Reviews (page 7 of 9)
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've misunderstood the Leppard. I thought they were like Iron Maiden but with a one-armed drummer. This is much closer to Bon Jovi. Pop metal is how I've seen this described, and that's fair. There's a bit of fun, a lot of filler, and a lot of 80s gloss with not much underneath. The opening run, 'Woman' especially but also 'Rocket' are sluggish at best, despite some nice harmonies on the latter, that clearly borrow from Queen. The standout is the well put together 'Animal', an absolute staple of late 80s Capital Radio, and the best song for showcasing the vocals. It screams 1987. The glam-derived 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' is stupid fun and another Chris Tarrant go to. Which is all to say it has mass appeal whilst being unchallenging and safe for all the family. The best choruses here (like those two) have that football chant quality. A lot have a pumping drum beat. The album probably deserves credit for advancing stadium soft rock, if you like that sort of thing. They probably achieve what they want, but the album feels like it has too much lull amongst the peaks. I'm torn between ratings; on balance I feel a high two is the best I can offer.
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
no
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
I mean, guess its good for its time or genre, but as some reviewers said here, that's exactly what i don't like about rock music - arena rock, hair-rock, anthems and stuff like that. Some Kiss songs, more metal like Pantera or at least fun lyrics, like Alice Cooper (he is not that arena/anthemy tho), but this is definitely not my jam. Music is very authentic to the genre and the 80s, reminds me of 80s movie songs, like You Are The Best Around, maybe a bit of Kansas (i like Kansas more tho).
Not good. Way too long
Hair metal ballads are interminable. The classic rock radio stations have it right: stick to Pour Some Sugar on Me.
The summer of 1987 saw me working in New York state, my first trip out of Europe. So my cassette version of Hysteria was bought in somewhere like Saratoga Springs pretty much as soon as I saw it – I'd struggled to find a copy of Pyromania in my small UK town, and High n Dry had needed a trip to London I think. No one, I confidently stated to my workmates, will have heard this at home... So, I got back to Animal riding high in the charts and everyone telling me that "that band you've been going on about are famous now". So, I was a bit of a Def Leppard fan back in the late 80s. I even saw them on the Hysteria tour (couldn't hear a bloody thing for days). But, and let's be clear about this, Pyromania is a much, much better album than this. High n Dry is too (I've never really been taken by On Through the Night which had defeated me finding it back then). Maybe it's the over-production or the slightly parody version of themselves the band had become by then. Maybe it's MTV. Maybe it lacks Pete Willis. Maybe it's just too fucking American rather than the NWOBHM stuff that I prefer from this era. Maybe it's just too poppy for me, even nearly 40 years later. I've not listened to Hysteria for years probably, and that cassette has certainly been jettisoned somewhere along the way. So it was, err, "interesting" to come back to this. And I don't really like it very much. It is over-engineered. Nowadays it would be packaged for social media I suppose, which would probably make it even worse. But it's still just not very good I'm afraid. Yeah, there were 7 singles from it. You know what, I don't fucking care. Beyond Animal which has some merits, they're mainly shite – and, for what it's worth, you can stick Pour Some Sugar on Me up your arse; it's a terrible, terrible song. I understand why the album is on the list. Yes, people should listen to it to understand what was going on. It has some historical merit and reflects a time at least. And I have some lingering fondness for it. So, how I can I give this any more than 2? In some ways it deserves 1, but the band themselves seem largely decent people who have maintained their roots and I respect that. But I can't imagine I'd ever listen to this again I'm afraid. For the record, Pyromania will probably get a 4. Quite how Hysteria has a higher overall rating on here I'm really not sure. I imagine it's down to too much air play on American rock radio.
Just annoying
Album No. 0180 on my list. *Sigh* Another Def Leppard album on this list. I'm always conflicted about these 1980s hair metal albums. Sometimes I like them pretty well (Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet" was actually the first album I've ever bought, I'll tell the story when I get to review that album), but mostly I find this overtly masculine, intense hard rock stuff with the occasional power ballad pretty annoying. And "Hysteria" is not an exception. Yeah, it's not fully bad, but it's also not something I'd want to listen to on a regular basis. It's just a little too much. Too much cliche, too much masculinity, too much hair metal. I get why this is considered an important rock album of the 80s and it certainly deserves its spot here, but I'm just not a big fan personally. I'll add "Pour Some Sugar On Me", and "Armageddon It" to my playlist. 2/5 stars.
Hørt på morgenen, det blir litt for bonat for meg. Etter monsterhiten Pour some sugar on me måtte jeg faktisk kaste inn håndkleet. Jeg skjønner at dette var sykt fett en gang, jeg har bare ikke lyst å høre på det.
Nah, I'm sorry
I just can't with the 80's hair metal. My least favorite genre. 2/5
I think I just realized why I never got into hair/glam rock. I don't like musicals. Glam rock is just a musical that's "rockin' out!". Too much emoting throws it into the uncanny valley of emotion and it just feels forced or fake. This time, though, I'm gonna throw on an extra star for Pour Some Sugar On Me, cause it's just a fun song
Eh.
Dang, I always thought Def Leppard must be cool because the T-shirts were popular. This was hard to listen to and I couldn't finish it. It's arena rock but it lacks the musical ambition to deserve the sound. So polished, overly sanitized and processed, it loses any soul the recordings once had. I'm sad to be this negative but I really didn't like it. Usually singles can prop up an album, but I don't even care for "pour some sugar on me", it's a nothing sandwich with no staying power. Wholly disappointed.
