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Great fun - took me back :)
Up there with the best hair metal albums. I’m not a massive fan of hair metal so not one I’ll come back to.
- Half these songs sound the exact same lol but they're fun - Solid hair metal
- quintessential classic rock - some really good songs in here - averaging 5+ minutes per song is tough
Very cliched but very fun. This is all the things you want from glam rock: ridiculous, poppy, sonic, silly. I bet it's even better in a huge stadium full of people with headbands and glitter. I knew a lot of the songs on this album, but wasn't familiar with the title track (which is actually quite good). The whole thing is so satisfyingly bad, that it's actually good. Though it could be cut down by about 20 minutes.
Pretty emblematic of 80s arena glam rock. I'm not a huge Leppard fan but the album belongs on the list. A handful of good songs but it overstayed its welcome. Over an hour of what felt like the same songs structure again and again. This is Leppard at its best and even then it's pretty mediocre for me. 2.5 stars, probably bump it up a bit if they cut 2 songs of filler.
trying to sound like acdc with electric drums.
I saw them get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and it was the only time I’ve seen them live. I must admit they were great. I forgot how massive this record was. 7 singles? Crazy. Still not my favorite genre, but this album is a fun listen.
Nothing significantly interesting about this album. Huge respect to Rick Allen tho.
Listened to half. Forgettable and mid
Veldig def Leppard stemning
Rating: 6/10 Decent album overall. This album starts off great with all of the hits besides Hysteria on the first half. The whole album is incredibly cheesy and cliche but the first half is fun to listen to. A lot of catchy vocal and instrumental melodies, good guitar riffs, and great production. After this first half, the band starts to reuse ideas that simply don't work as well so the album begins to lose its appeal pretty quickly. Hysteria definitely saves the second half from being a complete dud. Generally speaking the songs were too long as well for the entire album, could have been better with maybe only 8 songs and 35-40 minutes of music. Favorite songs: Women, Animal, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Armageddon It, Hysteria. Worst songs: Gods Of War, Run Riot.
Quintessential hair metal. Highly produced, catchy and dripping with horny sexual tension. Out of 12 tracks only 2, Gods Of War (a strangely patriotic type song that didn’t feel like it fit at all) and Run Riot (a life sucks let’s rebel and be wild song) weren’t littered with double entendres and sex. Still, for the genre definitely a fitting and solid album. 3/5 one armed drummers approve.
If you like 80s rock music you will love that album. But if you are like me it's all just a bit 'meh'.
Þetta er svaka fínt 80s metalpopp. Nú er metalpopp hins vegar ekki mjög skemmtilegt. Þrjár stjörnur fyrir vandað handverk eða tvær stjörnur fyrir að leiðinlegt form?
A couple of great songs, a bunch of duds and very overproduced. Good for it’s genre but not saying much there.
Better than I thought, need to drink before this. Straight strippers music
MARMELADE. Ils étaient au HF l'année dernière. Je regrette pas particulièrement de les avoir manqués. 2,5
This is stadium rock at its height. I grew up with this band, as my parents love this band and it was routinely played in the car on road trips. As I got older, they sort of got left behind.. My style and likes changed but I could sing every lyric on this album. As Def Leppard songs, they're not their best songs. They're the most accessible in my option. Pour Some Sugar On Me might be one of their biggest songs... But honestly, it's pretty shitty. But catchy and easy to sing along to. The guitar work is underrated. The vocals are iconic. This band has its place in music history and will go down with a great legacy. They're still touring... And they still sound good compared to their peers of their age. Music still is well played... Drummer has one arm and out drums contemporaries. Not my cup of tea anymore. But nostalgia hit well.
Pour some sugar on me was good, a couple other fun songs but mostly meh
Cheesey radio friendly butt rock. Some of the courses really get me anyway.
Am I writing this through the eyes of me when it was first released .... or how I feel about it now when I hear any of these songs on the radio (jabbing so hard at the controls with potential to break the first knuckle)...? It's probably not fair - I mean yes I bought this album upon release and listened to it with as much muster as my greasy 1988 mullet could handle. My reaction upon seeing this cover now was at "...is Pour Some Sugar On Me actually the most awful yet successful single ever released?" Yet I haven't listened to the album since probably 1990 so here goes the nostalgia trip ... (...i honestly think like 8 of these songs were singles if not hits - Mutt Lange said he wanted to make the "Thriller" of rock albums and credit to him, that crazy bastard really did it...) OK it's honestly an impressive feat of engineering - the technology and the way that technology was used to record these tracks is fascinating to me. Creatively (over-)layered guitars with odd tones, the produced-to-death background vocals (and in 1987!) that would make any 2020s pop star envious [some of those songs had as many as 120 background voices WTF], the drum replacement (all drum sounds were sampled which I don't even know how this was done pre digital workstation)... I love reading and thinking about this. It's just that it overshadowed the songs for the most part. Likely they would have been cheese to begin with. I do still get occasional enjoyment out of hearing a very early Def Leppard song (definitely from High and Dry, a few from Pyromania) just for that more raw British attack (NWOBHM!). Would these songs have aged better with .... fewer or less-processed guitars? fewer background vocals? or are the myriad soft ballads - oh so many of them, god they're bad - just what they are and would still have sucked? eh maybe they're not as bad when listening to the full album in context, in the sense that they don't anger me when they start like they do on radio :) I'm sure it's a stupid fine line that many people would dismiss but even the original Bringing On the Heartbreak (not the lousy re-release with keyboard lines added) from High & Dry - which was or could have been a total cheese single if given the Hysteria treatment - had balls. That guitar sound - real amps, etc. blahblahblah one lump or two it doesn't matter. Do I like the album? Not really, no. I'll be curious to see if this album is as polarizing as I expect it to be in reviews. In the end it's exactly what I'd remembered: very expensive junk food. I loved that pixy-stix sugar rush in 1988. I try to eat avocados now. Yeah yeah I'm no fun. I'm gonna give it a gutless 3 though I'll probably never put it on again, but it really was a cultural phenomenon even if a lot of people want to deny it. 5/10 3 stars.
If someone doesn’t understand what pop hair-metal is, this is the album to listen to, still fun though
lots of classics, but not really my thing. 2.6/5
nachos
very smool
3.5/5. There's no reason for an album like this to be over one hour long. Mostly impressed by the fact that their drummer is an amputee who never let his physical disabilities impair his playing ability, that's resiliency baby.
Solid
It was ok
Killer! Glam arena is a great combo, this was way less intense than I was expecting. Favorite Track: Women
Never heard of Def Leppard before and listening to this, somehow I constantly felt that they trying too hard, I don't know.
Glam rock
60/100
Classic DL, if dated. Nothing really stood out to me - it is their sound, and I've never listened to a full album through despite hearing Photograph a thousand times, but I'm not sure this is pushing me to change that either.
Strippers worldwide owe Def Leppard points for all the cash they’ve made while working to Pour Some Sugar
ah oui acdc je connais 🎀
SKIN ON SKIN LET THE LOVE BEGIN WOMEEEEEN!!! So omnipresent was Def Leppard's music in the 80's that if you lived through it, you were likely desensitized to their unique and powerful sound. Listening again now, it's as though some little-known fertility god had awoken once more to put on its red leather pants and splinter the Earth’s crust with pure sexual energy of a divine nature. Like a percentage of 80’s music and theater, the magic in these songs seems to have emerged from something similar to a lack of self-awareness, which allowed for unique or uncomfortable aspects, and sometimes transcended to greatness. No one born from ‘76 to ‘84 wants to hear “Pour Some Sugar On Me” or “Love Bites” ever again. But if you Dave Mustaine those tracks, Hysteria might replenish your 80's magic flask.
