Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987) {1993, MFSL UDCD-580}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 492 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 191 Mb
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Hard Rock | Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab #UDCD-580
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 492 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 191 Mb
Full Scans | 01:02:32 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock | Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab #UDCD-580
Where Pyromania had set the standard for polished, catchy pop-metal, Hysteria only upped the ante. Pyromania's slick, layered Mutt Lange production turned into a painstaking obsession with dense sonic detail on Hysteria, with the result that some critics dismissed the record as a stiff, mechanized pop sell-out (perhaps due in part to Rick Allen's new, partially electronic drum kit). But Def Leppard's music had always employed big, anthemic hooks, and few of the pop-metal bands who had hit the charts in the wake of Pyromania could compete with Leppard's sense of craft; certainly none had the pop songwriting savvy to produce seven chart singles from the same album, as the stunningly consistent Hysteria did.