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La verdad q no le tenía ni fe y me re sorprendió, por eso las 5 estrellas. Las canciones son bastante parecidas algunas. De todas formas muy bueno
Hysteria was created to be full of hit singles, and boy, did Def Leppard succeed in that mission. I am a bit of a sucker for Def Leppard and the glam hard-pop-rock sound. Hysteria is a long album though. An hour long and the songs aren't exactly 4 minutes long either. It can wear on the listener a bit but there is no doubt Hysteria deserves a spot in this book. You can feel the work that was put into making this album, because even as the songs are good and became hits, the sweat and struggle can be felt through most of these songs. Still, seven hit singles! That was the intention and that was the outcome. The album is very much front-loaded, which is not a criticism, but Hysteria is the only hit song that is on Side 2. This is a landmark album in the 80's. Best tracks: Women Rocket Animal Love Bites Pour Some Sugar on Me Armageddon It Hysteria Love and Affection
Man, I miss the 80s.
My new favourite driving album. I rock. Fuck yeah. So many singles. Rocket was a school disco classic. I had completely forgotten "Pour Some Sugar on Me" but so glad its back in my life. Its incredibly dumb - but its a lot of fun. It definitely should not be a 5 but a bonus point for a 1 armed drummer and a bonus point for being from Sheffield.
Ok
Perfect in its genre. Also just a lot of fun.
BLAST this entire album at my funeral
Solid album from the 80’s!
06/03 Hell yeah. Classic album with nt a bad song on it
Def Leppard was so influential in the 1980-90s that I didn’t realized leopard had an “o” in it until college. You have to hand it to them—especially drummer Rick Allen —they made a helluvan’ album. There were so many hits on this record: Women; Rocket; Armageddon It (nice double entendres); Hysteria and of course one of my favorite Skate City Roller rink songs Pour Some Sugar on Me, which still holds up and kicks ass. I have to say the vamp on Animal was cooler than I remember it. What I appreciated more this time were the deep cuts like God of War and Excitable, which kept that same edge and drive. Love and Affection’s guitar solo was majestic. Def Leppard found that perfect pocket between pop rock, glam and metal during the time when people had to pick. In many ways, this was Michael Jackson’s Thriller for the rock world. I was going to rate this as a “4”, but as I sang along with every song, I just had to go bigger!
So cheesy, tacky, overproduced and obnoxiously flamboyant. I love it.
5 stars - Love this album from start to finish. One of the albums I would list as part of the soundtrack of my childhood.
Picture this. I've been playing guitar for a year or two, only listening to acdc and rock music. We move house and uncover my dad's old sound system with a pile of cds. I get the system set up, which is massive btw, and play the last cd that had been listened to. This album stats blasting starting with the lead guitar. Amazing. This album has everything I like about 80s glam rock/metal, which I like alot. The genre is filled with amazing and fun guitar playing, and this is no exception. Through discovering this album I was lead down a path that took me to some of the bands that I love and have heavily influenced my guitar playing and what music I like. This album and others like it also give me nostalgia for all the good parts of high during that time too, especially the music related parts which was most of my life back then. Overall, I like it.
First song is called women lets gooooo
Is it 80s over produced hair band butt rock? Yes. Do I love it? Also, yes. So many absolute bangers and brings me back to simpler times.
This album is good from start to finish. "Gods of War" is an under-appreciated song on this album. I wore this cassette out when I purchased it back in 1987.
Legendary rock
This album falks into a category unique to this generator, that I title "All of this artists best songs are here". Seven legendary Def Leppard singles(probably the only seven Def Leppard songs you've ever liked) are on this album, and dare I say the rest of the album is just is good. It's not sexy; it's big hair Rock music with cheesy lyrics. It is, however, a hell of a lot of fun, and will rock your world. It's Hysteria! Favorite Track: "Pour Some Sugar On Me".
Very cliche 80s glam metal, but the vibe is so infectious I can't help but love it. The quality is solid across the track list and it feels like just about any track could be a single. I haven't really heard much Def Leppard but this was fantastic.
this was electric, so many iconic songs my first 5 i believe from an artist/band that i haven’t heard from before
sorry. you already know this is my shit. even if I can look back and be critical of this, like this is my DNA
I'm not even going to pretend to be objective about this. I was an MTV kid and I sang along to every song from number 2 to number 6 ("Rocket", "Animal", "Love Bites", "Pour Some Sugar On Me" and "Armageddon II") as well as the self-titled track, so this was going to get five stars even if the rest of the album was complete dog water. And I'm happy to say it isn't--the other songs just haven't wormed their way into my brain, but listening to them for the first time in years, they easily could have. These boys knew how to craft some brain-invading hooks with pounding drums and compellingly gritty harmonies. And there's no funnier climax to a rock song than "Do you take sugar? ONE LUMP OR TWOOOOOOOOO?" What a nostalgia trip, I loved it.
Perfect 80s metal meets pop.
Day817 - this had everything an album needs. guitar heavy hits and eighties power ballads not to mention the videos that kept it around for what seemed like two years. 1987 has to be in the top ten best music years ever
The lyrics are terrible, but this album is full of bangers.
Simply the best in 1987 and still today.
One lump or two? Def and Mutt at the peak of their powers.
One of the immortal cds my dad had in his car when I was growing up. Never to be questioned as anything other than masterpieces
Brilliant. Apart from the crap middle bits. Songs at both ends of the album are amazing. Hysteria is a classic. Lovely production. Well played!
Loved it!!
500 stars is not enough for this album. Animal-Love Bites-Pour Some Sugar on Me-Armageddon It may be the greatest consecutive four track streak of any album ever. And then if you can hang with some less-than-epic tracks after that you got Hysteria, one of all the all time great songs, waiting for you on the back end of Side 2. Where is my hot tub time machine?
Not a metal head and this album is definitely over produced by Mutt Lange, but still this record is perhaps one of my favorites. Like ice cream once in a while, this record hits the sweet tooth.
Repeat listen
I find this album much more consistant than Pyromania. Wow this album fucking slaps. I can't imagine what it must have been like when they dropped, they were fucking huge. This album dethroned Thriller by Michael Jackson. That's how big they were. And it is catchy as hell and it rocks. I love it. Feel like Peacemaker rn
The first 6 tracks on this album is as strong an opener as I could remember. Great listen throughout.
An extra star for my Nostalgic Youth©️ Day 38 and only two female artists
I feel like I want to get into more 80's rock
Crack that to max volume and it don't miss.
