Maybe not sonically, as the influence of ol' Mutt Lange is clearly on display here. It's a stretch, but I think Def Leppard could have put Women on any of their first albums. Here's a BBC interview on the history of the band. It's just all 5 members of Def Leppard doing gang choruses. The Bankrupt Brothers are the band within the band. Seriously, on the same web page Rolling Stone ranks a Hole album, a My Morning Jacket album, and an Amy Winehouse album ahead of Hysteria. There are at least 460+ albums on their list that aren't even close to the pure majesty of Hysteria.
Rolling Stone ranked Hysteria at 464 on the 500 greatest albums of all-time. The album is perhaps Producer Mutt Lange's finest work. Just incredible.Īnd, if I recall correctly, Tear It Down off Adrenalize was supposed to be on Hysteria. You could say that trying to make every song a single is selling out, but what is wrong with that?Īlong with Appetite for Destruction, Hysteria released 7 singles. But can you argue with the results? The guys from DL shouldn't be blamed for creating a masterpiece. It probably upset some core fans who wanted to live in a High n Dry and On Through The Night world forever. Sonically, this album has something for everyone. Hysteria took forever to record, overset expectations, promised the world, and then absolutely delivered. Maybe it was because Def Leppard were a band in truest sense of the word, a bunch of kids who set out to make awesome rock tunes in their late teens and ended up succeeding. Maybe it was because they lacked someone like Desmond Child, Bon Jovi's lyrical and songwriting version of (his buddy) Bill Belichick's Ernie Adams. Maybe it was because they lacked true categorization. The funniest part about Def Leppard to me is how some people struggle to recognize their greatness.
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