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Hysteria is the fourth album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). The band initially set out to record it without direct involvement of Mutt Lange due to scheduling conflicts. However, as the band struggled with the recording process and drummer Rick Allen's auto accident, Lange would eventually join the project full-time. He recommended that they scrap most of the previous recording sessions and start largely from scratch.
Near the end of the recording process for Hysteria, singer Joe Elliott picked up an acoustic guitar for fun during a break. When Mutt Lange heard the riff that Joe was playing, he thought it was a great hook and should be used on the album. This simple guitar riff became the chorus of Pour some sugar on me, Hysteria's most successful single.
The band worked mostly out of Wisseloord studios in Holland. In the end, Def Leppard spent several million dollars to produce Hysteria.
In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Hysteria the 98th greatest album of all time.
Track listing
all songs by Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange and Savage
- "Women" - 5:41
- "Rocket" - 6:34
- "Animal" - 4:02
- "Love Bites" - 5:46
- "Pour Some Sugar on Me" - 4:25
- "Armageddon It" - 5:21
- "Gods of War" - 6:32
- "Don't Shoot Shotgun" - 4:10
- "Run Riot" - 4:38
- "Hysteria" - 5:49
- "Excitable" - 4:19
- "Love and Affection" - 4:35
Personnel
Production
- Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange
- Engineers: Nigel Green, Erwin Musper, Ronald Prent
- Assistant engineer: Nigel Green
- Mixing: Nigel Green, Mike Shipley
- Mastering: Bob Ludwig, Howie Weinberg
- Fairlight: Phil Nicholas
- Tape operator: Mark Flannery
- Photography: Ross Halfin, Laurie Lewis
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year
| Chart
| Position
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| 1987
| The Billboard 200
| 1
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Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year
| Single
| Chart
| Position
|
| 1987
| "Animal"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 5
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| 1987
| "Animal"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 19
|
| 1987
| "Animal"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 19
|
| 1987
| "Hysteria"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 9
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| 1987
| "Women"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 7
|
| 1987
| "Women"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 80
|
| 1988
| "Armageddon It"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 3
|
| 1988
| "Armageddon It"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 3
|
| 1988
| "Hysteria"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 10
|
| 1988
| "Love Bites"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 3
|
| 1988
| "Love Bites"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 1
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| 1988
| "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 25
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| 1988
| "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 2
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| 1989
| "Rocket"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 5
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| 1989
| "Rocket"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 12
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