Def Leppard have so many good tunes. "Foolin", "Pour Some Sugar On Me", "Armageddon" and "Love Bites", just to name a few. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" is one of my personal faves. Great band. Seen them twice. Thanks for finally hitting them.

Well, you've got to do "Photograph," now. Also, "Bringing On The Heartbreak," "Foolin'," "Too Late For Love" and "Pour Some Sugar On Me" for starters.

The Lep was a hit machine back in the 80s. Solid song writing team. Couldn't be denied.

I can respect any band that has a one armed drummer.

When I was in college in the dorms in the early 80's, there was no other album better than this one to fire everybody up to head out and party. No other.

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The producer is Mutt Lange who also produced AC/DC's Back In Black. He is known as a perfectionist and would make Joe Eliot do take over take over take to get the perfect vocal. He once said his desire was to produce a record without any human faults in it (paraphrased).

"Gunter Glieben Glauchin Globin" at the beginning of the song sounds like German but it is actually gibberish, spoken by producer Mutt Lange, who grew tired of starting a song by saying "one, two, three..." Everybody liked the way it sounded, so it was left in the song.

I’ll be one to say that High ‘n’ Dry is absolutely my favorite Def Leppard album. It’s got hints of their upcoming pop rock sound on Pyromania, but is also a lot heavier and sounds more like hard rock. Not to mention songs such as “Bringing on the Heartbreak”, “Mirror Mirror”, and “Lady Strange”. Pyromania is pretty good too though, but I honestly never enjoyed Hysteria despite its popularity, too much pop for my taste. Still, I absolutely respect the band for supporting drummer Rick Allen during that time and it’s impressive what he was able to do!

1983--This Album was HUGE-drinking a beer when I was only 13 riding around in a trans am with t-tops!🎸🎸

Wow, you guys really nailed this analysis -- "pop-rock anthemic ear candy." That IS Def Leppard.

Pyromania is certainly an 80s rock juggernaut, so many great tracks on it!

While the Pyromania album made Def Leppard huge, I listen to their High’ N’ Dry album much more. Bringin’ on the Heartbreak is the peak of that album

I liked your honesty in referring to it as pop/stadium rock. That's what it is. Never quite my cup of tea, but I can appreciate that they do the genre very, very well.

Back in Black's a better album, but this is Mutt Lange's finest hour as a producer - you guys nailed, it's pop rock that uses its rock to hide its pop and that's all Lange (DL's earlier albums are also great, but more bar band, rough around the edges rock). When I was 15 this was everything.

You guys asked who produced it, it was Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who produced "Back In Black" for AC/DC!

Mutt Lange produced this album. He also produced ACDC's "Back in Black" and "For Those About to Rock" as well as Def Leppard's follow up to this album (Hysteria). Very bombastic, anthemic sound to his production. Great epitome of 80s rock sound.

Probably the next logical track to hit from Def Leppard is "Photograph", but if you want your Leppard to rock a little harder, I'd suggest "Let It Go" or "Wasted".

HIGH AND DRY IS A GREAT ALBUM.... TITLE TRACK.... Thanks for hitting them they grow on you Alex..✌✌✌✌👌

The whole Pyromania album is fantastic... The second album I ever learned lyrics wise front to back. Billy's Got a Gun is Joe Elliott at his best.

This album pretty much made Mutt Lange one of the most sought after producers in the industry.

Their earlier stuff is heavier than everything after this. I recommend "Another Hit and Run" and "Wasted" for more of a heavy garage feeling. Everything on Pyromania is awesome.

My sister's favorite band forever. I bought front row seats for us to see them a couple of years ago. I went there liking them and left a total fan. They blew the freaking roof off!!! There is a live video and you can see us rocking out.

The singer Joe Elliot consistently gives some of the most thoughtful, insightful interviews in rock music, it's really quite amazing. Somehow in their sound they flush the toilet on the 70s hard rock sound bit are still indebted to it.

Gotta hit Foolin', Photograph, and Too Late from the same album

Awesome Def Leppard song!!!🤘🤘🤘 Thanks for doing this song

Saw Def Leppard in '83 open for Billy Squire. Just before they broke big,more than half the audience left after Leppard played their set,it was hilarious! Very soon after the show they started touring as a headliner.

I call Def Leppard Pop-Metal. Their best album is HIGH'N'DRY. Definitely an S album. I think you Gentlemen would love it.

"Photograph" and "Too Late for Love" are the prime Leppard for me.