A quintessential dad rock album. Not my thing but pretty solid, and Pour Some Sugar On Me obviously slaps. Also mad respect for the drummer
It is what it is
Accrocheur, accessible, mais facilement oubliable.
3-4
Aged quite poorly: I have to say it isn't the worst rock album on this list by far, it's a classic dad rock album and it will always be that way. Issues arise when it comes to ageing the album which it doesn't look nearly as good. The out of date synths and almost 80s pop sound which just sounds so bleh now takes this experience down another point. One major banger but the rest wasn't great.
Cheesy, but it sounded like they were having fun at least.
I feel like I already did one by Def Leepard and used the anecdotes and quips I thought of... This was one of THE rock monoliths of my high school days and it is solid for what it is. What that is, however, is a fairly shallow pool.
jakoby pop soft rock asi idk, neco co bych cekal v radiu, nic ohromujiciho
It is the epitome of 80s hair band. There were several songs that I knew. Overall I enjoyed the album. I felt though that many of the songs carried on a little too long. This lead to the album being over an hour long. By the end of it I was glad that it was over. It is better than a three but not really a four. I will round down.
I was prepared to hate this, I’m allergic to most mainstream 80’s rock, but it’s almost hard to not to appreciate this big budget sound. If there’s a crime here, it’s the mega hit Pour Some Sugar on Me, which I personally find to be one of the worst ear worms ever conceived. The album as a whole is a little overly long, and it doesn’t shake up the sound enough to justify the length, but there are some undeniable hooks throughout that make me resist turning it off. I was truly blown away by some of the guitar tones, which has to be some of the best of the genre.
3.5/5 Good old Metal cheese. This is junk food metal. You enjoy listening to it, but does it fill you up and change your life? No. But it's good for what it it is.
A little long but rousing hair metal often is. This isn't an album I'll obsess over but I did enjoy it and it's uplifting sound. Nothing else to say really!
I never got into hair metal when it came out but I admit this is a fun album.
I'm not sure I needed a full album of this but it's a lot more enjoyable than some other glamsludge.
I really disliked their previous album "Pyromania," but they changed a lot in the 4 years in between. Became much more pop-oriented and playful. I can see the appeal. There should really only be one Def Leppard album on this list, and this should be it.
Sometimes I'll order a cheese pizza and then ask for extra cheese. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but at a certain point the essence of the pizza has been completely drowned in the cheese. Too much of a good thing. That's Def Leppard for me, I can enjoy a few songs here and there, but it becomes just too much 80s cheese pizza for me. Every once and a while is fine though.
A bit of a mixed bag for me personally, but I can definitely see why this is one of the 1001 albums. It's an extremely well done high energy rock album full of well written songs, and also has a slight experimental edge to it. Sometimes they took the experimental side a little too far and left me asking "what's going on...?," but I appreciate that they were willing to go there at all. Clearly they were just being really creative (it's not too derivative or too pretentious), but it doesn't always fit the song. However, when it does, it's amazing. My previous exposure to this album was just the chorus of "Pour Some Sugar On Me." I heard it in a YouTube video about songs One Direction ripped off, and apparently this was one of them. They played the chorus of "Midnight Memories" and then "Pour Some Sugar On Me," and I've got to agree it was extremely similar. I don't know if it's just because I'd heard it before, but "Pour Some Sugar On Me" ended up being one of my favourites on the album. It's just such a huge, infectious chorus. You can't help but sing along. This is the main strength of this album's songwriting. The hooks and choruses are huge and bombastic. I didn't enjoy all of them (some were annoying- for instance, I wasn't a fan of the chorus of "Women," which was a shame, as I was really enjoying the lyrics of the verse. I don't even know why, but I really enjoy songs that use that kind original sin/the fall trope. It's kind of a guilty pleasure of mine), but that's just a matter of taste. Lyrically, most of it is about sex (so not really that deep), but it was well done. The main thing I didn't enjoy lyrically was the "I don't care about love, I just wanna get laid" kind of message that was in a couple of the songs. I think that's a really sad, unhealthy mindset (is it even PC to say that these days? I don't even care: love is important). "Gods of War" is a great song. Trust me to say that, though, as it's the only "serious" song on the album. It has an anti-war message, and I appreciated that. I'm not sure if this album is a little front loaded or if I just got sick of it as it went on (especially since their sound is a LOT- 3 or 4 songs is fine, but after a while it can get a bit too much). There were good songs later on (the title track and "Gods of War"). But other than that, I enjoyed the first half a lot more. Favourite songs: Gods of War, Pour Some Sugar On Me
It’s a a fun shit and giggles album. Quite impressive the drummer found a way to carry on after the events of his arm tearing off. But all in all, too long and too unmemorable for me. 6,5 out of 10
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Its ok. Took me back to the 80's. Some good tunes on there and all in all good fun
Pretty much everything about Def Leppard had passed me by until now (though I did recognise Pour Some Sugar On Me), but that was pretty good. Massively OTT, very glam, but bags of fun. He can't sing particularly well, but that doesn't even matter that much with this, it's half sung and half shouted anyway. Best if you don't really listen to their lyrics (they aren't offensive or anything, just a bit cliched), just nod your head to it and enjoy the GINORMOUS sound. 3/5 - in a similar vein to the Bon Jovi album we had quite a while ago, but not as catchy as that was. Almost a 4 though.
Well there's a time and place right? A road trip or mid life crisis as a middle aged man? JK! This kind of classic rock is somewhat a guilty pleasure at times and harks back to the seminal Air Guitar album I reference in other reviews. So it's not my bag that much any more but it's fun right?! 3.5 if I could
Ermmm well I guess it is what it is. It's not bad but there's only so long I can listen to this kind of dad rock and this felt like a looooong album.
3.5
Always felt very average about these guys
oké maar zo zijn er veel van,
Pour some sugar on me sheesh ik kan het niet laten om dat niet mee te zingen. Iets teveel filler songs imo
Many of the songs sound the same but I like that one song so it was ok.
I've always been indifferent to Def Leppard. They're fine, in my estimation. Never took them too seriously, but I could understand why their music was so popular. I saw them live. They were good. On a closer listen, it's amazing how banal the songs are. I do like the music, there are melodies galore, and the call and response thing these guys have developed is catchy. And I'm fine with Joe Elliott's vocals. But my god, the lyrics are painful. "Skin on skin/Let the love begin/WOMEN!" from the opener had me snickering. And "You got the peaches, I got the cream" from "Pour Some Sugar On Me," was another that made me groan with embarrassment. This album sold 25 million copies. It was HUGE. And it's total nonsense. But it SOUNDS fantastic, it's massive, and they obviously did what they set out to do. Factor in the story of Ric Alllen (drummer) and that adds a compelling dimension to the story. But there are too many things about the album that are ridiculous. Just the way the massive gang of Leppards phrase the words "poore sum shuggar ohn maye" like they're some band of tough thugs is patently funny. So, whatever, I guess I'm way past my Def Leppard phase. When I need a nugget of catchy pop hard candy, I'll reach for Poppy.
