High 'n' Dry - Album
High 'n' Dry (Album) by Def Leppard
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Def Leppard Is An English Rock Band Formed In 1976 In Sheffield. Since 1992 The Band Has Consisted Of Rick Savage Bass Backing Vocals Joe Elliott Lead Vocals Rick Allen Drums Backing Vocals Phil Collen Guitar Backing Vocals And Vivian Campbell Guitar Backing Vocals . They Established Themselves As Part Of The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal Movement Of The Early 1980s. The Band's Greatest Commercial Success Came Between The Early 1980s And The Early 1990s. Their First Album 1980's On Through The Night Reached The Top 15 In The UK But Received Little Notice Elsewhere. Their Second Album 1981's High 'n' Dry Was Produced By Mutt Lange Who Helped Them Begin To Define Their Melodic Hard Rock Style And The Album's Most Popular Track "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" Became One Of The First Rock Videos Played On MTV In 1982 But The Album Only Reached The Top 30 And 40 In The UK And US. Def Leppard's Next Studio Album Pyromania Was Released In January 1983 With "Photograph" And "Rock Of Ages" Both Topping The US Rock Tracks Chart And Reaching The Top 20 Of The Hot 100. Reaching No. 2 On The US Album Chart Pyromania Was Certified Diamond In The US And 7× Platinum In Canada And Reached The Top 20 In The UK But Did Not Sell Much Elsewhere. Def Leppard's Fourth Album The More Pop-Oriented Hysteria 1987 Topped The UK US New Zealand Canadian Australian And Norway Charts. It Also Went To No. 2 In Sweden And No. 10 In Germany Without Any Top 50 Singles In Those Countries. It Has Been Certified 12× Platinum For Sales In The US And 13× Platinum In Canada Selling Over 25 Million Copies Worldwide Making It One Of The Best-Selling Albums Of All Time. The Album Spawned Six Top 20 US Singles Including The US Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 "Love Bites" Went Top 10 In Several Other Countries Including No. 2 In NZ Alongside "Pour Some Sugar On Me" US No. 2 "Hysteria" "Armageddon It" No. 2 In NZ "Animal" At No. 6 The Biggest UK Hit And "Rocket" A Top 15 Hit In Many Countries . Hysteria Had Four Top 10 Hits In New Zealand. Their Next Studio Album Adrenalize Their First Following The Death Of Guitarist Steve Clark Reached No. 1 On The UK US NZ Canadian And Australian Charts In 1992 While Going Top 10 In Sweden And Germany. It Contained Several Hits Including The US Rock Tracks Chart-Topper "Let's Get Rocked" Which Became Their Biggest Hit In Several Countries Including No. 2 In The UK No. 3 In Canada And Switzerland And The Top 20 In Sweden And Germany. The Third Single "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" Was A Top 15 Song In The US UK And Canada. Adrenalize Went On To Sell Over 8 Million Copies Worldwide. Their 1993 Album Retro Active Contained The Acoustic Top 5 North American Hit "Two Steps Behind". Their Greatest Hits Album Vault Released In 1995 Featured The UK No. 2 Hit "When Love & Hate Collide" And Reached The Top 10 In Several Countries Going 5× Platinum In The US. Beginning With Slang Def Leppard Released Five Albums Between 1996 And 2008 With Most Usually Reaching The Top 15 In Several Countries Including The UK US And Canada. Their Self-Titled Album Was Released In 2015 And Reached The Top 10 In Several Countries. The Band's Newest Studio Album Diamond Star Halos Was Released In May 2022 And Reached The Top 10 In The US The UK And Australia. As One Of The World's Best-Selling Music Artists Def Leppard Have Sold More Than 100 Million Records Worldwide And Have Two Albums With RIAA Diamond Certification Pyromania And Hysteria Making Them One Of Only Five Rock Bands With Two Original Studio Albums Selling More Than 10 Million Copies In The US. The Band Were Ranked No. 31 In VH1's "100 Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock" And Ranked No. 70 In "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time". Def Leppard Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2019. Studio Albums
On Through The Night 1980 High 'n' Dry 1981 Pyromania 1983 Hysteria 1987 Adrenalize 1992 Slang 1996 Euphoria 1999 X 2002 Yeah! 2006 Songs From The Sparkle Lounge 2008 Def Leppard 2015 Diamond Star Halos 2022
