Pre-release hype surrounding the new Def Leppard album promised everything from a return to Pyromania form, to a full-on country album. Fortunately, neither could be farther from the truth. Pound for pound, songs from The Sparkle Lounge is the strongest Def Leppard album since the triple-platinum Adrenalize in 1992, delivering a hard-rocking combination of the band’s dynamic pop sensibility, bustling choruses, and some of the best guitar work from any mainstream rock act this side of the new millennium. To their credit, Def Leppard don't try and reinvent the wheel in their Sparkle Lounge. Instead, they refine what it is they've always done best, without being afraid to admit that they've grown a little in the process. The album opens strong and doesn't let up, "Go" blistering with an invigorating crunch and melodic muscle that suits the band well, guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell ripping and grinding a path for the tracks that follow. The rumors of a country hue were no

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