3.5/10
This was not for me. I know and own Pour Some Sugar On Me. I recognized Animal and Hysteria. I did not like Joe Elliot’s voice.
NWOBHM sellouts Ok so that's a bit hard. If I had a band, went across the pond, and got offered truckloads of money and girls then I'd probably sell my soul too. There's a couple of strong songs on this album, but after Animal it all gets very samey - hair, shoulder pads, reverb, and vocal harmonies. All very stateside sellout. Guys, you're from the steel city For Fuck's Sake! Have some self respect! The drum sound is poor. And I'm gonna get controversial here... When I go to gigs, I like to watch a good drummer. I don't want to see a one armed guy on a Mouse Trap Game kit. The band deserve some credit for looking after their mate - but maybe just give him a percentage and get someone else that can do a proper job. Sorry. Harsh. Not strong enough to be classed as Dad rock. Mom rock yes. Bored.
Aerosmith and Leppard on consecutive days; what did I do to deserve this?
Proof that like Ghostbuster streams, rock and pop should never be crossed. Great choruses but nothing to chew on. Can't see me picking this up again. That'll be 2* then.
1-2 : cool 3-4 : mid 5 : classique!! 6-7 dans la même veine, cool mais pas exceptionnel 8 : peu différent, commence à être long 9. yes, cool 10. très cool 11. nice ! 12. sympa sans plus Dans l’ensemble, c’est sympa. 3-4 sons en trop je pense (format 40min aurait été souhaitable). Rock-pop-on chante en cœur des 80’s pas trop trop fan mais ça passe. 2.5+/5
Not bad by any stretch, just not my cup of tea. Got some bangers though
I acknowledge that this is legendary, titanic, chart-topping, baby-making butt rock. It is butt rock nonetheless.
Light 2,5
Classic 80s rock which unfortunately I am not a fan of. I say unfortunately not because I regret my taste but because this was an hour long album.
They were on the radio all the time growing up. I consider them neutral but not my cup of tea.
This one might not have been my thing, or maybe I just wasn't in the right mood when I listened to it
Hair metal is low on my list of genres. This album is no exception, in fact the cheesy over production makes it worse. There are some admittedly some great guitar riffs mixed in here, but even these seem overly dramatic. Music this cheesy really shouldn’t take itself this seriously. My opinion on this one is very likely clouded by the kids in high school who the Def Leppard logo on their tennis shoes, which was decidedly not my crowd. It gets an extra star because it objectively not unlistenable, just very much not for me.
I've just never been a Def Leppard fan...just not great to me.
Maybe hair metal was a mistake
Has 9 arms, sucks
It’s a cliche hair band metal rock album. It’s okay.
62 minutes of guitar noise and screaming. I clearly still haven't recovered from my sister playing this nonstop in 1987.
Generic, cheesy, cliched, outdated, stale, irrelevant dad rock.
Not great, honestly. Kind of overrated?
I see the appeal, but I didn’t care for it
I appreciate that they have a unique “sound” but after a while all the tracks start to “sound” the same, which is the “sound” of flipping through the channels on cable tv in the 90s.
Neitakk
Safety scissors rock
No standouts
Corny og overproduceret, frygtelig anstrengende sanger, ugudeligt lang. Meget generøs 2'er fordi jeg godt kan lide Animal og synes et par af numrene egentlig er meget sjove
Never been a big fan of this band, but had never listened to anything beyond the radio hits. Still not a fan.
Meh
I’ve known the name Def Leppard forever but the only song I know is Pour Some Sugar On Me which is extremely cheesy but fine. Pretty much sums up this album it was inoffensive but I forgot about it as soon as it finished. Playlist track: Excitable
Not as good as the other one. But hard to say, I think this is an album depending on its environment; I think listening on a Walkman in the 80s in the Summer time would change my opinion.
Did not finish. As much as I do think Def Leppard is one of the better glam rock bands, they're still a glam rock band and so much of this subgenre sounds exactly the same. I get the vibe and I think if you were having a party or pregaming to go out this kind of music can hit, but it's sorely outdated and monstrously overproduced. Even with skipping through the big songs I already knew, I couldn't get through over an hour's worth of Def Leppard.
Is there any artistic substance here? Any expression of genuine emotion or human experience? To me it sounds like the culmination of a business plan. Which makes sense, because it's a Mutt Lange production. After Back in Black his M.O. seems to have been finding acts who had chops - performative talent - but no musical sensibility or vision. (Listen to Def Leppard's first album (or Shania Twain's first) and tell me if you hear anything exciting, or promising there.) Then he would make these rice-cakes-drenched-in-simple-syrup and sell them by the millions. (He was also a colossal hypocrite; espousing in his personal life a sanctimonious anti-materialist spiritualism (read: cult leader vibe) while producing the most materialistic, non-spiritual drivel and passing it off as art.) These songs are so unabashedly-dopey-pop they could be Bay City Rollers covers. One hook repeated ad nauseam through a sonic wall of glitz and shimmer. The performances are as boring as the songs. Lange's style of production seems designed to iron all authenticity and individuality out of his musicians - to use them as mere patches on a Synth. (Run Riot hints that the band could actually be modestly interesting and/or exciting. Too bad it stands alone.) But I guess he gets the last laugh. He set out to make radio hits and make radio hits he did. Sheeple of the late 80s binged on these cynical-sounding sugar-coated shit-patties; Which is depressing. On the positive side, I think Def Leppard is a GREAT band name. It puts these lads in a category with Spin Doctors and (Michael McDonald era) Doobie Brothers: horrible bands with fantastic names.
