![]() Initially, Hysteria was to be named Animal Instinct and produced by Lange, but he dropped out after pre-production sessions, citing exhaustion from a gruelling schedule from the past few years. Lasting 62 minutes and 32 seconds, the album is the band's longest to date. Subsequent to the album's release, Def Leppard published a book titled Animal Instinct: The Def Leppard Story, written by Rolling Stone magazine senior editor David Fricke, on the three-year recording process of Hysteria and the tough times the band endured through the mid-1980s. Hysteria 's creation took over three years and was plagued by delays, including the aftermath of drummer Rick Allen's accident that cost him his left arm on 31 December 1984. The album is the follow-up to the band's 1983 breakthrough Pyromania. It is the last album to feature guitarist Steve Clark before his death, although songs co-written by him would appear on the band's next album, Adrenalize. The title of the album was thought up by drummer Rick Allen, referring to his 1984 car accident, the amputation of his arm, and the ensuing worldwide media coverage surrounding it. Hysteria was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The album charted at number one on both the Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart. ![]() ![]() It is Def Leppard's best-selling album to date, selling over 20 million copies worldwide, including 12 million in the US, and spawning seven hit singles. Like all Def Leppard material, the album was not distributed digitally until 2018, due to a years-long conflict with Universal Records.Hysteria is the fourth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 3 August 1987 through Mercury Records. Hysteria was the last album released before the passing of guitarist Steve Clark, who died on 8 January 1991. ![]() As of 2015, the album has gone platinum 12 times in the US alone, and become the 25th biggest album ever on the Billboard 200. It stayed in Billboard’s top 10 for 78 weeks. By the same time the following year, the album had climbed to the top of the chart. The subsequent singles reached position numbers 19, 10, 2, 1, 3, and 12, respectively. Within two months, the album went platinum in the US. Industry insiders were quick to call the album a ‘disappointment’ and a ‘failure’. Mercury Records chose “ Women” to be the lead single for the US release, but it stalled at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album followed two weeks later, and debuted at number one not only in the UK, but also in Australia, New Zealand, and Norway. The band released the album’s lead single, “ Animal”, in July 1987, and it was hugely successful. Over the next two years, Lange worked painstakingly with the band to realise their collective vision: a multi-layered rock album that would cross over into pop without being too ‘sweet’ or ‘soft’. Allen also took part, owing to the addition of a MIDI foot-pedal to his drum kit. When Lange got the news, he visited the band and had a change of heart: He decided to produce the album after all. Soon after the departure of Steinman, drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car accident. When Pyromania producer Mutt Lange told the band he wouldn’t be involved in the album, they turned to producer Jim Steinman ( Meat Loaf, Air Supply) but it didn’t work out. The band’s intention from the start was not to make ‘Pyromania 2’, but instead to ‘broaden their scope’ and cross over into pop. It ended up taking three gruelling, expensive, emotional years. ![]() After the success of Pyromania, hard rockers Def Leppard went immediately into the studio to record a follow-up, intending to release it within a year. ![]()
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