I didn't get this album right now. We're going to go broke the pop/rock album. The Sonic single hits album either way. It's a great album hysteria Def Leppard originally hinted to be produced by Jim Steinman who had different ideas. He wanted to go for that live band sound. He wanted that raw energy Walt wrapped up, you know, like the like the Meatloaf album bat out of hell like Bonnie Tyler's album as well. It was sort of Broad and live and loud, but the I was thinking differently. They actually wanted to do something more constructive Sonic more detail-oriented. They wanted a hit out of every single song and with mutt Lange who had been producing their album since I think about 1981 he continued to do so he found the time eventually it took five years. I think in total for this album to actually hit the shelves and it did extremely well leading up and during the makings of Hysteria Rick Allen was in hospital for some lengthy period of time before getting home, of course with one arm after a vehicle accident. It was in hospital actually during the writing of these songs and putting it all together that he dreamt up the idea or the concept with a friend of ease of putting together a drum kit that would work with one arm and it was leading up to this album. We're actually all got put together test it out and became a forever thing. This was in the era days of Steve Steven Clark unbelievable guitarist that really unique sound of Def Leppard came from Steve Clark. And of course the songs the written songs, of course co-written with the other members of the band as well. It just wouldn't have sounded the same without him at this point. I don't think and it took somebody like Clark at the time before he passed away to make sure that this album and it ended up becoming really a legacy. He's more than anything. I think now, of course, he's replacement a stupendous guitarist by the name of Vivian Campbell who did a lot of work with Ronnie James Dio in the early stages and fact, I can find several interviews with Ronnie James Dio that pronounces Vivian Campbell as one of the best guitarists and you'd have to agree and he seems like a new member of Def Leppard, but of course, you know, 20 25 years ago. I think it's a lot more than just a you know a win. Individually a couple of songs that are worthy of note Love Bites was actually meant to be a little bit more twangy little bit more loud than what it is. Thankfully. They didn't yet another hit single another song animal the first released single from the album Believe It or Not took three years in gestation. I mean, that's a long time for a song to finally be finished and get out there. Now. This was a combination of not just the band but also the producer John mutt Lange Mutt Lange, he's a perfectionist and nothing gets released without it being. Wow. And of course Pour Some Sugar On Me which in North America is the Haggis quintessential colloquial tag song for this particular band, but look, you know what the bandsaw Pour some sugar on me as their for a their introduction into what was called rap rock. I mean, it doesn't sound like wrapping Rock, but for the time that this album came out, Out this was a new thing and had a different sound and only other bands could imitate. It was also a bit of a test it and see in terms of the length of the album. There are a lot of songs on this album and it goes I think over 60 minutes from beginning to end you think well, yeah an hour, but if you pick up any album now any album is like 38 40 minutes max. So yeah, a 60-63 minute album is is huge. So there's a lot of bang for the buck. Hawk hysteria is one of those albums. That's one of the biggest-selling albums in the world to not go digital and available through digital music. So it's been out for over 30 years 30 plus 30 what 34 years or something or something ridiculous. And still, you know try and find it online digitally. I mean you can get it right but for 30 years it was only available through vinyl or CD. You know, they just didn't they just didn't want to go down the other path because of the The Limited amounts of money that you get back. But I mean this album has made so much money for the bed. They really don't have to work anymore. Well, that's it time for me to go until the next show episode. Remember a rolling Pearl gathers no oysters or something like that. until next time
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