Nee, diese Art von Stadionhardrock ist überhaupt nichts für mich. Da sind schon gute Riffs und Melodien dabei, aber das Album ist mir viel zu lang und ich bin echt kein Fan der Texte und des allgemeinen Sounds. Teilweise erinnern mich die Vocals etwas an AFI zu "Decemberunderground"-Zeiten, bei Rocket vor allem. Muss ich nicht noch einmal hören.
I’m saying 2 but I liked it more than I thought I would. The guitar tone was incredible. Legit loved it. Also way fewer guitar solos than I’d expect on a record like this. I think I counted only 1! The snare was waaaaayyyyyy too boomy/roomy. I know that was the sound of the day, but it sounded sorta clowny there.
I destroyed this cassette tape from overplaying back in 5th grade. It’s really not good. Thank the grunge gods for ending this era and saving me. Even still, when these jams come on you will find me solo arm air drumming the whole way through.
Starts high, ends high—but ya girl prefers a build ✅✅ Hysteria
Oof I thought I liked Def Leppard until I listened to an hour of Def Leppard.
esq me aburro
This album would be good if Joe Elliott would shut the fuck up for 10 seconds.
not a big fan of glam rock/hair metal, especially not in this era couple of decent songs but nothing outstanding
Holy glaze I can’t feel anything rlly good from this 5/10 2025/12/30
Gta vice city vibes. Snoepje
This style gets so boring for me.
Highly polished big dumb rock. Some memorable melodies: the chorus of Animal, the pre-chorus of Love Bites (I don’t want to touch you too much baby…)
80s. I like the song before pour some sugar on me.
Hard rock is a misnomer
I dont get nostalgia from this which I feel like is a requirement for enjoyment
Hair metal is really not a genre of rock I'm into, and this did little to change my opinion on it. Some interesting bits of music scattered around, but I found it really hard to distinguish most of the songs from one another
I enjoyed Pyromania a decent bit but this one didn't click. I think it's a bit too over-the-top for my liking. It's just a bit of harmless fun, nothing too serious. Rating: 2.5
"The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm!" - thank you, Blood Hound Gang! Mullets- mullets everywhere! But seriously, I have never jammed an album of Def Leopard's before. haha- butt rock! Glad I listened, but can't say I enjoyed it.
This sound is just really dull to me. I considered giving it a 3 because I was enjoying some of the riffs and everything, but it all just went on too monotonously for too long for me to award it more than a 2.
Sucks monkey junk
If you were to ask AI to come up with a prototypical 80s stadium rock album, it would probably throw something like this back at you. Catchy hooks, gang vocals, and lyrics that walk the line between misogynistic and just plain silly (“Armageddon it? Yes, I’m a-getting it.”). Full disclosure, I owned this album back in the day and thought it was pretty cool. Listening to it now, I waver between an amused nostalgia and an irritation that a lot of the albums I left this for are not on this list.
fine, wasn't really paying attention
The eighties were a difficult time for some artists. I like rock, it's my favorite genre, but this album just doesn't work for me.
Never expected to listen to a Def Leppard album. Agreed, the guitar tone is beautiful. So, better than I expected.
I didn't expect to like this album and indeed I do not. A full hour of this was way too long for me. It's basic, incredibly cheesy, and the lyrics are not that interesting or creative. There's so much dumb, obvious innuendo. I have heard Pour Some Sugar On Me many times and have never enjoyed it. I actually don't mind other similar rock bands like AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, etc. Maybe I'm just nostalgic for the bands I listened to as a kid and Def Leppard wasn't one of them? Though I'd say there's definitely something about their sound that I just don't like. The album could be worse so I will give it a 4/10.
There was a brief time in my life when I would tell people that my least favorite genre was classic rock. I've only recently come to the realization that "classic rock" isn't actually a genre, but more of an umbrella term used by radio stations to signal that they primarily play rock & roll from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. That said, I actually have enjoyed my fair share of classic rock albums from bands like Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Alice Cooper (partially thanks to the Generator), but Def Leppard may very well be the perfect representation of what I previously imagined the "genre" to be. In other words, I didn’t particularly enjoy Hysteria. The lyrics on the album haven’t aged well and its music has aged even worse – it’s very much a product of its time and features many of the elements that This Is Spinal Tap mocked three years earlier. However, the biggest issue I have with Hysteria isn’t that it sounds dated – it’s that the songs just aren’t that compelling or memorable. Coming off of Supergrass’ debut album yesterday, this one just sounds so slow and bland by comparison. Even the album’s biggest hit ("Pour Some Sugar on Me") honestly didn’t do much for me. I don’t want to be all negative here, though – after all, two stars isn’t the worst rating I could have given Hysteria. "Women" was a pretty decent opening track and I enjoyed the "Gods of War" foreshadowing that was cleverly hidden in "Rocket." "Gods of War" might be the only track on the album attempting to say something (even if it’s a bit surface level), so I can appreciate that Def Leppard put in some effort to build up to it! All in all, Hysteria wasn’t really my thing and I’m doubtful there will be many glam metal Book Albums I end up rating highly (although Slippery When Wet is likely a shoo-in), but at least now I know which type of “classic rock” I can probably stay away from. We’ll see if Pyromania fares any better! Highlights: Women, Rocket, Gods of War
Not for me
Despite my hate for Def Leppard I have to admit there are a couple good songs on here. They’re just surrounded by shit.
p566. 1987. 2 stars. Aerosmith lite. Generic stadium rock with a couple of decent songs. Pass.
