| Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 17 May 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–2005 | |||
| Genre | Glam metal | |||
| Length | 2:34:52 | |||
| Label | Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury/Island | |||
| Def Leppard chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [2] |
Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection is the North American version of the second compilation album by the English rock band Def Leppard. The two-disc anthology featuring 35 hit songs by the band and was released in North America on 17 May 2005. The album charted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200.[3]
Its worldwide release equivalent, Best of Def Leppard, has a slightly different track listing, different artwork, different "previously unreleased" song and was released on 25 October 2004.
This is the only Def Leppard hits compilation (as of now) that features the full-length version of "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" that fades into the instrumental "Switch 625" .
Originally released only in North America, Rock of Ages was released in Europe on 28 January 2008.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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| 1. | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (Historia video version) |
| Hysteria, 1987 | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Photograph" |
| Pyromania, 1983 | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Love Bites" |
| Hysteria | 5:47 |
| 4. | "Let's Get Rocked" |
| Adrenalize, 1992 | 4:56 |
| 5. | "Two Steps Behind" (Acoustic version) | Elliott | Retro Active and Last Action Hero, 1993 | 4:19 |
| 6. | "Animal" |
| Hysteria | 4:03 |
| 7. | "Heaven Is" |
| Adrenalize | 3:34 |
| 8. | "Foolin'" |
| Pyromania | 4:34 |
| 9. | "Rocket" (Visualize video version) |
| Hysteria | 4:07 |
| 10. | "When Love & Hate Collide" |
| Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995), 1995 | 4:17 |
| 11. | "Armageddon It" |
| Hysteria | 5:22 |
| 12. | "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" |
| Adrenalize | 5:19 |
| 13. | "Rock of Ages" |
| Pyromania | 4:08 |
| 14. | "Hysteria" |
| Hysteria | 5:56 |
| 15. | "Miss You in a Heartbeat" (Acoustic version) | Collen | Retro Active | 4:04 |
| 16. | "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" |
| High 'n' Dry, 1981 | 4:33 |
| 17. | "Switch 625" (Instrumental) | Clark | High 'n' Dry | 3:23 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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| 1. | "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" |
| Pyromania | 3:55 |
| 2. | "Let It Go" |
| High 'n' Dry | 4:44 |
| 3. | "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" |
| High 'n' Dry | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Too Late for Love" |
| Pyromania | 4:29 |
| 5. | "No Matter What" | Pete Ham | New song; later released on Yeah!, 2006 | 2:53 |
| 6. | "Promises" |
| Euphoria, 1999 | 3:59 |
| 7. | "Mirror, Mirror (Look into My Eyes)" |
| High 'n' Dry | 4:07 |
| 8. | "Women" |
| Hysteria | 5:42 |
| 9. | "Another Hit and Run" |
| High 'n' Dry | 4:59 |
| 10. | "Slang" |
| Slang, 1996 | 2:39 |
| 11. | "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" |
| Adrenalize | 4:33 |
| 12. | "Rock Brigade" |
| On Through the Night, 1980 | 3:11 |
| 13. | "Now" |
| X, 2002 | 3:58 |
| 14. | "Paper Sun" |
| Euphoria | 5:27 |
| 15. | "Work It Out" | Campbell | Slang | 4:49 |
| 16. | "Die Hard the Hunter" |
| Pyromania | 6:17 |
| 17. | "Wasted" |
| On Through the Night | 3:44 |
| 18. | "Billy's Got a Gun" (Edited version) |
| Pyromania | 5:00 |
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[8] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[9] | Gold | 7,500^ |
| United States (RIAA)[10] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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