Regardless of your Def Leppard album preference, On Through The Night did include some genuinely solid hard-rock tracks. Thus, Def Leppard was entering a fairly welcoming environment (music-wise and touring-wise) as they began to make their mark in the United States. The week On Through The Night peaked, Billboard‘s album chart was ruled by Billy Joel ( Glass Houses), Eric Clapton ( Just One Night), Paul McCartney ( McCartney II), Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ( Against The Wind), and The Empire Strikes Back soundtrack - a somewhat eclectic mix.īut further down the chart, it’s worth noting that some of the other albums were from music acts that included Van Halen, Journey, Black Sabbath, Ted Nugent, Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, KISS, Scorpions, and Sammy Hagar. On Through The Night‘s sales are nowhere near Def Leppard’s biggest albums, selling “only” one million copies, a number that was bolstered by Pyromania and Hysteria, monster-selling releases which inevitably brought newfound consumer attention to the band’s early catalog.ĭuring its original chart run, On Through The Night peaked at #51 on Billboard’s top albums chart, which is respectable for a debut album, especially one from a band that didn’t have much notoriety at the time. MUST READ Def Leppard: Adrenalize (Album Spotlight) On Through The Night Sales Performance It’s also one of only four albums guitarist Steve Clark performed on, yet another reason why many fans still look back on it so fondly. Love it or hate it, On Through The Night is a piece of the fabric that ultimately made Def Leppard the band it is today. “It’s a bit naive and it could have been a better record.”
But it’s the other way around with On Through The Night. I didn’t really always enjoy making albums with Mutt, but I certainly enjoyed listening to them afterwards. It was fun working with Tom, but we spent most of the time drinking wine and having a good time as opposed to making a good record. We couldn’t get Mutt to do the first album, he wasn’t available. And I believe that when we got to High ’n’ Dry and on to Pyromania and Hysteria, we started doing the record the first album should have been. “The one good thing about it was it gave us a launchpad to get better from. “You know, a lot of people got a great affection for that record, but as I always say, ‘Yeah, but it’s hardly the first Van Halen or Boston album, is it?’ Here’s how Joe Elliott described On Through The Night in an interview with : This should come as no surprise, as tracks from the album rarely appear on Def Leppard’s concert setlists. The band themselves have gone on the record (excuse the pun) saying they don’t consider On Through The Night anywhere near their greatest effort.
They believe On Through The Night is Def Leppard’s weakest release, a respectable effort that showcases the talents of an up-and-coming band, one that will require a couple more albums to mature and master its craft ( with the help of Mutt Lange) to reach its true potential. Some very passionate fans adamantly consider it to be the best album the band ever recorded, with every subsequent Def Leppard album release - including Pyromania and Hysteria - paling in comparison. On Through The Night still remains a rather polarizing release to this day. Def Leppard’s debut album On Through The Night was released on March 14, 1980.
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