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| High 'n' Dry | ||||
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Cover art by Hipgnosis
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| Studio album by Def Leppard | ||||
| Released | July 11, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | March – June 1981 | |||
| Studio | Battery Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock | |||
| Length | 42:15 | |||
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Vertigo (UK) Mercury (USA) |
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| Producer | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
| Def Leppard chronology | ||||
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| Singles from High 'n' Dry | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10 |
| Sputnikmusic |  |
High 'n' Dry is the second studio album by the English rock band Def Leppard, released on July 11, 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:
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.
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