I'm Out!!....Def Leppard "Hysteria"

The last Def Leppard album I bought that made me lose interest in the band...after this I was out.
Featuring "Animal".."Pour Some Sugar on Me"
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[@YT-wg8vt]

At the time it came out, I loved Hysteria. I thought it was one of the greatest hard rock albums I ever heard with so many hits/singles. However, as time has progressed, this album has lost so much stature with me. I don't know what the hell I was thinking at the time it came out. Chalk it up to being young and stupid. I don't care if it sold 20 million copies....... Give me High N Dry any day of the week. That, to me, is their finest album.

[@joedolenza7944]

Yes...have had many of these moments.

[@haroldsutton9170]

Copy/Paste Black Album and give me Kill 'Em All and/or Ride the Lightning any day of the week. It wouldn't surprise me if the Alchemist does an I'm Out video discussing Metallica.

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

@@haroldsutton9170 It's on my list...haha..I actually did a "In Defense of " video for the Black Album but it was really more about how much it sold and how it launched them to new heights. It was the "I'm out" with Metallica moment for me.

[@Gregbaltzer]

@@LairoftheAlchemist I was out with the Black album for several reasons. I was a lot angrier at the time and I wanted heavier music. But at that time I had stopped listening to Maiden, Priest, Dio etc. years earlier in favor of Kreator, Sodom, Cryptic Slaughter, Obituary, Cro-mags, Agnostic Front, etc. And at the time it was hard being a "proud" metalhead and all of a sudden all these people who confessed to hate metal were liking one of my favorite bands. I know it's ridiculous but I didn't want to be associated with Metallica's new found poser fan base. I just didn't want to be identified with "those people". That bothered me more than the music of the Black album. Now being 50 it seems silly to disown a band based on their fanbase, but when you a young metalhead who's proud of their identity it was really bothersome to have people who really hated metal to like Metallica. I realize now that a band can't control who likes them. Looking back at the Black album now I see that album as a natural progression. It still sounds like Metallica, there are tons of great riffs on there, and the songs are well written. I don't think Metallica didn't anything different with that album than when Slayer in 1988 completely slowed down and simplified their sound with South of Heaven. I don't care because Slayer did it first. I wasn't a fan of South of heaven than and it's still one of my least favorite Slayer albums. I was really disappointed in that album because I loved Haunting the Chapel, Hell Awaits, and Reign in Blood. But Slayer fans will never admit that South of Heaven is Slayer Lite and it's Slayer's Black album.

[@SwanShadow]

I often refer to this phenomenon as The Cliff, as in, "This album is where Def Leppard fell off The Cliff for me." And I'm with you on this one.

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

that's a good expression for these types of albums.

[@Frip36]

The Turbo Cliff, I'd call it.

[@MorryB]

Hysteria seemed like an album that was made directly for the digital/CD era. Even back then I thought it was too long and self-indulgent in the production. I still enjoy some tracks like Animal, and Rocket was a nice shout out to their classic influences, but you couldn't tell otherwise from the slick sounds on this album. Later, when Steve Clarke died it was all over for them as a heavier band. I've never felt interested in checking out any of their subsequent releases.

[@jake6887]

Love eighties pop, so i love Hysteria.

[@brianboggs7455]

100% agree. It's admirable that they found way to keep Rick Allen in the band, but they haven't had a good album since his accident.

[@marhill77]

No John, the insult to injury was when Viv Campbell joined these teeny boppers! It was like….Wait a minute, what??!!

[@deanleslie3269]

Totally agree!!!

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

I had the same feeling..

[@vikingbrace]

I totally remember feeling the same way when this came out. It made me fear for the future of music after this. I thought “Is this what rock music is going to sound like now?” Processed and put together.

[@shaun9901]

I saw them on this tour just to see them since I liked their earlier stuff. I liked the album when I first heard it but after hearing Pour Some Sugar for the 10 millionth time in a week I was pretty done. When they ended their concert with Love Bites, a f-in ballad I was out. What rock band ends a show with a downer?