You guys definitely need to see this band in concert. Still filling arenas and open venues to maximum capacity. High energy from the time they hit the stage to the Encore. They keep the crowd on their feet and rocking.

Leppard’s harder rocking stuff is their earlier recordings. High n Dry is all bangers!! The title track (Saturday Night High n Dry) sings of whiskey.and women. Let it Go is awesome! The biggest hit, Bringing on the Heartbreak must be played with Switch 625 at the end, which adds a few minutes of jamming. So cool when they play them live together! This album is worthy of a Patreon reaction!!

Y'all should check out more Def Leppard. Hysteria is my favorite album by them. So many great songs: the title track, Animal, Armageddon It, Rocket, Love Bites, Pour Some Sugar On Me, etc.

Interesting to me that they quoted Neil Young in the intro: 'Better to burn out than to fade away'. Not really a huge Def Lep fan, but I did like Pyromania and this song quite a bit.

Your next Def Leppard song HAS to be "Photograph"!!!

Never though you would hit def leppard lol. This is one of their good songs. Photograph and rocket is another good song

Love that you finally hit Def Leppard! Thanks for listening to the fans and taking the plunge. Btw this was produced by the legendary Mutt Lange. Next up Foolin' or Bringing On The Heartbreak.

Pyromania was the album that turned Def Leppard into superstars. A multi-platinum phenomenon so huge that only Michael Jackson’s Thriller, prevented it from reaching No.1 in America

GOOOOOOOD MORNING A&A FAMILY!!! ☮️❤️♾️

Def Leppard and Van Halen helped pull me back from pop to rock back in the early 80s. Rock's been a part of the soundtrack of my life since then.

One of my favorite Def Leppard songs. The video got huge air play on MTV. I believe this is the one Joe Elliot was wielding a broadsword. The album was produced by Mutt Lange.

Rock and roll divergence. You’d never mistake this for the 70s. Something’s missing.

This record was so important to me at 13 years old. Still sounds just as good.

The first line " it's better to burn out than to fade away" is from Neil Young song Hey Hey My My

So many hits!!! Always loved this band!!! ANIMAL is my fav song but seriously love all they do. Read the story about the drummer…..( Rick Allen) respect to the whole band for waiting for him to be able to drum with one arm. Great guys

Song of my teens!! Love it!! 🔥🔥 Thanks guys!! ❤

Their songs are so well produced, its hard to get tired of them even after listening for 30+ years! Foolin', Photograph, and Hysteria are all bangers as well.

Thank you for not coming down on my teen years! This was an ANTHEM!!💙💙🤘🏼✌️

I'm shocked you guys have never done Def Leppard. Just assumed there were some mixed in. They were HUGE in the 80's, literally everywhere. Have never understood the pop ock label, it's completely guitar heavy and quite a bit of their stuff is hard af. Obligatory song recommendations, "Photograph", "Foolin", "Bringing on the Hearbreak", "Animal", "Hysteria"..

I think this was still before Rick Allen (the drummer) lost his arm in a car wreck, right? I remember it was new year's eve....so maybe this record was from the year prior? Anyway, it was a big thing at the time, because he KEPT being their drummer, with one arm (with help and modified sets and such) afterwards, which I always thought spoke really well of these guys and their commitment to each other.

OMG! A&A COVERING DEF LEPPARD! This just made my whole day! ❤✌🎵

Produced by Mutt Lange who also produced...AC/DC.'s Back in Black and Highway to Hell...his "low points":Maroon 5, Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, and Britney Spears....his other high points Bryan Adams and Foreigner

Radio killed this song for me! I bet I've heard it 500 times lol. 501 now!

It was so much fun watching how much you enjoyed this song! I couldn’t play this album enough when it came out. This album, “Pyromania,” strongly validated Producer Mutt Lange’s reputation as a hitmaker. Lange also produced Foreigner’s album “4,” some of which you’ve heard already. Would love to see more reactions to both Def Leppard and Foreigner.

“Let it Go” is the best jam. Pure banger.

Oh man I'd forgotten how truly magnificent this song is....was at my friend's house and she had just gotten the album 🕊️💗

The intro to this song breaks me up Every. Single. Time. Was never a big fan of theirs but that anthemic production level always caught my ear. Very '80s-ish wouldn't you say boys? 🙄😜

Totally Love, love Def Leppard! Pyromania is amazing start to finish. Reminder... You do have the original issue in your collection. I think you'll be quite surprised by them if you choose to hit 'em again. So happy that you enjoyed this snapshot into the 80s rock scene. Have a great week fellas! 💞✌😊👋

Def Leppard was the first live concert i ever went to. ROCK ON!

