“Another Hit And Run” - This track continues the pace set by “Let It Go.” This song just flat out rocks and man Def Leppard are a band to contend with. Actually, this song could have been AC/DC as it’s a slick piece of well put together hard rock and man it’s only track one! Joe Elliott‘s vocals are almost like a clean version of Brian Johnson from AC/DC. Here’s Def Leppard in 1981 ready to do battle and the guitars courtesy of Pete Willis and Steve Clark (R.I.P.) set the tone. Let me tell ya what all the fuss was about… The sonics, songwriting and overall delivery of High ‘n’ Dry is a must have in any hard rock collection… Thirty five years later and this record sounds like it could have come out last week. Def Leppard by album number two had enlisted Mutt Lange the one who had twiddled the dials on the last three AC/DC albums ( Highway To Hell, Back In Black and For Those About To Rock) so here he is, as a producer working with the young upstarts in Def Leppard. Thirty five years later, I’m gonna focus on Def Leppard and man what a cooker of an album High ‘n’ Dry was and still is! I remember reading Kerrang and Creem Metal Magazine back then and they were into this New Wave Of British Heavy Metal scene that was happening over in England so I guess I was somewhat part of that new metal scene over here in Canada. Shortly after, I left home and came back with Def Leppard‘s High ‘n’ Dry release! One record that I had to decide on and I went with was Maiden that day and I purchased Killers. One day, I went to buy one record and it came down to a new band choice. Summer of 1981 was the year I discovered both Iron Maiden and Def Leppard.
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