High 'n' Dry

High 'n' Dry

Released:	11 July 1981
Recorded:	Spring 1981 at Battery Studios
Genre:	Hard Rock
Length:	42:15
Label:	Vertigo
Producer:	Robert John "Mutt" Lange

High 'n' Dry is the second studio album by the English Hard rock band Def Leppard, released on 11 July 1981. "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)", ranked #33 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs. High 'n' Dry was Pete Willis' last full-time album with Def Leppard. It charted at #38 on the Billboard 200 and #26 on the UK Albums Chart.

1984 reissue[]

Following the success of Pyromania, 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 #61 in the US charts.
"Me & My Wine" (Remix), 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 mid-1990s re-releases of the album.

Track listing[]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let It Go"	Pete Willis, Steve Clark, Joe Elliott	4:43
2.	"Another Hit and Run"	Rick Savage, Elliott	4:59
3.	"High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)"	Clark, Savage, Elliott	3:27
4.	"Bringin' On the Heartbreak"	Clark, Willis, Elliott	4:34
5.	"Switch 625" (Instrumental)	Clark	3:03

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Got Me Runnin'"	Willis, Clark, Elliott	4:23
2.	"Lady Strange"	Willis, Clark, Rick Allen, Elliott	4:39
3.	"On Through the Night"	Clark, Savage, Elliott	5:06
4.	"Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)"	Clark, Elliott	4:08
5.	"No No No"	Savage, Willis, Elliott	3:13

Notes[]

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.

Personnel[]

Rick Allen – drums, vocals
Pete Willis – lead guitar, vocals
Joe Elliott – lead vocals
Steve Clark – lead guitar, vocals
Rick Savage – bass guitar, vocals

Production[]

Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer
Mike Shipley – recording engineer
Hipgnosis – cover design

Chart positions[]

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Pop Albums	38
1983	The Billboard 200	72

Singles