[@garycarfagno7910]

Lair your description is spot on. I loved their 1st three albums alot. When I heard Hysteria back in the day I wondered what happened to specifically the guitars. I get the drum issues by what you described, but the pete willis/steve clark riffs and bite were absent. Great review

[@tangoarmy]

God's of War is the only track I really dig off this album.

[@meatjuice9081]

Def Leppard is probably my fourth favorite band of all time, and that is 100% due to the first 3 albums. I'm going to be completely honest when I say that I fucking hate this album. The problem with the album is not that it's commercial, Def Leppard were always a commercial band from the start, my problem is that almost everything I loved about the band is completely gone. No more distorted guitars or giant riffs, replaced with clean guitars playing forgettable solos and riffs, gone are the cool harmonies and shouted choruses replaced with those weird garbled choruses and most importantly, the band pretty much lost all their balls by firing Pete Willis, who was the guy responsible for the band's heavy sound. To add more salt in the wound, what would've been the best song on the album "Desert Song" got omitted because the band felt it was too heavy to be on the record

[@mistymu8154]

Every single song on the album, apart from maybe Hysteria has distorted guitars. Gone are the cool harmonies and choruses? That is one of the reasons why this album sold 20 million copies and so many people caught on to it, because of the melodies and harmonies. Pour Some Sugar On Me is the definition of a shouted chorus. I do agree, they have always been a more commercial band than the other NWOBHM bands they came up with, with slicker production from the start. I do find metalheads weird, they'll discard a massive selling albums, then justify it will opinions like the production sucks or the fact 20 million people purchased this record shows how dumb the average person is. Then in the next breath will defend a metal album with genuinely terrible production because they didn't "sell out".

[@alibobsmarland9572]

Totally agree. Was a fan since I first heard the Get Your Rocks Off Ep when it came out but this was too polished and produced to death.

[@johnlivingston6162]

Garbage album from my favorite band up to that point......I checked out too . Damn you Mutt Lange

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

And then he went on to even greater crimes, totally destroying everything that was good about Bryan Adams by turning one of the best rock voices out there into a Joe Elliott clone. Why. :/ Seems to me, just because he could, musically and vocally it makes absolutely no sense at all.

[@Wolfdog65]

The clearly and admittedly sold out. Their intent was top Thriller, and you do that with music that appeals to people that like pop music.. Females loved it

[@aaronshoaf4644]

What do you think of Let’s Get Rocked and Adrenalize after Hysteria?

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

There ok but I'm not really into them.

[@ronlawrence4706]

I love this album for one main reason, because they were stand up bandmates and they didn't say Rick my man we have to move on without you. It forced them to change their game but so be it.

[@mystormyseas]

These guys had hooks from the beginning , Hysteria was the album where thier 70s british glam roots started to show, iam fan of it , along with the hits there some good deep cuts, this album was made to conquer arenas .

[@lukeroberts201]

Music 🎼 🎶 🎵 question hat happens when the cd 💿 player is done playing all of the songs like what happens when the cd 💿 made it to the very last song and then what am I supposed to do am I supposed to restart the album 💿 and then flip the next track or can I start a new album and continue from there hope that you’re doing well and stay heavy stay metal?

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

you can do whatever you like..:)

[@lukeroberts201]

@@LairoftheAlchemist got it make sense lair of the alchemist that’s why that every single track always have to be the very last song 🎵 of the album 💿 like 20th century trip is on track 12 or 13 and lonely again is on track 15 what I do is I would wait until when the whole album 💿 is finished and it reaches to the very last song of the album 💿 I just take it out of the cd 💿 player and listen to a new album 💿.

[@steveblack9665]

It's different than Pyromania and albums before because Pete was axed. Phil is more glam player, but Hysteria is by far my favorite because of the layers of guitars and melodys. It's an album I can listen to over and over again. It's funny to me that bands that put out a huge selling album is not liked by long time fans. Metallica, Motley Crue, and Def Leppard always comes to mind. To each is own.