Pour some sugar on me!!! Love it.... Enjoyed most songs on the album, but was a bit too much like axel rose for my liking
Ik dacht dat dit een stuk hardere muziek zou zijn, maar is een beetje glamrock a la Aerosmith. Niet slecht, maar ook niet echt mijn ding.
Def Leppard's trademark have always been energetic, radio-friendly rock songs with 80s songwritghting and produciton sensibilities. And this is exactly what we get here. With every. single. song. The tracks themselves aren't necessarily bad, but it's generally too much of the same during the album's 1 hour and 2 minutes runtime. It's just too long with too little variation. 3/5
3.5
Not bad, but not much variety throughout. Mad props for what they've accomplished, just not quite for me.
Sugar
Solid 3.5 from me, but this thing was a monster in its day. You couldn’t turn of FM rock radio or MTV and not hear something from this album.
2/3
Probably over hyped myself reading about this one. Read that everyone was copying their sound at the time, so they tried to reinvent themselves/change things up a bit with this album. Normally love it when bands take a gamble like that. Well less safe/boring and it’s good to see musicians challenging themselves. Didn’t quite grab me the way I thought it would but enjoyed it nonetheless. Did groan a little at the run time
Enjoyed this one more than I thought I would. That glam rock genre is usually something I just don't enjoy. Something about the vocals in this genre very rarely sits well with me but this was sound. Saved a few songs and I especially enjoyed the opener. Nice surprise with the only let down being that it was a few songs too long. Strong 3
okay
My first tape as a child. Loved this album. Now, not so much, some good songs, some garbage (excitable). Basically pop music.
This is quite easy-ish listening. A bit of general toe tapping and head nodding going on. But this kind of 80's rock just feels a bit empty for the most part, devoid of any real depth of feeling. There are some standout tracks in here that I dig, including 'Love Bites'.
See Pyromania.
rock de los 80 smooth prolijo me da la sensacion medio pavote
I thought this was going to a Pyromania level album, but it turned out to be a bit of a dud. Was excited for the mega-shop-tunes. Still not terrible.
Fine to work to in the background. Nothing crazy memorable for me. A 3.5
A well produced but a rather stiff album - those were right who called it a pop metal record than anything metal/glam rock. It is fun listening to nevertheless even though it's not the genre I often listen to.
There was really no way to escape this album when I was a kid and like it or not, it was part of my childhood. Hysteria was part of the 1980's straight cheese. I'm talking big hair, highlights, perms, collars up on my jean jacket and high top reeboks on my feet. Casey Kasem on radio, Hulk Hogan on my wall and Winstons. This was the mainstream version of Metallica and just popped just before the rise of GnR. Lamestream, mainstream. This seems to have aged appropriately, unlike the rest of us. Still a good listen today.
While "Pour Some Sugar On Me" was a huge hit, possibly bigger than anything on "Pyromania," I give the slight edge to "Pyromania" overall. There are a few hits on "Hysteria," but everything else is pretty unspectacular when spectacular is kind of what the genre is all about. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and a few others have some pretty cringey lyrics too. If "Pyromania was a high 3, this one is barely a low 3.
I give Pyromania a slight edge. Hysteria veered a little more towards the pop-side of pop-metal.
When I hear this album, I think of white trash…mullet, Bret the Hitman Heart tank top, and a trucker hat…standing on the chairs at a bar screaming, “POUR SOME SUGAR ON MEEEEE, IN THE NAME OF LO-OVE!!!” I can’t get this picture out of my head.
Not much to say against this, nice middle-of-the-road-stuff.
It's ok. Off course there are hits and it's impossible not to sing along to "Pour some sugar on me" but overall the album feels boring and repetitive after a while. Definitely a go to for a 80s theme party, I wouldn't listen to it all day tho.
3.5
I was 11 when Pyromania came out, love that album and Def Leppard. By the time Hysteria came out my favorite bands were Slayer and Metallica. Needless to say I was fairly disappointed with it. That being said, while the production isn't for me, I can appreciate the techniques that were used and applied in making the album. The album was a juggernaut in the 80s. Hysteria, Born in the USA,Thriller, Joshua Tree and Appetite just seem to churn out songs. It's get a 3 for me, 2 for the music plus 1 for the fond memories of high school make out session while listening to it. Hard to make out to Angel of Death.
Another one of those bands that one of my friends was deeply into but I wasn't. Reading the history of this album was interesting but I didn't find it overly compelling, Love Bites and Pour Some Sugar On Me got stuck in my head but not sure if that makes them faves.
Cock rock or hair metal or whatever this counts as has always left me cold, and this is no exception. I guess it didn't majorly get on my nerves? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Fave track - "Pour Some Sugar On Me" was the most familiar, I guess? The intro of "Gods of War" made it sound like it was gonna me some moody post-punk biz, but then it veered back into cock rock. 😒 "Run Riot" was kinda fun, I spose....
Hysteria is the fourth album by English rock band Def Leppard, and it's their best-selling one as well as also being certified diamond in 2009. This hard rock, glam metal album performed well critically and commercially, even though it was more "poppy" than their previous albums. An interesting fact about Hysteria is that it was delayed because of a car accident that drummer Rick Allen got into at the end of 1984, which caused him to lose his left arm and have to relearn drums using a foot pedal for anything his arm would have done. This also caused the drums to sound a little stiff or mechanized, but that was to be expected. I was surprised to actually like this album because some of the Def Leppard songs I have heard before never piqued my interest like the tracks on this one. Great pop metal album!
I always thought DL were more like Pantera but they're actually more Bon Jovi meets Guns and Roses. A few familiar moments on here which was nice because I didn't think I knew any of their songs. Not really for me, I gave a bonus point because they do it all with a one-armed drummer.
It would be interesting to hear this again for the first time (although a few songs were new to me). You couldn't get away from this band in the 80s. I liked them a lot then, but it's quite corny now. I didn't have money to buy my own music until Adrenalize came out. It was a wet sock and I regretted spending 2 working hours of my $4.25/hr job on it. I think a lot of my impression of Def Leppard is colored by that now. But this review is about Hysteria. Definitely a pop record. Catchy songs. I did enjoy them at the time and they are okay now. Don't try to get too far away from this just being a fun listen. That's what it is. And it's not bad at that.
Not as bad as I thought, but not really my thing either.
The only big Sheffield act that I don't get. Hair metal and Sheffield United not my thing. However, this was more fun than I anticipated, with a couple of stone cold bangers in Pour Some Sugar and, best song, Animal
This album screams 80's. I enjoyed second half of album more. God's of War and Don't Shoot Shot Gun were my favorite tracks. Warrant definitely ripped Pour Some Sugar on me sound for Cherry Pie. Our not really my vibe but cool for what it is.
Iconic pop rock hair metal. Takes me back to grade 7-8 and hearing the singles everywhere. Especially the local travelling fair or carney. You could play any song from this album in a movie and you would know exactly with zeitgeist is. Didn’t really like then and don’t now. But I wouldn’t hate anyone for likely it. I’m just never going to put it on got myself to listen to.