This is an amazing record
Ah, Def Leppard’s Hysteria, the album of choice for depressed, middle-aged white women in the suburbs when they’ve had a few too many drinks, and long for the carefree days of 1988, when they were teenaged mean girls. I’m being a bit hyperbolic with that statement, but not by much. I listened to tons of classic rock when I was in high school and college, and you better believe my copy of Def Leppard’s greatest hits album got plenty of time in the CD player in my car. But after hearing “Pour Some Sugar On Me” no less than 5,000 times in public, I got worn out on Def Leppard, and I hadn’t listened to them in quite a while, until I reviewed Pyromania about a year and a half ago. I was really surprised that I had a great time listening to Pyromania, and despite Def Leppard’s music not really being my jam these days, I think I’m going to enjoy Hysteria today too. Is Hysteria over-produced? Yes. Is Hysteria too long? Yes. Are some of the individual songs on Hysteria too long? Yes. Are the vocals muddled by the blaring guitars and booming drums? Yes. Did any of those things dampen my enjoyment of this album? Nope. Hysteria was a blast to listen to, even the overplayed “Pour Some Sugar On Me.” Def Leppard and Mutt Lange set out to create an album packed with singles that could crush on rock radio, and they achieved that goal. I’m not saying that every song is of the same caliber; some songs on this album were just good, but the best songs on the album absolutely crushed. The way the guitars and drums are arranged on this album is fantastic. Yes, it’s overproduced, but the result is a sound that’s as meticulous as it is intense, and my eardrums loved it. It’s a shame that Joe Elliott’s vocals get drowned out, because I think he’s got a great voice for arena rock. But Steve Clark and Phil Collen’s guitars absolutely shred, and recent amputee Rick Allen smashes the drums with just one arm. Man, what a fun sound this album is. Rick Allen’s accident could have derailed these guys completely, but they managed to put out their biggest album in the wake of his accident. For my money, “Animal” is the best song on the album. The vocals are great, and the guitar riffs are outstanding. The two short caesuras are fantastically placed, and they just make me all the more disappointed when the real ending comes along. The bass playing on this album wasn’t very noticeable to me, with the exception of “Love Bites,” another of the strongest songs on the album. The guitars don’t have that shimmer like they do on the rest of the album, but it’s a nice variation. The thing that makes this song stand out to me though is the contrast of intensity between the chorus and the verse. That contrast creates such a great ebb and flow that makes “Love Bites” stand out. As much as I want to hate “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” it still hits like a freight train. I love that little guitar strumming that kicks in on the second verse. It’s such a little detail, but to me, it just adds so much to the overall sound of the song. But the star of the show here is the drumming. I don’t know what the meter of it is, but it feels irregular for some reason, and it almost makes the song feel unbalanced in a way, but I think it’s really effective. “Armageddon It” is another one of my favorite songs on the album. I love the shimmering, acoustic sounding guitar under the main guitar riff. The guitar solo is fantastic too, and I love that it’s both guitar riffs playing, and I really enjoy how one of those riffs continues into the bridge. I wasn’t familiar with “Gods of War” before today, but I thought it was awesome. The intro was excellent, and the lyrics critical of U.S. military intervention were great. This song had more great guitar work too, especially before the vocals kicked in. I also loved the little bleeps from the Fairlight CMI underneath all the guitars. I wasn’t familiar with “Run Riot” either, but it had a great energy, and the way the song builds to its chorus is fantastic. My second favorite song on the album is easily “Hysteria.” I love its slowed down pace, and the guitar tone on the verse is great. I love the desperation of the lyrics, and Joe Elliott’s vocals here are the best on the album, with the backing vocals adding so much to the sound as well. Overall, Hysteria is an excellent rock record that manages to turn what could be flaws into strengths. Mutt Lange shows off his production skills once again, and Def Leppard show off why they’re one of the biggest arena rock bands of the eighties. Listening to Hysteria was a perfect fit for my last album of 1987.
So many hits. So many key changes. One lump or two? I'll take three: 1. "I want. I need. I lust." 2. "I've got to feel it in my blood, woah oh!" 3. "It's such a magical mysteria."
Definitely over produced with iffy backing vocals and questionable lyrics. But nearly 40 years after its release, this album is still a great listen start to finish.
What an album. Never my style of music ... or maybe it is since there's nothing not to love on this disc
Great fun very nice. Bit of a slow start considering they are singles, but then half the album is singles.
I loved it! It was full of energy 14/1/26
You haven't lived until you were a 10-year old on roller skates gliding around the rink to Pour Some Sugar on Me. This is my youth!
38/1089 4.6833* We have 7 bona fide bangers on this album, of which at least 2 of those bangers are full cheese...but tolerable cheese. A total classic and more impressively, comes off a transformationanal Pyromania with a drummer who lost his arm and guitarist who lost his life. This was an album designed to be a hit-maker where every note and every tone is considered before laying it down. It might not have the feel and groove of a van halen but it's still a classic. Pssom has been overplayed and not my favorite but can deny mass appeal. Hits...hysteria,women,animal,pssom, Armageddon, rocket, love bites. Cheese....pssom,Armageddon.
Great album. One banger after another. I remember getting this when it first came out so some nostalgia bias for sure but I love this album.
This is basically the perfect hair metal album. Every song is a banger, most of the songs have an epic vocal intro/harmony, and the drums are loud. Is it the best music you’ll ever hear? Not even close. But in terms of hair metal, this is some of the best you’ll find. Even if we want to forget the 80s exist for the most part, the genre was huge at the time and deserves representation on this list. While the songs are way overplayed on the radio even now, you can’t deny the influence and the music is still fun.
Great album all the way through. Every song is a bop.
Very good rock!!
Tätä levyä on tullut kuunneltua jo heti tuoreeltaan kasarilla ja tää on edelleen silkkaa timanttia ja osaan levyn ulkoa etu- ja takaperin...
This still fucking rocks. 75% of it is pure enjoyment. Even with the filler it is a 5 for me.
Classic. What a great album.
Been a long while since I listened to this album in its entirety and it still holds up. Pour Some Sugar On Me is an all time classic, but so many other bangers on here too. Just non stop good songs. I should listen to this album more.
80’s Rock at its best.
Absolutely smashing album. Every song is a gem.
Nei som eg koste meg med detta
This was a fun album! Great sound overall.
Very good album, classic
🤘🏻
Awesome…..hit after hit
Gotta love the cheesiest 80's rock ever!
Rocking single handedly
RAD
AHHH!!!!!!!
No notes, really. Just pure love. This is teenage memories in a can of Aquanet.
The work soundtrack of my dads favorite strippers
absolute masterpiece, first one of this list that 1000% belongs.
Muy bueno
My love of Def Leppard begins and ends with Pyromania, and my reasons for hating Hysteria are many. For brevity's sake I'll only name one. Having to watch the Hysteria video sandwiched between Coroner and Kreator on the headbanger's ball. But as much as I hate it, I have to admit that Hysteria is a masterpiece of pop metal absurdity. So 5.
In 1987-88 I was in Junior High and you would have typically seen me walking around in my Def Leppard tshirt and Acid Wash Jeans. I loved Def Leppard sooo much! I owned this album on vinyl, including all the 45 singles, cassette, and early compact disc. I had the Historia VHS, the In the Round Live VHS, the mail order Animal Instinct book. So this album is obviously still special to me. The first four albums are still very special to me. Let's not talk about the fifth album, Adrenalize, that is when I hung up my Def Leppard tshirt and Acid Wash Jeans for good.
Hell yeah!
A classic rock album that I'd never heard before, but feel that I can call it classic because it feels so relevant and listenable all these years after its release. Will definitely listen again, loved Animal.
Just when you thought they had put out their album that could never ve matched in pyromania, these dudes come out with one less arm on Rick the drummer (who I Idolize) and put out a back to back impossible perfect album. Even the b sides are insanely good
Maybe a bit long but so much fun
Very good upbeat, catchy album. Lots of great riffs and energy. Stand out songs - Animal, Hysteria, pour some sugar on me, don't shoot shot gun
It is not a strong 5 and probably I will not often relistening.
Ckassic 80s hair
I think Def Leppard, and this album specifically, is just 80s rock perfected. The really loud echoey drums, dense vocals, and everything sounds like it's being performed in a stadium. This album is full of really good songs, and then there's also Pour Some Sugar on Me, which I think is an elite song and one that is pretty timeless. For me, 90% of the album is 4 stars, and then Pour Some Sugar on Me gives it just enough of a boost to 5 stars. Favorite Song(s): Rocket, Animal, *Pour Some Sugar on Me*, Love and Affection
Classic banger that goes HARD! Yes, it’s “hair metal”. Yes it’s drowned in sex, innuendos, ballads and classic glam solos tied up in a pretty bow. So what? It’s fun, energetic, powerful and enjoyable from start to finish. 7 singles from one album, most of them their most played/known tracks. AND it’s their come back album after Rick Allen’s accident. BEAST! I understand people don’t like it and ultimately dislike Glam Rock, but come on… you can’t give this album a 1 star rating. Way harsh!!
Perfect distortion, such fun song writing, fantastic instrumentation, what's not to love?
