High 'n' Dry#Track listing

The album's music has been described as heavy metalV. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul (Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., 2002), {{ISBN|0-87930-653-X}}and pp. 293–4. and hard rock.{{Cite web|date=January 13, 2019|first=Martin|last=Kielty|title=The Best Song From Every Def Leppard Album|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/best-def-leppard-songs/|access-date=2021-03-01|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|language=en}}

This album contained the power ballad "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" and the instrumental "Switch 625", examples of their signature sound style prevalent in their next album Pyromania. High 'n' Dry stayed on the Billboard 200 chart for 123 weeks.{{cite web |title=Billboard 200 album chart history for Def Leppard |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/def-leppard/chart-history/tlp/ |publisher=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219022557/https://www.billboard.com/artist/def-leppard/chart-history/tlp/ |archive-date=February 19, 2024 |url-status=live}}

High 'n' Dry was reissued on 31 May 1984 with two bonus tracks:

1. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Remix), a similar recording to the 1981 original but with synthesiser and piano overdubs added by Robert John "Mutt" Lange in February 1984. This remix was released as a single in June 1984,{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/212/mode/2up|page=212|title=Great Rock discography|year=1995 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }} peaking at No. 61 in the US charts.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/high-n-dry-mw0000189626/awards |title=Hig 'N' Dry Billboard Singles |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |access-date=8 September 2015 }}
2. "Me & My Wine" (Remix), a remixed version of a 1981 B-side, with the remixed version included as the B-side to the remix of Bringin' on the Heartbreak.

The intention of these remixes was to make the two songs sound more in the style of Def Leppard's 1983 album Pyromania.{{cite web|url=http://www.deflepparduk.com/album4.html|title=Def Leppard High 'n' Dry Reissue Album 1984|website=Deflepparduk.com}}

Videos for both of the remixed songs were made, featuring Phil Collen (who was not in the band at the time of the album's recording). The video for "Me & My Wine" received heavy rotation on MTV.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j5I4br0t7cwC&dq=Billboard+Def+Leppard+%22My+Wine%22&pg=PT25|title=Billboard|date=21 July 1984|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|access-date=3 August 2024|via=Google Books}} Both bonus tracks were omitted from the US mid-1990s re-releases of the album, although other countries' releases did include them, but returned when Def Leppard and Mercury came to terms in 2018 and the album was put on digital streaming and downloading platforms.

Steve Huey of AllMusic notes how Def Leppard "continues in the vein of the anthemic, working-class hard rock of their debut. While still opting for a controlled musical attack and melodies as big-sounding and stadium-ready as possible, the band opens up its arrangements a bit more on High 'n' Dry, letting the songs breathe and groove while the rhythm section and guitar riffs play off one another."{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/high-n-dry-mw0000189626 | title=Def Leppard High 'n' Dry Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic | website=AllMusic }}

In a 3.5 out of 5 review, Sputnikmusic writes that "while High 'n' Dry cannot claim to be a resounding success as an individual album, it is indeed one from a progression standpoint. Def Leppard is clearly a more confident outfit here and with help from new producer 'Mutt' Lange, they allow their compositions to include greater scope in order for the band to find their sound. While this does result in some misses, they are never too far off target and are more than made up for by the album’s highlights which have aged extremely well."{{cite web | url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/28574/Def-Leppard-High-N-Dry/ | title=Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry (Album review ) | Sputnikmusic }}

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| title1 = Let It Go

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| length1 = 4:43

| title2 = Another Hit and Run

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| extra2 = {{hlist|1st - Clark|2nd - Willis}}

| length2 = 4:59

| title3 = High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)

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| extra3 = Willis

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| title4 = Bringin' On the Heartbreak

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| extra4 = Clark

| length4 = 4:34

| title5 = Switch 625

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| extra5 = Clark

| length5 = 3:03

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| headline = Side two

| extra_column = Solos

| title6 = You Got Me Runnin'

| writer6 = {{hlist|Willis|Clark|Elliott}}

| extra6 = Willis

| length6 = 4:23

| title7 = Lady Strange

| writer7 = {{hlist|Willis|Clark|Rick Allen|Elliott}}

| extra7 = Clark

| length7 = 4:39

| title8 = On Through the Night

| writer8 = {{hlist|Clark|Savage|Elliott}}

| extra8 = Clark

| length8 = 5:06

| title9 = Mirror, Mirror (Look into My Eyes)

| writer9 = {{hlist|Clark|Elliott}}

| extra9 = Clark

| length9 = 4:08

| title10 = No No No

| writer10 = {{hlist|Savage|Willis|Elliott}}

| extra10 = Willis

| length10 = 3:13

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| title11 = Bringin' On the Heartbreak

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| extra11 = Clark

| length11 = 4:33{{cite web|url=http://www.deflepparduk.com/songb6.html|title=Def Leppard Tour History – Bringin' on the Heartbreak|website=Deflepparduk.com}}

| title12 = Me & My Wine

| note12 = remix

| writer12 = {{hlist|Savage|Clark|Elliott}}

| extra12 = Clark

| length12 = 3:40

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• 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. The original cassette features "no" being screamed 46 times and then ending abruptly when the cassette finished. On later releases the "no"s simply fade out.

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

;Production

• Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer, 1984 remixes
• Mike Shipley – engineer
• Nigel Green – assistant engineer
• Hipgnosis – cover design

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