High 'N' Dry

High 'N' Dry

Artist: Def Leppard
Label: Island / Mercury
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 731451235627
EAN: 0731451235627
ASIN: B000001DVD

Release Date: 1992-12-01

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Tracks:

Let It Go
Another Hit And Run
High 'N' Dry (Saturday Night)
Bringin' On The Heartbreak
Switch 625
You Got Me Runnin'
Lady Strange
On Through The Night
Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)
No No No

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Customer Reviews:

80's pop-metal from before the formula was established........2007-02-23

I actually 'rediscovered' this album; Def Leppard's Pyromania was the first cassette I ever bought, shortly after its release (and shortly after my 13th birthday), and while I loved it, my tastes soon turned to things heavier. Years later, a friend was playing his beat-up cassette copy of High'n'Dry and I was absolutely floored. This is, from start to finish, a brilliant album, and like their debut On Through the Night, shows a very young and unpretentious band wanting to do nothing more than emulate and build on what bands like UFO, Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC had done before them. That said, I think the AC/DC comparisons are a bit overblown; obviously, they were an influence and they did share a producer, but AC/DC, as much as I love them, could never match Def Leppard's subtlety or sense of melody. Anyway, the production on this album is very full and clean, yet manages to retain the young band's rawness and energy - note the guitar feedback during the intro to 'Let It Go', and the shouted 3-count between the bridge and last chorus of 'Another Hit and Run'. High'n'Dry is unique in that it was written and recorded before the 80's hard rock/pop-metal formula had been firmly established, and in fact helped define it. As such, while this album contains all the recognizable elements that came to define the genre, it also covers a lot more ground musically than what was to follow in its footsteps. Not being a fan of Def Leppard's post-Pyromania releases, I don't know that I can really recommend it to fans of their later work, but to any fans of late-70's/early-80's hard rock who somehow have managed to not yet hear this in the 26 years since its release, do yourself a favor and get this now!

Revamped leppard.......2006-11-10

When you first hear this record you say-"wow, who got a hold of these guys?"---Excellent album. Great song writing accented by the production work of Mutt Lange. This album probably kicked off Mutt's long producing career, along with AC/DC's back in black. The layered vocals are top notch along with the guitar work of Clark and Willis. ( Willis was soon after replaced). I find Leppard albums after this "over produced". On this album they still have a touch of the sound from the first album. Highlights include "Bring' on the Heartbreak" bleeding into "Switch 625"-Let it Go-and the title track. If ya like Def Leppard at all, ya gotta have it.

Raw power.......2006-10-12

High 'n' Dry makes up in raw power for what it lacks in production. Pyromania would take Def Leppard's production to a new level, but with that they lost the edge. The production of High 'n' Dry isn't *bad* by any stretch of the imagination, but the difference between this and Pyromania is clear. This album was the last where it was the music that mattered and not how slick it sounded.

I've never been a huge Def Leppard fan, but being a teenager during their hey-day, how could one not be familiar with the likes of "Photograph" and the other multi-platinum hits from Pyromania? With that said, though, the other noticeable difference between this album and the next is that there really are no bad songs on this album. It's just plain high-intensity rock 'n' roll from start to finish.

If "Bringing On The Heartbreak" single-handedly ushered in the rock-ballad genre, I suppose that's not the worst legacy to have. I have to admit that I like that song, even if I do despise a lot of what came after.

This is without a doubt the high-point of Def Leppard's creative output. Although Pyromania is the Def Leppard everybody remembers, High 'n' Dry is what made them. If you're a fan, you owe it to yourself to add this to your collection.

Def Leppards best album .......2006-06-10

this album totally rocks from start to finish. this is when def leppard were at their best and most original. even though i heard some people say it sounds like ac\dc it is true in some ways, but after listening to this album they have their own unique sound and don't sound like anybody else. great band back then, you can also tell when bands are hungry and young and want to get sucessful at their job. just like a lot of other rock this is three chord rock and that is what ac/dc is most famous for doing. this starts out with let it go. great song, i love the intro to hit and run, great way to start the next song, just cool. high n dry is a cool tune and pete willis puts a nice solo on this one. bringin on the heartache is kinda sappy although it is well written. switch 625 just rocks, crank it up loud and enjoy, good riff. you got me runnin is also a good tune. lady strange is one of the best they ever wrote in my mind. great song. on through the night rocks too. i also thought this is probably leftover from the first album, who knows. mirror mirror is cool. no no no is a great song. overall this album was the last this band was ever that good. i think they should have kept pete willis or they should have got somebody better than phil collen at least. just doesn't seem to do nothing for them like pete and steve clark did. after this album they went down and the better songs on piromania pete willis wrote. after that they were finished. but this album still sounds fresh when you put it on and crank it up. hope you enjoyed my review.

If I was smarter..........2006-06-08

younger, and in college, I would write my college thesis about this album. It frickin rocks after all of these years, and either I am stupid and just love listening to the same crap all the time, or there is something really cool about this record. Basically, it's the best Def Leppard album ever! No question. Ranks up there with any Bon Scott AC/DC record. This is the epitome of rock and roll. Right here, and right now. It will always be 1983 for me, I live in 1983. What year is it anyway? Gotta go, nobody is paying me for my stupid opinion. Just listen to this over and over like I do, because I am stupid and it's always new to me. Now, I have to go drink a 12 pack and smash my head through my window, because I love the way it feels when glass breaks on my head, and it sounds cool too. Then I'll probably through up, and do it all over again the next day. Goddamn it, where is the key? Then I wouldn't have to smash the window. Cheers, Yeah!!!!

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