Stealing from another review I read, this is just “big, dumb fun”.. so many hit singles from this one album, at the peak of hair metal, is impressive, and everything still sounded great. Is this the most nuanced, technical album? No, but it entertained the masses. A one-armed drummer? Amazing. Another album where I want to be stingy but just have to give up 5 stars
Banger!! The insanely huge follow up to the insanely huge Pyromania album. One of the best bands in RNR.
A pop metal masterpiece.
Already aware, awesome album
Honestly been a metal fan my whole life never gave this a full listen until today and it’s a fuckin BOP
Ach, no lubię tę płytę, chociaż - jak tak posłuchać - wszystko brzmi tak samo xD Nie jest to też najwybitniejsze dzieło pod względem tekstów, ale co z tego! Nie taka jego rola. Tytułowy utwór wywołuje we mnie ten okropny typ nostalgii - tęsknotę za czasami, w których mnie nawet nie było na świecie. Dość beznadziejne uczucie, ale całkiem mile widziane, kiedy nie czuje się nic. Ot, taka odskocznia od bycia wydmuszką. Heh. Miałam dać 4, ale what the hell. Am I gettin' it? (No.) Yes, Armageddon it!
Hysteria is an album that i expected to love and my expectations were 100% right. According to this album's wikipedia page, it is Def Leppard's longest album at 62 minutes but they made sure to make each and every second count. This album is filled with nothing but amazing guitar riffs, awesome drumming, melodies that hook you and never let go and some really great vocals as well. Not all of the songs here were the best of the best but the ones that were, really were and really helped elevate this album to be a 5 star album. I have nothing left to say, just one of the best albums i have looked at for this project. Best Song: Pour Some Sugar On Me Worst Song: Women
The Thriller of Hair Metal albums.
9th grade basketball trips. Wow the nostalgia. I really do like all of these songs - they are great for what they are.
This album is fantastic.
This is one of the most stunning achievements in popular music! Amazingly crisp production, multiple iconic pop hits and arrangements that still have more details to uncover almost 15 years after my first listening. Even if my musical taste has developed quite a bit since then, this is still one of my personal favourites purely from how much of an impacted me when I first discovered it.
Hysteria is one of my favorite albums. All songs are bangers.
Def Leppard rock 🤟
Probably the ultimate 80s album.
So fun, boisterous and listenable. The epitome of hair rock. 4.6
Deliciously overproduced self indulgent 80's rock. This is a greatest hits compilation for most bands. If they left the last two tracks off it would be flawless.
Loved it
I feel like my older sister had this cassette tape and it made me feel like a big kid to listen to her music. This one particularly stood out because something about the cover made me think I was listening to real adult rock music. I remember Love Bites coming on and wanting to fast forward, because I didn't get it....now I get it and it's a good one! I didn't know why but I did know there was something dirty about Pour Some Sugar on Me (but still shook my hair around!). One thing I have always loved about Def Leppard is that you always know its them, because they have their own unique sound. But they balance it so well, that each song does sound different. Animal is just amazing, I love it! And beyond that, they are just all good! There sound is unique but great, they have good lyrics and overall there is nothing bad here. This is a great album, turn it up, sing along and dance!
This album is far too nostalgic for me to give it anything but a 5. I listened to this cassette SO MUCH as a kid, and if I had to pick my #1 favorite song from childhood, it would most definitely be Pour Some Sugar On Me. I was obsessed. I definitely listened to side one more than side two, based on my familiarity with each side, lol. Really bringing back all the memories listening to this. Also, it totally rocks!
It just doesn't make any sense how good this album is. Hits after hits, it's just fun on a record!
Def Leppard's Hysteria changed the course of hair metal music. Released in 1987, Hysteria contains more singles than not, and even the non-singles are toe tappers. In this essay, I will... All joking aside, I still remember the impact of Hysteria on my adolescence. This album created the foundation of musical opinions yet to come. "Love Bites" is the standard I hold other ballads to. "Pour Some Sugar On Me," their biggest hit, is a classic and will live on for years to come. "Women" and "Gods of War" are great, elaborate epics. "Love and Affection" is so tender and beautiful, a perfect closing song. The way Hysteria was put together, even the order of tracks, is brilliant; it is THE gold standard. Hysteria could not exist without its producer, Mutt Lange. He had his ear to the pulse of eighties hair metal, and he knew exactly how best to craft every single song. In the interest of being fair, every member of Def Leppard brought their A game to Hysteria, which was born out of tragic events. I can't imagine how difficult the creation of this album was, for Rick Allen in particular, yet all rallied together to create a masterpiece. There are no skips on this album. Every single song is a bop. Def Leppard didn't let up for one instant because every single song goes hard. This is one of the most perfect albums, and one I would fight to the death about its inclusion on this list. Hysteria was groundbreaking to the industry at the time and monumental to me too. 5 stars, easy.
This particular album means a lot to me. When I was beginning to explore classic rock in my 2000s teenage years, Def Leppard was one of the first bands I really tapped into. I was constantly amazed by how big EVERY song sounded on this album. I wasn't really into "music metrics" back then, but it is clear that this fact dawned on other people, too, as this album has seven singles to its name. It's wild to consider that an album that was met with so much strife (not the least of which is drummer Rick Allen's accident that lost him an arm) would eventually turn into Def Leppard's biggest hit album, the second in what is the holy trinity of Def Leppard albums. I think at some point after the 80s, hair metal stopped being cool. It had a brief reprieve in the 2000s (or maybe that was just me and my weird friends), and judging by a lot of the reviews here, it's gone back to being not cool again. But whatever. I considered what I would give this album, as I didn't want to just jump to 5. But still, this album has a hold on me. The singles are absolutely banging, and the non-singles are still so much fun to hear, as cheesy and nonsensical as the lyrics may get accused of being in this day and age. Considering all of hair metal as a genre, Def Leppard damn near perfected it on this album. The fact is, most anyone who is going to legitimize hair metal will be hard pressed not to admit that Def Leppard achieved one of the greatest, if not THE greatest hair metal albums of all time with Hysteria. So a 5 it is.
Excellent album, it all hangs together well with no bad tracks at all A solid rock classic
I was already waist deep in nostalgia just 20 seconds into the start of this album. When "Animal" comes on, it hits me like a tidal wave. By the time "Pour Some Sugar On Me" plays, I've been swept away by the undertow. I cannot deny how fun this album still is, almost 40 years later. I was literally compelled to crank this up on my drive into the office this morning. 'Hysteria' was one of two albums that I remember dominating playtime on my sister's car stereo. (The other one was a little unknown debut album by GNR.) Whether you labeled it "glam metal," "arena rock," or just "hard rock," Def Leppard changed the game, produced 7 solid radio singles from 12 tracks on an album that was an hour long, and dominated the MTV airwaves for at least 2 years. This album is the band's masterpiece; their magnum opus, if you will (at least for the "arena rock" genre). They never released anything this good ever again.
Where to begin with this iconic album? This is definitely a different sound than their previous albums, but that worked to their advantage in a giant way, making it more accessible for mainstream music fans and not just die-hard rock stans. This album is tightly produced and meticulously crafted to produce a cacophony of sound that envelops your ears. The most noticeable of these techniques being the liberal use of reverb and the layer upon layer of vocal overdubs. I also noticed how far back the drums are in the mix because of this. Still, this is one of the biggest and most fun albums of that era and it deserves the full compliment of stars that I have to give it.
One of the best bands to come from the 80s metal scene. Hysteria really moved into a more pop metal sound, but it worked. For a band to stop everything after such huge success of Pyromania to stick with their drummer so he could relearn how to drum again, says a lot about them. Loved this album.
Like I'm in high school again! There are some good hits here and solid rock from start to finish.
Epic start to finish.