No es lo mío, me ha empezado a gustar a partir de pour some sugar on me, Armaggedon me está gustando.Gods of war no está mal, Hysteria la mejor del álbum, de ahí adelante love and affection.
I hated this in 1987 and still hate it in 2025. But what’s worse is I may hate the people who like this more than I hate the music itself.
Def Leppard are enjoyable in smaller doses, but they are not Top 1001 winners.
Not my cup of tea
I really don’t like this. First of all, it’s way too long. I could grow a beard listening to this and I’m a woman. Too many tracks that are too similar for each one to be this long. And I’m not against long songs. But there’s nothing interesting about these ones, they tire you out. If I were to listen to a singular song at random from this album, there’s a good chance I would give it three stars. But put together this just can’t reach three stars for me. I suppose it’s catchy but it’s awfully tacky. It’s what I imagine the 80s in America to be like. Except they’re english. Shit.
Enjoyable 80s hard rock. Pour Some Sugar on Me always a classic and fun song. Wouldn't really say this something that great or special compared to many of the other albums. It was also pretty long of a record with some okay tracks in it.
As I listened to this, I was trying to figure out why, back in the day, I liked Pyromania (can still listen to that one, albeit with a bit of nostalgia) but I always disliked Hysteria and pretty much everything that came after it. Then it hit me - Def Leppard had by this point become a pop band with slightly louder guitars. There's no rawness (not that Pyromania was particularly raw). The whole album feels sterile and produced-to-death. You could change out the vocalist and release it as a Bon Jovi album.
I don't care for Def Leppard
Well produced buttrock
Glam Rock/Hair Metal. This is what Spinal Tap is spoofing. One of the worst crimes perpetrated by the music industry in the 1980’s? Probably not the worst, but it’s up there. The lyrics have no coherent purpose, they’re as shallow as you can get. The music is energetic - I could see some of these songs on a workout playlist. The songs are super overproduced, the vocals are mostly indecipherable, the singer’s voice is not my cup of tea. Notable songs include Animal, Love Bites, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Hysteria, Love and Affection.
You can almost hear the hair. Sounds like the soundtrack from a 1980s teen movie starring Judd Nielson.
I dunno, 2? 3? Didn't enjoy it, but it isn't complete shit.
Thought this was going to better. Generally just mildly organised noise
What's great about this process is listening to artists you suspected were shite and finding out that they are indeed shite
1. Animal 2. Pour Some Sugar On Me 3. Hysteria
I really don't enjoy this era and style of rock. Lots of hits here for sure, but not my thing.
Make it end. Please. Comercial crap made for wannabe tough soccer moms.
I hear they’re good live? Idk man I just don’t think this era of rock is for me.
Although I never owned a copy of this album, it was pretty much unavoidable in the late 1980s. It did bring back some memories, like "Rice and Peas" (Love Bites) and the other big hits. It's also awful, commercial, over-produced hair-metal, so the memories weren't great to be fair. Two stars.
Hair/Glam metal. “Pour Some Sugar on Me” is not a good enough song to warrant this album being included on this list. It’s pretty uninspiring and just not that good. 2/5 Won’t listen again
Aika agressiivisen keskinkertainen 2/5
It’s interesting to listen to this as a child of grunge because it has always sounded like a parody of something, but the something is just itself. An era of rock that seems like the excess and rock star was of it all was the point presaging an era of rock where the excess was all directed as a means of escaping the last era’s bullshit. Can’t deny a power ballad or pour some sugar tho
These songs all sounded like the same song and while Pour Some Sugar On Me is a karaoke classic it is not that great of a song
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.
hmmm no
Boring ass dad rock.
Definitely a band of a time and despite liking some of their more well known songs, I find a whole albums worth a bit much and containing a lot of filler, especially coming in at over an hour. I’ll stick to their greatest hits thanks.
So big and so boring.
Nah
Better than I expected, but dragged on with lots of filler.
Classic rock and hair metal just aren't my thing at all. It's very corny but not in a fun way. As far as those genres go this isn't the worst though I will say. The guitar tone is pretty solid. It's mostly the vocals I dislike.
Everything I hate about guitars
Not a Def Leppard fan, although I have to admit, I kind of liked Pour Some Sugar On Me. I was tempted to start flipping my hair around.
2.5
Rock n roll Never heard of them before Not my type But liked one or two songs
women- oh this is about to be so ass. 3 rocket- 3 animal- 3 love bites- 2. nope pour some sugar on me- 2 or 3 armageddon it- 3 gods of war- 2 dont shoot shot gun- 2 or 3 get this shit away from me i might be stupid but i didnt know the drummer only had one arm. i would like to emphasize the band's shit music is not his fault but rather the fault of literally everything else
I don't like anything about hair metal. I don't like the way it is sung. I don't like the way the guitar or the drums sound. I don't like the dumb lyrics aimed at twelve year olds. I don't like that it is the official theme song for baseball players to commit date rape to. Lowest common denominator pop is still lowest common denominator pop, even if it is run through a "hard rock" filter. This is just bad.
The fun realisation I know one of the songs on this record, and never knew it was Def Leppard. Nothing else really stands out to me. Over the top, guitar riffs, synths, squawky vocals, drowning in reverb. Could be Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, etc, could be any other 80s glam rock band. The most interesting thing here are the “sample” and found sounds on the outro of Gods of War, but I don’t think it’s in service of much really.
It’s not terrible it’s just really not my genre.
Meh
Too cheesy, songs too long, some nice guitar sound but the lyrics were properly bad.
Sometimes the most metal thing you can do it makes a new wave album.