This song, with only a few others, pretty much defines the phrase "stadium rock anthem." Def Leppard is best listened to at about 100dB with about 50,000 of your closest friends.

Thank you, Adam! 😀

Mutt Lange produced this album and he touched a lot of great albums. Got this for Christmas 1982 I believe at 12 and was blown away. Still holds up today. Solid album with a lot of great catchy rock songs. Staying with this album "foolin", "die hard the hunter" "too late for love" "photograph" really any song off this album is a banger

I’m quite literally screaming on the inside for you guys to hear “photograph”. Not only my favorite leppard song, but my favorite song of all time.

Shocked Alex liked this lol. There's a lot of Def Leppard songs I prefer over this one - Photograph, Bringing on the Heartbreak, Hysteria, Love Bites... would love to see you guys react to those.

The problem I have with this song, and yes I have a good sound system, is the bass. That early digital mixing really killed bass guitar frequencies, and there is a LOT of room for more bass line in this song. The resolution Andy wants from the guitar riff isn't the guitar itself causing the problem imo. The bassist never resolves to a lower riff to compliment the guitar going higher at the same time. The digital sound space was so lack luster for certain tonal frequencies in its early adoptive phase in the industry that bands were composing the music to play around those frequencies so you hear a bass tone with a ton of compression and synth properties because the mix would've sounded like trash if they didn't. It doesn't have that boom in your chest feel. The cannon shot snare though, that's ALWAYS a welcome sound imo. One of the big traits of 80's metal/hard rock.

Rise up, gather round, rock this place to the ground... ALWAYS gets me pumped up and singing along automatically!!

Their harmony sound is so iconic. Pour Some Sugar on Me was (I think?) their biggest hit and a top tier stadium song. Some of their slow jams are epic with those same meaty production values - Photograph, Bringin' on the Heartbreak, Love Bites.

I thoroughly enjoyed this reaction and Andy's TED Talk. lol 😸This is a solid tune. Even the song's beginning, "Gunter glieben glausen globen" -which is just gibberish, was cool. 😻

Praise Jimmy Hendrix and thanks be to The Gods of Rock! Finally some Def Leppard!! Mutt Lange was the producer on this and it is front to back one of the greatest albums in rock! A staple of every 80s teenager.. That cassette was literally worn out…..and repurchased again! 🤘🏼🇬🇧❤️

FYI it was a Mutt Lange production which explains the polished sound

Besides his work with AC/DC and Def Lep, Mutt Lange also produced Foreigner 4 and The Cars' Heartbeat City. The guy shit platinum records for six or seven years straight

FINALLY!!! Some Def Leppard. They’re next album, Hysteria, while heavily produced, is absolutely phenomenal! Steven Clark is an all-time great riff writer.

I used to love this song in high school, and it was so popular. Now that I've listened to it a few times in 2021-22, it's still a fun song but not as great as I remember it. I guess it was more about being a teenager during that time. I agree with Andy's A rating.

I had the privilege of seeing them on the Hysteria tour. As a drummer, I was totally blown away by Rick Allen's talent. You need to watch him live--you would never know he had just one arm.

Oh man, does this song take me back to the summer of 83. Like a freaking rabbit hole of fun. Just got my driver's license, starting senior year of HS in the fall, driving my friends around in my '70 Chevelle SS396, blasting this gem on the Sparkomatic AM/FM cassette with 6x9 speakers in the rear deck shelf (terrible distortion!). Back then, I had the bad-ass car in Catholic school. Not the most expensive by far, just no one else had a big block with headers, cowl induction hood, posi rear with 3.73 gears, etc. I worked my tail off to afford that car and I wouldn't change anything. We had so much fun that you cannot put a price on it. I feel so blessed to have been able to enjoy those days. Great review guys, love your facial reactions, and once again, thanks for letting me feel like I am 17 again!

From the High 'N' Dry album the first track starts fast and hard, Let It Go is a definite banger with a stank face fade out! Another Hit and Run shows Joe's great vocal range and great guitar work. The title track High 'N' Dry is another banger. Bringing On the Heartbreak is a classic banger and fan favorite. Switch 625 is a quick 3 minute jam, no vocals and still a banger. This was side 1 of the LP or cassette and I must admit I didn't listen to side 2 enough to really state an opinion on those songs. Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes) and No No No for the fade out alone, possible bangers. In the USMC, early '80's in my '74 Cougar blasting it around J'ville, NC...good times!

