High 'n' Dry
The second album and the first with Mutt Lange, and the last full-time record with Pete Willis.
Def Leppard, 1981
- Released
- 6 July 1981
- Recorded
- March to June 1981
- Studio
- Battery Studios, London
- Label
- Vertigo
- Producer
- Robert John "Mutt" Lange
- Length
- 42:15
The album reached 26 on the UK chart and 38 in the United States, and was Pete Willis's last full-time album with the band. After Pyromania it re-entered the US chart and reached 72 in 1983. Hipgnosis designed the cover.
It includes Bringin' On the Heartbreak and the instrumental Switch 625. The video for Bringin' On the Heartbreak was among the first metal videos played on MTV in 1982. The album was reissued on 31 May 1984 with remixes of Bringin' On the Heartbreak and Me & My Wine, and the remix of Bringin' On the Heartbreak reached 61 in the United States as a single. AllMusic's Steve Huey wrote that the band "opens up its arrangements a bit more," letting the songs breathe and groove.
Track listing
- Let It Go4:43
- Another Hit and Run4:59
- High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)3:27
- Bringin' On the Heartbreak4:34
- Switch 6253:03
- You Got Me Runnin'4:23
- Lady Strange4:39
- On Through the Night5:06
- Mirror, Mirror (Look into My Eyes)4:08
- No No No3:13
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
- Robert John "Mutt" Lange producer
- Mike Shipley engineer
- Nigel Green assistant engineer
- Hipgnosis cover design
More from Def Leppard
On Through the Night (1980), Pyromania (1983), Hysteria (1987), Adrenalize (1992)
Sources
- High 'n' Dry, Wikipedia
- Def Leppard, Wikipedia