Most people automatically put Def Leppard in the "1980's hair band" category. With good reason, I guess. They did have fairly big hair and they did happen to have a hit or two in the 80's, but listen to Pyromania and then listen to something like Twisted Sister and tell me they belong in the same category.

I'm sure after this little test, some of you may still not see the differences between the two, but honestly, comparing Def Leppard to Twisted Sister is like comparing the Beatles to the Monkees.

But I'm not here to convince you why I like an album. The simple fact is that this album carries sentimental value for me. It was the first one I ever purchased. Sure, I had inherited a number of albums before this, but this was the first that I saved my own money to purchase.

And to this day, I would consider it one of the greatest albums I own.

For the record, I have over 5,000 albums.

Pyromania also holds the distinction of being the only one I own on vinyl, cassette & CD.

(For more about my history with Pyromania, check out this past post.)