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Should be switched around. Definitely started towards the direction of Pyromania but still had the heavy feel of their first two albums. Also, it's NOT glam metal. Quit adding it in there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.81.33.59 (talk) 05:11, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What are your WP:Reliable sources that support your position? Some reviewers have said that the album signaled the beginning of glam metal.

For instance, Martin Popoff says in The Big Book of Hair Metal that the album "ushers in the advent of 'pop metal'", and quite properly Wikipedia redirects both pop metal and hair metal to the article about glam metal. So Popoff is saying that the album is very accessible, with synthesizer drums and an emphasis on vocal harmonies.[1]

The review in the Metal Archives says much the same thing, that the album was the start of glam.[2]

Nicolae Sfetcu says in The Music Sound that "After Def Leppard's wildly popular Pyromania, and Van Halen's seminal 1984, glam metal became ubiquitous."[3]

With these high quality sources, the genre of glam metal is quite well established. To make your point, you would need equally high quality sources, and a lot more of them, saying that the album is definitely NOT glam metal. And even in that case we would give the reader both opinions in the article's prose. Binksternet (talk) 13:23, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tony Kaye?

In this interview [4], Tony Kaye of Yes says he played the keyboards on the album. Is there any independent confirmation of this? -ProhibitOnions ^(T) 08:33, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

the Fairlight synthesizer was all the drums

Two good potential sources for this album:

Mike Shipley on the Making of Def Leppard’s Pyromania & Hysteria | full in bloom https://fullinbloom.com/kevin-shipley-on-the-making-of-def-leppards-pyromania-hysteria/
Unlocking 80's Music Production Secrets - Def Leppard's Pyromania (youtubemusicsucks.com) https://youtubemusicsucks.com/unlocking-80s-music-production-secrets-def-leppards-pyromania/

It's a fairly interesting thing that none of the drums on the studio album are real. SchmuckyTheCat (talk) 09:15, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]