Listens: 2 Enjoyed: meh first time listening to Def Leopard and they really aren't what I've always imagined them to be. This album starts off pretty mellow and soft to slow becoming a bit harder. I had a few moments of enjoyment here but ultimately I don't think I'd actively seek it out in the future
Pretty good! It would be hard to say that this isn’t a tight album. If the Def Leppard sound were a recipe it would be as follows: take some big reverberant backbeats, thick electric guitars, growly vocals, groovy 8th-note bass lines, raunchy lyrics, then mix well and supersize the whole thing until it fills a stadium. Surprisingly groovy too! Not just head-bobbing 80s rock, a little bit of hip swing in there as well. My favorites were “Rocket,” “Love Bites,” and “Hysteria”. Probably because I found those three to be the quirkiest in terms of interludes, grooves, and overall mood. Not much more to say here; this isn’t my go-to genre but I enjoyed listening to it!
Okay I finally listened to Def Leppard, but only because at some point Jacob threatened to stop picking up my calls if I didn’t. I liked it! I listened to it over the course of two runs and the first half of the album really made me run faster. Really enjoyed the opening of the album, Woman. The first three songs are great and then the album loses steam for me. It could have been 4-5 songs shorter. Great guitar hooks all around though. It’s fun to imagine this would be playing at a crowded sports bar in the 80s. You’d probably find some dirty pinball machines in the back. Jacob describes this as pinball music, but really what’s happening here is that specific sounds in the second half of “Gods of War” are actually in Star Trek Next Generation pinball machine and lots of other machines! Those gun and metallic vocals are really pinball, I’m with you Jacob. Overall, I did my duty and listened to this album in full. If they had kept up the momentum of the first three songs, it’d be a 4/5. But alas, 3/5.
Great sounding record, it just sounds a little too stiff and processed at times. Appreciate how they bridged the gap between glam rock and 80s pop. Harmonies are great.
Sheffield Hair Metallers show the Americans that the Brits can do it just as well as them. Well nearly. Best Tracks: Pour Some Sugar on Me; Armageddon It; Run Riot
A fun listen.
Not as bad as I thought would be
This was okay. Every song was about one or two minutes longer than it needed to be. There's some good stuff on here though. I'm hoping I'll like Pyromania more when I listen to it. My favourite song is probably Love Bites.
Pretty forgettable, to be honest. Love hitting the snare really big, regardless of song or tempo.
I thought this would be some fun nostalgia (and on some songs it was) but really... this band kind of sucks. Having a one armed drummer whose beats are, understandably, simplistic didn't help them. 3 is pretty generous.
Det svänger katten 8)
Solid
Will need to listen again I think, sounded miles better once I put it through a different speaker
'Why can't a rockband sell a record to a Elton John or Michael Jackson-fan without losing your original market?' - Steve Clark (R.I.P) The goal of this album was very clear, make a rock album that would sell millions to a different audience than their contemporaries. And they succeeded insanely well with their hardrock bubble gum pop crossover. Incredibly catchy but with 68 minutes the album might've lost bit of filler to make it not strand into songs that are starting to sound the same in the end. But any band in this era would've loved to be able to pen something down like Gods Of War, which is the highlight of this album
Metal hell yeah
C’est à moitié « vraiment mauvais » et à moitié important et pertinent.
rocket, pour some sugar, armageddon, don't shoot
Leuk classic rock/metal album maar niks super speciaals eigenlijk
The cotton candy cone of rock. No substance. Completely devoid of all edge. Way too big, way too much. Kind of nice while you’re eating it.
Hysteria appears to have perfect production, but the compositional approach seems to be a bit restrained. I was impressed more than anything else by how American Def Leppard sounded in the eighties. That's not a dig: There's very little anyone could hope to add to the arena sound captured here. But there's little else to motivate me.
Classic 80s hair band album. Pour some sugar on me, was the most notable song on the album. At least 5 hits, basically the sound of the 80s.
Lots of classic dad rock
Every song sounded the same. So much for that 80s nostalgia
Pretty solid album surprisingly
Pretty classic rock!
Took me back to a time when I wasn’t alive but vibes were all over the place. I caught onto the impact that Def Leppard had on The Killers influence. The guitar in “Women” is sampled in Smile like you mean it.
Was fun 80s hair metal but too corny for me.
"Hysteria" is like a good Marvel movie. I doubt it's going to be a lot of people's favourite album ever, and its not the most technically or artistically complex effort, but the mass appeal Def Leppard has crafted here is undeniably appreciable. There's just something comforting about this style of big stadium glam metal, and while every track doesn't land as strongly as 'the hits' that the casual listener would be most familiar with, I was pleasantly surprised how well the album maintained my interest with over an hour run time. It's not a complicated sound, but not all music needs to be - this is the kind of music that is meant to be shouted along to by a tipsy audience on karaoke night at your local dive bar. Standout tracks: "Women", "Animal", "Love Bites", "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and "Hysteria"
This is the cutest hard rock ever. 4 The cover looks like a Yu-Gi-Oh card. 3
corporate 80s glam rock strikes again! not quite as dark as Bon Jovi, or as immediately as catchy as AC/DC. not sure if I'd call it "good", but it sure is a spectacle!
Really enjoyed Animal
Some of these are hits but they all sound the same
This album is packed with singles and listens like a greatest hits compilation. Hysteria is Def Leopard’s finest album and the last in a series produced by Mutt Lange. The album is cohesive, and meticulously arranged. However at the end of the day it is a hair metal/pop album from a band who is trying to sound American despite their origins in Sheffield. As such, Hysteria is an over earnest, cheesy affair which is not self aware enough to be great.
It was fun for 10 minutes but then became a little exhausting.
I was surprised by how many songs I recognized
This was definitely a Def Leppard album. You can tell because it sounds exactly like you think it is going to.
I don’t think glam metal is for me.
So many hits from this 1 album! Though not much diversity.
This is one of those albums thats better in short bits. 2-3 songs at a time absolutely slaps but it definitely has that 80s sound. When this album came out I'd have been sure to give it a 5/5
it’s a fun listen with some duds
How to rate a genre I know so little about? Well it was highly polished in the production, super clean and not at all rough; the lads could play and lead vocals were strong; the clips of Reagan and Thatcher were super nostalgic and made me miss the Cold War. It was a pretty fun record which surprised me as I’d always found the idea of Def Leppard underwhelming. Maybe I’m just now that target audience? Gulp.
Yeah it’s good
Just two days ago I got my first Def Leppard album and now I get another. Once again, too long and just too bland. It's just boring forgettable 80s crap. 2.5/5
Classic Rock n Roll
Enjoyable if I'm in the mood for it. A bit irritating if I'm not
No me termina de volver loco todo el glam y este disco no es la excepción. Sí tiene buenas canciones que me quedo pero como disco no me convence porque creo que tiene mucho relleno. Sólido 3. Songs: Animal, Run Riot, Hysteria
Eh. I got bored of this pretty quick. Every song sounds basically the same. It's like ACDC.
Really up and down for me but gave it a last second third star for being fun at times
Pour ceux qui se demanderaient, un leppard est un animal hybride né de l'union d'une guéparde et d'un léopard. Le comportement du leppard est principalement caractérisé par de longues crises d'hystérie se traduisant souvent par des troubles de la parole ou de la sensibilité. Le groupe Def Leppard a parfaitement su traiter ce sujet souvent passé sous silence dans cet album.
