On Through the Night

On Through the Night

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

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 042282253323
EAN: 0042282253323
ASIN: B000001F7R

Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Tracks:

Rock Brigade
Hello America
Sorrow Is A Woman
It Could Be You
Satellite
When The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Wasted
Rocks Off
It Don't Matter
Answer To The Master
Overture

Similar Items:

High 'N' Dry
Pyromania
Retro Active
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Adrenalize

Customer Reviews:

A must have!!.......2006-11-04

Every Lep fan must have thier first album! A must have for your collection!

The least Def of all Leppard albums........2006-09-13

Def Leppard's major label debut album is by far their rawest, which may or may not be a good thing depending on your point of view. Personally, I liked Mutt's contributions on later albums such as Pyromania and Hysteria, but in the case of Adrenalize the production seemed to go overboard.

Anyway, OTTN starts out with two tracks ("Rock Brigade" and "Hello America") that I usually skip, although they may be the two most talked about tracks on this album. That is, the two songs that came the closest to being considered hits, although this album never really became a hit, at least not in America. Next, we have a great slow burner in "Sorrow is a Woman" followed by one of the fastest and catchiest tracks, "It Could be You", a personal favorite. "Satellite" is a mid-tempo track which I usually skip, and "When the Walls Came Tumbling Down" picks up where "Sorrow is a Woman" left off, although I like Sorrow a bit more. The next two, "Wasted" and "Rocks Off" serve as exhibits A and B in response to anybody who ever called Def Leppard a pure pop band. "It Don't Matter" is another decent track, but I would not call it a highlight. "Answer to the Master" is one of the more memorable tracks here with vocals that build on each other perfectly, and last but DEFINATELY not least, we have "Overture", and epic part-ballad, part-rocker that sounds like nothing in the rest of the Def Leppard catalog. It seems that many reviewers have called this the strongest song on On Through the Night, and I am inclined to agree. The only thing that bothers me is the fact that the Leps never seemed to attempt a song like this with any of their later work.

The bottom line here is that OTTN is the most underrated album by what many would call an overrated band. Hence, those of you that dislike DL based on their late 80's/early 90's hits may want to give this one a chance.

Whoa! NWOBM!.......2006-08-09

Like many other reviewers have said if this album didn't say Def Leppard on it you would never been able to guess that it was the same band that created "Pyromania" and "Hysteria", actually it would be hard to identify this with "High n' Dry"! Unlike many people here I don't see classic hard rock influences, this album is friggn heavy metal. This is thanks to the production of Colonel Tom Allom, which gives this group a Judas Priest like sound as opposed to their later pop-metal albums. This was back then when Def Leppard was part of the NWOBM, a wave of British metal that emphasized on fast riffs, louder sound, sped-up drum sections, rapid-fire rhythm, and in many cases the double-guitar assault(the lattest started by the Priest). Unlike later records the Led Zeppelin influence is alot more clearer due to the lack of pop sensibilities, giving the band a neorock sound.

Track listing:
1.Rock Brigade (3:09): A Led Zeppelin influenced guitar track with a guitar solo by Pete Willis, he is actually really good. He is a very heavy guitarist compared to Phil Coleen.
2.Hello America (3:27): The first music promo by the band I believe, also Led Zeppelin inspired but with a synthesizer in the background to give the song a 'layered' feeling. Steve plays a pretty heavy riff throughout that contrasts with the background synth which is light.
3.Sorrow is a Woman (3:54): A dark song about women(one thing that is similar to later Leppard releases!) Steve and Pete both share lead duties on this track: 1st: Steve 2nd: Pete and then they both do a solo towards the end of the song. Joe Elliot has a Halford like voice on this track.
4.It Could Be You (2:33): Has a fast track sound that slows down during the chorus, oddly bears a resemblance to the "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin.
5.Satellite (4:28): Reminds me of "Evening Star" by the Priest, not because of the sound but because of structure. Pretty good song, don't exactly remember what it sounds like.
6.When the Walls Came Tumbling Down (4:44): Can't believe Leppard actually wrote this! It sounds like an Iron Maiden or King Diamond song with the intro and even the lyrics: "National suicide was proclaimed", as opposed to "Foolin'" or "Women"! This is probably the darkest subject matter the band ever did since it tells of a tale of the sky turning GOLD! and everybody going crazy! Pretty good solo by Steve.
7.Wasted (3:45): The great solo by Steve Clark is in this track (most notable). The song itself is speed metal-like, bearing a resemblance to early Iron Maiden. A minor note is Rick Allen's short drum attack after Steve's solo (which is breathtaking). Amazing lyrical detail, even though Joe Elliot hadn't drank one ounce of whiskey when he first wrote it.
8.Rocks Off (3:42): An extremely guitar-driven song, they even have a part where they split the sound from Steve's guitar where it plays a riff in one ear for 2 seconds then another in the other the next. Guitar solo is amazing, sounds like Joe Perry on steroids.
9.It Don't Matter (3:21): Best known for the lyrical quality, Joe Elliot has a knack for making extremely good lyrics out of a few words. Even though it is very repeatable, the song is very good.
10.Answer to the Master (3:13): Heavy Metal!!! Very Virtuosic guitar solo by one of the guys (I think it might have been Pete) that rivals EVH's "Light up the Sky" solo. It has a loud intensity to it that is prevalent on some thrash metal records without the extreme heaviness.
11.Overture (7:44): Makes up for the fact that every song on here is less than 5:00 long. Starts out with a light melody section where Joe Elliot says a little message (somewhere along the lines of "this message I bring to you, passed down through the ages") and then the group breaks out in a Boston-like jam with three solos by Steve and one by Pete. It then ends with the same sound that was at the beginning. My favorite of the songs on here.

Def Leppard albums:
1.Pyromania
2.Hysteria
3.On Through the Night
4.High N' Dry
5.Retroactive
6.Adrenalize
7.Euphoria
8.X
9.Yeah!!
10.Slang

A good, solid start for Def Leppard.......2006-04-20

Not quite a debut classic but no clunker either. Heavily influenced by bands like Priest, Thin Lizzy and AC/DC (which becomes really apparent on High N Dry), the band don't have their signature sound etched out yet. Good rockers like Rock Brigade and Wasted are worth the purchase. A great debut, from a great band, with more greatness on other albums.

When I first heard it............2006-02-25

I bought this album when it first came out. I was stationed in England at the time. The only reason I don't give it a big five is that the lead vocals, at the time, just sounded a little too young to have the rock voice edge to make me believe Joe Elliot had experienced it. Maybe my way of saying you can't really sing the blues until you experience them. Everthing else about this album is just about perfect. I kept thinking, at the time, give this group a bit more on the road experience, and they have the potential to be HUGE. This is a quick snapshot of my thoughts in 1980. Original album had a cool sound when turntable arm was tracking before it picked up.

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