^ "Canadian album certifications – Def Leppard – On Through the Night".^ "Def Leppard Chart History ( Billboard 200)".^ "Def Leppard | Artist | Official Charts".Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). ^ a b "Def Leppard - On Through the Night (staff review)".Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. ^ a b Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005)."Def Leppard - On Through the Night review". Recording Industry Association of America. ^ "RIAA Searchable Database: search for "Def Leppard" "."Def Leppard Collect Unreleased Earliest Recordings for New Box Set". Also, the non-album track from the same era entitled "Good Morning Freedom" would be played live in 2013 during the opening to the "Viva Hysteria" shows. Most of the songs on the album were dropped from the band's live setlists after 1983, although "Rock Brigade" and "Wasted" would see periodic revivals after 2000. Record World said that the single "Rock Brigade" has "inventive guitar leads and pulsating dance rhythms." He also stated that the band's ambition "would never allow to be tunnel-visioned", but he concluded that On Through the Night "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 reviewed the album favourably on the same wavelength, 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 Elliott "wails wonderfully in a resonating tenor, fortified by backup harmonies and Tom Allom's battering-ram production." He concluded that the band "displays a wisdom beyond their years" in mixing melody and heaviness, coming up with an album that "is awfully impressive for a band making its vinyl debut." Sputnikmusic staff review 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 leaders".
The album received mostly positive reviews.ĪllMusic's Steve Huey noted that On Through the Night "established the band as one of the leading lights of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal." Although he stated that "it may lack the detailed production and more pop-oriented songwriting of later efforts, (.) some Leppard fans prefer this sound." Canadian journalist Martin Popoff praised the album for being "one of the most polished and savvy of the NWOBHM", evoking the sound of "acts like Thin Lizzy, UFO, even Queen and Mott the Hoople." For him, On Through the Night was "a welcome breath of fresh air" among the dark, "thrashy" and "punky" music coming from the UK at the time.
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Reception Professional ratings Review scores In his biography, Cousins claims that he did his best Laurence Olivier impersonation for the song's intro. Joe Elliott had done the spoken portion in earlier live performances and demo recordings that showed up on some early bootlegs.
The spoken word intro to "When the Walls Came Tumbling Down" was performed by Dave Cousins of Strawbs. 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". " Wasted", " Hello America" and "Rock Brigade" were released as singles. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on 18 November 1983 and platinum on. Other tracks are re-recorded versions of early demos, some of which later appeared on the 2020 box set The Early Years 79–81. The album features re-recorded versions of "Rocks Off" and "Overture", tracks from the band's original independently released EP, The Def Leppard E.P. On Through the Night is the debut studio album by the English rock band Def Leppard, released on 14 March 1980.
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