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''Hysteria'' is the fourth album by British Hard Rock band Def Leppard , released in 1987. It is the band's best-selling album to date, selling over 18 million copies worldwide, and spawning seven hit singles. It was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange . The album was the follow-up to the band's 1983 breakthrough '' Pyromania ''. Its creation process was one of the longest ever for a rock album, taking over three years, and was plagued by many trials, such as the December 31 , 1984 car accident that cost Rick Allen his left arm. HISTORY Initially, ''Hysteria'' was to be named "Animal Instincts" by Lange, but he dropped out after pre-production sessions, citing exhaustion from a grueling schedule from the past few years. Meat Loaf songwriter Jim Steinman was brought in. Then the band tried to produce the album themselves with Lange's engineer Nigel Green with no success, as initial recordings sessions were entirely scrapped at this point. On during 1986. The final recording sessions took place in January 1987 for the song " Armageddon It ", but Lange spent another 3 months mixing the tracks. The album was finally released worldwide on August 3 , 1987 , with " Animal " as the lead single in most countries except for the US where " Women " was the first single. Fortunately for the band, their popularity in their homeland had significantly grown over the past four years, helping ''Hysteria'' to top the charts in Britain in its first week of release. The album was also a major success in other parts of Europe. In the United States though, the band at first struggled to regain the momentum of '' Pyromania '' that was lost from such a prolonged absence, but the success of " Pour Some Sugar On Me " would turn both the band and the album into a worldwide phenomenon. CONCEPT The album's goal, set out by Lange, was to be a hard rock version of Michael Jackson 's '' Thriller '', in that every track was a potential hit single. Songs were therefore written with this concept in mind, disappointing heavy metal fans who clamored for a straight sequel to ''Pyromania''. Indeed, while ''Pyromania'' contained traces of heavy metal, "Hysteria" removed them in favor of the latest sonic technology available at the time (best displayed on "Rocket", " Love Bites ", "Excitable", and "Gods of War"). As with ''Pyromania'', every song was recorded by every member in the studio separately instead of the whole band. The multiple vocal harmonies were enhanced by Lange's techniques, even pitching background vocals on all tracks. Guitar parts were now focused more on emphasizing melody than hard rock's more basic and cliched riffs. This unique approach sometimes led to painstaking lengths of time in the recording studio. The smash single, " Pour Some Sugar On Me ", was the last song written but was quickly finished within two weeks. In sharp contrast, the final version of "Animal" took almost a full three years to be developed but did become one of the bigger hits from the album. The end result was an album that improved in almost every musical aspect from ''Pyromania''. The tighter construction, state-of-the-art production and futuristic sound on all twelve tracks was a revolutionary concept for hard rock, and the music carried a near-perfect crossover appeal by tapping into the mainstream without losing much of the hardcore fanbase. It was a formula (and success) that Lange would later repeat with his wife Shania Twain in Country Music with the albums '' The Woman In Me '' and '' Come On Over ''. ''Hysteria'' went on to dominate album charts around the world for three years. At 14 times Platinum in America alone and another 8 million copies sold outside the US, ''Hysteria'' currently sits as the 51st Best Selling Album of all time in the US. MISCELLANEA
ORIGINAL TRACK LISTING # " Women " – 5:41 # " Rocket " – 6:35 # " 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 Some import versions of the album include a live version of Love And Affection as a bonus track. All songs written by Steve Clark, Phil Collen, Joe Elliott, Robert John Lange and Rick Savage. 2006 DELUXE EDITION TRACK LISTING Disc 1 # 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 All songs written by Steve Clark, Phil Collen, Joe Elliott, Robert John Lange and Rick Savage. # # Ride Into the Sun Re-recording - 3:12 # I Wanna Be Your Hero – 4:29 # Ring of Fire – 4:42 Disc 2 # Elected (Alice Cooper cover) in Tilburg, Holland # Love And Affection in Tilburg, Holland # Billy's Got A Gun in Tilburg, Holland # Rock Of Ages medley from Tilburg, Holland # Women in Denver # Animal Version # Pour Some Sugar On Me Version # Armageddon It Nuclear mix # Excitable mix # Rocket Lunar mix # Release Me (with Stumpus Maximus & The Good Ol' Boys) ( Malvin Mortimer {Band's Tour Manager} & Def Leppard) (Engelbert Humperdinck cover) CREDITS Def Leppard
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