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Pyromania by Def Leppard
Pyromania is an album by Def Leppard, released in 1983. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 324 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Photograph”, on 95 lists and voted number one once.
Pyromania, Def Leppard's third album, came out on 20 January 1983, and it's the Sheffield band trading some of their heavy metal grit for gleaming, radio-ready power. Mutt Lange produced it, and he builds every song like a skyscraper: layered guitars, thundering drums and choruses reaching for the heavens. It was a changeover record, too. Pete Willis played rhythm guitar all the way through before he was fired, and his replacement, Phil Collen, turns up on five tracks alongside Steve Clark, with Joe Elliott singing, Rick Savage on bass and Rick Allen on drums.
"Photograph" and "Rock of Ages" both topped the US Rock Tracks chart and made the top 20 of the Hot 100, and "Foolin'" kept the momentum rolling. The album climbed to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold more than ten million copies in the US, good for a diamond certification.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Pyromania on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Photograph#107 of all time | 95 | #1 | 1 | 1983–2026 | |
| 2 | Rock of Ages#237 of all time | 87 | #33 | – | 1990–2026 | |
| 3 | Foolin#355 of all time | 86 | #14 | – | 1983–2026 | |
| 4 | Too Late For Love | 49 | #90 | – | 1990–2026 | |
| 5 | Billy's Got a Gun | 7 | #530 | – | 1990–2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.