Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (US), UDCD 580
Style: Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Country: Sheffield, England
Time: 62:31
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 438 Mb
Charts:
UK #1, AUS #1, CAN #1, GER #10, NOR #1, NZ #1, SWE #2, SWI #2, US #1.
SWE: Gold; NZ & SWI: Platinum; UK: 2x Platinum; AUS: 4x Platinum;
US: Diamond (12x Platinum); CAN: Diamond (13x Platinum).
Where
Pyromania had set the standard for polished, catchy pop-metal, Hysteria
only upped the ante. Pyromania's slick, layered Mutt Lange production
turned into a painstaking obsession with dense sonic detail on Hysteria,
with the result that some critics dismissed the record as a stiff,
mechanized pop sellout (perhaps due in part to Rick Allen's new,
partially electronic drum kit). But Def Leppard's music had always
employed big, anthemic hooks, and few of the pop-metal bands who had hit
the charts in the wake of Pyromania could compete with Leppard's sense
of craft; certainly none had the pop songwriting savvy to produce seven
chart singles from the same album, as the stunningly consistent Hysteria
did. Joe Elliott's lyrics owe an obvious debt to his obsession with T.
Rex, particularly on the playfully silly anthem "Pour Some Sugar on Me,"
and the British glam rock tribute "Rocket," while power ballads like
"Love Bites" and the title track lack the histrionics or gooey
sentimentality of many similar offerings. The strong pop hooks and
"perfect"-sounding production of Hysteria may not appeal to die-hard
heavy metal fans, but it isn't heavy metal -- it's pop-metal, and
arguably the best pop-metal ever recorded. Its blockbuster success
helped pave the way for a whole new second wave of hair metal bands,
while proving that the late-'80s musical climate could also be very
friendly to veteran hard rock acts, a lead many would follow in the next
few years.
(allmusic.com/album/hysteria-mw0000650061)
01. Woman (05:42)
02. Rocket (06:35)
03. Animal (04:04)
04. Love Bites (05:47)
05. Pour Some Sugar On Me (04:27)
06. Armageddon It (05:23)
07. Gods Of War (06:37)
08. Don't Shoot Shotgun (04:26)
09. Run Riot (04:39)
10. Hysteria (05:54)
11. Excitable (04:19)
12. Love And Affection (04:33)
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