High 'n' Dry
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High 'n' Dry
High 'n' Dry is the second studio album by the English rock band Def Leppard, released on July 1981. High 'n' Dry was Pete Willis' last full-time album with Def Leppard. It charted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200[and No. 26 on the UK Albums Chart. "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)", ranked No. 33 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs. Following the success of Pyromania, the album re-entered in the US chart and reached No. 72 in 1983. High 'n' Dry was reissued on 31 May 1984 with two bonus tracks: "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Remix), essentially the same recording with a few synthesiser overdubs. The remix was released in 1984 as a single, peaking at No. 61 in the US charts. "Me & My Wine" (Remix), a remixed version of a 1981 B-side. -WIKIPEDIA
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UCR
2016 - Before Def Leppard sold 25 million copies of Hysteria, even before they sold 10 million units of Pyromania, they sold next to nothing of an album many devoted fans consider their very best: 1981's pivotal High 'n' Dry.
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sputnik music
2009 - Young Sheffield quintet hire AC/DC's producer and deliver an assured, if not entirely successful, 2nd album that shapes the future sound of one of Hard Rock's most successful bands ever.
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ALL MUSIC
Def Leppard's second album, High 'N' Dry, continues in the vein of the anthemic, working-class hard rock of their debut.
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Metal Reviews
From start to finish this album rocks. It’s full of raw energy, containing the upbeat tempo drumming of Rick Allen: the dual attack guitar riffing of Steve Clark and Pete Willis, the steady bottom end bass playing of Rick Savage and a cocktail vocal mix from Joe Elliot; a guy needing some serious throat spray!
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mikeladono.com
This is Def Leppard’s best album. And not only that, it’s just one of the best by any hard rock band, period.
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My Rock Mix Tapes
2016 - "High ‘n’ Dry” offers something different and its beauty definitely lies in its raw hard rock energy, rough heavy metal sound and straight-up clean production.
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ther ace black blog
2010 - High 'N' Dry is a most satisfying snapshot of a band blossoming from the strong roots of metal to a spectacular future in rock.
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zrockr.com
I see this album to be the most consistent, solid, perfectly written and produced, hard rock borderline heavy metal album that has ever been made.
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2LOUD2OLDMUSIC
2016 - This album is what a Rock & Roll album was supposed to sound like.
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