Tekevät parhaansa editoidakseen ja paisuttaakseen musiikkinsa kuuntelukelvottomaksi. Joissakin bändin melodioissa on silti vähintäänkin huumorisoittoon kelpaavaa tehoa. Ja ykköshitti on... no sitä itseään.
This album has sold 20 million copies, which seems crazy, until you remember that every strip club in the world probably bought 5 copies because it was the only reliable way to access "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
Fine. They all kinda sound the same.
ehh...
This is music for assholes. It is self-indulgent and vapid. It doesn't have any redeeming qualities. The music is too self-absorbed, too craving of commercial validation that it can't even be heavy metal. It's pop, flaccid and impotent despite its constant, desperate gestures of virility. The songs don't just objectify women, they reduce all of their listeners to a subservient status. If you're a Def Leppard fan, you have no higher purpose in life than filling stadiums and buying albums. The over-enlarged egos that compose the band Def Leppard champion excess like it's an act of rebellion. It's not. It's amplified mindless consumerism. Stoke the economy, keep profits up, generate a good ROI. I feel stupider for having listened to this album twice. I feel like buying a Camero and drunk driving. I feel like changing my name to Don or Chip. I feel the sweet relief from responsibility that being a shallow, unselfconscious, unselfreflective individual must offer. 2 stars because I thought the song Rocket was actually pretty cool.
62 minutes 32 seconds. damn i figured that if def leppard had one thing going for them, it'd be brevity. this album cover rules. triangles are all the rage, and it ties in the absurdly angular def leppard font. slashing hand written type with weird kerning contrasts all the sharp angles. faces scream, for some reason as alien hyrogliphic startrek meet predator giberish explodes from all angles. im rdy for 60 minutes of mair metal now. Im not loving it, but im not exactly hating it. it's inoffensive arena music. BG vocals are so tinny and icy, they make my nipples hard (not in a good way) 2 arms are essential for drumming hey its over! 2
Not my thing
Gentlemen, coming to the stage, Candy!!! Sugar pouring everywhere! Having never actually sat down and listened to this album in my whole life I feel like I know way too many songs off of this! Just because it was popular doesn't mean it was good!
Reminds me of Bryan Adams.
It has the hits but felt a lot longer than it actually was.
Never a big Def Leppard fan. In this album did nothing to change my mind. Almost all the songs sounded exactly the same to me. Pour some sugar on me was the only one that I recognized and I actually liked. This just seems like it’s a band trying to be rock ‘n’ roll when it’s really just a pop band
I really can’t stand sleezy 80s rock
Everybody’s always talking about how the drummer from Def Leppard’s only got one arm, but no one ever mentions how he’s only got one drumbeat. …and that predates the arm thing. Also, much love to England for proving that butt rock was not strictly an American thing.
Sólido. Divertido por momentos. Memorable? Debo saber muy poco de rock porque por momentos pensé que estaba escuchando Aerosmith o Guns. Nota: 2.5
Irrelevantes Rockzeugs.
I just don't like hair rock. Yes, I'm bias, I know, no-one's perfect.
So 80s. Not in a good way. Acknowledgment of all of the singles contained on one album - doesn't mean they don't all sound the same. Of note: I will always think of Pour Some Sugar on Me as a stripper song.
Listens: 2 Stand out tracks: Gods Of War, Pour Some Sugar On Me Not a fan of 80 classic rock hair bands. I can't really discern qualities between most tracks. It's all heavy guitar and strong drums. Pour Some Sugar On Me has transcended time to be one of their (or at least to me) recognizable tracks. I can't deny it as a piece of music; even one that I enjoy, despite categorically loathing most of the 80s rock, electric guitar-heavy genre.
The shiniest, hairiest hair rock. Not my jam.
De är så tuffa och hårda, not.
Alright but all kinda sounds the same.
Some great tunes but very hit and miss, rotational for the bangers perhaps
I didn’t hate this, some catchy songs in a very of its time Bon Jovi sort of way. But sometimes you need that right?
- 1h Glam Rock .. yehaw .. nicht - muss aber gestehen, dass es mir entweder einfach besser gefiel, als das letzte Def Leppard Album oooder ich höre mich langsam rein in die Musik 2,25/5
So bad it's ... awful actually. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is an abomination (also a great pop song). An album one loves to hate, even if one has to acknowledge some guilty pleasures within, though not enough to explain tens of millions of records, which in actually the bigger abomination and a testatment to the pandemic of poor taste!
https://youtu.be/aDUOC9Xk2wM?t=16
Given how much of their biggest tracks are on here this almost feels like a compilation album (you can feel that in the runtime as well). Unfortunately I just wasn't crazy over this one. So many of the hits in this one just blended together in a way that I didn't feel a similar album like Slippery When Wet did. Maybe I shouldn't be looking into it like this though, given the mission statement for this genre was just 'we want to make a shitload of money and fuck groupies who all conveniently tell us they're 18'
I can make a joke here, but you have all heard it … one day, I might be surprised to find out Def Leppard was actually a metal band, but that day is not today. Hysteria is kinda slow and plodding, it’s definitely poppy but overally catchy. At least not as catchy I hoped considering how boring it is. 5.7/10
Maximalist production and minimalist intelligence
I haven't heard this since 1987 when my best friend Matt Ancone loved them. (He also loved the band Europe.) Now that I understand more about music, this album is nothing but a bunch of songs to yell along with at concerts. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I never understood the popularity. Now that I do understand, I can say it's too late for me. Getting into Def Leppard as an adult islike getting into pro-wrestling after you’re 18. It’s not a thing.
