Hysteria (Def Leppard album)

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All tracks are written by Joe Elliott, Rick Savage, Phil Collen, Steve Clark and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, except where noted.

Hysteria
Def Leppard - Hysteria (vinyl version).jpg
Studio album by
Released3 August 1987 (1987-08-03)
RecordedFebruary 1984 – January 1987
Studio
Genre
Length62:32
Label
Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard chronology
Pyromania
(1983)
Hysteria
(1987)
Adrenalize
(1992)
Singles from Hysteria
  1. "Animal"
    Released: 20 July 1987
  2. "Women"
    Released: August 1987
  3. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
    Released: 7 September 1987
  4. "Hysteria"
    Released: 16 November 1987
  5. "Armageddon It"
    Released: 28 March 1988
  6. "Love Bites"
    Released: 4 July 1988
  7. "Rocket"
    Released: 30 January 1989
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Women"5:42
2."Rocket"6:37
3."Animal"4:04
4."Love Bites"5:46
5."Pour Some Sugar on Me"4:27
6."Armageddon It"5:24
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Gods of War"6:37
2."Don't Shoot Shotgun"4:26
3."Run Riot"4:39
4."Hysteria"5:54
5."Excitable"4:19
6."Love and Affection"4:37
Total length:62:32
Japanese CD release bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Love and Affection" (live in Tilburg, Holland, June 1987)4:50
Special Edition CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Desert Song"5:19
14."Fractured Love"5:08

2006 deluxe edition

Disc one bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
13."Tear It Down"
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Savage
"Women" U.S. single and "Animal" UK single3:38
14."Ride into the Sun" (1987 re-recording)
  • Elliott
  • Savage
"Hysteria" single3:04
15."I Wanna Be Your Hero" "Pour Some Sugar on Me" UK single and "Animal" U.S. single4:32
16."Ring of Fire" "Armageddon It" UK single and "Pour Some Sugar on Me" U.S. single4:36
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
1."Elected" (Alice Cooper cover; live in Tilburg, Holland, June 1987)"Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" and "Heaven Is" single4:18
2."Love and Affection" (live in Tilburg, Holland, June 1987) "Hysteria" single4:50
3."Billy's Got a Gun" (live in Tilburg, Holland, June 1987)
"Love Bites" single5:21
4."Rock of Ages" (medley; live in Tilburg, Holland, June 1987)
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange

("Not Fade Away")
Pete Townshend ("My Generation")
("Radar Love")
Lennon–McCartney ("Come Together")
("Whole Lotta Love")
"Rocket" 12" single and CD singles8:42
5."Women" (live at McNichols Arena, Denver, Colorado, February 1988) "Rocket" U.S. single and "Let's Get Rocked" UK CD single6:29
6."Animal" (extended version) "Animal" 12" single4:40
7."Pour Some Sugar on Me" (extended version)  5:37
8."Armageddon It" (Nuclear mix) "Armageddon It" 12" single7:41
9."Excitable" (Orgasmic mix) "Love Bites" 12" single6:25
10."Rocket" (Lunar mix) Released as single, and B-side of "Love Bites" CD single8:42
11."Release Me" (Eddie Miller cover; performed by Stumpus Maximus & The Good Ol' Boys)
  • Miller
  • Robert Yount
  • James Pebworth
"Rocket" single and "Armageddon It" U.S. single3:31
Notes

30th anniversary editions

On 4 August 2017, the band released 30th Anniversary editions of the album. This included remasters of the original songs, B-sides and remixes from the albums era on two discs, the Classic Albums documentary episode of the making of the album, and an audio only version of the Live: In the Round, in Your Face video, recorded in Denver, Colorado at McNichols Sports Arena on 12 and 13 February 1988. This release omits four songs from the concert: "Don't Shoot Shotgun", "Let It Go", "Tear It Down" and "Travelin' Band" (a Creedence Clearwater Revival cover) as well as a Steve Clark guitar solo. Two songs, "Armageddon It" and "Pour Some Sugar On Me", were performed twice in order to record music videos.

30th anniversary edition (2017) – Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tear It Down"
  • Clark
  • Collen
  • Elliott
  • Savage
3:37
2."I Wanna Be Your Hero" 4:35
3."Ride into the Sun"
  • Elliott
  • Savage
3:07
4."Ring of Fire" 4:36
5."Women" (radio edit) 4:55
6."Rocket" (edit*) 4:37
7."Love Bites" (radio edit) 4:48
8."Hysteria" (radio edit) 3:48
9."Pour Some Sugar on Me" (radio edit) 4:22
10."Armageddon It" (radio edit) 4:12
11."Release Me"
  • Miller
  • Yount
  • Pebworth
3:31
12." Classic Albums Hysteria – BBC Documentary"  
30th anniversary edition (2017) – Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rocket" (Lunar mix – extended version) 8:40
2."Armageddon It" (Nuclear mix) 7:42
3."Animal" (extended version) 4:52
4."Pour Some Sugar on Me" (extended version) 5:36
5."Excitable" (Orgasmic mix) 6:24
6."Rocket" (Lunar mix) 7:06
7."Rock of Ages" (medley; live in Tilburg, Holland, June 1987)
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange

  • Holly
  • Petty
("Not Fade Away")
Townshend ("My Generation")
  • Kooymans
  • Hay
("Radar Love")
Lennon–McCartney ("Come Together")
  • Bonham
  • Dixon
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
("Whole Lotta Love")
8:39
8."Love and Affection" (live in Tillburg, Holland, 1987) 4:50
9."Billy's Got a Gun" (live in Tillburg, Holland, 1987)
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
  • Willis
5:21
30th anniversary edition (2017) – Disc Four (Live: In the Round, In Your Face)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stagefright"
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
4:17
2."Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
3:32
3."Women" 6:14
4."Too Late for Love"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
  • Willis
5:51
5."Hysteria" 7:00
6."Gods of War" 6:32
7."Die Hard the Hunter"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
6:10
30th anniversary edition (2017) – Disc five (Live: In the Round, In Your Face)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Willis
6:16
2."Foolin'"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
5:06
3."Armageddon It" 5:31
4."Animal" 4:51
5."Pour Some Sugar on Me" 4:52
6."Phil's Solo"Collen3:06
7."Rock of Ages"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
7:42
8."Photograph"
  • Clark
  • Elliott
  • Lange
  • Savage
  • Willis
5:19
Notes

Personnel

Def Leppard

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [86] 4× Platinum280,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [87] Diamond1,000,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [88] Gold10,000
Ireland (IRMA) [89] 2× Platinum30,000^
Japan (RIAJ) [90] Gold100,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON) [91] Gold100,000 [91]
New Zealand (RMNZ) [92] Platinum15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [93] Gold50,000 [93]
Sweden (GLF) [94] Gold50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [95] Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [96] 2× Platinum600,000^
United States (RIAA) [97] 12× Platinum12,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

Notes

  1. Misspelled as 'Pete Williscroft' in the album credits.

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