, long way I know  Before I can say goodbye to all I ever knew  To you, to you From memory, there is no hiding place Turn on the TV and I see you there In every crowd there's always someone with your face Everywhere, trying not to care Then every time I turn around And you're nowhere to be found I know I got a long, long way to go  Before I can say goodbye to you  Oh, I got a long, long way I know Before I can say goodbye to all I ever knew  To you, I wish you everythin’ And all the best that life can bring I only hope you think of me sometimes, oh And even though I feel the pain I know that I will love again The time will come, oh, and I’ll move on I got a long, long way to go Before I can say goodbye to you Oh, I got a long, long way I know, got a long way to go Before I can say goodbye, before I say goodbye To all I ever knew, to all I ever knew I got a long, I got a long, long way to go, long way to go Before I can say, before I say, goodbye to you Say goodbye, say goodbye Oh, I got a long, long way I know Before I can say goodbye to all I ever knew But I wish you the best, I am, oh and all of the rest, to you I got a long, long way to go Before I can say goodbye to you

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