I’m just not into this although I see the appeal. I like “Pour Some Sugar on Me” but I wonder if that’s just nostalgia. 2.5/5
Didnt enjoy this at all. Honestly difficult to sit through.
"One part love/one part wild/one part lady/one part child." Gross. Bad start and I don't like my horny 80s jams to surpass the five-minute mark. 1980s excess, for better and for worse. I enjoyed the more pop-minded songs, like "Animal". And "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is a classic dumb fun sex jam that I can't hate. The production is so polished it shines. I feel like this wants to be cool, and maybe it was, but a good portion of it comes off as corny (see: "Rocket"). The love ballads strike me as silly and insincere given the way objects of affection are addressed elsewhere (which is to say, as objects). It's meat-headed, often lyrically nonsensical, and way, way too long, but it's everything a fan could want in an 80s glam metal record and fun enough.
Can't believe I willingly putting on a Def Leppard album. Though Pour Some Sugar On Me does hold up as a single, that's about as good as it gets. I unfortunately have no choice but to put this in the category of the kind of music that shows up in cheesy 80s movies. Just far too over the top without much substance for me. They might sing a lot about women, but can't say this was intended for women. An hour I will never get back!
So very 80s; the epitome of hair metal. The vocals are piercing and the music is just plain corny. I can't say I hate this record, but I certainly don't enjoy listening to it. But, as I've agreed to by doing this project, I will listen to each record in its entirety. It is truly amazing that this is considered a record we must listen to before we die, and that there are people out there that really enjoy this music - a testament to the diversity and subjective nature of music and art. No, thank you, for me though.
Ugh. Reminds me of my gym class. Fuck that gym class.
Crap 80's pop rock
What One Armed Scissor did for 2000’s hardcore, Pour Some Sugar On Me did for 80’s hard rock. I’ve always had a bit of distaste for 80’s hard rock/hair metal - you could say I’ve kept it at arm’s length - but there’s something about the production that doesn’t do it for me. Every song is about sex, every song is quite boring and almost every song has a bit where they just shout the track name and (presumably) set the live audience up to go ‘yeah!’ or something. Which once in a while is fine, but it’s on every track. Bet they’re great fun live, but tickets probably cost an arm and a leg. Appreciate Chris will want to throw hands when I say I don’t like this, but he’s a little armchair warrior and I reckon I could take him handily.
Despite what John may think, I'm actually not a massive fan of the Lep anymore (would be mad if I was) but I can't deny the impact that had on me as a youth. It was a proper gateway album into heavy rock/metal, as they were a firm fixture at home due to their local hero status. Don't really enjoy any hair metal bands but these slipped through the net, similar to how Rick Allen slipped through his seatbelt. Some bangers on here like PSSOM, Animal, Rocket but really not a fan of the Mutt Lange 80s production. So poppy. Reckon live it at a festival it would be fun though. Proper limbs. And probably a shot in the arm during a long day in the sun. Always makes me laugh at how big these are in America. Like actually huge. Fair play to them, though; they knuckled down and put in some hard work and elbow grease to succeed. Fun album to revisit but it's pretty shit isn't it.
This seems like the quintessential stereotypical hair metal record and that is not good. Mindless lyrics, cheesy riffs, and fake bravado
I hate this genre sm soz
Esta es mi opinión personal, pero creo que todo el glam de los 80's no debería existir en esta lista. El Glam de los 70's es mucho más influyente y se mantiene mucho más fresco hasta el día de hoy. Las composiciones y producción de bandas como Def Leppard envejecieron como la leche, a pesar de que su sonido fue el hegemónico durante décadas. Habiendo dicho eso, el impacto de este disco es innegable. Este fue el trabajo que llevó a los sucios rockeros de los 80s a ser considerados como propuestas para llenar estadios, creando una imagen más limpia y amplia, más relacionada con el pop; lamentablemente, a la vez entregándonos el estereotipo más molestoso relacionado con el rock de la cultura popular. Innecesariamente largo, innecesariamente tedioso e innecesariamente reventado. Este LP es más grande que la vida y en este momento la vida es difícil para todos, así que no es una gran escucha en pleno 2026. Pistas destacables: Animal Pour Some Suger On Me
Cliche and corny 80's hair band. Not my style, even if it had a few good songs. 4/10
Cool guitar bits, can't stand the singing
I listened to this album and now I can only make jokes about how I hate my wife.
Vinyl record side A : Hits that I can't stand. Vinyl record side B : Fillers that I can't stand.
shit sucks
1.5/5
My mind is so made up on Def Leppard, they are not for me on any level. There are people out there that like this band, and I'm happy for them. Def Leppard seems like a caricature of a rock band to me, and none of their quirks work for me. Seriously, how does Def Leppard get more albums on this list than John Coltrane?
Is it bad that I stopped listening to this to listen to pretzel logic again?
Fav: Love Bites Least Fav: Excitable That just felt like one massive hour-long song, sooooo boring
Bij tijd en wijle niet zo abominabel als wat ik had verwacht, maar het is wel een album die onze reis door eighties wel een beetje samenvat he. Er gebeurden fantastische dingen in de 80s op cultureel en muzikaal vlak, maar die weten ze tot nog toe goed te verbergen. Er gebeurde gewoon veel, dus ook deze ijzingwekkende uitspattingen zijn typisch voor dat decennium. Enfin, de grote hits zijn best catchy, en toegegeven; ik tikte een beetje mee met m'n voet tijdens de hooks. Schrik hier toch wel van, want voor de rest is Def Leppard alles wat ik niet zoek in muziek. Hier ga ik wakker van liggen. 5,5/10 Highlights (God vergeef me): Animal Pour Some Sugar On Me
I was alive in the 80's but im very glad i wasn't old enough to have this as my formative musical upbringing as it seems like a bit of a wasteland in hindsight. This just seems very empty and shallow. It could be called fun and well done, and it gets a bonus point for being from Sheffield. But it was a tough listen
Does all Def Leppard sound the same? Yes. Yes, it does.
