Pyromania (album)

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Pyromania
Def Leppard - Pyromania.jpg
Studio album by
Def Leppard
Released20 January 1983 (1983-01-20)
RecordedJanuary–November 1982
Studio
Genre
Length44:57
Label Vertigo
Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard chronology
High 'n' Dry
(1981)		Pyromania
(1983)		 Hysteria
(1987)
Singles from Pyromania
  1. "Photograph"
    Released: January 1983 [1]
  2. "Rock of Ages"
    Released: June 1983
  3. "Foolin'"
    Released: August 1983
  4. "Too Late for Love"
    Released: November 1983
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"
3:52
2."Photograph"
4:12
3."Stagefright"
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
3:46
4."Too Late for Love"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
  • Willis
4:30
5."Die Hard the Hunter"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
6:17
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Foolin'"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
4:32
2."Rock of Ages"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
4:09
3."Comin' Under Fire"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Willis
4:20
4."Action! Not Words"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
3:49
5."Billy's Got a Gun"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
  • Willis
5:56

2009 deluxe edition bonus disc

Live – L.A. Forum, 11 September 1983
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
4:16
2."Rock Brigade"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Savage
3:25
3."High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Savage
3:22
4."Another Hit and Run"
  • Elliott
  • Savage
6:14
5."Billy's Got a Gun"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
  • Willis
4:43
6."Mirror Mirror (Look into My Eyes)"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
4:24
7."Foolin'"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
4:59
8."Photograph"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
  • Willis
4:03
9."Rock of Ages"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
4:53
10."Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Willis
4:06
11."Switch 625"Clark3:23
12."Let It Go"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Willis
5:56
13."Wasted"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
5:55
14."Stagefright"
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
4:55
15."Travelin' Band" (featuring Brian May) John Fogerty 6:09

Personnel

Def Leppard

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

1983-1984 chart performance for Pyromania
Chart (1983-1984)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [28] 70
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [29] 4
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [30] 30
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [31] 70
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [32] 26
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [33] 23
UK Albums (OCC) [34] 18
US Billboard 200 [35] 2
2024 chart performance for Pyromania
Chart (2024)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [36] 20
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [37] 45

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [38] 7× Platinum700,000^
France (SNEP) [39] Gold100,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [40] Silver60,000^
United States (RIAA) [41] Diamond10,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Miscredited as assistant engineer in the liner notes according to Thomson. He also recalls that Mike Shipley was not present for the Park Gates sessions. [27]
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