Def Leppard : Pyromania (Deluxe Edition)
LADY LUCK NEVER SMILES
SO LEND YOUR LOVE
TO ME AWHILE
Pyromania
is the third
studio album
by English
Rock band
released on
January,20th 1983
through
Vertigo Records
in UK and Europe
and through
Mercury Records
in the US.
The first album
to feature guitarist
Phil Collen
who replaced
founding member
Pete Willis,
Pyromania
was produced by
Robert John "Mutt" Lange.
The album was a
shift away from
the band's traditional
heavy metal roots
toward a more
radio-friendly sound,
finding massive
mainstream success.
Pyromania
charted at No. 2
on the
Billboard 200,
No. 4
on the
Canadian RPM
Album chart
and No. 18
on the
UK Albums Chart.
Selling over
ten million copies
in the US,
it has been
certified diamond
by the RIAA.
Recording
The album followed a
relatively
unconventional method
of recording:
the bass parts
Followed by guitars
were recorded to a
click track provided by
a Linn LM-1
drum machine,
with the drums
being added
last in the process.
This gave the flexibility
to re-record
and
re-write parts
of a song as
they went along
in the studio.
The album was
partially recorded
with original
guitarist
Pete Willis,
whose
rhythm guitar tracks
appear on all songs.
On 11 July,11th 1982,
Willis was fired
for alcohol abuse
and replaced by
guitarist
Phil Collen,
who contributed solos
and guitar parts
not yet recorded
by Willis.
"I had all the fun stuff,
none of the heavy lifting...
" Collen remembered.
"Pete and Steve [Clark]
had done these
amazing
rhythm guitar beds,
and it was a joy
to whizz around
and play solos
over the top...
Mutt [Lange] was going,
'Just have fun:
be a lead guitarist,
go nuts.'"
On the original LP release,
Willis is visible in
the background
of the photograph
of singer
Joe Elliott,
while Collen has
his own photo
as a
new full-time member.
The album can be seen
as a transitional one
between the
Heavy Metal sound
of Leppard's
first two albums
and the
radio-friendly
direction of
later releases.
It featured rockers
such as
"Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)",
"Stagefright"
and
"Die Hard the Hunter"
as well as the
Top 40 hits
"Photograph",
"Rock of Ages"
and
"Foolin'"
TRACKLIST
CD 1
Rock! Rock
[Till You Drop]
Photograph
Stagefright
Too Late For Love
Die Hard the Hunter
Foolin'
Rock Of Ages
Comin' Under Fire
Action! Not Words
Billy's Got A Gun
Rock Rock
(Till You Drop)
(Just Vocals)
Photograph
(Just Vocals)
Stagefright
(Just Vocals)
Too Late For Love
(Just Vocals)
Die Hard The Hunter
(Just Vocals)
Rock Of Ages
(Just Vocals)
Bringin' On The Heartbreak
(Just Vocals)
CD 2
(Live – L.A. Forum, September,11th 1983)
Rock! Rock! [Till You Drop]
Rock Brigade
High'n'Dry [Saturday Night]
Another Hit And Run
Billy's Got A Gun
Mirror Mirror [Look Into My Eyes]
Foolin'
Photograph
Rock Of Ages
Bringin' On The Heartbreak
Switch 625
Let It Go
Wasted
Stagefright
Travellin' Band
You Can't Always Get What You Want
(Acoustic) [*]
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