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Def Leppard - Hysteria
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Hysteria

Def Leppard

Type:
Full-length
Release date:
August 3rd, 1987
Catalog ID:
830 675-1
Label:
Mercury Records
Format:
12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM)
Reviews:
11 reviews (avg. 72%)
Side A
1. Women 05:41   Show lyrics
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2. Rocket 06:34   Show lyrics
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3. Animal 04:02   Show lyrics
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4. Love Bites 05:46   Show lyrics
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5. Pour Some Sugar on Me 04:25   Show lyrics
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6. Armageddon It 05:21   Show lyrics
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Side B
7. Gods of War 06:32   Show lyrics
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8. Don't Shoot Shotgun 04:10   Show lyrics
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9. Run Riot 04:38   Show lyrics
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10. Hysteria 05:49   Show lyrics
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11. Excitable 04:19   Show lyrics
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12. Love and Affection 04:35   Show lyrics
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Band members
Joe "King Kreosote, The Diplomat" Elliott Vocals, Songwriting
Wing Commander Steve "Steamin', Dreamy, Snikker, Mayhem, P.T.W." Clark, A.H.D. (R.I.P. 1991) Guitars, Vocals (backing), Songwriting
Air Commodore Phil "Felix, P.C., The Guru, Wambo, Tap" Collen, B.T.H. Guitars, Vocals (backing), Songwriting
Baron Beaverbrook "Sir Richard" Rick "Sav" Savage Bass, Vocals (backing), Songwriting
Civilian Rick "O.B. Oblivion, Dick, Bus Head" Allen Drums, Vocals (backing)
Guest/Session
Robert "Mutt" Lange Vocals (backing)
Philip Nicholas Keyboards, Programming
Miscellaneous staff
Erwin Musper Engineering
Ronald Prent Engineering
Bob Ludwig Mastering
Rick Allen Producer
Howie Weinberg Mastering
Ross Halfin Photography
Laurie Lewis Photography
Mark Flannery Tape operator
Mike Shpiley Mixing
Andie Airfix (R.I.P. 2018) Artwork
Rick "Sav" Savage Producer
Joe Elliott Producer
Phil Collen Producer
Steve Clark (R.I.P. 1991) Producer
Nigel Green Engineering, Mixing
Robert "Mutt" Lange Songwriting, Producer
Robert "Mutt" Lange Vocals (backing)
Philip Nicholas Keyboards, Programming
Erwin Musper Engineering
Ronald Prent Engineering
Bob Ludwig Mastering
Rick Allen Producer
Howie Weinberg Mastering
Ross Halfin Photography
Laurie Lewis Photography
Mark Flannery Tape operator
Mike Shpiley Mixing
Andie Airfix (R.I.P. 2018) Artwork
Rick "Sav" Savage Producer
Joe Elliott Producer
Phil Collen Producer
Steve Clark (R.I.P. 1991) Producer
Nigel Green Engineering, Mixing
Robert "Mutt" Lange Songwriting, Producer
Read You Flash Your Bedroom Eyes... 70% Sweetie April 15th, 2022
Read On Through the Nightmare:... 95% AtomicMassHysteria87 February 22nd, 2019
Read This is heavy metal? 35% Face_your_fear_79 March 18th, 2018
Read ...and there was no turning... 72% StupidBunny September 12th, 2014
Read "Hysteria": 80's Favorite... 65% Brainded Binky October 19th, 2013
Read And I want, and I need 78% extremesymphony January 1st, 2013
Read How very eighties. Good... 85% morbert May 8th, 2012
Read A glam/80s hard rock classic 92% IWP January 1st, 2008
Read Def Leppard's Hysteria:... 40% DawnoftheShred May 11th, 2007
Read Metal? No. Fun? Yes. 81% hells_unicorn January 6th, 2007
Read Synthetic Pop Junk! Yet... 76% OlympicSharpshooter March 24th, 2004

Trivia:
- The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200.

All backing vocals by The Bankrupt Brothers*.

"Hysteria" is Def Leppard's best seller, and also one of the best-selling Hard Rock albums ever, having sold over 20 million copies worldwide, and spawning five hit singles.

The production of "Hysteria" was a troubled affair. The band initially wanted Robert "Mutt" Lange to produce it, as he had done with their previous album, "Pyromania". When he declined, citing exhaustion, they hired Jim Steinman. A version of "Hysteria" was partly recorded with Steinman at the helm, but remains unreleased to this day, as the band members do not think favourably of it. This early recording session, however, still had to be paid for, and so the band billed themselves "The Bankrupt Brothers" in the finished album sleeve, as by the time the album was released they owed Steinman a lot of money. Even after Robert "Mutt" Lange had finally signed on as producer, they hadn't actually recorded much when drummer Rick Allen crashed his car on New Year's Eve 1984, and lost his arm. The band waited for him to recover, and learn to play a specially-designed, midi-enhanced drum kit, to resume the recording. As soon as he was playing comfortably and satisfactorily, they went back to the studio, and then Robert "Mutt" Lange had a car accident himself, which delayed the production some more.

When the album was eventually released, Def Leppard toured the world for two solid years on the back of it, and filmed the "In the Round in Your Face" live video. For part of that tour, they had Queensrÿche as the opening band, themselves touring their "Operation: Mindcrime" album.

The reversed speech at the start of "Rocket" is actually a line from "Gods of War": "We're fightin' for the gods of war".

Music videos were made for the songs Women, Animal, Rocket, Hysteria, Love Bites and Pour Some Sugar on Me.

A "Classic Albums" documentary has been made for "Hysteria", chronicling its inception, recording process and legacy.

Recording information:

Recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland.

Identifiers:

Barcode: 042283067516

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Added on: 2004-02-14 19:27:19 Last modified on: 2023-03-16 09:17:57