++: Rocket, God of War, Excitable +: Love Bites, Armageddon It, Don't Shoot Shot Gun, Run Riot +-: Women, Animal, Pour Some Sugar on Me, Love and Affection -: Hysteria 6,9/10
From the Sheffield Strip, California.
All of these songs sound exactly the same to me. Power 80s pop rock.
- 1/12 songs added to main playlist - Arena rock, not my jam - Having a hard time getting really interested - Only 2 songs in at this point, but it doesn’t really hit for me - Lots of hits - Not very engaging for me, a bit of a chore to listen to - Favorite song: Gods of War
There's probably a reason subsequent generations of kids have been walking around in Nirvana tees for the better part of 25 years, but hair metal stayed firmly in the 80s where it belonged.
12 year old me loved this, and it does have its moments. But the production is a bit too much and the lyrics are almost dumb enough to be on an Aerosmith album. The whole second half is just filler.
its very campy but that's the appeal. Its a bit long though
In some ways, Def Leppard is the best of the hair metal bands, but shit still stinks even if it’s the “best” shit. Fucking awful. I’m glad Nirvana killed this shit off.
Way overproduced with dumb lyrics. The title track is the album's saving grace but the rest I can live without. It was a massive success but I find it disappointing when it came out and my opinion hasn't changed since.
Awful 80s hair metal
This music came out when I was in college. I was pretty indifferent, but I thought I’ll give this a genuine listen today. I’m still pretty indifferent. Even the song I remember liking was boring. Other than a few catchy refrains, I couldn’t get into this. Not my style.
The follow-up to their breakthrough hit album Pyromania. Def Leppard successfully distilled what made them so popular: catchy sing-along choruses and big stadium-style production that envelops listeners. Unfortunately, it does come with some power ballad snoozers that make me want to blow my brains out. There aren't many, but they're a real drag when they pop up. This would be a fine release if it wasn't over an hour long. I resent these overly long songs that pad out an album that only has three or four good songs. I think this is marginally better than Pyromania having a few more songs that stand out from the rest, but it still suffers a lot of the same problems that keep me from enjoying it.
I despise hair metal, but if I'm being honest there are parts of this album I can appreciate it's just not Pour Some Sugar On Me
My hair grew 3 inches listening to this.
This list is going to incorrectly come away with the assumption I don't like metal. So quintessentially 80s, this. Animal and the chorus of Pour Some Sugar on Me obviously bring back memories and they are still good. The rest is also silly, but doesn't have those delicious hooks. Rocket and Women appear to be more or less the same song, I enjoyed bits of Gods of War, but for a record with supposedly 5 other singles and which was absolutely massive I was surprised how little else stood out. Daft and fun, no doubt, I have Korn next which I have a feeling one hour of this is going to be more tolerable overall. Can I conceive of ever listening to this as an album again though (the benchmark for an average score)? Absolutely not.
General juvenile anthem rock, bleh boring. Don't recognize any of these songs at all. 2 stars
Makes Bon Jovi sound mint
the 80’s will never happen again. what a crazy time. this album will never be made again. i appreciate that aspect of it.
aggressively mediocre
i do appreciate the uninhibited 80s cheesiness so i like it more than the other album but it still is very bad music !
1. uuomen - 1 2. rocket - 1.5 3. animal - 1.5 4. love - 1.5 5. zugar - 1.5 6. armageddon - 1 7. uuar - 1.5 8. zhot gun - 1 9. riot - 1 10. hyzteria - 2 11. ezcite - 1 12. affection - 1
This continues to prove my theory that the 80s hair metal band your parents showed you when you were a kid are the only one of the genre you actually like (Bon Jovi in my case) Fav songs: - Rocket - Love Bites - Pour Some Sugar on Me
joa.. i weiß ja nit
#314. What has nine arms and sucks? Yeah, you guessed it- Def Leppard. Def Leppard sucks. This whole shitass genre of music sucks. All that glam band hair metal shit was a blight on the metal genre as a whole, and I for one am glad that annoying shit is long gone. They used to play almost all of these songs incessantly on the radio when i was a kid, but I'm pretty sure I haven't heard any of them since probably 2009. Maybe with any luck, it'll be 15 more years before I have to hear any one of them again. 2/5: shit
it’s giving 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It’s a feat that they somehow managed to make every single song on this album outstay it’s welcome. Yet somehow within that extra runtime there were no memorable instrumental parts to recall. Meh
too long and too samey
2.5/5
Cheesy and bland. Don't like this type of 80s rock
Some people enjoy butt rock. I am not one of them! I do like to, ironically, say "pour some sugar on me in the name of love" though. That's fun.
Ah one of the staples of 80s classic rock (and a song that probably gets all it's modern plays from strip clubs). I'm a big rock fan, and I do enjoy classic rock, but something about this era of glam / hair rock just hasn't aged that well. Perhaps its the overuse of synth? The somehow sickeningly saccharine melody and vocals? Also almost all the big rock bands of this era had eerily similar vocals, that somewhat strained, throat/head voice. As a singer myself (choir mostly), just listening to it gives me a vocal strain. After a while a lot of it just blends. One thing this era did well though are brilliant guitar solos peppered throughout their songs. So enjoyable, and really does seem to be a lost art. It almost seemed like the lead guitarist was singing their own verse in the song. Overall, I actually enjoyed this listen, but barring a few songs (yes, Pour Some Sugar on Me is one of em), I won't be putting most of these tracks on my rock playlist for a re-listen. 2.5/5 (.5 thanks to the strip club anthem that is Pour Some Sugar on Me)
3 decent songs and a whole host of boring dross.