[@duh50360]

I’m with you 100%. I hate this record. Overblown pop-filled bleep. That’s the best way I can describe it. On the other hand, I give the band credit for doing what they had to do after the drummer lost his arm. It is admirable that they found a way to still allow him to continue with the band, so kudos to them for that.

[@IraSiegel]

Same here. I was done after Pyromania and never got back into them.

[@ClassicGuitarRockJFL]

Agreed! After High N Dry they became a band for girls.... it’s not bad... but definitely went downhill after Pyromania

[@rayjones4616]

I couldn't agree with you more. I was so hyped for Hysteria after the near perfection of Pyromania. I was so disillusioned by the preview video for the song Women and then disappointed by the album when it came out. Aside from a few decent songs, Hysteria is pretty much all fluff.

[@semperconstance]

My favorite song on this album is Run Riot, which is literally the only song you didn't mention during your review :)

[@Gregbaltzer]

That was the sign of the times though. A lot of good classic metal/hard rock bands started switching over to a more polished/commercial sound eg. Scorpions - Savage Amusement. Judas Priest - Turbo. I had Motley Crue's shout at the Devil, but that was the last Crue album I bought. I just gave up on that type of metal all together at that point and went full on into thrash metal and hardcore punk.

[@richardpeiser4359]

Hey, Greg... Savage Amusement was something of a head scratcher at the time, following the excellent Love At First Sting-----to this very day I contend that Savage is 2 different albums---The first side excellent(Rhythm Of Love is outstanding), the second side probably forgettable .. What are your thoughts on it?.... Take Care, Ghostrider Rick

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

Good point. Savage Amusement was my "Out" moment for the Scorps.

[@kevinputry5655]

Yeah, after about '84-'85, most of the more successful metal acts jumped on this bandwagon and if it weren't for guys like Metallica and Megadeth, metal would have completely died!

[@Gregbaltzer]

@@kevinputry5655 I agree, I felt like Thrash brought some credibility back to metal. The image of metal had become one of ridicule, it wasn't taken seriously(probably still isn't). It was all about dragons, wizards, and swinging swords, or guys like Poison/Cinderella singing songs about partying and sex. I felt like Thrash was bringing seriousness back into metal and they were singing about more the more social/political stuff. Stuff that I found to be more thoughtful. I felt like Thrash showed the world that the serious bands/fans had brains, and were more aware of what was going on in the world. Thrash had it's share of cheese, but I felt prouder to be a thrash fan because the subjects matter was more intelligent, and I related to it more than the cock rock attitude of bands like Motley Crue and their peers.

[@mainzergirl9610]

Totally agree. OTTN is one of my faves, High and Dry and Pyromania were good, and I tuned them out after I heard Hysteria. Not a song on it compares to the bangers on OTTN.

[@alessandrodeviterbo6717]

Great new series man and I'm out too for this record! The first two are masterpieces thou. So good and youngfull.

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

This one I liked. I used to keep this in the cassette deck in my car along with Apetite for Destruction when I was a senior in High School. My "I'm Out" moment for this band was the next album "Adrenalize". There only album that was good after this was their most recent self-titled.

[@richardpeiser4359]

A- Hoy There MateyJC....Yeah, Adrenalize has to be right up there with some of the biggest.quality drop-offs in music history... A really uninspired effort all around, things immediately getting off to a bad start with Let's Get Rocked and only getting worse from there.... I'm not sure that Steve Clark would have approved, May He Rest In Peace... Take Care, Ghostrider Rick

[@ashbowen6551]

Word. I saw them on the Pyromania tour. It was my first concert. Krokus opened. Great show. And I was excited for Hysteria, too. And then I saw the video for "Women" and I wanted to puke.

