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Biography
Infobox Album | | Name = On Through the Night| Type = studio| Artist = Def Leppard | Cover = Def Leppard - On Through the Night.jpg| Released = start-date|14 March 1980| Recorded = December 1979 at Startling Studios in Ascot, Berkshire | Genre = Heavy metal music|Heavy metal | Length = 43:47| Label = Mercury Records|Mercury (US/Canada) Vertigo Records|Vertigo | Producer = Tom Allom|(Colonel) Tom Allom | This album = On Through the Night (1980)| Next album = '' High 'n' Dry (1981) On Through the Night is the debut album by British rock music|rock band Def Leppard , released in 1980. The album charted at #51 on The Billboard 200 cite web|url = Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4062|pure_url=yes|title = Allmusic (Def Leppard charts and awards) Billboard albums|publisher= and #15 on the UK Albums Chart .cite web|url = http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php? id=398|title = Def Leppard chart stats|publisher= It features rerecorded versions of "Rocks Off" and "Overture", tracks from the band's original independently released EP, The Def Leppard E.P. Other tracks are rerecorded versions of early demos, some of which appeared on the First Strike and Warchild bootlegs. The album was certified platinum album|platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA on May 9, 1989.
"Wasted," "Rock Brigade" (b/w "When The Walls Came Tumbling Down") and "Hello America" were released as singles. However, the version of "Wasted" that appears on the single is a different recording from that of the LP, as is its B-side, "Hello America". The album was produced by Tom Allom .
Reception
Album reviews|rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = Rating|3.5|5Allmusic|class=album|id=r5347|label=On Through the Night - Def Leppard|first=Steve|last=Huey|accessdate=August 4, 2011 |rev2 = Sputnik Music |rev2score = Rating|3.0|5cite web | url= http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/28451/Def-Leppard-On-Through-the-Night/ | title=Def Leppard - On Through the Night (staff review) | publisher=Sputnikmusic.com | date=December 22, 2008 | accessdate=August 04, 2011 |rev3 = Rolling Stone |rev3score = (favourable)cite web | url= http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/on-through-the-night-19800626/ | title=On Through the Night by Def Leppard | publisher=Wenner Media | work=Rolling Stone | date=June 26, 1980 | accessdate=August 04, 2011 | author=Fricke, David
Allmusic's Steve Huey rated On Through the Night three-and-a-half out of five stars. He noted that it "established the band as one of the leading lights of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal." He also called it "a collection of working-class hard rock anthems informed by the big, glittering hooks of glam rock." Although he stated that "it may lack the detailed production and more pop-oriented songwriting of later efforts," but concluded that "some Leppard fans prefer this sound." A staff member at Sputnik Music rated the album three out of five points. He noted that the "middle-class common-man image" of the "New Wave of British Heavy Metal" movement "partially played a part in making Def Leppard one of its leaders". He also stated that the band's ambition "would never allow them to be tunnel-visioned", but he concluded that the album "can be categorized as a grower of an album since the more superficial elements that would appeal to the mainstream will initially distract some listeners from what is actually an incredibly tight musical and vocal performance." Rolling Stone 's David Fricke found the album favourable, explaining that it "shows they not only respect their elders, they've taken cues from their New Wave peers, too." He also stated that "guitarists Pete Willis and Steve Clark shoot from the hip, packing their licks into tight, three-minute pop arrangements", and that lead singer Joe Elliot "wails wonderfully in a resonating tenor, fortified by backup harmonies and Tom Allom's battering-ram production." He concluded that the album "is awfully impressive for a band making its vinyl debut."
Track listing
tracklist| headline = Side one | writing_credits = yes | title1 = Rock Brigade | length1 = 3:09 | writer1 = Rick Savage , Steve Clark , Joe Elliott | title2 = Hello America (Def Leppard song)|Hello America | length2 = 3:27 | writer2 = Savage, Clark, Elliott | title3 = Sorrow Is a Woman | length3 = 3:54 | writer3 = Savage, Clark, Pete Willis , Elliott | title4 = It Could Be You | length4 = 2:33 | writer4 = Willis, Elliott | title5 = Satellite | length5 = 4:28 | writer5 = Willis, Elliott | title6 = When the Walls Came Tumbling Down | length6 = 4:44 | writer6 = Clark, Elliott, Andrew Smith tracklist| headline = Side two | writing_credits = yes | title1 = Wasted (Def Leppard song)|Wasted | length1 = 3:45 | writer1 = Clark, Elliott | title2 = Rocks Off | length2 = 3:42 | writer2 = Willis, Savage, Clark, Elliott | title3 = It Don't Matter | length3 = 3:21 | writer3 = Willis, Elliott, Clark | title4 = Answer to the Master | length4 = 3:13 | writer4 = Willis, Elliott, Clark | title5 = Overture | length5 = 7:44 | writer5 = Savage, Clark, Willis, Elliott
Personnel
Steve Clark – guitar
Rick Savage – bass guitar|bass
Pete Willis – guitar
Rick Allen (drummer)|Rick Allen – Drum kit|drums
Joe Elliott – lead vocals|throat
Additional personnel
Chris M. Hughes – synthesizer on "Hello America"
Dave Cousins – voice on "When the Walls Came Tumblin' Down"
cite album-notes |title=On Through the Night |bandname= Def Leppard |year=1980 |format=Vinyl back cover |publisher= Mercury Records|Mercury |publisherid=SRM 1-3828 |location= Chicago|Chicago, IL |mbid=78cf3be2-7985-4deb-9b66-c5182f383f0f
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