J'ai apprécié cet album de Alice Cooper, et lui accorde donc la note de 3/5.
3/5
Good guitar work. Not my style.
Classic 80’s rock music, which really isn’t my cup of tea. It’s fine to have on though. Favorite song was Pour Some Sugar On Me.
Fun to listen to. A lot of the sounds are similar but works for what it is. Would listen to again.
"Skin on skin, let the love begin... women!" Wow, this album is worse than I remembered. Aged like milk.
Perfectly fine album, with a few good tracks, and a few forgettable ones. Nothing here is inherently bad though, so it's solid.
it's way fine
Not as heavy as I remember. But it’s not my go-to music.
Classic but hokey 80s
Meh Leppard
Classic 80s hair band. The songs were pretty good, but interestingly, I don't really think they hold up? I mean, they're good for their time, but I don't really see myself going out of my way to listen to this now - and I love 80s music!
Actually pretty enjoyable although there weren't any songs that totally stood out to me.
Didn't love every song but there are a few hits and I made it from beginning to end without getting the itch to skip any.
It has dated quite a bit. It is too long at over 60 mins and they were stretching it to release 7 singles. I smiled when I didnt see the lyrics on spotify; they must not have thought them worthy of posting them. 😂 they are pretty corny and the snippets of Reagan and Thatcher date this album. However it bears some re-listening. Cover art 2/5
I’m not really a fan of metal music so I can’t really add much in terms of a review. I do feel that this is a fairly good album. There are no filler tracks and all the songs appear to be lyrically and instrumentally strong. However as I don’t really enjoy the genre, I don’t really think very highly of it. I did however enjoy ‘Armegeddon’.
Absolutely ridiculous pop metal record - but it does what it sets out to do with a level of meticulous attention to detail that helps set it apart somewhat. I've got to admire, or at least gawk at, just how seriously everyone involved seems to take such a fundamentally goofy exercise. I mean, "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is undeniably fun. As with the whole record, don't look too closely at the lyrics. Favourite groaner? "Are you getting it? I'm Armageddon it." No wonder so many dads go crazy for this band. My biggest complaint is the length. This album did not to be more than 35 minutes and would, I think, be much stronger with a little trimming (looking at you "Excitable"). This one's gonna mess up my algorithm, isn't it? Favourite song: "Pour Some Sugar on Me" Rating: 2.5/5
very carefully crafted and arranged - every song has a couple of twists in it - packed with singles, stadium hard rock/pop classics
Some bangers, but extremely cheesy 6/10
It was alright. 6/10
7/10
Before all of this really overblown reverse-gated reverb, there was the Def Leppard that made "On Through The Night." Back when they had an even-number of arms. This isn't my way of disparaging Hysteria. Rather, I think Def Leppard's pre-fame records buttress the feeble pure pop-metal sheen of a record like Hysteria. Like, Metallica made three shred records and then they made the Black Album. You can hate on the black album (which I think I did earlier in this list), but where does a band go when they've mastered one genre. Hopefully somewhere. In the case of Def Leppard, that place was the top of the charts. There are worse places to be. But I think "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is a stupid song. I don't like that the 80s metal movement ended in a bunch of songs that had funny punchline choruses. Really tough to pick a rating for this record. I guess I'll be charitable and pick 3 instead of two. Really rounding up there. But I am because of the aforementioned history of this band, as well as the fact that this record seems to have taken the genre as far is it would ever go before Nirvana came and killed this bullshit. Also, Bon Jovi is better.
Hopefully this is the only time I have to make this joke throughout this entire experience: What has 9 arms and sucks? Def Leppard. Named for the only living thing on the planet that can stand to listen to all 60 minutes of this album, the band is Def Leppard, but their fans are Blind Sheep. Okay - I'm done. In all seriousness, They're pretty cool. I will never really understand what separates them from other bands (like Poison) that did the exact same shit during the 80s. Maybe it's just that their songs are way longer? Not better, just longer? Anyhoo, this is - by far - their best album. The hits just keep coming. Is it "good"? I don't know. Is it fun to listen to? For sure.
The epitome of hair metal. This album has some great hits (Animal & Love Bites are great) but also some meh songs. Can’t forget their drummer has 1 arm. That blows my mind.
Really good rock, but with the cheesy 80s backing.
Healthy slice of 80s power rock.
eh, other the the iconic (if cheesey now) Pour Some Sugar On Me; this didn't do much for me. Rocket is a neat song. Well produced. Probably wouldn't any of these songs off. 3*.
Blijkt dat ik toch best wel wat nummer van Def Leppard ken.
This album really helped define their sound. There are many good songs on it.
Dudes definitely rock. About 30% of the the lyrics is just YEAH!!! Pretty good overall.
Unapologetic pop rock. Sexist, dated and utterly brilliant. Of its era but a little joy.
This was ok. Like Bon Jovi, but not as good.
Surprisingly melodious. I wouldn't really put it on, it's a bit intense for my day-to-day music listening, but I enjoyed it today.
Got that sweet 80's rock sound but it couldn't hook me in.
Glossy but soulless. Still fun, though.
Do I have to? Was not really a fan back in the day. I'll give it a solid 'meh' today.
The last time I heard this, I was round at my friend Rhys’s house, playing ZX Spectrum games. He played this tape on constant rotation, because he loved it. I hated it. 30 or so years on, I didn’t hate it. It’s still not really my thing, but it’s a solid rock album, and it gets an extra star for transporting me back to happy, carefree times.
Another good 80s hair metal album. Lot's of great songs, but also a lot of songs that sound the same, and it does sound quite dated. Honestly, it could have been 20 minutes shorter and much better for it.
Like the high energy stuff. Love the ballads. There are just some absolute party rock classics. It’s dumb. It’s loud. It’s a lot of fun. Can’t say this is high art by any means but I am not going to skip Def Leppard if it comes on the radio.
Surprisingly good album, some real classics. A nice listen
If you haven't heard at least half of these songs, you've never turned on a classic rock radio station before. These songs are widely played in the US to this day, and I would be lying if I said I'm not burnt out on "Pour Some Sugar On Me" or "Love Bites." They're still bangers, and Def Leppard certainly accomplished their goal of creating an album full of hits, but after being acquainted with this record for so long I think the variety in their sound becomes thin. The 62 minute duration doesn't help either, it kind of stretches out the record more than necessary. It would have been better if they just straight up cut "Women" out and started with "Rocket", and I would say "Don't Shoot Shot Gun" is the weakest track on the record that could be cut. Maybe rearranging the track list on a playlist could spruce it up too. I never listened to "Gods of War" before this listen, and it's the sleeper. Super cool song. Overall though, this is still a fun and enjoyable album. In terms of 80's rock, it's truly different from a lot of sounds of the time due to the use of the Rockman amp and drum samples. The guitar parts weren't played to have flashy rifs, they were crafted to create beautiful harmonies. The digital audio bits and "robot-like" sounds just add another cool layer. It shows its age by trying to showoff a "sound of the future," but it still holds up. Songs I Knew: Animal, Love Bites, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Armageddon It, Hysteria Favorite Song: Armageddon It Honorable Mention: Gods of War Least Favorite: Don't Shoot Shot Gun
Not a fan of this type of 80's rock, but it's a good album with of plenty of hits.
