― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 03:02 (eighteen years ago) link
Def Leppard will re-issue their 1987 release 'Hysteria' on October 16th. The re-mastered double disc will include all of the 'Hysteria' b-sides, live b-sides, remixed tracks and exclusive artwork. Track listing is as follows:
'Hysteria' re-mastered:
1. "Women"2. "Rocket"3. "Animal"4. "Love Bites"5. "Pour Some Sugar On Me"6. "Armageddon It"7. "Gods Of War"8. "Don't Shoot Shotgun"9. "Run Riot"10. "Hysteria"11. "Excitable"12. "Love And Affection"
'Hysteria' B-Sides:
13. "Tear It Down"14. "Ride Into The Sun" (1987 Re-Recording)15. "I Wanna Be Your Hero"16. "Ring Of Fire"
Disc Two:
'Hysteria' Live B-Sides:
1. "Elected" (Live In Tilburg, Holland)2. "Love And Affection" (Live In Tilburg, Holland)3. "Billy's Got A Gun" (Live In Tilburg, Holland)4. "Rock of Ages" (Live In Tilburg, Holland)5. "Women" (Live In Denver)
'Hysteria' Remixes:
6. "Animal" (Extended Version)7. "Pour Some Sugar On Me" (Extended Version)8. "Armageddon It" (The Nuclear Mix)9. "Excitable" (Orgasmic Mix)10. "Rocket" (The Lunar Mix)
'Hysteria' B-Sides Continued:
11. "Release Me" (performed by STUMPUS MAXIMUS & THE GOOD OL' BOYS)
― LC (Damian), Friday, 25 August 2006 09:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 25 August 2006 12:58 (seventeen years ago) link
50) "hysteria, when you're near"
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 25 August 2006 14:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 25 August 2006 14:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Friday, 25 August 2006 16:46 (seventeen years ago) link
That being said, there are no rules without exceptions, and in the case of hair metal, Def Leppard were among the most obvious exceptions.
Great songs, great harmonies, great production. "Photograph" was a better single, but I still see "Hysteria" as a better overall album than "Pyromania", and certainly one of the better album of the somewhat dodgy music year that was 1987.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 25 August 2006 20:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― LC (Damian), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 20:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 20:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 21:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sundar (sundar), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 21:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 21:53 (seventeen years ago) link
Incidentally, why did they release the singles in that order? It makes sense to release two rockers first and then a power ballad, but why "Hysteria" over (at the time) "Love Bites"? Isn't "Love Bites" *clearly* the better/shmaltzier choice for a band seeking a radio hit? Or is this my hindsight talking?
I was a big fan of the album at the time, but didn't get on board (along with millions of others) until "Pour Some Sugar On Me" and didn't even realize that it was the fourth single until months later. So I don't have any firsthand recollection of how the first three singles were received.
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 22:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 23:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 23:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 23:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 23:50 (seventeen years ago) link
No, I meant that if the #3 single was going to be a ballad, why release "Hysteria" instead of "Love Bites"?
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 23:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 5 October 2006 00:07 (seventeen years ago) link
I'd never seen this vid before -- the one that always used to air featured the band playing on a huge concert stage (IIRC, the same one as the video for "Armageddon It"). The "living room" video looks a bit amateurish, so did they simply film a new one once the album went mega?
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link
Animal>Hysteria>everything else on Hysteria
― hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link
dud. dud. dud.
dud. dud. dud. dud. dud. dud. dud. dud.
god, no. def leppard? you've got to be kidding me...potentially the worst band of all time. and I speak from a position of assumed hometown loyalty.
― mister the guanoman (mister the guanoman), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 22:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 23:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 23:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 23:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 23:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 23:53 (seventeen years ago) link
it is my birth name, yes. and although I was brain-baffled by an excess of red wine last night, which led to some overly vicuperative spouting off, I stand by my statement. horrible band. the kenny G of rock.
― mister the guanoman (mister the guanoman), Thursday, 12 October 2006 06:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Thursday, 12 October 2006 11:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Thursday, 12 October 2006 11:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Thursday, 12 October 2006 11:48 (seventeen years ago) link
1. photograph2. animal3. now4. armageddon it5. hysteria
all of those songs are catchy, melodic, and even get me nostalgic
― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Thursday, 12 October 2006 11:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:42 (seventeen years ago) link
Stumpus Maximus is, in fact, the band's tour manager Malvin Mortimer, and "The Good Ol' Boys" are Def Leppard. It's not a regular version of the old Engelbert Humperdinck song. With every verse, Stumpus is singing higher, until the end when he does nothing but screaming. It was meant as a joke, and was released as the B-side of the "Rocket" single and other singles.
Malvin became somewhat of a celebrity in '88 when some DJ's in Greece began playing the b-side instead of the usual A-side.
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― tk (tk), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 22:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 23:27 (seventeen years ago) link
Yes. (Now that I finally have it too.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 January 2007 04:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 January 2007 05:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:56 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm an idiot.
Whatever. Hysteria doesn't hold a candle to Pyromania. That is all.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:57 (seventeen years ago) link
So Hysteria: dud for production, classic for the actual songs, and doesn't vaguely measure up to the preceding two albums.
― EZ Snappin (EZSnappin), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link