Band:
Joe Elliott - vocals
Steve Clark - guitar
Phil Collen - guitar
Rick Savage - bass
Rick Allen - drums

Additional Musicians:
The Bankrupt Brothers - backing vocals

Production:
Produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.

Review:
Why can't a rock band have seven hit singles on one album? Def Leppard certainly did. Recorded over a four year period, Hysteria made Def Leppard one of the biggest bands in the world. Hits such as "Pour Some Sugar On Me", "Hysteria" and "Love Bites" were popular all over the world. When "Pour Some Sugar On Me" was released as a single, over 450,000 copies of Hysteria were shipped over to America. That's almost going gold in one day!
  When starting to record, producer Mutt Lange wasn't available to produce. It was after Rick Allen's car accident that Mutt stepped in. Mutt gave the band a structure and taught everyone that each track should be one of a kind.
  Each song on the record was full of harmonized vocals, melodic guitars and pounding bass and drums. The combination of Phil Collen's and Steve Clark's guitars was very melodic and unique for a rock band of their age. Hysteria was the last album for Steve Clark. His contribution was immense, his riffs were unusual but influenced by other things.
  Hits such as "Animal" and "Armageddon It" have emotive backing vocals which accentuate the guitars. The band and producer wanted Hysteria to be perfect, so every track had to be unique, right down from a basic chord to an amalgamation of backing vocals. All tracks were perfect from the beginning to end, which made Hysteria so successful. Hysteria is THE Def Leppard album to listen to.
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Reviewed by Ali for Sleaze Roxx, May 2007.

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