STEP INSIDE WALK THIS WAY YOU AND ME BABE HEY HEY! *cue kick *ss music*
A classic of 80's hair metal. Is it cheesy at times? Yes. Is it something your dad would listen to on the radio and reminisce about the good old days? Absolutely. Does it give me any deep thoughts about the world we live in? Not really. And that's all fine. It's currently the day before the elections in the US, and sometimes you just need an easy-listening album to escape the stresses of the real world.
While not Mutt Lange's best Album (Back in Black is in a class all by itself), this is his finest work with DF!! One armed drummer and all!
This album feels massive but intimate at the same time. The layers of sound hit like a wall, but the melodies are so smooth, they almost glide over you. It’s like if Journey had a bit more edge, or Queen kept things more radio-friendly. The balance between rock anthems and ballads is perfect. Every track feels polished but never overdone.
Bought the album the day it came out. I remember bringing it home and putting it in my dad’s high fi stereo and just blasting it. Still sounds as good as that day!
Ultimate rockNroll, loved all of this from start to finish, it's unbelievably dumb, but it's so much fun and slightly campy, but you can sing along and so many songs are just belters
Listen, this is peak hair metal. It's too much, for sure, but it's ROCKING (in a super polished and hairsprayed way)
This is the perfect 80s pop-rock record. No throwaway tracks, no filler. Just wall to wall bangers and flawless production.
Excellence!!
Another nostalgic album. I thought of rating it a 4 (I like a lot of songs, but not sure I'd listen to the whole album again) but adding one for the band's perseverance.
Air drummed to this in my pre-teen days. Highly recommended.
🤘🏻🖤🥰🇬🇧🇬🇧🥰🖤🤘🏻
Perfectly produced pop metal. Not my thing normally, but really well done.
Def Leppard basically greatest hits.
I had heard some but not all the songs on here, and listening to it as a cohesive whole, I actually loved it. For context, I'm a pretty big fan of 80s metal, but had never been that much of a Def Leppard guy. Relative to most of the similar product I like (esp. GnR, Skid Row, Metallica) it's way lighter, way more glam, and in many ways more polished. Honestly the best comp for it is probably Boston. And it has that same effect as the first Boston CD, where you feel like you've just witnessed the sonic equivalent of watching a video where someone flawlessly peels a dozen hardboiled eggs in 30 seconds using some ridiculous stupid trick. You know, like, when they've had a massive four-part chorus, hand-clapping, a complete stop-and-restart, and modulated up a whole step for the coda, you have to wonder what else they've got in the bag. But of course Def Leppard's got more ammo. Vocal solo over the refrain on "Animal". Calling out all the members of the band on "Rocket". They literally have every trick in the book. And yes, it is a bit much. In fact, it's WAY, WAY, WAY too much. That's the point. This CD is a science project in how to create the perfect rock album, like the woman in "Weird Science". It's so polished you could do dental surgery using the reflection it casts. I still don't totally know how they get that massive vocal chorus effect on the refrain (which refrain? Why, all of them of course). I think probably the triple-tracked the entire band singing together in a closet with the echo set to 10. Who cares though, Def Leppard did it so the rest of us don't have to. The CD is a little weaker on the back half, but honestly, who cares. It's so overwhelmingly loaded on the A-side that it doesn't matter. Anyone who reached the weaker tracks on the 2nd half (roughly starting with "Don't Shoot..."), man or woman alike, will already want to sleep with any and all members of the band by that point. And that's the point, isn't it?
Perfect album!
If you listen to Animal on its own, it's a good song. If you listen to it in the context of the whole album, it's an absolute banger. Didn't expect to love this as much as I did
A most excellent album to motivate for work
This is the album with Pour Some Sugar on Me. Overall great rock with some slow jams.
Great album, full of hits.
There's one guy in here who rated this one because he loves rock but hates this and Bon Jovi, and looking at his profile the dude HATES black people and thinks racism didn't exist a decade and a half ago, so fuck that dude. Anyway this rules. They aimed to make a rock equivalent to Thriller, like an all-singles record, and boy howdy did they ever.
Genre defying Def Leppard. Metal? Rock? Arena? Hair Band? Pop? Well, yes, all of the above. Quintessential 1980s.
Yeah, I gave 5 stars to a Butt Rock album. It's an exemplary one.
I didnt own many albums growing up. I owned this one
An original classic!! My late teen years, oh the memories attached to this album!
Rocks like a mother sucker.
That's an easy one .... I love this disc
My childhood<3
love it!
Best album yet. I'm now a huge def fan
An excellent rock album, full of hit tracks that will remain in your head for days after listening. I was glad to listen to it in its entirety for the first time.
Ronald Reagan’s best vocal performance
Awesome
Album cover is giving metal, and I was right about that. Have never heard of them and I'm in the mood for loud sounds so here we go. First song, powerful start. It is two step beat and the second one is louder. Ouu it's not screamy metal, he sings normally, but does talk louder in some lines. Definitely liking the guitar and the beat that makes it richer. Amazing chorus. I like his voice too. I expected this to be hard listening, but it ain't. Head banging sounds, soo good. Instrumental break was a perfect addition after the verse. I'm done, this is such a banger can't get enough of it. Also LOVED THE WAY HE SAID "WOMEN" AND "MEN" SUCH FUN. Second song, rocky start, but there was a radio talking before it. Vocalising now, not a good voice, but that doesn't matter. I love the fast beat, it's so catchy. Great chorus too, not better than the last one, but I'm loving it. Fully different vibe with the constant beat, it's giving Indian music if it was rock. One of the amazing instrumental breaks right here just because of how unique it is. Louder guitar slamming, aaand back to the original instrumental chords, lyrics came in and everything is in order now. In the outro they mixed all the sounds they have used chaotically, however, in order. Third song, it's nothing drastically different from other rock songs, first verse I mean. Ohh chorus is catchy and interesting, the lyrical flow is good too. Other two songs stand out more, though the chorus here is veeery good, I would scream along with it. Instrumental break fits the overall vibe in the song, which they haven't done before exactly, and transitions greatly into the chorus. There was a skip, and then chorus continued quickly. 4th song, slow start with different instruments. It became upbeat, but it's still downtempo, in the chorus. I love their style, it's so karaoke cored. It's break and I feel like some guy is like "ah ah ah ah", satisfying low key. The chorus has the same vibe with how lyrics were said as in before songs. The break was kinda basic. It has a Micheal Jackson vibe, the way he emphasises on some words, and beat hits hard. Robotic sounds at the end. 5th song, nostalgic start, sounded smth I've heard before. Gun shot beats. Hip hop cored singing, I always love that in rock. He's basically talking fast though. First time here, when I liked the verse more than the chorus, which is not as interesting and unique as the verse. Chorus seems more interesting second time, buut the both verses were way more better. Break was not as good as the other mentioned ones before. The last verse was veery good, too. Outro seems like it's gonna be repeating chorus. 6th song, it's a classical rock now. Nothing dramatically different from what I've already heard. Apparently this is glam metal and I so agree. It's not the kind of metal I expected. The chorus is catchy, and has a Beatles vibe slightly. "Are you gettin' it" and "Armageddon it" WHAT A RHUME, just realised. They have a memorable vibe, and a way of displaying titles in the songs very well. Break was very short, it isn't even a break tbh. It slowly faded away with the chorus. 7th song, I haven't this much for a long time here. Slow and constant sound start. Some nature-like sounds, and now people marching ones too. Such a New Order beat drop, I expected harder than that, but nope, which was better. Ohh, it's getting progressive, and harder too. The singing sounds like other songs, so not a stand out, so chorus here is better than the verse. They do short lyrics in the chorus, which in the long run sounds better, he says something the guitar goes on and so on, quite classic way of rock too, gotta love that(btw these are all imo, and based on what I've listened to before). Men talking and bombs dropping and exploding sounds at the end. 8th song, definitely a bop already. It's kinda basic, and less unique compared to the other songs, but I get the vibe depending on the fact I've been listening to them for some time now. This was the worst song I've heard here, but it doesn't mean it was bad, it was just worse than the other ones. The break is giving here more than in others though. Outro edged me, AAND IT WAS A TRANSITION TO THE 9TH SONG, hard start. He's screaming already too, low key blues vibe, but it's metal cored, the lyrics in () are one of the best and catchy ones on this album. Love the chorus too, I'm gonna enjoy the song and then write down notes this time. I LOVED THE START OF THE INSTRUMENTAL BREAK, BUT IT DIDN'T LAST LONG. Otherwise it's a masterpiece from every angle. 10th song, HELLO I KNOW THIS BEAT, IS IT A SAMPLE OR ORIGINALLY THEIRS? JUST REMEMBERED, I LISTENED TO IT YESTERDAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE PINK FLOYD'S "goodbye blue sky". Thing is it sounded familiar even when I listened to Pink too, too nostalgic. Now the song, it had that beat at the start mode. Now it's fully different vibe, but not complaining, it progressed well. Beat came back and I love itt. 11th song, WHAT ARE THESE SOUNDS, IT'S AND I'M SCARED, IT'S GETTING FAST AAAAAAAH. Awesome start, the deep voice it getting faster, just too unique. Sounded like Darth Vader too. Overall the song is too good I must say. Not very, but still progressive, he started screaming for a moment. Outro was chorus fading away. 12th song, this has Cher's "love and understanding" vibe based on the title only tho, the genre is totally different. Less unique, but still worth it, this song is. Break isn't giving, I wanted more. Chorus isn't catchy and sounds like a verse almost, but that's something too in a good way. Basically, 5 star album instantly, I expected much worse than this since I didn't know the artist and metal can be hard to listen to, but luckily I was ready for worse and got the one I wanted more, soo yea I vibed with every song as much as it needed me to.
