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DEF LEPPARD HYSTERIA ALBUM PRO
^ "How? Soft attack on clean guitars in first bars of Hysteria – Gearslutz Pro Audio Community".^ "Def Leppard Reflects on the 'Early Years' and Why Those Iron Maiden Comparisons Were 'Tiresome' ".The album is composed entirely of Def Leppard covers and features songs from High 'N' Dry, Pyromania, Hysteria, and Euphoria. In 2018, singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson covered "Hysteria" on Pyromattia.Def Leppard themselves re-recorded the song in 2012 (along with " Rock of Ages" and " Pour Some Sugar On Me") and released it as a digital download on 19 March 2013.The album, titled Best of I AM LOVEDRUG, was released 28 June 2011. Lovedrug recorded a version of "Hysteria", along with a making-of video, for the fan-chosen covers album from the I AM LOVEDRUG campaign.Track listing 7": Bludgeon Riffola / Mercury / 870 004-7 (USA) ġ2": Bludgeon Riffola / Phonogram (UK) ĬD: Bludgeon Riffola / Phonogram / U.K. An acoustic rendition of the song was performed by Elliott and guitarist Phil Collen on the Hysteria edition of VH1's Classic Albums. The "extreme" nature of producer Mutt Lange's recording methods is also exampled in the pre-chorus, where the clean guitar chords were recorded one note at a time as opposed to the traditional method of strumming them, in effect "building" a chord by recording the notes that make them up. The song features a clean guitar melody and heavily multi-tracked vocals in its chorus. On VH1 Storytellers: Def Leppard, lead singer Joe Elliott revealed that the song title came from drummer Rick Allen. 2.3 CD: Bludgeon Riffola / Phonogram / U.K.2.2 12": Bludgeon Riffola / Phonogram (UK).