[@anthonyw5261]

Pyromania was def Leppard last Rock album

[@2112Steele]

Have to agree, major disappointment after waiting so long since Pyromania. Once i heard the line “when you make love, do you look in the mirror “ I thought I’m out! Still can’t listen to that crap to this day! Metal on🤘🏼

[@johnbarraco5561]

I good sir I disagree with you, hysteria is a all time album .. but I can agree with you on the switch of sound of the band ..I get it .. Rock on my metal brother 💯🤘🤘🤘

[@archie6440]

When def leppard became a pop band 1st pop album hysteria last rock album Pryomaina

[@johnbarraco5561]

That’s my favorite band .. at least look up there cover of a great classic song “ Rock on” .. I think you might dig that song ..

[@buckfozos5554]

Great new idea for a series! Agree, there was too much potential from the first 3 albums for them to go full Chick Metal with this one. Not that I mind, plenty of other 'serious' rock bands out there. Many awkward moments with girlfriends when Pour Some Sugar plays on the radio, instant buzzkill for me but they love it, geezzzzz.

[@danielthenorwegianguy]

You have to give the band a lot of credit to stick with their drummer despite losing his arm 💪

[@BubblegumCrash332]

All of Pyromania was also all drum machines but Hysteria is more Prince and Duran Duran then ACDC

[@kevinsmith7-7-7]

I like the Album but agree with you this was a departure and half of the album was played to death at the time on radio Mtv but I think the deep cuts are decent this is where they went full on mainstream and lost the edge of the first couple albums for sure

[@johnbarraco5561]

High n dry and pyromania are their hard rock work to date .. no question on through the night was good too

[@Wolfdog65]

Yep, was so disappointed when this came out. There is some decent songs on it . But it’s not the same band that made High and Dry or even Pyromania. This is a pop album

[@AndDeathForAll82]

I boarded the Def Leppard train very late and I enjoy everything until ‘X’. That was my “I’m Out!!” moment and I really, really tried. My favorites are the first three, in release order.

[@husq48]

Hated this when it came out, never gave them a second look after this.

[@esteeb67]

I also prefer High N Dry and Pyromania, but I still think this is a good album. It was Adrenalize when I said I'M OUT! Songs like Let's Get Rock, Make Love Like A Man and Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad were so bad and lyrically stupid that I couldn't take it. I do like songs like Women, Rocket, Armageddon It, Gods of War. Actually, there's nothing I dislike. It's poppy and electronic, but it still has melody and good arrangements.

[@sunkillerengine5301]

Yeah I get you about that record, though I had the exact opposite experience. Why? Because, for me, this is the most important record of all time….it was the first ‘rock’ album I ever heard and the one that got me into metal. Before Hysteria I was into Pop Music. Then, around ‘88 someone gave me a tape and told me to give it a listen. I was blown away. I’d never heard anything like it before. I started to listen to Bon Jovi and Kiss and such. That was cool…but then I heard Slayer’s Angel Of Death and Metallica’s Master of Puppets in a late night radio rock show and the slide into Metal was complete. Slayer, Motorhead, Death, Obituary, Sepultura, Bolt Thrower, Exodus……..all because of that one tape a friend gave me one day. Metal.

[@Kunta_Kinte478]

When it came out, I was totally thrilled by the hype. The Rick Allen Accident, the Production, the Sales ... I still like Gods of War, Animal and Hysteria to this day,but i can't Listen to the rest of it. If Def Leppard, then High'n Dry.

[@joedolenza7944]

Great show by the way!

[@robertphelps3895]

Huge disappointment when this was released. From killer hard rock to girly pop metal. I was out as well.

[@growlers90]

Can`t fault their commercial ambition but they left me behind when they turned into Poison 2.0.............

[@Jamesharris-lo9nn]

METAL FOR WOMEN... That was my first thought upon hearing this record. I listened to it twice then put it on the shelf were it has collected dust ever since. 🤘🎸

[@husq48]

Just because something sells well doesn't mean it's worthy of any praise, there's a strong market for crack you know...

[@UnderdogTactics]

Totally agree with everything said. It's the Aliens 3 of rock. Totally hyped to actually feeling betrayed. I'm thinking "Fly on the Wall" for me was another "I'm out" moment.

