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Pyromania (Album) by Def Leppard

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Def Leppard Is An English Rock Band Formed In 1976 In Sheffield. Since 1992 The Band Has Consisted Of Rick Savage Bass Backing Vocals Joe Elliott Lead Vocals Rick Allen Drums Backing Vocals Phil Collen Guitar Backing Vocals And Vivian Campbell Guitar Backing Vocals . They Established Themselves As Part Of The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal Movement Of The Early 1980s. The Band's Greatest Commercial Success Came Between The Early 1980s And The Early 1990s. Their First Album 1980's On Through The Night Reached The Top 15 In The UK But Received Little Notice Elsewhere. Their Second Album 1981's High 'n' Dry Was Produced By Mutt Lange Who Helped Them Begin To Define Their Melodic Hard Rock Style And The Album's Most Popular Track "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" Became One Of The First Rock Videos Played On MTV In 1982 But The Album Only Reached The Top 30 And 40 In The UK And US. Def Leppard's Next Studio Album Pyromania Was Released In January 1983 With "Photograph" And "Rock Of Ages" Both Topping The US Rock Tracks Chart And Reaching The Top 20 Of The Hot 100. Reaching No. 2 On The US Album Chart Pyromania Was Certified Diamond In The US And 7× Platinum In Canada And Reached The Top 20 In The UK But Did Not Sell Much Elsewhere. Def Leppard's Fourth Album The More Pop-Oriented Hysteria 1987 Topped The UK US New Zealand Canadian Australian And Norway Charts. It Also Went To No. 2 In Sweden And No. 10 In Germany Without Any Top 50 Singles In Those Countries. It Has Been Certified 12× Platinum For Sales In The US And 13× Platinum In Canada Selling Over 25 Million Copies Worldwide Making It One Of The Best-Selling Albums Of All Time. The Album Spawned Six Top 20 US Singles Including The US Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 "Love Bites" Went Top 10 In Several Other Countries Including No. 2 In NZ Alongside "Pour Some Sugar On Me" US No. 2 "Hysteria" "Armageddon It" No. 2 In NZ "Animal" At No. 6 The Biggest UK Hit And "Rocket" A Top 15 Hit In Many Countries . Hysteria Had Four Top 10 Hits In New Zealand. Their Next Studio Album Adrenalize Their First Following The Death Of Guitarist Steve Clark Reached No. 1 On The UK US NZ Canadian And Australian Charts In 1992 While Going Top 10 In Sweden And Germany. It Contained Several Hits Including The US Rock Tracks Chart-Topper "Let's Get Rocked" Which Became Their Biggest Hit In Several Countries Including No. 2 In The UK No. 3 In Canada And Switzerland And The Top 20 In Sweden And Germany. The Third Single "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" Was A Top 15 Song In The US UK And Canada. Adrenalize Went On To Sell Over 8 Million Copies Worldwide. Their 1993 Album Retro Active Contained The Acoustic Top 5 North American Hit "Two Steps Behind". Their Greatest Hits Album Vault Released In 1995 Featured The UK No. 2 Hit "When Love & Hate Collide" And Reached The Top 10 In Several Countries Going 5× Platinum In The US. Beginning With Slang Def Leppard Released Five Albums Between 1996 And 2008 With Most Usually Reaching The Top 15 In Several Countries Including The UK US And Canada. Their Self-Titled Album Was Released In 2015 And Reached The Top 10 In Several Countries. The Band's Newest Studio Album Diamond Star Halos Was Released In May 2022 And Reached The Top 10 In The US The UK And Australia. As One Of The World's Best-Selling Music Artists Def Leppard Have Sold More Than 100 Million Records Worldwide And Have Two Albums With RIAA Diamond Certification Pyromania And Hysteria Making Them One Of Only Five Rock Bands With Two Original Studio Albums Selling More Than 10 Million Copies In The US. The Band Were Ranked No. 31 In VH1's "100 Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock" And Ranked No. 70 In "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time". Def Leppard Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2019. Studio Albums
On Through The Night 1980 High 'n' Dry 1981 Pyromania 1983 Hysteria 1987 Adrenalize 1992 Slang 1996 Euphoria 1999 X 2002 Yeah! 2006 Songs From The Sparkle Lounge 2008 Def Leppard 2015 Diamond Star Halos 2022

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Pyromania Is The Third Studio Album By British Rock Band Def Leppard Released In 1983. It Broke The Band Across North America And In Japan And Would Sell Over 10 Million Copies In The US Alone. It Featured New Guitarist Phil Collen And Was Produced By Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The Album Was Partially Recorded With Original Guitarist Pete Willis Whose Rhythm Guitar Tracks And Backing Vocals Appear On All Songs. Midway Through The Recording Sessions Willis Was Fired For Excessive Alcohol Abuse And Replaced By Phil Collen Who Contributed Guitar Solos And Other Parts That Had Not Yet Been Recorded By Willis. On The Original LP Release Willis Is Visible In The Background Of The Photograph Of Singer Joe Elliott While Collen Is Given His Own Personal Photo As The New Full-Time Member Of The Group. The Album Is Noteworthy For Lange's Intensive Production Process. During His Tenure As Guest Moderator On Audiophile Website Gearslutz.Com The Album's Engineer Mike Shipley Noted The Following In A Thread On The Album's Production "The Tape Was Constantly Going Over The Heads 20 Hours A Day For 13 Months To The Point Where It Started To Shed So Bad Huge Chunks Of The Oxide Started To Literally Fall Off The Tape. I Had To Make Copies Of The Multi Track And Chop In Small Pieces As The Tape Started To Deteriorate...... Somewhat Nerve Wracking .... But Using The Full Transfer Always Sounded Muddy So We Kept Going Back To The Original Master Or Rather What Was Left Of It And Trying To Finish Before It Totally Disitegrated!!!!! " Three Songs From Pyromania "Photograph" "Rock Of Ages" And "Foolin'" Became Top 40 Singles In The US Benefiting From Their Popularity On The 24-Hour Music Channel MTV.A Guest Musician On The Album Is Thomas Dolby Best Known For The Eighties Pop Standard "She Blinded Me With Science". For Contractual Reasons Dolby Was Credited On The Album Sleeve Under The Pseudonym Booker T. Boffin. The Song "Rock! Rock! Till You Drop" Is Featured In The 2001 Movie Rock Star. In 2004 It Was Ranked 384 On Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. A Deluxe Edition Of Pyromania Was Released On June 8th 2009 Includes A Digitally Remastered Version Of The Album Plus A Live Bonus CD "Live LA Forum - September 11th 1983". In 2006 Q Magazine Placed The Album At Number 35 In Its List Of "40 Best Albums Of The '80s"