{"product_id":"high-n-dry","title":"High 'n' Dry","description":"\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e180g Vinyl LP Reissue Remastered by the Band's Long Serving Sound Engineer Ronan McHugh!\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDef Leppard's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexuberant 1980 debut,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn Through The Night\u003c\/em\u003e, showed great promise and yielded unexpected UK Top 20 success, but its accomplished 1981 follow-up,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHigh 'n' Dry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, banished any lingering doubts that these resilient Yorkshiremen were in it for the long haul. It found the quintet turning to a new producer, South African-born\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRobert John \"Mutt\" Lange,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhose credits included The Boomtown Rats, The Motors and AC\/DC's influential, multi-platinum-selling\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBack In Black\u003c\/em\u003e. Known for his meticulous approach to his craft, Lange's input would have a significant effect on the course of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDef Leppard's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecareer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHigh 'n' Dry\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eproved to be the record where\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDef Leppard's\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003edistinctive, arena-slaying sound first materialized. Their new-found confidence and verve was apparent, whether they were piling into high-octane anthems (\"Let It Go,\" \"You Got Me Runnin',\" \"On Through The Night\") or mastering complex set-pieces such as the edgy \"Another Hit And Run\" and the beautifully crafted, widescreen ballad \"Bringin' On The Heartbreak,\" which segued into an ambitious \"Layla\"-esque instrumental coda, \"Switch 625.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHoused in an enigmatic sleeve designed by Hipgnosis artist\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStorm Thorgerson\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHigh 'n' Dry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eagain broached the UK Top 30, but the care and attention Lange and the band lavished on \"Bringin' On The Heartbreak\" also rewarded them with their first taste of mass appeal in the US. The album subsequently peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard 200, offering\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDef Leppard\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ea glimpse of the sustained mainstream success they would experience with 1983's diamond-selling\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePyromania\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Making [High'n'Dry] was an enormous learning curve, but it sounded punchy and professional and, generally speaking, it was the start of where we wanted to go,\" Elliott told\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlabbermouth\u003c\/em\u003e. \"We were open-minded and so happy to be working with a producer like Mutt Lange. By the time we started doing Pyromania a year later, what we'd gone through recording High 'n' Dry had sunk in and we'd realised it was worth all the effort.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet It Go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnother Hit and Run\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh N Dry (Saturday Night)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBringin' On the Heartache\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwitch 625\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Got Me Runnin'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLady Strange\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Through the Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMirror Mirror (Look into My Eyes)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo No No\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Def Leppard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50595044688064,"sku":"kkt1793032231721","price":20.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0763\/0628\/4736\/files\/high-n-dry_1.jpg?v=1793032243","url":"https:\/\/garmentco.shop\/products\/high-n-dry","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}