Def Leppard - Hysteria

I love this album, One of the best 80's album .

I will always hold a deep affection for this album, being as it was my gateway to the world of rock and later, metal.

Written by Irritable Ted on 25.09.2011 at 13:47

Good songs, but massively over produced.

Agreed. When I was growing up listening to it, of course I didnt notice, or care about that though... lol But definitely the main problem with the album is the pristine production, which totally strips it of any hard rock edge. Which is one of the reasons I prefer "High N Dry" and "Pyromania" over it... but still, I love most of the songs on it even today. hehe

Written by Irritable Ted on 25.09.2011 at 20:41
My guilty pleasure is liking Def Leppard. Although I don't like any of their new stuff, I see them live when they are nearby. Like you, it is one of my founding rock albums from my teenage years. along with On A Storytellers Night by Magnum, Poison by Alice Cooper, Tell No Tales by TNT and Odyssey by Yngwie Malmsteen. Pyromania is always the album I go back to however. That has classics all the way through.

I suppose that Rick's accident has formed the stereotypical Def Leppard sound since Hysteria, along with Mutt as well.

Well, to be honest, I haven't heard much of their later material... But I guess that's mainly because the small amount of it that I have heard, has failed to interest me. The last Def Leppard album I actually bought was "Adrenalize", and I find that album now, to be mostly not very good, although "White Lightning" is a gem of a song, and one of their very best. "Hysteria" was the first rock album I remember hearing from front to back, and falling in love with. Some of my other founding rock albums were "Appetite For Destruction", and "Trash" by Alice Cooper. xD

"Pyromania" is for me too, Def Leppard's definitive album. Mainly because all the songs are so great, and also because while it does have some of the poppier sensibilities of "Hysteria", it also retains some of the raw rock edge of their earlier albums, that was totally stripped away on it's successor. I do think Rick's accident must have had an effect on the type of material they were able to play afterwards, although I think the band allowing Mutt Lange too much control over their creative output was probably the main factor in how poppy their sound became from "Hysteria" onwards. Cos Rick still plays some of the older Leppard material live, like "Let It Go" and "Another Hit And Run". (the latter of which, is actually my fave Leppard song, although it's a close call between that and "Die Hard The Hunter"!)

This album sounds so big, but then 80's rock albums are like that most of the time. I'd like to say its my favourite DP album, but i haven's listened to 'On through the Night' or 'Pyromania' yet.

Dear God, how much I love this album. Despite the fact that it doesn't give a fuck with what I usually listen. Or, maybe, just because it doesn't give a fuck with what I usually listen.

Written by R Lewis on 25.05.2013 at 16:56

Dear God, how much I love this album. Despite the fact that it doesn't give a fuck with what I usually listen. Or, maybe, just because it doesn't give a fuck with what I usually listen.

Don't ask me why I clicked on this album. Don't ask me why I thought of it. But I am in your camp, I won't admit it to anyone that knows me, but I really like this album....wait , wah-, uhoh I just admitted it to a bunch of MSer's

Written by tea[m]ster on 21.02.2014 at 02:55

Don't ask me why I clicked on this album. Don't ask me why I thought of it. But I am in your camp, I won't admit it to anyone that knows me, but I really like this album....wait , wah-, uhoh I just admitted it to a bunch of MSer's

You're out of the closet and so am I. Love this album. I remember listening to "Pour Some Sugar On Me" every night on the radio back when it came out.

This is a great album with a lot of good stuff on it. I love Animal and Armageddon It especially.

This album is my guilty pleasure. Totally overporduced sugary pop rock metal. But sidae a of the vinyl version is just soooo damn catchy. I totally love it.

It's one of the best albums of the genre, that's for sure. It's kind of sad that people feel so guilty about liking it.

Stupid statement, I know, but I'm gonna say it anyway: 90 people rated this too low.

This album is fucking fantastic.

FANTASTIC.

Seven hit singles!

Beyond having no fillers, and being filled with hit singles, this album somehow captures the spirit of the 90s. There's that sleazy, yet fun and playful sound, and even the lyrics are the same. Extremely underrated, and sadly mostly forgotten today.

I remember for some time this being my favourite album, I had it on repeat everyday for several months. Loking back now I find it soft, and slightly on the cheesy side, but that's because for the last 10 years or so I've been listening to more extreme metal, but it's still a good nostalgia trip when I hear their songs played.

"Rocket", "Animal" "Pour Some Sugar On Me", "Armageddon It", and "Gods Of War" are my favourites and all time rock classics

Written by AndyMetalFreak on 20.07.2022 at 07:22

I remember for some time this being my favourite album, I had it on repeat everyday for several months. Loking back now I find it soft, and slightly on the cheesy side, but that's because for the last 10 years or so I've been listening to more extreme metal, but it's still a good nostalgia trip when I hear their songs played.

"Rocket", "Animal" "Pour Some Sugar On Me", "Armageddon It", and "Gods Of War" are my favourites and all time rock classics

I listened to it for the first time in years a few weeks ago. I listen to lots of palette cleansing music and I thought it had dated badly.

The first half of this album is practically flawless, but it really loses steam around the second. Even still, Hysteria is a great song.

I think it's fun and fine pop metal, but sadly overproduced and needlessly simplified. I prefer the rawer style of High 'n' Dry and Pyromania over Hysteria.

If perfection could be defined in a single album, this should be the album, what a masterpiece, Thanks def Leppard!

Do I like the production on it? No. I much prefer the production on their previous two albums.

Do I understand going this direction with the production in order to keep your drummer and friend in the band when his electronic drums sound like shit in the old mix? Yep. To hell with the mix; you keep your mate when he needs your help.