The Ballad Album

Tracklist

• 1
  Too Late for Love
  3.6 ★
• 2
  Love Bites
  3.6 ★
• 3
  Miss You in a Heartbeat
  2.0 ★
• 4
  Tonight
  3.6 ★
• 5
  Long Long Way to Go
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Let Me Be the One
  2.6 ★
• 7
  Two Steps Behind
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Bringin’ On the Heartbreak
  3.1 ★
• 9
  When Love and Hate Collide (piano version)
  2.0 ★
• 10
  Where Does Love Go When It Dies
• 11
  Unbelievable
  2.2 ★
• 12
  Blood Runs Cold
• 13
  Goodbye
  2.5 ★
• 14
  Breathe a Sigh
  2.4 ★
• 15
  Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad
  2.8 ★
• 16
  To Be Alive
• 17
  Stand Up
  2.8 ★
• 18
  Love (acoustic version)
  2.0 ★

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Release credits

• Andreas Carlsson
  producer [11]
• Booker T. Boffin
  additional [1], keyboard [1]
• Bryan New
  assistant [1]
• Craig Thomson
  assistant [1]
• David Campbell
  strings [5-6]
• Def Leppard
  performer [3], producer [3-6, 9, 13-15, 17]
• Erwin Musper
  additional [2]
• Ger McDonnell
  additional [14], engineer [13]
• Giles Cowley
  assistant [3]
• Joe Elliott
  lead vocals [1-6, 8, 11, 13-15, 17], piano [3], producer [7]
• John Kongos
  keyboard [1]
• Keith Uddin
  assistant [5-6]
• Liz Sroka
  additional [5-6]
• Malvin Mortimer
  background vocals [14]
• Mark Flannery
  recording [2]
• Matt Pakucko
  assistant [14]
• Michael Kamen
  orchestrator [7], strings [9]
• Mike Shipley
  engineer [1, 4, 8, 15, 17], mix [2, 4, 7-8, 15, 17], producer [4, 15, 17]
• Niall O’Sullivan
  assistant [3]
• Nigel Green
  assistant [2, 8], engineer [2], mix [2]
• Per Aldeheim
  producer [11]
• Pete Willis
  background vocals [8], electric guitar [8], guitar [1]
• Pete Woodroffe
  additional [4, 11, 15, 17], co [3], engineer [3, 5-7, 9, 13-14], mix [3, 5-6, 9, 13-14], piano [3], producer [5-7, 9, 13-14], programming [4-6, 15, 17]
• Peter Woolliscroft
  additional [2]
• Phil Collen
  background vocals [3], electric guitar [3], guitar [1-2, 5-6, 11, 13, 15, 17], producer [7], vocal [13]
• Phil Nicholas
  keyboard [17], synthesizer [2]
• Randy Kerber
  piano [9]
• Rick Allen
  background vocals [8], drums (drum set) [1-6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17]
• Rick Savage
  acoustic guitar [4], background vocals [3, 8], bass guitar [2-3, 5-6, 8, 11, 13], electric bass guitar [1, 15, 17], producer [7], vocal [13]
• Robert John “Mutt” Lange
  executive [15], mix [1], producer [1-2, 8]
• Ronald Prent
  additional [2]
• Ronan McHugh
  additional [5-6, 11], engineer [5-6, 13], mix [5-6], programming [5-6]
• Stefan Boman
  engineer [11]
• Stefan Glaumann
  mix [11]
• Steve Clark
  background vocals [8], electric guitar [8], guitar [1-2]
• Stevie Vann
  background vocals [9]
• The Bankrupt Brothers
  background vocals [2]
• The Leppardettes
  background vocals [1]
• Tom Stanley
  assistant [13]
• Vivian Campbell
  guitar [5-6, 11, 13], producer [7], vocal [13]
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Issues

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  The Ballad Album

  CD
  2009