Blogcritic's Yeah! review
Def Leppard was my first musical love. They were the first band I fell really hard for. I bought everything I could find - singles, stickers, shirts, patches, you name it. They were my first "by choice" concert - meaning they were the first concert that I wanted to go to.
I followed them through the mid-90s and then just lost touch with them as my tastes changed and I grew. Their CDs drifted out of my collection piece by piece as I stopped listening, replaced by other things I regarded as more important. Until recently, that is. Maybe it's the introduction of the little bundle of joy that is Amanda, but I've recently just wanted to get back to fun music.
And, really, what Def Leppard did in the 80s with Pyromania and Hysteria is nothing short of astounding - these two albums are absolute rock classics that deserve to be held in high regard. More than that, I can see no reason why there is any shame in loving Def Leppard's take on the same 70s glam rock that everyone considers iconic today - yet there certainly is a stigma attached to that name.