[@anthonyw5261]

I'm really looking forward to the series !!! 😁

[@jeffholliday5225]

I agree 100 percent. The first two are great. The third one was ok after that it was cheesy and pathetic. I believe losing Pete Willis on guitar was huge. They lost their edge with no fire in their playing. But hey they sold out and made a fortune.

[@oldenyz3148]

Funny, I don't know if it was an age thing or simply taste but my brother was 5 yrs younger than me and liked Def Leppard and had Pyromania but other than High and Dry I never cared for them. Too "pop'y".

[@inmyhouse11]

I was lost after High n Dry

[@Frip36]

Agree with Lair. "This is the album that made me lose interest in the band." I realized the greatness of Pour Some Sugar. But, yeah, the rest of the album, and the sound, was too commercial for me. I've since come to respect much of the album. But it's still weird to me that most of the world thinks it's better than Pyromania.

[@chadcassidy1580]

I could not agree more!

[@jayspeijer614]

It's definitely a different listening experience than their first three. I honestly don't dislike the album though; it just hits a different mood, like every once in awhile I get a similar craving for Ratt. What I like about Hysteria are the vocal harmonies and the song hooks. Aside from that I really can't argue with your criticisms, and agree that the previous albums have more soul. I checked out right after this album... Let's Get Rocked.... uhhh, no: I'm out!

[@marynaloboda4922]

Hysteria is a perfect album. If you don't like it, then your music taste is very, very bad

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

Then I guess I have "very, very bad taste"

[@EdwardBox]

I agree. I only like Women, Animal and Gods of War. DL traded rock credibility for pop success and the upshot is that they now have very few hardcore fans. It's too long (63 mins) and that would have affected the vinyl pressing.

[@turntabillist]

Strangely enough, I'm more accepting of it now as an aging old geezer than I was as a youngster when it first came out. The only thing truly detestable about it is Pour Some Sugar On Me. Love Bites is almost as bad. I can rock out just fine to the rest of it...

[@Frip36]

Loved Pyromania. Hated the Pyromania synthetic drum sound. And both on Pyro and Hysteria, I hate the sound of the band "singing" together. Whether you want to call it singing in harmony, unison, or triple tracking. Mutt makes it sounds fake and colorless. Like revved-up white noise. Like, a high pitched "weeeshhhh". The opposite of, say, Van Halen or Journey vocal harmonies. Which sounded real had lovely tone.

[@archie6440]

Do you like armgeddon it you missed it out

[@joedolenza7944]

Apparently from what I have read they were struggling writing the lyrics so they would record themselves mumbling and making mouth noises to the music. Then they would go back and listen to eachothers vocal recordings and list to see if they could decipher words to form lyrics...a real work of art lol

[@Geerladenlad]

I dug this album when it came out. I didn't like it as much as Pyromania and High N Dry I have since become like some and can't listen to it anymore. Yeah Def Leppard change their style from this album moving forward. They try to be a hit machine instead of a rock band. I don't know that the accident with Rick Allen had anything to do with the way the album turned out most likely the delay.

[@iancocks9408]

Hi, I think it’s a pretty good album, nostalgia for me being a teenager, it’s better than what came since. Pyromania is a masterpiece and better than hysteria.

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

Thanks for sharing, I can understand the nostalgia part, it was a massive record.

[@scottoz7891]

ADRENALIze was after this..

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

That's it!

[@scottoz7891]

@@LairoftheAlchemist Worse than Hysteria...

[@richbillionair]

You failed to mention the main reason for their change of sound. With the loss of the drummers' arm, they had to obviously change their sound to more machine prerecorded sounds

[@lukeroberts201]

You’re an awesome 😎 KZbin channel.

[@richardpeiser4359]

Hey, Alchemist....I can totally understand your stance on Hysteria... If you compare it to the lean and mean albums that preceded it YOU WIN every time... BUT, that being said...... I still can appreciate the ambitions of Hysteria (Gods Of War was something new and interesting) and the simple fact that DefLep were taking chances on styles yet to be explored with fairly good results....I can still vividly remember the anticipation of what would be next and they proceeded to unload the dismal Andrenalize on us, a truly uninspired effort that sadly saw a great band never again regain their footing....Thanx as always for all the great content and Take Care, Ghostrider Rick

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

I guess this was a new chapter in their history.