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Def Leppard Is An English Rock Band Formed In 1976 In Sheffield. Since 1992 The Band Has Consisted Of Rick Savage Bass Backing Vocals Joe Elliott Lead Vocals Rick Allen Drums Backing Vocals Phil Collen Guitar Backing Vocals And Vivian Campbell Guitar Backing Vocals . They Established Themselves As Part Of The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal Movement Of The Early 1980s. The Band's Greatest Commercial Success Came Between The Early 1980s And The Early 1990s. Their First Album 1980's On Through The Night Reached The Top 15 In The UK But Received Little Notice Elsewhere. Their Second Album 1981's High 'n' Dry Was Produced By Mutt Lange Who Helped Them Begin To Define Their Melodic Hard Rock Style And The Album's Most Popular Track "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" Became One Of The First Rock Videos Played On MTV In 1982 But The Album Only Reached The Top 30 And 40 In The UK And US. Def Leppard's Next Studio Album Pyromania Was Released In January 1983 With "Photograph" And "Rock Of Ages" Both Topping The US Rock Tracks Chart And Reaching The Top 20 Of The Hot 100. Reaching No. 2 On The US Album Chart Pyromania Was Certified Diamond In The US And 7× Platinum In Canada And Reached The Top 20 In The UK But Did Not Sell Much Elsewhere. Def Leppard's Fourth Album The More Pop-Oriented Hysteria 1987 Topped The UK US New Zealand Canadian Australian And Norway Charts. It Also Went To No. 2 In Sweden And No. 10 In Germany Without Any Top 50 Singles In Those Countries. It Has Been Certified 12× Platinum For Sales In The US And 13× Platinum In Canada Selling Over 25 Million Copies Worldwide Making It One Of The Best-Selling Albums Of All Time. The Album Spawned Six Top 20 US Singles Including The US Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 "Love Bites" Went Top 10 In Several Other Countries Including No. 2 In NZ Alongside "Pour Some Sugar On Me" US No. 2 "Hysteria" "Armageddon It" No. 2 In NZ "Animal" At No. 6 The Biggest UK Hit And "Rocket" A Top 15 Hit In Many Countries . Hysteria Had Four Top 10 Hits In New Zealand. Their Next Studio Album Adrenalize Their First Following The Death Of Guitarist Steve Clark Reached No. 1 On The UK US NZ Canadian And Australian Charts In 1992 While Going Top 10 In Sweden And Germany. It Contained Several Hits Including The US Rock Tracks Chart-Topper "Let's Get Rocked" Which Became Their Biggest Hit In Several Countries Including No. 2 In The UK No. 3 In Canada And Switzerland And The Top 20 In Sweden And Germany. The Third Single "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" Was A Top 15 Song In The US UK And Canada. Adrenalize Went On To Sell Over 8 Million Copies Worldwide. Their 1993 Album Retro Active Contained The Acoustic Top 5 North American Hit "Two Steps Behind". Their Greatest Hits Album Vault Released In 1995 Featured The UK No. 2 Hit "When Love & Hate Collide" And Reached The Top 10 In Several Countries Going 5× Platinum In The US. Beginning With Slang Def Leppard Released Five Albums Between 1996 And 2008 With Most Usually Reaching The Top 15 In Several Countries Including The UK US And Canada. Their Self-Titled Album Was Released In 2015 And Reached The Top 10 In Several Countries. The Band's Newest Studio Album Diamond Star Halos Was Released In May 2022 And Reached The Top 10 In The US The UK And Australia. As One Of The World's Best-Selling Music Artists Def Leppard Have Sold More Than 100 Million Records Worldwide And Have Two Albums With RIAA Diamond Certification Pyromania And Hysteria Making Them One Of Only Five Rock Bands With Two Original Studio Albums Selling More Than 10 Million Copies In The US. The Band Were Ranked No. 31 In VH1's "100 Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock" And Ranked No. 70 In "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time". Def Leppard Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2019. Studio Albums
On Through The Night 1980 High 'n' Dry 1981 Pyromania 1983 Hysteria 1987 Adrenalize 1992 Slang 1996 Euphoria 1999 X 2002 Yeah! 2006 Songs From The Sparkle Lounge 2008 Def Leppard 2015 Diamond Star Halos 2022 read less
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On Through The Night 1980 High 'n' Dry 1981 Pyromania 1983 Hysteria 1987 Adrenalize 1992 Slang 1996 Euphoria 1999 X 2002 Yeah! 2006 Songs From The Sparkle Lounge 2008 Def Leppard 2015 Diamond Star Halos 2022 read less
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Due To 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 Music's Recording . Both Bonuses Were Deleted From The Mid-1990s Re-Releases Of The Album. Track Listing
