Hysteria (album) Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Hysteria is the fourth album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1987. The band initially set out to record it without direct involvement of Mutt Lange due to scheduling conflicts. However, as the band struggled with the recording process and drummer Rick Allen's auto accident, Lange would eventually join the project full-time. He recommended that they scrap most of the previous recording sessions and start largely from scratch.Near the end of the recording process for Hysteria, singer Joe Elliott picked up an acoustic guitar for fun during a break. When Mutt Lange heard the riff that Joe was playing, he thought it was a great hook and should be used on the album. This simple guitar riff became the chorus of Pour some sugar on me, Hysteria's most successful single.
The band worked mostly out of Wisseloord studios in Holland. In the end, Def Leppard spent several million dollars to produce Hysteria.