Vocals are hit or miss, and empty lyrics for the most part, but excellent auditory profile, specifically as hype up/ party night music
вот чем дальше оцениваем, тем больше понимаю, что даже десятибаллки не хватает. Ну вот вроде по ощущениям тут где-то на 6. Но при этом 6 я давал и пидорскому завыванию Вейнрайта и унылой дрочьбе от зе Ху. Этот альбом явно пободрее будет. Хорошо, а что тогда, 7? Ну может быть, только вот Лондон Коллинг получил 8, а он на десять голов выше Истерии. Может тогда Лондон Коллинг надо было выше поднимать, на 9? Ну бля, а на 9 у меня Соник Юф и Дипишмоты, и вообще уже музыка близкая к совершенству. Может их на 10? А куда тогда девать польский рок...... Для себя пришёл к такой ментальной гимнастике, что каждое музыкальное произведение оценивается всё-таки не в одном ряду со всеми остальными, а исключительно как самостоятельная вещь с оценкой в том самом сферическом вакууме. Ну в крайнем случае можно сравнить внутри жанра, но никак не между. Поэтому да, происходят такие вот недоразумения, когда есть альбомы 10/10, а есть 100/10накончикахпальцев, но при этом альбом например 70/10 представить намного сложнее. Поэтому подумаю, может для культовых для меня лично пластинок буду натягивать какую-нибудь хуйню вне правил, типа "классика/10" или, например, буду распечатывать обложки и дрочить на них. Короче. Чето я не о том. Деф Лепард, да. Ну норм альбом, в целом, Глэм и Арена-рок наверное в лучших своих проявлениях. Есть какие-то интересные ходы (в первой песне ваще интруха классная, ну и потом какие-то необычные бриджи идут, реверс какой-то накинут, ну короче не совсем скука), есть вот эти бесконечные О-О-У! ВО-О-У! шоб народ с трибун скандировал, есть 2-3 неплохих мелодии. Но вот чего нет - пиздатых припевов. Прям ваще чето хуевые все, не запоминающиеся, обычно предприпевные вокализы гораздо интереснее, чем сами припевы. Ещё из грехов можно выделить какую-то неоправданную длинну некоторых песен. На открывашке норм слушались эти размазывания кала по ободку, но уже со второй номера даже начинаешь задаваться вопросом, а чего мы тут вощще все пытаемся добиться? В целом я бы поставил 6,5/10, наверное, чтобы от совсем уныли отделить, но особо не перехваливать. Но если нужна твердая оценка, то пожалуй это всё-таки 6 будет. Не должна эта бонджовиевская срань тусить в одном ряду с действительно годными артистами. Лучшие треки: Woman, Gods of War, Hysteria Худшие: Rocket, Pour Some Sugar on Me, Don't Shoot Shot Gun
Def Leppard attempts to re-create Thriller, somehow creates album where the deep cuts are better than the singles. It’s amazing how they tried to make every track a single calibre song yet the ones actually released as a single somehow manage to be the weak tracks on the album. (Well in saying that, one or two of them are solid).
First time I've ever listened to an album by Def Leppard and I don't think I (consciously) knew any of the songs yet. But quite possibly they went into one ear and out the other. The songwriting and execution are decent enough. But the whole thing is just so cookie-cutter hard rock / accessible new wave of british heavy metal. I may not have heard these specific songs yet, but I've heard songs EXACTLY like these soooo many times. It just sounds like standard unobjectionable rock bar background music. As such, I don't mind it, but I absolutely can't get excited about it either and already forgot the songs by now.
Animal is good, otherwise it's the 80s hairy metal I generally hate.
It was pretty fun and cheesy, but i can't remember any of the songs a few hours after listening
Det här är fucking bra! Jag upplever det som att det är precis lagom mängd "disco-influens" när det blir blandat med rocken, oftast iaf, ibland blir det för mycket åt det hållet. Påminner om Aerosmith på många plan. Sedan var det också kul att lyssna på "Pour some sugar on me" med intention att faktiskt lyssna på låten. Jag kanske inbillar mig men den känns lite som ett meme, känslan är att jag sett den användas på ett komiskt sätt i filmer och serier. Men som låt är den faktiskt inte alls dålig. Bäst: "Rocket"
Decent album in its genre, not great but also not too bad. It wasn't good enough to make someone who doesn't like the genre listen to all of it.
fun 80s rock
Some incredible songs but I found it hard-going for the whole hour of the album. A lot of the songs do sounds the same!
Decent
No es mi estilo favorito y creo que caen demasiado en la hortereada y en el medio tiempo. Sin embargo, 'Hysteria' me parece una pasada de canción y me recuerda obviamente al 'Heroes' de Bowie. Solo por esto necesita entrar en el terreno del bien - notable
I enjoy the first half of this album more than the second. I imagine a road trip in America back in the 80s would've vibed on this album at some point. Solid album with plenty of cheesy big choruses 3*
Not as "metal" as I feared. OK, for what it is.
I've never actually listened to a Def Leppard album so it was fun diving into a classic, but it's probably not something I'd return to often.
In my opinion, their best start to finish work. I’ve always liked this one, based upon the hits, but there are also a few duds along the way.
Great skating music. I think Pour Some Sugar On Me's a tad overrated, but the other songs bring me back to the days of Footloose.
Bon jovi vibes, not great, not terrible
If you're going to pick a Def Leppard album that's 'important', the breakout "Pyromania" is the way to go - the # of hits on this one is as much a function of the momentum that came form Pyromania as it is the songs themselves - this one comes off more as watered-down glam metal/hairband.
Listen. I love some of these bops. Big Def Lep fan, but sometimes it's too much and they're not all hits alright? The hits are 5/5 but I can justify giving this album a 5 or even a 4.
3
Some absolute bangers.
MEH
Good, better than expected. Slightly too long and samey for me to love it though. Animal is a banger
Nice rock / hardrock album. A lot of familiair songs.
Some good, some meh. Bored by the end. thought I would like this more. 2 or 3 great songs.
This is ok. 80s hair rock. Pretty average.
Rock anos 80 feito pra ser comercial. Meio cansativo acho.
My favorite Def Leppard album for sure. but overall its not that great in the wide world of music.
It was ok
Tuttuja hittejä. Ei kyllä mun juttu, mut tän levyn osalta ymmärrän hyvin listalta löytymisen
fucking GLAM ROCK AS HELL
1987. Key Songs: Women, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Hysteria
This album made me feel like I was at a dive sports bar. Solid listen, definitely outside of my usual sound, but not bad. Obviously I was familiar with “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” so it was cool to hear some context.
Overall Rating: 4/10 The fun thing about listening to this album was realizing just how much I dislike Def Leppard! Don't get me wrong, there's certainly stuff about them to enjoy, but I didn't realize just how much of the garbage radio rock that I hear out in public was made by these guys. The entire first half of this album was basically a greatest hits of poop. I can understand the appeal, but I've just gotten so sick of these songs over the years. Fav Song: Armageddon It
This is another record where I was fairly familiar with the singles, but had never really heard the record. The most immediate impression I have is that this sounds expensive. Every sound is perfectly put into place and is layered. This is clearly an effort at create a series of pop hits. There are threads of the old metal sound, but this is primarily a mainstream eighties rock album that also wants access to the pop market. The twenty million albums sold make a pretty good case that they succeeded in their goals. This is a talented group and they know how to write a pop song. Also, I don't particularly like it.