Meh is an understatement
Prior to listening to this album all I knew about Def Leppard was Pour Some Sugar On Me. And after listening to this album, I realized I already knew everything I needed to know. I don't know how they managed to turn one musical idea into an entire album, but then I've never been one for arena rock. The only reason this album isn't bad in my opinion is because of the title track - it feels like an actually complex song that the band made accidentally based on the rest of the album. Listen to Hysteria and pick any one of the other songs, and you've listened to the whole album
welp that's 80s hair metal at it's best. 2 stars
This really didn't grab me. It sounded fine, but I won't revisit
This is definitely not my kinda music. Feel like I can enjoy the hits but barely, and even at that I would need to be on one to really love it. This type of yelling lyrics music just makes me think of the movie Rock Star. Every song kinda sounds the same. Going high 2 because some guitar licks are lickin.
Awesome drumming, insipid lyrics.
Not for me.
In retrospect it´s funny that a lot of the "tough" guys back in high school in the eighties were actually listening to what amounts to pop. I love pop but don´t go around pretending you´re listening to hardcore antisocial violent shit when it´s more akin to Brittany Spears than Watain.
Den här skrikrocken är inte riktigt min kopp te. Tycker det mesta låter likadant och är mer skränigt än melodiskt och njutbart. Hysteria är nog bäst. Och den är inte jättebra.
While I recognize that this album would definitely be considered successful by most measures and can appreciate the fact that it did produce a lot of classic rock hits, and this album is full of them that's for sure, there was only a handful of tracks I had never heard before, I do think even the best of bubble gum stadium pop rock is still not something I really care for.
What an incredible amount of hits you know from the radio, parties, disco or whatever. The sound is almost too big and perfect. Lyrics are mostly stupid and cheesy, but here nobody cares. The record is way too long and the songs are hard to keep apart, so it all blurs into an overproduced mess of sweet pop trying to sound like hard rock. One or two songs are really fun, but the album as a whole is just too much to be enjoyable.
For the record, when I’ve mentioned ‘bad and boring slabs of party rock’ in my previous reviews, this has been what I’ve been talking about. Almost always the same plodding mid slow tempo throughout the album, with the occasional spot where they go double time for half a bar. Hair Metal has the exact same problem as Prog to me; I have no idea why anyone would want to sound like this. By which I mean the quality of the music itself. The extra point I’m going to give this is for the production, because this sounds fantastic. Such a shame that this sound is attached to this over-hyped nonsensical bore of an album. And I’ve not even mentioned the lyrics, which were so uniformly sexist as to put me in a bad mood from the first track. I mean fuck me man, that one was bad
Very popular album when it came out but not interesting to me in any way other than as a cultural artifact. I thought this list was more interesting than a popularity contest?
occasionally it was better than I expected
Is this the worst music the world has ever produced or do I just need to lighten up and have some fun? This was the debate I had with myself while listening to this album. If AC/DC is a cold beer at BPs, Def Leppard is the warm Lucky lager at the bottom of your hockey bag that under the right circumstances might make you say “that wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be”
1.9. I've never really liked Leppard and this go through did not change my mind. Fun fact Album producer mutt Lange was married to shania twain, and mutt cheated on her with her best friend. Mutt and the friend then married each other. Then shania got with the friend's ex and got married. Couple swap, kinda weird. Shania was extremely good looking in her prime
FUCK deaf leopards
Idc
Wild album cover. It's a vibe and I'm into it more than I would've expected to be. "It" here being the album art. Sorry Def Leppard, the music and lyrics just seem so mid, to me.
Hard metal was never my thing. This album did not convert me. Only two songs kind of recognizable "Put Some Sugar on Me" and "Hysteria".
I was sort of intrigued to listen to this. The "Fargo Rock City" book I read recently was the story of a fan of "heavy metal" which translated as "hair metal" - it was all Def Leppard and Motley Crue which I always considered weak and lame and not really metal. Well, I'm ashamed to say I actually enjoyed the fast half of this record with the thinnest layer of irony. It felt like being in a Top Gun movie or something. But about half way through the irony wore off and I got sick of it. I guess I can now see the appeal. I like Ghost after all who are like a cross between proper metal and Abba.
2.5 stars. There are lots of interesting elements to the tracks. Very excited vocals, big thumping drums, shredding guitars, echoing backing vocals. But it gets kinda tired as the album goes on. Some songs are toooo long. Pour Some Sugar on Me is such a ridiculous song. The title track Hysteria is kinda cool though. It all sounds VERY 80s hair metal
It’s not doing it for me. Overly produced and polished with no real fun or soul or balls.
Yawn. This is a me thing but I get put to sleep by 80’s glam/stadium/hair/etc Just nothing going on for me
Big time stupid 80s band, and I only have room in my heart for ACDC when it comes to big time stupid 80s bands.
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Not terrible, but very hard to take this type of hyper-polished 80's pop-rock seriously...
I forgot how much I hate this album. 2/5
I listened to the whole thing. Felt like a chore.
meh
Ну прикольно для древних рок-динозавров из 70х, но слушать это я ещё раз конечно же не буду