As mentioned very recently on the High 'N' Dry post, I tell my Def Leppard story on the Pyromania review. And that story revolves all around this album actually. I won't cover that again, but will say that I truly enjoyed this +1 revisit. On Through the Night is easily my favorite Def Leppard album, and really the only one that could legitimately be called heavy metal. They were for certain a charter member of the NWOBHM movement. They left that for a more radio friendly hard rock sound, a most lucrative decision. In the short run anyway. Had they the wherewithal, they could have challenged Iron Maiden as kings of the movement. And 42 years later one band is known as an 80s relic, the other are eternal stars. I'll let you guess where Def Leppard falls. But back to this album. So many great tracks, especially 'Rock Brigade', 'Hello America', 'Sorrow is a Woman', 'Wasted', and the almost proggy 'Overture'. This album and style is not the Def Leppard most Americans remember. But I most certainly do.
Ownership: LP: 1980 Mercury. Single sleeve missing the lyric inner. Paid retail at a store in Denver (2022), but it's proven to be elusive in the wilds.
MC: 1986 Mercury. Garage sale pickup (2024).
1980; 8/26/22 (new entry)
1980; 8/26/22 (new entry)
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