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On Through The Night




  Type Album
  Artist Def Leppard
  Cover Def Leppard - On Through the Nightjpg
  Released March 14 1980
  Recorded December 1979 at Startling Studios in Ascot, Berkshire
  Genre NWOBHM
  Length 43:47
  Label Mercury
  Producer Tom Allom
  This Album '''''On Through the Night''''' <br /> (1980)
  Next Album '' High 'N' Dry '' <br /> (1981)


''On through the Night'' is the debut Album by British Hard Rock band Def Leppard , released in 1980. It features re-recorded versions of "Rocks Off" and "Overture", tracks from the band's original independently released EP, the Def Leppard EP . Some tracks are rerecorded versions of early demos the band recorded, some of which appeared on the First Strike and Warchild bootlegs. The album became Platinum on May 9 , 1989 . The band have stated on many occasions that they don't like this album and consider High 'N' Dry their first proper album.

Hello America and Wasted were released as singles. However, the version of Wasted that appears on the single is a different recording from that of the LP.


TRACK LISTING

# "Rock Brigade" (Elliott, Clark, Savage) – 3:09
# " Hello America " (Elliott, Clark, Savage) – 3:27
# "Sorrow Is a Woman" (Elliott, Willis, Clark, Savage) – 3:54
# "It Could Be You" (Elliott, Willis) – 2:33
# "Satellite" (Elliott, Willis, Clark, Savage) – 4:28
# "When the Walls Came Tumbling Down" (Elliott, Clark, P.J. Smith) – 4:44
# " Wasted " (Elliott, Clark) – 3:45
# "Rocks Off" (Elliott, Willis, Clark, Savage) – 3:42
# "It Don't Matter" (Elliott, Willis, Clark) – 3:21
# "Answer to the Master" (Elliott, Willis, Clark, Savage) – 3:13
# "Overture" (Elliott, Willis, Clark, Savage) – 7:44


CREDITS


Def Leppard



Additional musicians



PRODUCTION

  • Tom (Colonel) Allom - producer

  • Louis Austin - engineer

  • Dick Plant - engineer



CHARTS

Album - Billboard (North America)