The fact that the first track on this so-called metal album is called 'Women' & the last is 'Love And Affection' endears me to it a bit, & Rick Allen's one-armness is a legend of a kind, but too much 'One part love, one part wild / One part lady, one part child,' like all things shit, somehow confounds & wearies at the same time: confusingly cliché. 3 years of something went into the making of this record, tho I wouldn't be so generous as to call it 3 years of craft, since it's clear from the outset that this thing is a monster of manufacturing. 'Animal' has its moments of that Max-Weinbergian flair for the precise & energetic - there just aren't enuf of 'em. I'll give it up to 'em - they're hopeless romantics, which I like & I respect - but the music? Shite.
Too much hair, not enough metal.
Meh. The hits are okay I guess, but it's still hair metal. Just don't dig it.
Very poor, but at least it was long.
Not for me
Do I feel bad for the drummer? Absolutely. Does that mean this music is good? No
Women 2.4 Rocket 2.6 Animal 2.3 Love Bites 2.3 Pour Some Sugar on Me 3 Armageddon It 2.4 Gods of War 2.5 Don't Shoot Shotgun 2.2 Run Riot 2.3 Hysteria 2.5 Excitable 2.2 Love and Affection 2.2 Score: 2.408333333
Wasn't drunk enough at karaoke to really enjoy this album. Can't deny the hits though.
Feel like this deserves a 1 as peak 80's nonsense, but take a 2 you slippery fucks
I think this is the album that should have made me realise, immediately, from the appalling opening track, that my hair metal phase needed to be nipped in the bud. And yet, somehow, it lasted right from 1987 through to somewhere in early 1990. When I listen now, I genuinely think most of this sort of rock really is... pick your adjective: naff, corny, crap!? The guitarists can, of course, play, and the singers can command a stage; I went to see Bon Jovi and Dave Lee Roth during this time and can testify to that. There is quality stuff by Aerosmith, Van Halen and Guns n Roses out there. But emotionally, I can't really connect with much of this type of music at all now, and am bemused that I liked it for so long (actually, I blame certain friends). There's the odd exception though, and one of those is perhaps Animal. A certified pop rock banger. But, with apologies to Dave from Bank of Dave, this is, mostly, really terrible.
There's something that just sounds gross about them, these dudes seem very sleepy. But the jams were much better than I was expecting. I will put a little respect on their names and give it a 2 rounded down
OG buttrock.
The drummer having one are is cool, but not when it comes time to actually record an album.
almost all of these songs are 2 minutes too long, not to mention quite a few of them shouldve been omitted completely
5/10
Def Leppard is a band that made a career out of sounding like a Rocky III/Rocky IV soundtrack. The 80s were a strange time. I remember liking the song Rocket as a kid, not so much anymore, but it's still probably my favorite Def Leppard song. Seriously, this could be the soundtrack for Rad. There's the perfect combination of rock and rock ballads to last through a 90 minute movie about a kid who just wanted his dad to accept that he wanted to be a skateboarder rather than a mine worker while he falls in love with his rival's ill-treated girlfriend only to win the big race at the end and have his dad hug him at the finish line. Love Bites is terrible. Which song has been played at strip clubs more, Pour Some Sugar On Me or Panama by Van Halen? I had friends in the early 90s who still loved Def Leppard, hard to believe this lasted when so many other bands have gone by the wayside. This whole album is very dated. I liked Pyromania better, too many power ballads on this one.
I have never understood the Def Leppard hype - but I understand it's down to personal taste etc. For me - this album is every possible stereotype of glam/hair metal in one exhausting package. Don't get me wrong - I think that hair metal has some great bands/songs/musicians and has its place, but for me this record doesn't do anything particularly special. To the point of each song sounding much like the next, trying too hard for every track to be a big stadium anthem with little substance. I have heard some Def Leppard songs (not from this or Pyromania) that are great and have something about them. Unfortunately this album offered up none of that for me.
Halfway through Women, I was prepared to say that this album was going to outperform my expectations. Then I caught the lyric "Skin on skin, let the love begin," and I was back to where I started.
Uuuuggghhhhhh.... Christ, the guitars on this album suck. And the synths. And everything else. I don't care if the drummer has three limbs. This all blows goats.
I kind of skipped my way through this today because as a young male during the time of this release, it was everywhere. Radio, TV, friends, etc. I hate the dated production which I think is the zenith of the 1980s perhaps. It wasn't just them, there were 20+ bands whose drums/guitars/vocals sounded like this. The lyrics cause brain damage and/or manosphere sympathies. The lyrics should be avoided. The only reason this doesn't get 1 star is that they are really good at writing pre-choruses which set up their arena choruses. Almost every hit of theirs has one. I've always kind of liked Pour Some Sugar on Me despite myself.
2/5 - The lyrics are objectively terrible. The production is heavy-handed and cheesy. Yet this produced 7 singles and was totally inescapable on MTV in the late 80s. I was 13 and loved it, but I moved on pretty quickly. "Yeah, but are you getting it? (Armageddon it)" Holy fuck.
It’s hilarious that an album produced with big money and with due seriousness is impossible to listen to with a straight face. 'Animal' might sound good after ten pints. 'Love Bites' might need ten more.
Yet another example of a band/album that I don't get the hype for.
Músicas longas demais, disco longo demais. Uns 20 minutos a menos, com menos músicas, talvez tornasse um disco memorável. Os hits tem vida própria, sem necessidade do contextos do disco. E boa parte das músicas poderia estar em qualquer disco de "hair metal" da época.
3/10
This album came out during my senior of high school. So yeah, I'm familiar. It was everywhere and unavoidable. Even though I thought it was pretty sucky back then I decided to give it a fair listen to now. It's so much worse than I remember. It's just soft, cheesey, pop drivel. In my memory they were more hard rock. But there's nothing hard about this.
I don’t really like hair metal
Adolescent 80's overproduced, cheesy, pop metal. The songs have some catchy choruses (Pour Some Sugar on Me) but are very similar in structure and gimmicky hooks. I thought I was going to enjoy this but now remember why I moved away from this genre.
I wish I was a Deaf leopard. 3/10
Horrifically bloated and not musically interesting enough to make up for it. Glam rock is already on thin ice and this is a bad example of it. Massive respect for Rick Allen though.
I’ve decided I do not like 80s hair metal. Overproduced, cringey, pop rubbish
okay album but nothing really stood out to me as anything i'd listen to again. some of the songs are too overplayed for me to enjoy anymore.
Kickass cover but. Man I won’t even call it boring or not catchy because I see why it’s so beloved just off guitar work alone, but it is an album at its best when the lyrics don’t show up. Like if you told me a horny fourteen year old boy wrote this I would entirely believe you.
Not my flavour of rock at all. Pour Some Sugar On Me is irresistible dumb fun, but I couldn't find much good will for the rest. Love Bites and Hysteria are boring dirges for such big hits, and the album could've comfortably been two or ten tracks shorter. It's so sex-obsessed that it's unintentionally hilarious, though I prefer that priapic stupidity to their attempts at heartfelt balladeering or, God forbid, political commentary.