[@richardpeiser4359]

@@LairoftheAlchemist Yeah, much to the fans dismay!(post-Hysteria)

[@neuroisis85]

Never understood the appeal of Def Leppard. Even there early stuff is too commercial sounding for me. Checked out there first 2 albums because everybody said it was Metal, and all I heard was another Angel, Starz, Moxy type band with some AC/DC thrown in. Boring band.

[@bluejayfan5584]

Who knew this wasn't a good album the way it was shoved on us. I thought must be me. I thought I was getting old to not like it.

[@timmorin2304]

They turn into a girl band. First two records are their best. You will never see Maiden do that.

[@jennifershania231]

I have to be honest I’m a huge Def Leppard fan no matter what they put out whatever it was I got it. I will be honest in the beginning when I got the cassette when it first came out I didn’t like it because like you said in this video it was a huge departure for them but it kind of grew on me. I think in all honesty they were ahead of their time but in my opinion it’s lasted so well so long and sounds like it’s still brand new now. I agree about rocket it’s not my favorite song I did like it when they did gods of war live that was awesome! But really it’s just your opinion of it, if you’re a huge fan like I am I’m gonna love it no matter what they do they will never lost me.

[@masbucket3083]

That’s funny this is my dads favorite album from deaf Leppard

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

That's cool...I know other people who also really liked this album.

[@masbucket3083]

@@LairoftheAlchemist yeah personally deaf leopard was never my thing

[@shadfletcher6815]

I can see where people would think hysteria was horrible,but I absolutely hate gnr's appetite for destruction,Empire from queensryche was another horrible album

[@archie6440]

Why do you like most hair metal bands but not def leppard hysteira and aderlinlize

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

That’s a good question actually, the hair metal that I like tends to be the early stuff, I think the problem I have with the hysteria and Adrenalize is that it just lacks the energy that the band had early on. They became a bit too slick and polished and radio rock for me.

[@archie6440]

@@LairoftheAlchemist hi if i was simlar fan like i hate the elictronic things in it but songs without it but love evrey def leppard album and im huge fan love hysteira but except remixing like for me no remix ones i like are armgeddon it and women

[@ianmacdonald7987]

I like Gods of War, Run Riot and Don’t Shoot Shotgun but the rest of the album doesn’t really cut it for me & pretty much everything after this sucks, apart from Retro-Active which I quite like, but it’s not a real album I guess. Seen a lot of negative feedback on Pyromania, but I really love that album - possibly my favourite🤘🏻

[@eaglebauer944]

I loved it when it came out.

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

That's cool...do you still like it today?

[@eaglebauer944]

@@LairoftheAlchemist yes, mainly for nostalgic reasons but I still like it.

[@terryjohnson5275]

I was quite disappointed when I first heard it, as you say Pyromania was pretty good but Hysteria just seemed to have a bunch of plodding overproduced boring songs on it for the most part, Gods of War ad Run Riot probably the only two that I liked in any way as they were either a bit more epic or fast tempoed. I think your description of it sums it up nicely. The other really unfortunate thing about it was thta it then casued a load of bands to try to emulate the sound simply because it sold so many the perception was that if that's the case then we need to sound like that - step forward and take an embarrased bow Scorpions. And Leppard suffered form that too as I recall their follow up albums werent produced by Mutt Lange but they tried to get the same kind of sound but overall failed. The greatest disappointment of all for me though is that following the sad loss of Steve Clark they got in Viv Campbell but they still ploughed that horrible pop/rock furrow - where's the guy who played on Holy Diver and Last in Line?

[@michaelhudson2912]

it's better than modern Maiden at least

[@jeffswanson3740]

I was out at Pyromania. I despise chick rock. First 2 were great.

