High 'n' Dry

High 'n' Dry

Cover art by Hipgnosis
Studio album by Def Leppard
Released July 11, 1981
Recorded March – June 1981[1]
Studio Battery Studios, London
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock[2]
Length 42:15
Label Vertigo (UK)
Mercury (USA)
Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard chronology
On Through the Night
(1980)On Through the Night1980		 High 'n' Dry
(1981)		 Pyromania
(1983)Pyromania1983
Singles from High 'n' Dry
  1. "Let It Go/Switch 625"
    Released: July 1981
  2. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak/Me & My Wine"
    Released: 13 November 1981
  3. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak (Remix)/Me & My Wine (Remix)"
    Released: May 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[4]
Sputnikmusic[5]

High 'n' Dry is the second studio album by the English rock band Def Leppard, released on July 11, 1981. High 'n' Dry was Pete Willis' last full-time album with Def Leppard. It charted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200[6] and No. 26 on the UK Albums Chart.[7] "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)", ranked No. 33 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs.[8] Following the success of Pyromania, the album re-entered in the US chart and reached No. 72 in 1983.[6]

High 'n' Dry was reissued on 31 May 1984 with two bonus tracks:

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 omitted from the mid-1990s re-releases of the album.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)SolosLength
1."Let It Go"Pete Willis, Steve Clark, Joe Elliott1st - Clark, 2nd - Clark, 3rd - Clark, Ride Out Licks - Willis4:43
2."Another Hit and Run"Rick Savage, Elliott1st - Clark, 2nd - Willis4:59
3."High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)"Clark, Savage, ElliottWillis3:27
4."Bringin' On the Heartbreak"Clark, Willis, ElliottClark4:34
5."Switch 625" (Instrumental)ClarkClark3:03
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)SolosLength
6."You Got Me Runnin'"Willis, Clark, ElliottWillis4:23
7."Lady Strange"Willis, Clark, Rick Allen, ElliottClark4:39
8."On Through the Night"Clark, Savage, ElliottClark5:06
9."Mirror, Mirror (Look into My Eyes)"Clark, ElliottWillis4:08
10."No No No"Savage, Willis, ElliottWillis3:13

Personnel

Def Leppard

Production

Charts

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 1992 2x Platinum (+ 2,000,000)[11]
Canada CRIA 1988 Platinum (+ 100,000)[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Def Leppard Biography". Def Leppard Official Website. Archived from the original on 9 April 2001. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ↑ V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul (Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., 2002), ISBN 0-87930-653-X, pp. 293–4.
  3. ↑ Huey, Steve. High 'n' Dry at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  4. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  5. ↑ Davey Boy (3 January 2009). "Def Leppard – High 'n' Dry (staff review)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 "Hig 'N' Dry Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Def Leppard Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  8. ↑ High 'n' Dry DefLeppard.com. Retrieved 17 November 2011
  9. 1 2 3 "Hig 'N' Dry Billboard Singles". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Def Leppard – High 'n' Dry (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "RIAA Searchable Database: search for "Def Leppard"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Gold Platinum Search for Def Leppard". Music Canada. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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