It’s kind of amazing how an album that generated so many hit singles and sold so many copies had so little of a lasting impact.
Excruciatingly cheesy stadium rock. Sometimes sexy, but mostly cringe. I kind of enjoyed Pyromania despite its corniness, mainly because it was still close to hard rock and even packed a bit of punch. But by 1987, Def Leppard had devolved into sugary glitter rock for the masses, churning out one tacky ballad after another. Tracks like "Animal" are almost painful to listen. The whole album is so 80s that it feels like a parody of a parody, and is only saved by a couple of groovy hits. A pointless addition to the list in my opinion. 3/10
Haha, damn, Pour Some Sugar on Me .This kind of 80s glam is hard for me: cheesy one hand drumming, a typical hair metal voice, the whole thing. Still, it’s better than Pyromania and a lot of albums from the same era and scene. Still, after Appetite for Destruction and the thrash explosion, this already sounded pretty outdated.
I get such a negative gut feeling when I listen to songs from this era that are way overplayed and way overrated. No good feelings from this album whatsoever. And in fact I quit halfway through
So 80s. Has some hits, but very repetitive.
Not horrible I guess? I'll say 2.5, round down.
чё-то по большей части какой-то бон джови, если не скорпионз. не знаю как назвать. ганз н роузез. романтический рок. очень странный альбом
It sounded exactly how I expected. For an hour.
Yucky. Overproduced hair metal slop
My first listen to a Def Leppard album, and honestly I’m not very familiar with their music at all, so I went into Hysteria completely open-minded. Unfortunately, this album just isn’t for me. This kind of cliché stadium rock does very little for me and after a while it all starts to feel quite repetitive and limited. The album has big hooks and polished production, but a lot of it feels overly flashy without really saying much underneath. It comes across like music aimed at teenagers — loud, overblown and full of meaningless lyrics, extended guitar solos and tracks that go on far longer than they need to. At over an hour long, the album really drags in places and I found myself losing interest as it went on. While I can understand why it appealed to so many people commercially, there just aren’t many songs here that I’d personally want to come back to. Favourite tracks: “Rocket” was fun for spotting all the musical references and shout-outs, although it’s about five minutes too long. “Pour Some Sugar on Me” is also worth a listen Least favourite tracks: A lot of the album blends into fairly standard rock music that offers very little variety Album artwork: Lots going on here visually and very much fits the over-the-top style of the album
In a world of Iron Maiden, what's the point of this?
An incredibly disappointment. The prior three albums were all much better than this money grab. Pop.
I’m not normally a fan of Def Leppard so I never expected to like this album, it was ok though. Fav song is ‘Pour Some Sugar On Me’.
Why is this album 1 hour long?
They can write a decent singalong-able hook, but there's basically nothing else to offer. Mostly boring stadium rock
Gah, hair metal at it's near-worst, vaguely tolerable in small amounts ⭐⭐
It's incredibly cheesy 80s glam rock/hair metal about sex, sex, and more sex. But it's not...awful. It's just not particularly good either.
Very mediocre save the couple of hits. I can't believe two Def Leppard albums made it on this list.
No ei oikein parhaimpia kasari rock levyjä vai onko meta
What a steaming pile of glossy bullshit. Honestly, this album has excellent album art but that’s about the only thing I like about this album. This really needed to be over an hour dudes? Like you really thought this was all great? I get it, it was 1987 but I’ve listened to enough 80’s music to know that there was much better 80’s music available, even if we are only talking 80’s hair metal. This sounded like the same song over and over again with “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and “Gods of War” was actually kinda ok. When you compare this to their counterparts of their time, they simply lack the punch or flair of the Van Halen’s or AC/DC, heck I’ll even put Motley Crüe miles ahead of this listless, flat rock. This was dumb and not dumb fun, just dumb and I hate it. 2 stars
Pyromania was like Wayne's World. Hysteria is like Wayne's World after the guy from Noah's Arcade takes over. Over produced, takes itself way too seriously, too long, and just overall not fun.
I am a late 70's 80's rock guy - that was the sweet time growing up. , Prime is '75-85, but after that it changes fast. and not all for the best. Def Leppard should have been a one-hit album band with "Pyromania". They are indicative of the swift decline of 80's music.
There was nothing wrong with it but it didn't make me feel anything. None of the songs left an impression besides Gods of War which itself isn't even a great song. Musical equivalent of breakfast tv
i dont really like glam too much and lord was this long
Radio music
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dont get me wrong, but this album isn’t that great, compared to Pyromania. every song, there’s a different section that goes a little too long that’s just synthesizers going crazy. I love Pyromania, but i just can’t sit still long enough for this one.
Couldn’t get through it. Always disliked Def Leppard and their contemporaries, enjoyed pour some sugar on me and then the rest was an overproduced boredom fest
Dont care
A slightly less polished Bon Jovi with more of a testosterone overdose in the lyrics.
2.5. I wore this cassette out in 2nd grade but it doesn't really hold up tbh. Also, kinda wild that this was considered "Hard Rock" back then.
I can’t be doing with Def Leppard but surprisingly there were a good few tracks on here that I enjoyed. Problem was that there was no middle ground, the ones I didn’t enjoy I really didn’t like. I probably could’ve stretched to threes stars but my God do I hate Pour Some Sugar On Me. That cost it a star as soon as it started. Top Track - Armageddon It
This was far too long for a band with this number of tricks. It's a an excellent example of 80s hair rock, hits all the tropes. Felt a bit less creepy than some of the others we've had but still very much over the top and silly. Feel like it isn't tongue in cheek though. Had the big song I suppose and there are some riffs I don't mind but it's landfill hair rock.
Pour Some Sugar On Me is by far the best track here, the rest are middling, light arena rock. Didn't know they are British. Produced by Mutt Lange, ex-husband and producer for Shania Twain. Once I read that, I can hear Shania singing all of the songs here. Even Pour Some Sugar sounds a bit like That Don't Impress Me Much. Sparse, marching drums. Loads of echo, overdubbing, and the like. Are Def Leppard Shania Twain in disguise? Good album though, to be fair, Come On Over. My mum would have it on in the kitchen all the time when I was growing up. Loads of memorable tracks - the downbeat You're Still The One and From This Moment On, and the upbeat Man I Feel Like A Woman and Honey I'm Home. 2 stars.
I actually think pour some sugar on me is a really good glam stadium rock song. Encapsulates that kind of rock for me. The rest of this album was fairly bad though. Probably exactly what I expected. Hysteria was ok, but I think pour some sugar is all that is needed from this album
Meh
Not intolerable but also not good
Inevitable pull after a hot streak of good albums for about a week. It’s all style and no substance. Much like edm in the mid 2010’s, rock music at Hysteria’s time seemed saturated and played out, taken to its logical conclusion of “louder = better”. “Love Bites” almost had a nice sweet more tender moment, but it didn’t do nearly enough to redeem this thing. This album is one of the first time whwre heard a song on this list I used to listen to all the time through my parents playing it on the radio and I didn’t get a greater appreciation for it. Which is strange, because this whole project is mixed and mastered super well, but there’s nothing beneath its electronic arena rock facade. Once again a rule is proven true, this is an album my coworkers like, so naturally it’s a 2/5