| High 'n' Dry | |||||
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| Studio album by Def Leppard | |||||
| Released | June 11, 1981 | ||||
| Recorded | 1980 - April 9, 1981 at Battery Studios in London | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock, Heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 42:15 | ||||
| Label | Mercury | ||||
| Producer | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | ||||
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High 'n' Dry is the second album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). Its title song "High 'n' Dry" made #33 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs [1].
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1984 Reissue
Due to the success of Pyromania, High 'n' Dry was reissued on 14 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
- "Let It Go" (Joe Elliott, Pete Willis, Steve Clark) – 4:43
- "Another Hit and Run" (Elliott, Rick Savage) – 4:59
- "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" (Elliott, Clark, Savage) – 3:27
- "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Elliott, Willis, Clark) – 4:34
- "Switch 625" (Clark) – 3:03
Side two
- "You Got Me Runnin'" (Elliott, Willis, Clark) – 4:23
- "Lady Strange" (Elliott, Willis, Clark, Rick Allen) – 4:39
- "On Through the Night" (Elliott, Clark, Savage) – 5:06
- "Mirror, Mirror (Look into My Eyes)" (Elliott, Clark, Savage) – 4:08
- "No No No" (Elliott, Willis, Savage) – 3:13
Bonus tracks on re-issues post 1984
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- "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Remix) (Elliott, Willis, Clark) – 4:34
- "Me & My Wine" (Remix) – 3:40
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".
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
Production
- Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer
- Mike Shipley – engineer
- Hipgnosis – cover design
Trivia
- 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.
- And at about 4:05 in "Another Hit and Run", you can hear singer Joe Elliott whisper a fade-out "bastard" a total of three times (if you turn the volume all the way up), then a "one, two, three" by the other members of the band.
Charts
- Album
Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | Pop Albums | 38 |
| 1983 | The Billboard 200 | 72 |
- Singles
Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | "Let It Go" | Mainstream Rock | 34 |
| 1984 | "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 61 |
Notes
- ^ "VH1 40 Greatest Metal Songs", 1-4 May 2006, VH1 Channel, reported by VH1.com; last accessed September 10, 2006.
References
- Senff, Mark. Def Leppard discography. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