[@graemeknowles1431]

Hysteria Rulz.

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

That's cool...do you like it better then Pyromania?

[@graemeknowles1431]

@@LairoftheAlchemist Yes.

[@jayjaytee9944]

I can totally understand your point of view.....But I was all in for Hysteria, I love all the singles and Run Riot but I was out by Adrenilize and never brought it, it sounded like 2nd rate Hysteria and other than the covers album Yeah! and attending the Hysteria 30 show I have also been out ever since..

[@scottoz7891]

Pete Willis was gone...Gods Of War..is Great.....

[@johnbarraco5561]

And yes after years .. it does sound over produced

[@donkeyparadise9276]

Great pop record

[@MyMusicCorner]

Same way for me other than I liked the feel of Women. Loved the b-side. Got the album and was like? The only other album that I gave any hoots about after Hysteria was Slang. For some perverse reason, I liked that one.

[@catfishkempster]

Man, I couldn't agree with you more on this album - what a complete letdown for what was once such a promising Hard Rock/Metal band. This is one of those albums (and eras for this band) that I call "Pussy Rock" (sorry for the misogynistic name). Another once great band that down this rabbit hole (BIG TIME) is Aerosmith - they had that period where everything sounded like an amalgamation of Cryin', Crazy, Falling in Love (is Hard on the Knees), and I Don't Want to Miss a Thing

[@srednuasrmit]

I was out at Pyromania. Def Leppard went rhythmically too simple and the majority of the songs were too dull for me. On Through The Night and High N Dry are still good rocking albums.

[@robertforet4477]

All hits from this record turned me off to even buy it. It sucks so bad compared to the previous 2, why even bother. It's like a kiddie music album, and not for any rocker alive since forever. They really gave me no choice but to hate the damn thing, and you could not be more right about it. Kid rock all the way man.

[@paulharper9711]

Interesting. When I heard “Women”, I thought “WTF?!” I really didn’t like the less hard rock vibe of it. Overtime, I’ve grown to like a bit more from this album, but I agree, I wish they just stuck with their harder sound from the first three albums. Too be honest… I actually like the “very dumb song” Pour Some Sugar On Me. It’s the poppy side of me I guess. The only album after this that I got was YEAH, but that was just covers.

[@rs9003]

Over produced. This and the follow up album. Try the band Heavy Pettin to relive the sound when Def Lep was actually fun. Just for fun watch Def Leppard's "Lets Get Rocked" live from the MTV 1992 Video Music Awards.

[@nickgonzalez4081]

The only song that I used to like from Hysteria was Love Bites. My girlfriend at the time liked it a lot and MTV used to play it like every hour of the hour back then. Now I can’t even listen to it 😜

[@arturoalmazan5262]

they were never considered metal like Iron maiden or Judas priest, the album that only had some hard rock metal songs were, Let it go , High n dry, wasted , On through the night. after that they were basically a pop metal band , with ballads like bringing on the heartbreak . Hysteria was just so mainstream. I'm still not a big fan of that album

[@carlsalazar4490]

This video got lots of comments.::.you must have touched a nerve.

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

Yeah!

[@SGtem]

I Loved first 3 albums .. Billy’s Gota gun has that fade out drum machine which I guess Mutt was tryin too foreshadow later sounds. … Did not necessarily move on from DL as much I had move into Big 4 and cross over thrash Exodus ..thrash metal etc …

[@cbarbe02]

That album was more a chick album women love to dance to pour some sugar on me that being said it’s to overly produced and mixed it doesn’t sound natural. But I have admit love bites is an okay ballad.

[@jasongaylor2232]

I hate that album. "Pour Some Sugar On Me" is one of the worst songs ever. It's really everything that was bad about rock music in the late '80's. If only they had kept the formula from the previous record, it would have been fine. But this was just way too commercial and dumbed down for me. "Pyromania" struck a good balance between some commerciality and still retaining a hard rock edge. Although, "High and Dry" is still my favorite by the band.

[@dennisparker4007]

NO SOUL