Def Leppard 'Hysteria': C/D?

I was into all those bands in 1988. Doesn't seem weird imo.

I was going to say, that seems pitchpoint perfect.

yeah that seems pretty otm

it's the replacements that confuse me.

Doesn't confuse me at all, they were getting greater attention then anyway.

Then Play Long says if it takes four years, hell, it's worth it: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/def-leppard-hysteria.html

I don't think there'll ever be a day when I'm not bowled over by how intricate the fucking production on this album is.

My fave recent thing about this - Elliott's high pitched backing vocals complimenting the main last chorus of "Gods Of War"

The outro of 'Gods Of War' sounds absolutely amazing on headphones.

Collen's work on "Animal" is so great. Such great tone and melodic as fuck

http://i.imgur.com/LtzLrQc.jpg

"Richard John Cyril "Rick" Allen (born 1 November 1963) is an English drummer who has played for the hard rock band Def Leppard since 1978. He overcame THE AMPUTATION OF HIS LEFT ARM in 1985 and continued to play with the band"

DO YOU TAKE SUGAR
ONE LUMP OR TWO

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LUMPS? RE: Pete Puma; oh, three or four...

candy-ass record; loved High 'n' Dry when i was 13, less-so for Pyro when i was 14. Down-hill since. The only thing i liked about Def Lep was akin to the first time i was inside a true Brit automobile: Curious. I'd easy pay twelve bucks to see them in a bowling alley show, but i just know that, even at 12 bones, i'd still be disappointed for the absence of tracks from their early, "Range Rover-type" days....

Check it: just like Dick Dale trying to surf a dust wave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Neuoqmqt1HE

...and lest we forget the 2-handed rummer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHNBxd4LnDs

want to like this album.. just sounds like bad xtian rock or something to me. i admire the hugeness of "pour some sugar on me" but it's no "i love rock and roll"

fascinated with how they recorded the drums LAST

I just assumed a lot of the drums were sequenced, programmed or overdubbed in whatever order. Same thing for ABC's (much earlier) Lexicon of Love, which was a drum machine selectively doubled/replaced by real drums. Dave Grohl in Queens of the Stone Age recorded the drums and cymbals separately.

Really interesting posthumous interview with Mike Shipley about mixing this and Pyromania in the latest Tape Op: http://tapeop.com/interviews/118/mike-shipley/

"Mutt's whole thing was, ‘Kids these days don't want to hear honky little snare drums. They're all out watching Star Wars and having visual experiences, so let's make records like that. Rather than going the natural route, let's make something larger than life!'"

Nothing could be more accurate.

I was gonna say, he certainly achieved that!

"There ain't gonna be heroes/There ain't gonna be anything"

Cool interview

yeah but imagine how much realer these songs would be on acoustic guitars, man

^ Read the above comment and thought I was in the Paul McCartney thread for a second.

You can hear huge handclaps going on in "Pour Some Sugar on Me." Those are actually 100 tracks of handclaps detuned and EQ'd. That ended up sounding like ambience in a way, and definitely had a unique sound.

I can't unhear the handclaps now!

I feel strongly now that "Animal" is the best song on this album

Probably right. Has this alb not had a poll?

I couldn't find it! seems weird if it doesn't

bought the 30th anniversary remaster CD when I was on a Target run on a whim

God's of War is the one that really floors me now more than then

Love & Affection is nice too seems like it should have been a hit but I guess there's a limit to how many hits you can have

Excitable is the only one that seems corny imo, were there any good period b sides they could have swapped it for?

Gods of War is a real jam. Damn I do love me an on-the-nose Reagan/Poppy Bush sample, gets me right in the nostalgia feels.

I feel like I remember a poll maybe titled "POLL some sugar on me"?

these songs were incredibly fun live last year too, even without the insane layered vocals that you get on the album

xp 3rd Grade me needed "Excitable."

although outside of nostalgic context I guess I can hear it possessing some annoying qualities (foreshadowing "Let's Get Rocked")

AAAH AAAH!
OOOH OOOH!

Easily my favourite band to come out of Sheffield, America.

if "excitable" was just the intro stretch out to 5 minutes that would be a good song

The Killers nicked the guitar part from 'Women' and used it as the synth part in 'Smile Like You Mean It'

Now available on all your favourite streaming services

http://teamrock.com/news/2018-01-19/def-leppard-now-on-streaming-services-announce-hysteria-uk-and-ireland-tour

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Great that finally worked out for them. (The band obv, screw the label.)

yessssssssss

I'm a HUGE Def Leppard fan ("Hysteria" is my favorite album), and I'm so glad their catalog is finally available digitally.

With that said, I've got to say the recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction news for Bon Jovi kinda bugged me, so I put together a detailed "face-off" comparing the 2 bands to show which one is REALLY more "worthy" of the honor.

I think you'll find it interesting...Feel free to share it!

"Bon Jovi, but not Def Leppard? For Shame Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!"
https://www.nostalgiclogic.com/bon-jovi-not-def-leppard-shame/

posting the same post on two different threads is about as necessary as a drummer having two arms

MEAN

it can be frustrating dealing with dismissive co-workers, those who are very comfortable routinely doing the same inefficient thing over and over. These folks have simply “accepted” the way things are done, and the most effort you’ll get from them is when they challenge your new ideas.

Promo photo for the forthcoming tour is textbook 'men who look like old lesbians' tbh.

Love bites, Animal & Hysteria are all still 10/10

Here in Greenville, as the second year of Trump dawned, Stormy Daniels spread out a taupe fleece blanket on stage, dropped to her knees, arched her back and began to squirt a bottle of lotion onto her chest to the sound of “Animal” by Def Leppard, as the president’s face flashed on video screens behind her.

Love bites, Animal & Hysteria are all still 10/10

And Armageddon It too surely

Euphoria hitting the spot this morning. Not as familiar with this album but it seems more of a successor to Hysteria than Adrenalize was