I have to give this 5 stars for being one of the most played albums when I was a preteen. This signified my transition from kids music to grown up music. I even had a poster of the band on my wall! Listening to this again brought me right back to my childhood.
My fav band in hard rock, and it's their staple. Perfect album.
C’mon this is just fun. The big sound! The excessive layering! The giant epic insanely produced choruses! Yes there’s a nostalgia factor for me, but I don’t dig it just for that. It’s the whole crazy prototypical 80s glam rock sound that makes it good. Maybe so bad that it’s good, but good nonetheless. I’m all in with this one and not even sorry about it. And BTW, listen to the guitars. Sorry but you’re gonna hear the same riffs and motifs you’ll find on “real metal” records. Polished isn’t a crime any more than pretentious, musical virtue signaling via “rawness” is.
Great album, really fun to listen to from start to finish
This album is amazing. This is pinnacle 80s hair-band-glam-arena-rock. Solid rock, beginning to end.
This is my favorite album overall for the 1980s. This is the album that I listen to most of all from that decade and only second to The Who, Quadrophenia. Hysteria blew me away when it first came out in 1987. The production was the best I ever heard and nothing since then has overtaken it. Mutt Lange was at his peak and his pushing the band members paid off.
It's been a long, long time since I listened to this album. I was 9 years old when it came out and boy it was huge. It really was everywhere. A few years later grunge hit and overly produced albums like this were instantly dead and forgotten. Time plays tricks as I remember this as being much more robotic and sickly sweet than it actually is. More pop than rock, but there is still a rock edge buried in there. Almost like magic those hooks immediately flood back when hearing the songs, even though I believed I had forgotten them, and I find myself singing along.
just banger after banger
Amazing.
Awsome
Pure bliss of 80s metal. Just what I needed for a friday afternoon
I am so extermely surprised I am in love with this, Im a total poptimist but I ever expected that to translate to 80's hits. The harmonies and compositions are perfect
hair metal perfection
So cheesy but so damn good
This shit reminds me of my Dad this shit is such a vibe. SATELLITE OF LOVEEEEEE
Finaly good rock
Hit after hit after hit after hit. What a powerhouse of an album. 10/10.
Yeah it's official, I've totally fallen for glam metal. I've sort of known of Def Leppard for as long as I remember - they're one of my dad's favourite bands and he's always going on about the time he saw them in concert. Wasn't really my thing as a kid but now I've grown up and really got into rock music so I totally get it. This album was a hard rock rush and I couldn't help but feel like a bit of a badass listening to this. Overall this is just ridiculous, fun and thoroughly enjoyable. Favourite: Rocket
Practically flawless from start to finish. A masterclass in how every rock album should be. The production is absolutely crystal clear. This isnt an album that you listen to for profound lyrics but for its massive sound mainly from the drumming and guitar work make it sound colossal. There is too many bangers for it to get anything less than five stars
Just perfect
Ein top Album 👍🏻🔝
Another classic that otherwise would have never been on my radar. Absolutely cracking from start to finish, with awesome guitar riffs and licks, killer vocals and bombastic drums.
I was raised on this
Slaps
Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon get it on Livin' like a lover with a radar phone Lookin' like a tramp, like a video vamp Demolition woman, can I be your man? Razzle 'n' a dazzle 'n' a flash a little light Television lover, baby, go all night Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet Little miss innocent sugar me, yeah, yeah Now c'mon, take a bottle, shake it up Break the bubble, break it up Pour some sugar on me Ooh, in the name of love Pour some sugar on me C'mon, fire me up Pour your sugar on me I can't get enough 5/5
I loved this album, there wasn’t a bad truck on it, not all of the songs were suitable singles, but every song had a place on the album, and there were no fillers. Coupled with the fact that the album was made on the very difficult circumstances and the drummer only had one arm makes it even more remarkable. Do anything ages this album is this song gods of war where there are the VoiceOver is from Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, but I suppose if you are old enough to remember them then you can date the album if you’re not then it’s just another man and woman doing a voiceover. 5/5, This is Def Leppard at their best
Holy shit what an album. This album and Pyromania are generation defining rock albums. They basically decided what the late 80s were going to sound like for rock music.
already listened to this so many times...
Kings of Butt-Rock. I loved listening to the entire album for the first time in like 30 years.
All time great album!! One of my favs
Actually a very decent rock album!
Oh fuck yeah, Friday is starting off with a BANG! This album is a tour de force of glossy 80's stadium rock. I have so much affection for it, because I loved Def Leppard growing up. Their songs are fun and so sing-a-long-able (even though a lot of the time I struggled to decipher what was actually being said through the screeching and echoey vocals.) Case in point: Love Bites. All my life I have sung that one part as "it can't be love if you're throwing him out" and just learned today that it is actually "it can't be love if you throw it about" LOL. I still think my misheard lyrics work better here. Listening with lyrics on in Spotify is illuminating so many more misheard lyrics for me! Omg. Overall though, facts are facts. The drummer had one fucking arm and they made an album with 7 singles on it!!!! That is a stunning accomplishment and not many artists have done it. Def Leppard rules!
Surprised by how many songs I knew on the album. good album all the way through.
This album really makes you think that good things come to those who wait. This album would probably still be good but not as good if Def Leppard was rushed by producers to make it, however they had 4 years in between albums due to their drummer losing his arm. Imagine writing an album about sex and then 2/3 of the way through dropping an anti-cold war banger. Based af. I firmly regret giving Something Else by The Kinks a 5 as it is nowhere near the tier of this album. Now this time these cats (Leppard haha get it) were cooking with propane.
Such a fun album to listen filled to the brim with bangers. Something you can truly appreciate after listening to an album that may not be great. The vibe I get from this album is like when you go to the bar and you’re in the perfect balance of chilling with the boys and being drunk. Just a great fun album.