Pyromania is an unreal album. All Killer No Filler. ”Photograph”, “Foolin”, “Love Bites” are very popular but awesome tracks, while more under the radar songs like ”Comin’ Under Fire”, Die Hard the Hunter”, “Mirror Mirror” and my favourite ”Gods of War” are SO good 🤘🏻

Def Leppard was good radio rock. They got the job done for a 16 year old kid for sure, but it was easy to move on from them and not look back. B+ song for me.

I've seen Def Leppard twice. They...never...disappoint!!!!

Their second album "High 'n' Dry" is my favorite. Check out "Let It Go" and "Switch 625" (instrumental)" and "Bringin' On the Heartbreak". All first rate Def Leppard.

Their 1981 High ‘n’ Dry album & 1983 Pyromania album are vintage rock for Def Leppard🤘🏼 Unfortunately with their 1987 album Hysteria, they started becoming more pop-rock and would eventually turn into Bon Jovi for the rest of their career👎🏼 But definitely up until 1986, they rocked👍🏼

With a HUGE 100 million records sold worldwide, Def Leppard are one of only five rock bands to have two of their original studio albums (‘Pyromania’ and ‘Hysteria’) achieve RIAA Diamond (10 x Platinum) certification. Def Leppard hold a Guinness Book of World Record for performing three concerts on three continents in one day, playing shows in Morocco, London and Vancouver on 23rd October 1994! Def Leppard's status as one of the most important forces in rock music has been recognised through countless award nominations, with the band winning two American Music Awards’ for ‘Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist’ and ‘Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album’, two Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards for ‘Classic Album’ and ‘Album of the Year’, as well as Metal Hammer’s ‘Legends Award’ and Planet Rock’s ‘The Brick Wall Award’. They've also just been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! Give "Photograph", "Pour Some Sugar On Me", "Foolin'", "Armageddon It", and "Hysteria" a listen and you won't be disappointed. The have probably a dozen more worth checking out

This is only the beginning of the discovery for you guys of this band. So many more great songs. Hope you go down the rabbit hole with this band.

Probably the biggest band from Sheffield, England...until the Arctic Monkeys hit the scene 🤗 Great reaction and A is a fair rating. ✌💜🎶

"Let's Get Rocked" is the most fun song they do, and I love the guitar solo at the break!

You’ve entered the Def Leppard rabbit hole!!! Thank you men!!!

Had tons of hits in the 80's, enough to make a living doing greatest hits tours ever since

You should have started with the High 'N' Dry album..... it sets up their subsequent albums... and really highlights Mutt Lange's production and Mike Shipley's engineering (RIP Shipshape)

The Broadway musical Rock of Ages was named after this song. It is satirical look at 80’s rock music and the general mind set of the time. Funny thing is, Def Leppard refused to let them use any of their songs. It’s still a great show though. (David Coverdale’s hilarious intro kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d96pg8mg2sjLg3U.html)

This was one of your best. Satisfying to watch, and great identification and comparison by Andy as to what he was looking for. Made sense out here..

“Let it Go” tasty riff & worth a listen.

I first heard Def Leppard... in the mid 70's... High - n - Dry was an excellent listen.

I actually like "Photograph" a little better than this one. "Bringin' on the Heartbreak" is really good, too.

Funniest thing I ever watched was some show on old VH1 about 80s hair bands and about 1/2 way through the show they introduced Def Leppard and started interviewing its lead singer, Joe Elliot. Elliot shook his head violently saying, "NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!! We were not a hair band!" and tried to walk away while holding his head like he was getting a headache.

My FAVORITE group growing up!! My favorite song is "Foolin" But good grief there are SO MANY!!! I WORE every single cassete tape of every single album out! Love love LOVE this group!!!

So many mullets, swaying in the wind

I don’t feel like this band’s music has aged well. I loved them as a youth in the 80’s, but can’t really listen to to them anymore. I feel like that about a lot of harder 80’s rock, actually. Hasn’t aged nearly as well as the stuff from the 60’s and 70’s.

The first hard rock tape I coveted as a young conservative kid! Almost 40 yrs and it still holds.

Photograph was the song I played over and over again.

PHOTOGRAPH is a better song