Def Leppard-High 'n' Dry vs AC/DC-For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

High 'n' Dry
Released July 11, 1981
Produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange

1. Let It Go
2. Another Hit And Run
3. High 'N' Dry (Saturday Night)
4. Bringin' On The Heartbreak
5. Switch 625
6. You Got Me Runnin'
7. Lady Strange
8. On Through The Night
9. Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)
10. No No No

Going for the original 1981 release without the bonus tracks.


For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
Released November 23, 1981
Produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange


1. For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
2. I Put the Finger on You
3. Let's Get It Up
4. Inject the Venom
5. Snowballed
6. Evil Walks
7. C.O.D.
8. Breaking The Rules
9. Night of the Long Knives
10. Spellbound

High 'n' Dry is one of my all-time favorite albums and Lep's best. I don't know why I thought the two albums were more similar than they really are. I love FTATR (WSY) but it doen't even boast the swagger and energy HnD does.

High N Dry all the way. Not a bad song on it.

For those about to rock is one of my favorite albums all time. I'd rank it up there with back in black, and Brian Johnson lets it all out vocally on that album. He's often overlooked as a singer, but damn be had some major pipes back then. Not saying I like him better than Bon Scott, but he was pretty damn good.

I guess I'd go with High N Dry. I think both are good but nothing spectacular.

High & Dry is my favourite DL record
For Those About to Rock is 100 miles from being my favourite AC/DC album


But mediocre AC/DC is still in a different league to even the best Def Leppard

AC/DC by a long shot!!!! I strongly dislike Def Leppard

Lurideath wrote:

AC/DC by a long shot!!!! I strongly dislike Def Leppard

Aside from “Hello America” I really like the first two Lep albums. As far as FTATR (WSY) I like it better than Back In Black.

I love 'High n Dry', but I love AC/DC and 'For Those About to Rock' kicks unholy ass

Dark Horseman wrote:

High N Dry all the way. Not a bad song on it.

Yep!  Same here.

I went with Leppard. For Those About to Rock is a good disc, but High 'n Dry is a "great" disc. I got it on vinyl, cd , and cassette. It's one of those albums that I could play over and over again. And I do. Ha.

I saw Def Lep open up for Billy Squire -
High and Dry - was a concert album - for sure -
Years later, I did roadie for Def Lep - during Pyromania - Summer shows
Steve Clark was white as a ghost - loner - wispy -
- the drummer, Rick Allen, had this totally elaborate intense drum set up -
Girls galore - throwing themselves - many people passed out / medical
Europe - was the opener -

I saw Lep open for Jefferson Starship of all bands in Harrisonburg, VA back around 1978 or so.  Lep was touring behind On Thru The Night and everyone in my dorm was giving me grief about what a stupid name "Def Leppard" was and how they'd never amount to anything.

Forty years later and guess what band is going into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame (joke though it is...this is one band I feel is deserving)  So who's laughing now????

High n Dry is probably my favorite DL album. So of course I voted for it.

I like both albums, but High & Dry is the best Def Leppard album and my favorite from them.

High 'n' Dry. "Lady Strange" is my favorite song by them.

"Lady Strange" is a great song!

As much as I love the Def Leppard album. I went with AC/DC. I wore this album out back in the day.

I never really liked that AC/DC album.

It's probably because I LOVED all the Bon Scott albums then Back In Black broke huge and that pissed me off.  I don't even own a CD or digital version of FTATR (though I do have it on vinyl but no way to play it these days)  I should probably remedy that situation.

tohostudios wrote:

(though I do have it on vinyl but no way to play it these days)  I should probably remedy that situation.

You should just get rid of that horrible album. Being that I'm a nice guy, I'll take it so you won't have to even think about that POS ever again.

Both great albums but I've listened to H-n-D way more over the years.