I didn't get to listen to the album until today, having been out of town. My Classic Rock pack has not yet arrived, but figured as much as I bit the bullet by buying the album off Amazon just before boarding the plane home (where no package greeted me upon arriving.)

Matt, I feel you on the desire to ban anyone who added to this thread without news of samples being released. The band deliberately kept the lid on the album except for the two early single releases all the way up to the end... with no appearance of the album on Spotify. They did allow Let's Go to finally get listed on it, though. I give them credit for taking an old school approach to the release of the album that pushes you to buy the album if you want to hear it.

I did one listen on the plane, but it really wasn't the time since I was rather tired and uncomfortable with a middle seat. I've since been running in my car and through headphones while out walking.

There is no mistaking the album for taking the Euphoria approach; by design and transparency. Euphoria was a blockbuster of an album for the same reason "Def Leppard" is. Any references to past material are meant to be obvious, but at the same time demonstrate musical evolution of the band.

"Man Enough" is the perfect example. It's very clear in paying tribute to and being the type of song that "Another One Bites the Dust" is, but it stands on it's own in every way. The bass groove and riff almost arguably catchier as well as far ballsier.

The guitars on this album are just oh so consistently satisfying and everywhere. The sound just delivers.

One of the aspects that I love about Def Leppard was that their albums tended to be quite consistently good from start to finish as a body of work, with a few exceptions. The new album tips the scale in favor of the albums that maintain that record, that much is obvious already while still absorbing it at this point.

It's a bit overwhelming as only one or two of them come close to any sort of lull while the bulk of it is one new classic after another. I'd practically be just listing the track list if I named favorites at this point, because I'm just jumping all around, but I have to give special mention to "Blind Faith" being a satisfying closer with it's unpredictable arrangement.

I have to also add that the album really wins in the balance the songs all give to each other and even within the song. "Broke N Brokenhearted" gets the distinction of having the stupidest title, but while you may put it on expecting to laugh or roll you eyes at it on first listen, it will grab you by the throat, hold you down, and have it's way with you.