17 among the 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time, and in 2017, the same magazine listed the album at No. In 2015 Rolling Stone ranked Pyromania at No. 35 in its list of '40 Best Albums of the '80s'. In 2006, Q magazine placed the album at No. 384 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. AllMusic reviewer Steve Huey stated that Pyromania was 'where the band's vision coalesced and gelled into something more.' He described the songs as 'driven by catchy, shiny melodic hooks instead of heavy guitar riffs, although the latter do pop up once in a while', and added that 'transcendent hard rock perfection on Pyromania was surprisingly successful their reach never exceeded their grasp, which makes the album an enduring (and massively influential) classic.' Sputnikmusic staff reviewer, equally enthusiastic, thoroughly recommended the album, 'filled with tight musicianship, infectious melodies and anthemic choruses' 'to pretty much anyone… No matter what their taste in music is.' David Fricke of Rolling Stone praised Leppard for putting 'much-needed fire back on the radio', producing sophisticated music 'more emotionally charged than most of the synthesized disco that passes for 'modern music' over the airwaves adding that the band 'may not be highly original, but they mean what they play' and 'Lange's artfully busy mix' easily covers up any fault. Pyromania has received mostly positive reviews, being commonly considered, along with its follow-up, Hysteria, one of the band's finest efforts to date, and one of 'Mutt' Lange's best productions.
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