Pyromania (album)
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Released | 20 January 1983 | |||
Recorded | January–November 1982 | |||
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Length | 44:57 | |||
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Producer | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
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Pyromania is an album written by Def Leppard. It was released on January 20, 1983. This album was the first album to include Phil Collen. He replaced Pete Willis.[10] The album was No. 4 on the Canadian RPM Album chart and No. 18 on the UK Albums Chart.[11] Selling over ten million copies in the US, it has been certified diamond by the RIAA.[12]
Track listing[change | change source]
Original release[change | change source]
Side one | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" | 3:52 | |||||||
2. | "Photograph" | 4:12 | |||||||
3. | "Stagefright" | 3:46 | |||||||
4. | "Too Late for Love" | 4:30 | |||||||
5. | "Die Hard the Hunter" | 6:17 |
Side two | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
6. | "Foolin'" | 4:32 | |||||||
7. | "Rock of Ages" | 4:09 | |||||||
8. | "Comin' Under Fire" | 4:20 | |||||||
9. | "Action! Not Words" | 3:49 | |||||||
10. | "Billy's Got a Gun" | 5:56 |
- "Comin' Under Fire" and "Action! Not Words" are listed inversely on the original Mercury vinyl release, but play in the order above.
- The last 56 seconds of track 10 following "Billy's Got a Gun" is a hidden track named "The March of the Wooden Zombies".[13]
2009 deluxe edition bonus disc[change | change source]
Live – L.A. Forum, 11 September 1983 | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" | 4:16 | |||||||
2. | "Rock Brigade" | 3:25 | |||||||
3. | "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" | 3:22 | |||||||
4. | "Another Hit and Run" | 6:14 | |||||||
5. | "Billy's Got a Gun" | 4:43 | |||||||
6. | "Mirror Mirror (Look into My Eyes)" | 4:24 | |||||||
7. | "Foolin'" | 4:59 | |||||||
8. | "Photograph" | 4:03 | |||||||
9. | "Rock of Ages" | 4:53 | |||||||
10. | "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" | 4:06 | |||||||
11. | "Switch 625" | 3:23 | |||||||
12. | "Let It Go" | 5:56 | |||||||
13. | "Wasted" | 5:55 | |||||||
14. | "Stagefright" | 4:55 | |||||||
15. | "Travelin' Band" (featuring Brian May) | 6:09 |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Def Leppard -Biography, Discography, History". MetalDescent. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
Their 1983 album Pyromania helped establish a virtual blueprint for glam metal bands to work with throughout the 80s.
- ↑ "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ↑ Eddy, Chuck (July 2008). "Essentials – Hair Metal". Spin. p. 105.
- ↑ Westhoff, Ben (6 December 2011). "Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums". LA Weekly. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ "With Pyromania, Def Leppard made a pop-metal hybrid for the ages". Music. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ↑ "Pop Metal". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012.
- ↑ "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ↑ Wall, Mick (2010). Appetite for Destruction: The Mick Wall Interviews. Orion. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-40911-435-2.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Senff, Mark. "Def Leppard Online Discography – 7" vinyl". Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ↑ "Pyromania Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ "Def Leppard Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ "RIAA Searchable Database: search for "Def Leppard"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ↑ Eddy, Chuck (2011-08-10). Rock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism. Duke University Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780822350101.