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On Through the Night
Rock · 1980 · 10 tracks

On Through the Night

Def Leppard

Gritty, high-energy hard rock from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Rawer and more aggressive than their later hits, defined by twin guitars and analog heat.

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Before the glitter and the polish, they were just five kids from Sheffield playing loud, gritty heavy metal.

Hungry, unpolished, and aggressive hard rock with a street-level chip on its shoulder.

On Through the Night · vs · Def Leppard
Basement Show+3.6σ

Basement Show saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Rock Brigade
3:09
03
Sorrow Is a Woman
3:55
04
It Could Be You
2:34
05
Satellite
4:28
06
When the Walls Came Tumbling Down
4:45
07
Wasted
3:45
08
Rocks Off
3:44
09
It Don’t Matter
3:21
10
Answer to the Master
3:14
11
Overture
7:44
Moments Worth Waiting For
the sharp, staccato guitar riff that opens Rock Brigade with immediate street-level urgency
the sudden shift from gritty hard rock to the sprawling, multi-part progressive structure of Overture
the descending bass line and desperate vocal delivery during the chorus of Wasted
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