Def Leppard's "HYSTERIA"-- Its Place In Rock Music History--Just Sayin'

"Pour Some Sugar On Me" definitely influenced KISS to write "Read My Body" and Warrant to write "Cherry Pie." So yes, Hysteria has influenced KISS, a band I like.

 

Agree and Hysteria is their third best album if you ask me.

1) H&D
2) Pyromania
3) Hysteria

 

I really don't think it did "Influence" other bands as a whole except maybe how could they make a record that would sell over 25 million copies.

Truth being, they couldn't.

I don't think any other band would of had the fortitude and determination that Leppard had at the time.

You have never heard of any other band that spent 5 years in the studio, doing what ever their producer asked of them to make a Masterpiece like "HYSTERIA".

This album is that..a Masterpiece that has stood the test of time for 30 years.

Amazing.

 

I really don't think it did "Influence" other bands as a whole except maybe how could they make a record that would sell over 25 million copies.

Truth being, they couldn't.

I don't think any other band would of had the fortitude and determination that Leppard had at the time.

You have never heard of any other band that spent 5 years in the studio, doing what ever their producer asked of them to make a Masterpiece like "HYSTERIA".

This album is that

 

Loved in then when it came out and still love it today. It's not metal and it's really not hair metal either. Just a great overall album that captured 1987 perfectly.

 

I like the Leps but Joe's idea of them being as important as The Who or Zep is a little delusional.

 

lol. That hits the nail on the head, right there.

 

Same here. I can listen to both (especially High 'n' Dry) anytime but Hysteria...meh...way too pop. That trend started on Pyromania with Photograph but it wasn't too bad. By the time they got to Hysteria, I stopped buying their albums after that.

As for being an influence, I don't see it at all.

 

Def Leppard's earlier albums (On Through the Night, High n' Dry and Pyromania) were pretty influential on a lot of hard rock/heavy metal bands (and some alternative rock/metal bands as well) but I don't think Hysteria was as much. I mean, I love the album, but it's more pop rock than hard rock/heavy metal. It came out a little too late before the whole grunge explosion killed the pop metal bands to be a big influence on future rock bands

 

As far as influence, I can't imagine many rock bands of the time being able to, or even thinking, "Hey, we too should spend a couple years and $10 million dollars in the studio to get that sound!" . Bon Jovi or Motley could have, but what they were doing was already working gangbusters.

 

Rick Allen actually didn't play on either album, the drums were all programmed (whether by him or all by Lange isn't known).

 

See, I'd put Pyromania on that list, not Hysteria.

 

Yep, as discussed in the earlier 'Hysteria' thread.

Def Leppard - Hysteria (30th Anniversary Edition)
Start reading from post 111 onwards

 

Agreed, Pyromania was a huge album first half 1980's and remainder of Big 80's.

 

Pyromania is preferred by many rock fans sure. However it was less successful than Hysteria hence does not belong on the "definitive big selling 80s" albums list.

Hysteria was much more successful and Def Leppard themselves consider it their magnum opus; hence the big 30th Anniversary Box set for this album and not Pyromania back in 2012/2013.

 

Rule #1 of music: Sales do not always equate to quality.

 

I'm also a hard rock/heavy metal guy, but I'm with Martin 100%. The first few Queen albums and Sweet's Desolation Boulevard smoke the hell out of Hysteria (mostly because those aren't pop-rock albums like this one). As someone that didn't grow up in that era, to me the first three albums hold up way better than Hysteria.

Because why party to a mediocre pop album that occasionally dabbles in rock, when one could party to a real rocking album?

 

In your opinion.

Hysteria is my favourite Def Leppard album, and that's comin' from a metal guy.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Millions of people purchased Hysteria, and going by this huge box set Def Leppard themselves still consider it their prime album.

There will never be consensus of which is better, Pyromania or Hysteria. Some go for the former, some for the later; heck I suspect many fans love both equally.

P.S. Queen also changed their sound; Queen II is very different to A Kind of Magic.

 

Sure. But you are not going to have many fans in this thread who will go along with Martin Popov and state that Hysteria is an outright bad album.

He thinks that, you may (or may not) think that also.

Many of the the rest of us love this album; hence why we are reading this thread to begin with.

 

Dire Straits were just a polished (and sometimes boring) version of J J Cale for the masses. Still enjoyable though.

 

What do you think of this album then ?

 

Hysteria went 12X Platinum in the US and Diamond in Canada
Pyromania went 10X Platinum in the US and 7X Platinum in Canada

I'd say both are enormous sellers and the band are really proud of both of them. Each have 7 songs on the big Rock Of Ages compilation and the band have always played a lot of Pyromania songs live. The Deluxe Edition of Pyromania is a constant seller and the live show gets great reviews.

Hysteria was more POP than Pyromania and the single Pour Some Sugar On Me made it sell a little more. Personally I love both equally. Lots of bands tried to copy them but none were capable.

 

Both albums huge sellers albeit the commercial hits helped sales numbers of both. There is a majority that truly loved all the tunes on each album not just the hits and there creativity. IMHO