High 'n' Dry

High 'n' Dry
High 'n' Dry
Studio album by Def Leppard
Released 11 July 1981
Recorded 1980–81 at Battery Studios, London
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock
Length 42:15
Label Vertigo
Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard chronology
On Through the Night
(1980)		 High 'n' Dry
(1981)		 Pyromania
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[citation needed]
Sputnik Music 3.5/5 [2]

High 'n' Dry is the second studio album by British heavy metal band Def Leppard, released on 11 July 1981. Its title song, "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)", ranked number 33 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs.[3] High 'n' Dry was Pete Willis' last full time album with Def Leppard. The album charted at number 38 on the Billboard 200 and number 26 on the UK Albums Chart.[4]

Contents

1984 reissue

Following the success of Pyromania, High 'n' Dry was reissued on 31 May 1984 with two bonus tracks:

  • "Bringin' On the Heartbreak (remix)", essentially the same recording with a few synthesizer overdubs. The remix was released in 1984 as a single, peaking at #61 in the UK charts.
  • "Me & My Wine (remix)", a remixed version of a 1981 B-side. Its video parodied The Young Ones with band members playing the roles.

Videos for both were made, featuring Phil Collen (who was not in the band at the time of the album's recording). Both bonus tracks were deleted from the mid-1990s re-releases of the album.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Let It Go" (Pete Willis, Steve Clark, Joe Elliott) – 4:43
  2. "Another Hit and Run" (Rick Savage, Elliott) – 4:59
  3. "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" (Clark, Savage, Elliott) – 3:27
  4. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Clark, Willis, Elliott) – 4:34
  5. "Switch 625" (Clark) – 3:03
Side two
  1. "You Got Me Runnin'" (Willis, Clark, Elliott) – 4:23
  2. "Lady Strange" (Willis, Clark, Rick Allen, Elliott) – 4:39
  3. "On Through the Night" (Clark, Savage, Elliott) – 5:06
  4. "Mirror, Mirror (Look into My Eyes)" (Clark, Elliott) – 4:08
  5. "No No No" (Savage, Willis, Elliott) – 3:13
Bonus tracks on 1984 reissue
  1. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Remix) (Clark, Willis, Elliott) – 4:34
  2. "Me and My Wine" (Remix) (Savage, Clark, Elliott) – 3:40

Notes

  • On vinyl and cassette releases, "Me & My Wine" (Remix) is added to the end of side one, while "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Remix) leads off side two. On CD releases, "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Remix) and "Me & My Wine" (Remix) follow "No No No".

Personnel

Production

Chart positions

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1981 Pop Albums 38[5]
1983 The Billboard 200 72[6]
Singles

Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1981 "Let It Go" Mainstream Rock 34[7]
1984 "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" The Billboard Hot 100 61[7]

Certifications

Country Provider Certification
(sales thresholds)
United States RIAA 2× Platinum
Canada CRIA Platinum

Notes

  1. ^ Huey, Steve. High 'n' Dry at Allmusic. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. ^ Davey Boy (3 January 2009). "Def Leppard – High 'n' Dry (staff review)". Sputnik Music. sputnikmusic.com. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/28574/Def-Leppard-High-N-Dry/. Retrieved 19 June 2011. 
  3. ^ High 'n' Dry DefLeppard.com. Retrieved 17 November 2011
  4. ^ "Def Leppard chart stats". http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=398. 
  5. ^ "Artist Chart History - Def Leppard". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=4437&model.vnuAlbumId=1114404. Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  6. ^ "Allmusic (Def Leppard charts and awards) Billboard albums". http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4062. 
  7. ^ a b "Artist Chart History - Def Leppard (Singles)". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=4437&model.vnuAlbumId=1114404. Retrieved 2008-02-19. 

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