High 'n' Dry

High 'n' Dry is the second studio album by the English rock band Def Leppard, released on July 6, 1981. High 'n' Dry was Pete Willis' last full-time album with Def Leppard. It charted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200[7] and No. 26 on the UK Albums Chart.[8] "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)", ranked No. 33 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs.[9] Following the success of Pyromania, the album re-entered in the US chart and reached No. 72 in 1983.[7]

This article is about the Def Leppard album. For the song, see High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night). For other uses, see High and Dry (disambiguation).

High 'n' Dry
Cover art by Hipgnosis
Studio album by
Def Leppard
Released6 July 1981[1]
RecordedMarch – June 1981[2]
Studio
Genre
Length42:15
Label
ProducerRobert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard chronology
On Through the Night
(1980)		 High 'n' Dry
(1981)		 Pyromania
(1983)
Singles from High 'n' Dry
  1. "Let It Go"
    Released: 14 August 1981 (UK) [3]
  2. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
    Released: 13 November 1981 (US)
  3. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak (Remix)"
    Released: May 1984 (US)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[5]
Sputnikmusic[6]

Music

The album's music has been described as heavy metal[10] and hard rock.[11]

Reissue

High 'n' Dry was reissued on 31 May 1984 with two bonus tracks:

  1. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (remix), similar recording to the 1981 original but with a few synthesiser overdubs. The remix was released in 1984 as a single, peaking at No. 61 in the US charts.[12]
  2. "Me & My Wine", a remixed version of a 1981 B-side.

Videos for both were made, featuring Phil Collen (who was not in the band at the time of the album's recording). Both bonus tracks were omitted from the US mid-1990s re-releases of the album, although other countries' releases did include them, but returned when Def Leppard and Mercury came to terms in 2018 and the album was put on digital streaming and downloading platforms.

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)SolosLength
1."Let It Go"
  • 1st, 2nd & 3rd - Clark
  • ride out licks - Willis
4:43
2."Another Hit and Run"
  • 1st - Clark
  • 2nd - Willis
4:59
3."High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)"
  • Clark
  • Savage
  • Elliott
Willis3:27
4."Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
  • Clark
  • Willis
  • Elliott
Clark4:34
5."Switch 625" (Instrumental)ClarkClark3:03
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)SolosLength
6."You Got Me Runnin'"
  • Willis
  • Clark
  • Elliott
Willis4:23
7."Lady Strange"
Clark4:39
8."On Through the Night"
  • Clark
  • Savage
  • Elliott
Clark5:06
9."Mirror, Mirror (Look into My Eyes)"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
Clark4:08
10."No No No"
  • Savage
  • Willis
  • Elliott
Willis3:13
1984 & 2018 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)SolosLength
11."Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Remix)
  • Clark
  • Willis
  • Elliott
Clark4:34
12."Me & My Wine" (Remix)
  • Savage
  • Clark
  • Elliott
Clark3:40
  • 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".
  • The last lyric, 'no', in "No No No" repeats infinitely on the original vinyl album release. The original cassette features "no" being screamed 46 times and then ending abruptly when the cassette finished. On later releases the "no"s simply fade out.

Personnel

Def Leppard

Production

Charts

Certifications
Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 1992 2× Platinum (+ 2,000,000)[14]
Canada CRIA 1988 Platinum (+ 100,000)[15]

See also

References
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  2. "Def Leppard Biography". Def Leppard Official Website. Archived from the original on 9 April 2001. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  3. "Def Leppard singles".
  4. Huey, Steve. High 'n' Dry at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  5. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  6. Davey Boy (3 January 2009). "Def Leppard – High 'n' Dry (staff review)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  7. "Hig 'N' Dry Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  8. "Def Leppard Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  9. High 'n' Dry DefLeppard.com. Retrieved 17 November 2011
  10. V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul (Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., 2002), ISBN 0-87930-653-Xand pp. 293–4.
  11. Kielty, Martin (13 January 2019). "The Best Song From Every Def Leppard Album". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  12. "Hig 'N' Dry Billboard Singles". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  13. "Def Leppard – High 'n' Dry (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  14. "RIAA Searchable Database: search for "Def Leppard"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  15. "Gold Platinum Search for Def Leppard". Music Canada. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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