Banger after banger after banger. Plain and simple. The only drawback on the whole album is that they put Love Bites forth, so you’re left longing for another power ballad. Although that’s quickly remedied with Pour Some Sugar On Me. The best part of the album as a whole is the ease in which you can jam along to it. Never heard these songs? Doesn’t matter. Anyone can enjoy these bangers. A beautifully crafted musical masterpiece that realistically deserves a 4.25/5 but I’ll round up to 5 because it was that much better than yesterday’s album.
BANGER ALERT My first ever memory of music comes from a time of adolescence that involves a trip to the Kalahari Waterpark at the Wisconsin Dells. Vault: Def Leppard’s Greatest Hits (1980-1995) was the only album available in the car during the round trip so that shit was drilled into my brain. 50% of this album belonged on the vault, so in a way Def Leppard has been with me since the beginning. In this body of work, Def Leppard explores the complex emotions that accompany intimate relationships with songs spanning from themes of lust to themes of love over undeniably catchy grooves. Although these concepts are nothing new, Joe Elliot’s high falsetto combined with the pioneered structure of hair metal changed the scope of hard rock. While many of the songs featured are brazenly horny, we cannot forget to acknowledge “Love Bites”, a cautionary tale whose lyrics ring too true about the tribulations of heartbreak - or “Hysteria”, an honest portrayal of those who are lovesick in the most early stages. There was definitely a few times I cried to “Love Bites” in my middle school years. Profound and accurate art. It would be remiss to not acknowledge the innovation of production in this album. Def Leppard stands alone in the 80’s for bands that adapted to the sound of B I G. The heavily reverberated guitar and drums with stacked vocals give this project a sound that’s larger than life. Def Leppard provides the qualities of an arena show in the convenience of a studio album. Although it’s a production technique not seen very much else throughout music in that time period, it is the backbone of modern country music production. P.S. the drummer did this whole album and continued the rest of his career with only one arm. How many other bands do you know who employ limbless drummers? I would rate this 4.5 if possible.
This would have my vote for best album of all time. Back in the day we listened to this a LOT. I had one friend who claimed that he wore out the CD and had to buy a new one, that's the only time I've ever heard of that happening. I'm not sure it's even possible, but he played it enough that it might have happened.
Pop glam metal perfection. Every song a banger. This was their return after almost certain doom after a bus wreck. The stakes were high and it surpassed all expectations a juggernaut of 80's everything.
It took a long time to like in the 80s. I wasn't into heavy rock ....and again I am surprised how much I enjoy it now.... considering I have only heard this during the 1980s, from a cassette player on and only Renault distorted speakers... It's really quite good. 3 years to record, with a one armed drummer (that's not why) this was a huge hit ...
When one sells their soul for rock and roll, one usually doesn't expect to part with a limb to do so. Death maybe but to lose an arm and somehow live to tell the tale? Unfathomable. Even more unfathomable is to have enough faith in the potential of your band that you press on, remain in the band and do your duty with one arm. Hysterical. Serious matters aside, if there was an honest answer to the question of what is the most excessive rock album of the 80s, it would have to be this. Def Leppard just grabs your by the sides of your face and takes you on a hour long thrill ride that, towards its end, you wish would go on and on and on. Front loading an album with hit after hit is nothing new but it is utterly apparent here. Every song sounds like it could have been a world-conquerer (some of which were), which was probably the point. It is hard to envision the 80s and Def Leppard's trajectory if this didn't come to fruition. Three years of stop/starting, hardworking craft went into this and it shows and it was probably worth losing an arm over. Pour some sugar on someone in the name of love... for this album.
I love drums
After 35+ years, this album still sounds as great as ever, and for sure it is DL's best album.
This has been one of the biggest surprises for me on the list so far. Listening to this, I was overwhelmed by a wave of eighties nostalgia, enjoying the combination of hard rock and pop, of which I am usually not a fan. But I think it was especially the songwriting that won me over so emphatically. Today has been a good day.
A slow builder but ground breaking at the same time.
Nei som eg koste meg med detta
It seems like it has been ages since I’ve listened to an album that I already know very well. Well today is that day! I has admittedly been a while, but 19 year old me was a big fan of Def Leppard. I remember being very disappointed seeing them live and them not being very good. Songs I already knew: all of them to some degree Favourites: Pour Some Sugar On Me, Armageddon It, Hysteria What can I say? I just really love this era of music. Whether it is pop or rock, the snare drum is unusually loud, the vocals are a little strange, and yet it still manages to sound fantastic. This is certainly an album where every song is somewhat similar to the others, but it’s a style that is very suited to my taste. Therefore, although this can be sometimes frustrating with other albums, it didn’t bother me in the slightest this time. Overall, I enjoyed this album a lot, from that strangely loud snare, to the thumping bass, to the face-melting guitar solos, to the high screeching singing. This is my jam.
First CD I ever had, bought with my own money when I was 13. 35 years later, it still holds up. And yes, I still have the CD I bought then. :)
Good
My first Def Leppard album, and a STELLAR introduction. "Pour Some Sugar On Me" is a classic, but my top tracks would probably be "Rocket," "Women," "Love Bites," "Run Riot," "Excitable," and "Armageddon It".
It's still in regular rotation around here. A great collection of songs. Harmonies and a sound unlike anything before.
Just your average album that makes you rethink what you want to expect from music.
Copied to cassette from a friend's CD, this one spent a lot of time in my walkman in college. Pour Some Sugar and Armageddon It were constantly on MTV but the rest of the album is just as solid. I love especially all the songs with one-word titles: Women, Rocket, Animal, Hysteria, Excitable. This is some really great 80s hard rock.
Way better than I could've thought. Especially on headphones. Insane guitar parts. Great song structure. Incredible production.
Quintessential 80s metal. It follows "the formula" of all the metal bands - rock, rock, ballad, more rock, then an almost wistful love song. I mean, it works even if it is trite and a bit dated. Hilarious looking back on it that so many people took it seriously when it's so clearly a pastiche.
Brilliant
This gets 5 stars because of so many great memories associated with when this album came out. They released 7(!) singles: all of which got a ton of radio airplay. But I do have to say that the layered harmonies, and the heavy production, haven't aged very well.
Tuve hace muchos años mi época de escuchar Def Leppard y les agarré mucho gusto. Entiendo que en su momento los fans que los conocieron haciendo metal en sus dos primeros discos los hayan odiado un poco cuando lanzaron Hysteria y quizá hasta abandonado por otras bandas, pero visto en retrospectiva este disco es una genialidada: Tomas una banda que hace cosas pesadas y pules el sonido para que alcance a mucho más público, les arreglas un poquito el look para que le gusten a las mujeres, y PUM tienes un disco que rompe records de ventas. Y la neta es que es muy buen disco. No hay rato aburrido porque hasta las baladas pedorras están muy bien hechas y tienen momentos chidos. Mis favoritas creo que son Hysteria, Pour Some Sugar On Me y Animal.
Hi- Women, Rocket, Love Bites, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Armageddon It, Hysteria Lo- Gods of War Peak hair metal, fantastically constructed, perfectly executed, excellent in every way. The only reason I didn't enjoy Gods of War is that it really doesn't jive well with the energy of the rest of the album, but even still it isn't a bad track, it's just the rest of the album is so strong.
Tune after Tune after Tune after Tune.....
Absolute banger
4.5
Such a good album. If only for Animal which is a masterpiece. Most if my knowledge of Def Leppard (and this album) comes from the Classic Album episode about it where they walk through the making, Rick Allen and his drumming, and how they thought they messed up the order they put out the singles on this one. Really fascinating stuff and I’m definitely going to be watching that again after hearing the album through (Classic Albums I have found is free on TubiTV)
Listened to on 3/15/22 4.5/5 Favorite song: pour some sugar on me, animal, love and affection Absolute classic with so many hits - could do without the weird intros for a few songs but also impossible to not bop your head along and want to play air guitar
Literally one of my favourite classic rock albums of all time. Will never get tired of Def Leppard 😍. So so so good!
