Hysteria downloads

The album was also a major success in other parts of Europe. In the US, however, the band initially struggled to regain the momentum of Pyromania that was lost from such a prolonged absence. The success of the album's fourth single, 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' would propel the album to the top of the US Billboard albums chart on July 23, , nearly a year after its release - topping the chart three separate times for a combined total of six weeks. Hysteria went on to dominate album charts around the world for three years.

It was certified 12x platinum by the RIAA in The album currently sits as the 51st best selling album of all time in the US. It spent 96 weeks in the US top 40, a record for the s it ties with Born in the U. The leadoff track, 'Women', was selected as the first single for the US and Canada, instead of 'Animal', in July Then-manager Cliff Burnstein reasoned that the band needed to reconnect with their hard rock audience first before issuing more Top friendly singles.

Six more singles were subsequently released in the United States, with 'Love Bites' reaching number one, and three others reaching the top ten. The singles earned similar success in the United Kingdom. For us the first album showed promise, the second showed the true reality of where we were going, the third album worked better in America than it did in England simply because there was no exposure radio-wise over here but by the time we did Hysteria , everything had fallen into place.

Airplay and hit singles were one aspect of it but there was also all the hard work we put into the album — we literally did slave over it to get every sound on it right. There was also Rick's accident, of course, and to be honest, I'm sure there was the initial wave of sympathy but I'm equally sure the album would have still worked anyway. None of the other stuff — the touring, the promotion, the videos — none of that would have meant anything if the songs hadn't been there and I'm still really proud of all the songs on Hysteria.

On 24 October , a 2-CD 'deluxe edition' of the album was released, including a remastering of the original B-sides and bonus tracks from the album's period. Many of these songs, alongside two other Hysteria compositions 'Desert Song' and 'Fractured Love', had been featured on Retro Active , albeit with remixes, revamps, and new parts added. The deluxe edition Hysteria deluxe CD included the original B-side versions of these recordings without alterations.

During their 22 March to 10 April residency at The Joint, Def Leppard performed the album in its entirety, from start to finish. This was followed up with a live album Viva!

Hysteria , recorded during the residency and released on 22 October , which includes all of Hysteria being played live. Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest.

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