Def Leppard - Hysteria [Deluxe Edition] (2006)

Artist...............: Def Leppard
Album................: Hysteria [Delux Edition]
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 2006
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Flac
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 1.30 Gb


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Where Pyromania had set the standard for polished, catchy pop-metal, Hysteria only upped the ante. Pyromania's slick, layered Mutt Lange production turned into a painstaking obsession with dense sonic detail on Hysteria, with the result that some critics dismissed the record as a stiff, mechanized pop sell-out (perhaps due in part to Rick Allen's new, partially electronic drum kit). But Def Leppard's music had always employed big, anthemic hooks, and few of the pop-metal bands who had hit the charts in the wake of Pyromania could compete with Leppard's sense of craft; certainly none had the pop songwriting savvy to produce seven chart singles from the same album, as the stunningly consistent Hysteria did. Joe Elliott's lyrics owe an obvious debt to his obsession with T. Rex, particularly on the playfully silly anthem "Pour Some Sugar on Me," and the British glam rock tribute "Rocket," while power ballads like "Love Bites" and the title track lack the histrionics or gooey sentimentality of many similar offerings. The strong pop hooks and "perfect"-sounding production of Hysteria may not appeal to die-hard heavy metal fans, but it isn't heavy metal -- it's pop-metal, and arguably the best pop-metal ever recorded. Its blockbuster success helped pave the way for a whole new second wave of hair metal bands, while proving that the late-'80s musical climate could also be very friendly to veteran hard rock acts, a lead many would follow in the next few years.



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Tracklist
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[Disc 1]
01. Women [Remastered]
02. Rocket [Remastered]
03. Animal [Remastered]
04. Love Bites [Remastered]
05. Pour Some Sugar On Me [Remastered]
06. Armageddon It [Remastered]
07. Gods Of War [Remastered]
08. Don't Shoot Shotgun [Remastered]
09. Run Riot [Remastered]
10. Hysteria [Remastered]
11. Excitable [Remastered]
12. Love And Affection [Remastered]
13. Tear It Down
14. Ride Into THe Sun [1987 Re-recording]
15. I Wanna Be Your Hero
16. Ring Of Fire

[Disc 2]
01. Elected [Live In Tilburg, Holland June 1987]
02. Love And Affection [Live In Tilburg, Holland June 1987]
03. Billy's Got A Gun [Live In Tilburg, Holland June 1987]
04. Rock Of Ages [Live Medley From Tilburg, Holland June 1987]
05. Women [Live In Denver, CO At McNichols Arena December 12-13, 1988]
06. Animal [Extended Version]
07. Pour Some Sugar On Me [Extended Version]
08. Armageddon It [The Nuclear Mix]
09. Excitable [Orgasmic Mix]
10. Rocket [The Lunar Mix]
11. Release Me (Performed By Stumpus Maximus & The Good Ol' Boys)