This was my lawn mowing cassette as a kid earning that neighbourhood coin. When I saw it on the list, I thought ‘Good, but not amazing’. Wasn’t even gonna listen - I know them all by heart - but then I listened to it. 5 stars. Bravo.
I'm very critical of the glam / hair metal movement due to the overcommercialization and generic nature of the songs. I would get so bored scrolling through the Billboard of the 80s and early 90s and hearing formulaic trash. This makes it all the more exciting when you have a quality band that deserves its fame and notoriety, and you start to understand how the genre became so big. Hysteria is Def Leppard's best effort (Pyromania in an assured second), and it stands alongside Van Halen's 1984 and GnR's Appetite as the genre's best albums that predominate rock radio. The production and vocal delivery are top of the notch. It's loud and impressive, never too busy, but still explosive in nature to get me moving. No bad songs, but certainly several weaker tracks. Despite that, the entire side is absolutely perfect. Banger after banger, which is especially impressive considering that goes on for a half hour. Even the mandatory glam metal ballad here "Love Bites" (or is it "Hysteria"?) is incredible. Honestly, the only improvement I could think of is cutting off 2 or 3 songs near the end, which isn't even to justify me not giving it a perfect score.
9/10. This had a lot of nostalgic songs for me, and was overall a really fun album.
Way better than I was expecting. Recognised several songs from movies. Had a really fun vibe.
I was raised on 80's hair bands and I adore this album. Means a lot to me. Hot take: Pour Some Sugar On Me might be my least favorite track. Overplayed.
I love Def Leppard, starting back with High & Dry which should be on this list - it’s my favorite Def Leppard album. Hysteria is also good, love every song on it, but they had a bit more polish to their sound by this time. Still a 5 though!
45. Hysteria - Def Leppard 12 tracks. "Lighter" than their previous albums, this is perfect for me. What they went through during the recording process is astonishing & only serves to make it more significant. One of my favourite albums as an adult, (ignored by younger me). 5/5
I came into this album with pretty low expectations, and they were very much blown away. It really feels like an album that defines an era and a genre. It's an incredibly fun listen with very memorable and catchy songs. Sometimes simple is just more fun.
This album fucking SLAPS.
Perfect stadium rock album, consistently brilliant tunes
The album that got me into music - not a bad song on it - perfect start to finish
AMAZING ALBUM
Bit slow at the start of the second half, but a great finish
Classic.
One of my favorite albums growing up. I saw them a couple of years ago and saw the hysteria tour in charleston wv which was in the round. Top notch 80s album
Amazing!
Lowkey liked it ngl :)
Amazing album
love it from my teen years
The definitive hard rock of the 80s. Fun songs for a stadium. Great guitar lines, fun melodies, I love this rock music, and always will.
Love it! PSSOM it's such a classic!
Este álbum es una pasada, de 12 canciones más de un tercio son muy buenas. No sé como no lo había escuchado antes. Ves a ACDC, ves a los Guns, ves a Aerosmith... Milenials descubren el Rock and Roll
peak of the genre
This is the first album on this list that I've actually listened to more times than I can easily count. It was my go-to gym album for a while, and I've never grown tired of it. There have been a couple of other easy 5-stars for me, but this was one I could label without needing to listen to it. \m/
this is actually fire. really impressed. love rocket, think that's a bit of an underappreciated gem, same with gods of war. pour some sugar on me is definitely a bit overrated, but hysteria (title track) might actually be a little underrated. 4.1/5, a couple of skips but overall really consistent and enjoyable
Nice
Yippee! Well, we’re starting out with a track called Women. I mean, it’s quite a bop. I loved that guitar solo. Rocket has such a great drumbeat! Love bites is nice. It’s a bit slower and very vibey. Pour some sugar on me is weirdly nostalgic for me even though I wasn’t alive when it was released. I have a friend who I roomed with on a school trip who was absolutely obsessed with this song. Armageddon it had a very nice driving beat to it. Gods of war sounded like an amalgamation of sweet child of mine and rock you like a hurricane. The title track was honestly pretty fun. I don’t have too much to say about the last couple tracks, but overall this album was quite good! I did think it went on a bit at some points, and it did not need to be an hour, but I had a good time with it. 4/5 ⭐️ 188/1089
Overproduced? Yes. Cheesy? Yes. Hair? Yes. Metal? Eh. Unique? No. Thought provoking? No. Fun? Yes. Drummer only had one arm? Yes. Guilty pleasure? Yes. Will I ever listen again? Probably not. Does it belong on this list? Yes.
Glam rock in its finest form, but if this is as good as glam rock gets, then it’s hardly an elite genre.
This one was fun
Yes, it is - of course - vastly overproduced to the point of being ridiculous. The songs have all the subtlety of an airhorn in the face, and it's impossible not to think that they are a bunch of silly billies at heart. And yet. And yet! There are just five, six or even seven songs on here that bring deep and unmitigated joy, in ways that scientists could struggle over for years. It's the unabashed chorus of it all, the ridiculous building of the songs and the celebration of being young and dumb that has to make you smile. Do I respect it? No. Do I like it? Impossible to answer. Do I grin like a loon and sing? Of course.
It’s probably just nostalgia, but I enjoy this album. There’s a lot of good writing, music-wise.
Brilliant
Pour Some Sugar On Meeeeeeee! I love that song.
A bit naff and cheesy, but if you take it for what it is this is a good fun listen!
Haven't heard this before but was aware of some of the singles. OK it not revolutionary however it has has cracking tunes and a great production. Rock music made for the charts. A guilty pleasure.
Another excellent cock rock entry
Quite a nostalgic album for me
Big fan of this, used to get played a lot in the car growing up
Hysteria might be the best hair metal song of all time. So good. F it I like hair metal. I am cringe but I am free
I don't believe I've ever listened to this album start-to-finish. The Mutt Lange-produced albums by Def Leppard are just hard to deny. You might want to hate it, but deep down, they're just good, maximalist hard rock. I think I prefer Pyromania to this album though.
mmediate teenage nostalgia hit me when I saw the cover, but the actual front‑to‑back listen was a high‑low ride — some killer tracks, some I barely remembered — leaving me realizing my warm feelings were tied more to Pyromania than Hysteria, even though there are still some damn good songs here.
I went through a hair metal phase in college. I loved this then; now it's more nostalgic, but I still enjoyed it.
Very, very good. This album starts to lag near the end, and I think it could very easily be trimmed into a 5-star album. Honestly, I'm astonished that there were so many incredible songs I'm super familiar with after hearing what I had figured were all of Def Leppard's hits on Pyromania.
This album is the line between confidence, arrogance, and delusion. Very 80s movie sound (aka overproduced but catchy). Makes me impulsively want to create chaos with a strategic use of smoky eyes and leather pants, rockstar girlfriend style.
I have heard tales of the grasp that Pour Some Sugar On Me had on music in my area when it came out. There was a show I used to watch as a teen. It would pit different music clips against each other every day, and the public would vote on their favourite. The next day, the reigning champion would go against a new clip. The show had to introduce a rule that after a certain win streak, clips would get added to a Hall Of Fame and removed from rotation. That's because Pour Some Sugar On Me kept winning and had a massive streak. But that's the thing. I'm over that song. It's been overplayed so much that just hearing the beginning makes me want to switch songs. I'll still sing along to it if it's playing and I'm doing something else, but I don't enjoy it as much as I used to. There aren't many songs like that for me. But we can't really say this isn't an album deserving of being on this list. 4/5 because Pour Some Sugar On Me is overplayed.
Fun. Not especially deep. I find it odd that they were such a huge band when you look at their album sales and yet my sense is they have a limited cross-generational legacy. After their heyday they seem to fade into obscurity except for those who remember it.
