High 'n' Dry in Bloomington, MN

Def Leppard
's second album,
High 'N' Dry
, continues in the vein of the anthemic, working-class
hard rock
of their debut. While still opting for a controlled musical attack and melodies as big-sounding and stadium-ready as possible, the band opens up its arrangements a bit more on
, letting the songs breathe and groove while the rhythm section and guitar riffs play off one another.
MTV
helped break the album in the U.S. with its heavy rotation of the video for the unabashedly dramatic
rock
ballad
"Bringin' on the Heartbreak."
~ Steve Huey