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Def Leppard: Pyromania (Mercury)

Mitchell Cohen, Creem, May 1983

IT ALL COMES down to how many ways there are to conjugate the regular verb "to rock" in a context that suggests endurance of a formidable span, and how many ways there are to simulate the throes of glandular agitation using one piercing tenor and some fretted instruments.

Total word count of piece: 730

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