Time hasn’t been kind to this one for me. For a couple of years, I loved this album with its big dumb fun sound. I have returned to it less and less over the years, largely because it feels so overproduced. It gets an extra point for being fun nostalgia for me.
Favorite Track: Animal Least Favorite Track: Run Riot
Another pretty standard rock album with one breakout hit. Nothing bad about it but nothing incredible either.
This album is a very enjoyable one, so moving and funny. I've loved listening to it. It's not a big thing, though. I find it to be a very great album but not one that has much to offer, just fun and a pleasant experience. Which is nice, and something necessary sometimes, but I wouldn't say it's a fantastic record, or something to highlight.
This is actually a really good album. I was pleasantly surprised!
I had this album on cassette when it first came out. A great trip down memory lane.
i caught a mild fixation on this record a couple years back...one that wasnt rly sustainable because of the relatively lumpy songwriting and overall Exhausting experience, but still one that was worth having. there literally is just, nothing else that remotely creates the effect that this does???? certainly not among their genre contemporaries, who might have had major label backing but could never muster anything that sounds this Expensive. where much of the production in this style is completely antiseptic and closed off, mutt lange's genuinely deranged creative pipeline that feels like it exercises 100% control over every single note somehow does a much better job at constantly suggesting something Larger, like the songs are these abstract echos of a gigantic debauched sci fi world...walls and walls and walls of overtones, no sound is Just itself. it creates a sense of scale where other producers with similar goals could only make claustrophobia. the often highly debatable quality of the actual songs doesnt even rly matter at a certain point, but even then, genuinely magical classics like animal and the title track help keep the record anchored as something really memorable beyond the sheer novelty of its sound. it always takes me off guard how much i enjoy it, even if i am also always very ready for it to be over by the end. idk, a cock rock hair metal band basically reverse engineering a devin townsend album before devin townsend was actually making any albums is just too eyebrow raising to ignore. probably the least amazing album that still always leaves me amazed.
I don't understand the name Def Leppard and I don't care to look it up but this pissed my pants
I was expecting this to more exciting than it was
With albums like this representing the world of 80s rock, it’s perhaps easy to see why to this day the idea of the “rockstar” has such a unique mystique compared to their successful artist peers. This album is downright dirty in the best way. Some wonderfully screechy vocals and riffs that snag around the soul. An album of total power, and one I have evidently been sleeping on, even with it in my collection and sitting unplayed. Very pleased to have remedied that. Songs like Pour Some Sugar On Me, Def’s signature track with good reason, are absolutely five stars, and songs like Gods Of War and Run Riot complement it well. Having said that, a healthy chunk of the album cannot compete with the very high standard Sugar sets, and with the album running for over an hour, those 3 star songs that bulk the package out mean, at least to me, the total package does not quite reach that milestone. If we had a more friendly 10 stars to work with, this would comfortably be a nine, but 4 stars will have to suffice. Well worth your time.
581/1001 2026/03/30 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Rating if you are looking for an 80s time machine to what the music landscape looked like in 1987: 5 stars Rating if this album came out today: 3 stars
A couple really good songs and the rest is okay. 4 stars or B-.
Could have been 5, but “Pour Some Sugar on Me” is just an objectively bad song.
A lot of rock hits in this one. Nice songs to sing along. And i in general like Def Leppard
A fun an energetic album, some of the songs really hit with me Fav songs - Love Bites, Pour Some Sugar On Me 4/5
This was my favourite album at a very young age, and then like a lot of people, moved on from it when the 90s hit, along with Gunners and Bon Jovi and anything else in that genre. Revisiting it was a joy - it holds up as an incredibly written and produced pop album. It's super dorky - Love Bites is embarrassing and melodramatic, and Pour Some Sugar on Me really only works now as a strip club anthem. But Animal, Rocket, Armageddon It and a few others are genuinely great pop songs. I don't think that's just nostalgia either. Surprised to be giving this 4 stars, but there it is.
Sorta forgot what a great album this is. Lots of hits but even the non-hits sound pretty solid. It definitely sounds like it's from the 80s but in a good way?
This album was everywhere when I was in middle school. It even spawned a strip club anthem. Not every song is a hit but most are.
This was a very special time....when this was cool. I'm so glad the entire glam rock movement happened. And I'm always happy when something like this shows up on this list. It's often a welcome relief from music that I don't always know how to appreciate as well as it seems I'm supposed to. This is cock rock. It is clear what is happening here. And I don't mind it. With all that said, pretty much every song on this album should only be half as long as it is. And while I won't go so far as to say that glam rock power ballads should have never existed, I will just say that you do have to be in the right mood for them, and that mood doesn't come around very often for me. 3.51 stars.
This is big, dumb, '80s rock-pop. The Reagan soundbites in "Gods of War" aside, Def Leppard never had anything to say beyond rockin', lovin', and havin' good times. I know all that sounds like a dis, but it's not meant as one. Def Leppard did their thing extremely well, and it's never better than here. It's catchy, fun, and perfectly executed. As partial as I am to Pyromania's "Photograph," "Animal" may be their best song. UPDATE: No, "Photograph" still takes top honors, but "Animal" is up there.
4.5
Classic
Fin! Overraskende bra kvalitet og ikke så hair rock som fryktet. Gods of War er jo nydelig og trekker den opp til 4 under tvil.
It’s dumb and horny and the percussion is missing every other beat (sorry) but it is so very good at being exactly what it tries to be.
Def Leppard were the first band I ‘discovered’ for myself, and I loved them as a teenager. This hasn’t aged brilliantly, and is over long and very front-end loaded … but what a front end end. Daft, overblown, super shiny sort-of-hair metal, and just enjoyable.
Lots of fun. The songs start to run together a bit and everything starts to sound like pour some sugar. But if you wanna have a party, this isnt a bad place to start. Pass me a drink.
Wait this was fantastic!! I've never explored Def Leppard's discography
some absolute bangers. brings me straight back to my guitar hero days
Its like Led Zeppelin & sb who i fogetej have a child
This would never normally be on my playlist but full of bangers and surprises
Vocals as layered as the most feathered hair of the 80s.
I'm not a big hair metal fan but this album is really good and I can't help but lightly bang my head and smile
Pour Some Sugar On Me was my Sr. Prom song in 2002 - haha. This band does not suck. Decent record.
I had to sit on this for a few days as I was both busy and wanted to eliminate the rare case with me of nostalgia bias. But, after this review I can fairly say that while the genre of hair band rock/ metal was never my main thing, this album IS really exceptional! It is a real hit machine and it makes sense all these years later why it got "overplayed" on the radio. it is THAT good and added bonus, it is not particularly "dated." It was actually really fun to re-hear after decades. I am not a super fan, like I said, of the genre, but this is honestly quality stuff.
I like this Pop-Rock music. A little bit like KISS or Foreigner.
This album is technically not very good but Def Leppard was one of my favourite bands around 4 years ago so this is very nostalgic for me. The first 6 songs are actually insane and the title track of course is great. Nothing but hits on here.
No. 101 Good eighties rock album highlighting guitars and drums.
Good for music that my dad likes
Let’s rock
Pretty nice and contains a couple of all-timers. I thought that hos voice would become a problem, but it was just super fitting to the whole sound. ⁴
so fun
I have had a lifelong hatred for Def Leppard. I remember listening to this album when it came out, thinking is was cheesy and repetitive. It still is, but this time around, these hair "metal" weirdos had me enjoying the dense, layered production, catchy riffs and hooks, and just the music in general. There is a fine line to be drawn between "this band has a style" and "this band only has one song." I think Def Leppard comes down on the wrong side of that line, but I'll still be adding this album (and only this album) to my personal collection. I never thought I'd say any of this. Teenaged me screams from within at middle-aged me. 🤷 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Poppy metal music, as what a lot of 80s artists did (3.5-4)