Def LeppardOn Through the NightCD
Released after the 1978 EP launched them into the emerging British heavy metal scene with PRIEST, MAIDEN and SAXON. This LP includes re-recorded material from that EP and other early demo songs. An important NWOBHM record and a long way from the sort of muck they were producing in later years.
Details
- Artist: Def Leppard
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Heavy Metal
- Year: 1980
- Label: Phonogram Ltd
- Format: CD
- More info: External
Track listing
- Rock BrigadePREVIEW
- Hello AmericaPREVIEW
- Sorrow Is a WomanPREVIEW
- It Could Be YouPREVIEW
- SatellitePREVIEW
- When the Walls Came Tumbling DownPREVIEW
- WastedPREVIEW
- Rocks OffPREVIEW
- It Don't MatterPREVIEW
- Answer to the MasterPREVIEW
- OverturePREVIEW
Review
While possessing the tight, controlled attack of comrades Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, Def Leppard was uninterested in the fantastic, menacing, and sometimes gothic themes of those bands; instead, On Through the Night is a collection of working-class hard rock anthems informed by the big, glittering hooks of glam rock. It may lack the detailed production and more pop-oriented songwriting of later efforts, but it's also arguably their heaviest album, and some Leppard fans prefer this sound. - All Music 4/5