Side One # Title Writer S Length 1. "Let It Go" Joe Elliott Pete Willis Steve Clark 4 43 2. "Another Hit And Run" Elliott Rick Savage 4 59 3. "High 'n' Dry Saturday Night " Elliott Clark Savage 3 27 4. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" Elliott Willis Clark 4 34 5. "Switch 625" Clark 3 03 Side Two # Title Writer S Length 1. "You Got Me Runnin'" Elliott Willis Clark 4 23 2. "Lady Strange" Elliott Willis Clark Rick Allen 4 39 3. "On Through The Night" Elliott Clark Savage 5 06 4. "Mirror Mirror Look Into My Eyes " Elliott Clark Savage 4 08 5. "No No No" Elliott Willis Savage 3 13 Bonus Tracks On Post-1984 Reissues # Title Writer S Length 1. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" Remix Elliott Willis Clark 4 34 2. "Me & My Wine" Remix Elliott Willis Clark Savage Allen 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". On The Original Vinyl LP The Final Track "No No No" Ended With The Word "No" Screamed Continually Into The Record's Run-Out Groove. Although The Track "Lady Strange" Makes Its Studio Debut On High 'n' Dry The Band Had Played It Live As Early As 1980 At The Reading Festival But With Slightly Different Song Structures And Lyrics. Another Fact About This Song Was It Along With "Me & My Wine" From The Remix Are The Only Def Leppard Songs With Writing Credited To Rick Allen Until The 1991 Album "Adrenalize" Where He Co-Wrote "I Wanna Touch U". In The Liner Notes For The Original CD Version Of High 'n' Dry Issued In The Late 1980s There Is A "special Thanks" Aimed Directly To Phil Collen Who Wasn't In Def Leppard When The Album Was Originally Recorded And Did Not Join Until After Pete Willis Was Fired From The Band On July 11 1982. Personnel
Joe Elliott – Lead Vocals Pete Willis – Guitar Backing Vocals Steve Clark – Guitar Backing Vocals Rick Savage – Bass Backing Vocals Rick Allen – Drums Backing Vocals Phil Collen - Keyboards On Reissues Production
Robert John "Mutt" Lange – Producer Mike Shipley – Engineer Hipgnosis – Cover Design Charts
Album Billboard North America Year Chart Position 1981 Pop Albums 38 1983 The Billboard 200 72 Singles Billboard North America Year Single Chart Position 1981 "Let It Go" Mainstream Rock 34 1984 "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" The Billboard Hot 100 61
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High 'n' Dry Is The Second Studio Album By British Band Def Leppard Released On July 11 1981 See 1981 In Music And The Last Studio Album By The Band To Feature Original Co-Lead Guitarist Pete Willis Who Was Fired In 1982 For Excessive Alcohol Consumption. Its Title Song "High 'n' Dry" Made #33 On VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs . 1984 ReissueDue To 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 Music's Recording . Both Bonuses Were Deleted From The Mid-1990s Re-Releases Of The Album. Track Listing
Side One # Title Writer S Length 1. "Let It Go" Joe Elliott Pete Willis Steve Clark 4 43 2. "Another Hit And Run" Elliott Rick Savage 4 59 3. "High 'n' Dry Saturday Night " Elliott Clark Savage 3 27 4. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" Elliott Willis Clark 4 34 5. "Switch 625" Clark 3 03 Side Two # Title Writer S Length 1. "You Got Me Runnin'" Elliott Willis Clark 4 23 2. "Lady Strange" Elliott Willis Clark Rick Allen 4 39 3. "On Through The Night" Elliott Clark Savage 5 06 4. "Mirror Mirror Look Into My Eyes " Elliott Clark Savage 4 08 5. "No No No" Elliott Willis Savage 3 13 Bonus Tracks On Post-1984 Reissues # Title Writer S Length 1. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" Remix Elliott Willis Clark 4 34 2. "Me & My Wine" Remix Elliott Willis Clark Savage Allen 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". On The Original Vinyl LP The Final Track "No No No" Ended With The Word "No" Screamed Continually Into The Record's Run-Out Groove. Although The Track "Lady Strange" Makes Its Studio Debut On High 'n' Dry The Band Had Played It Live As Early As 1980 At The Reading Festival But With Slightly Different Song Structures And Lyrics. Another Fact About This Song Was It Along With "Me & My Wine" From The Remix Are The Only Def Leppard Songs With Writing Credited To Rick Allen Until The 1991 Album "Adrenalize" Where He Co-Wrote "I Wanna Touch U". In The Liner Notes For The Original CD Version Of High 'n' Dry Issued In The Late 1980s There Is A "special Thanks" Aimed Directly To Phil Collen Who Wasn't In Def Leppard When The Album Was Originally Recorded And Did Not Join Until After Pete Willis Was Fired From The Band On July 11 1982. Personnel
Joe Elliott – Lead Vocals Pete Willis – Guitar Backing Vocals Steve Clark – Guitar Backing Vocals Rick Savage – Bass Backing Vocals Rick Allen – Drums Backing Vocals Phil Collen - Keyboards On Reissues Production
Robert John "Mutt" Lange – Producer Mike Shipley – Engineer Hipgnosis – Cover Design Charts
Album Billboard North America Year Chart Position 1981 Pop Albums 38 1983 The Billboard 200 72 Singles Billboard North America Year Single Chart Position 1981 "Let It Go" Mainstream Rock 34 1984 "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" The Billboard Hot 100 61