Hysteria
by Def Leppard

Hysteria by Def Leppard
Year: 1987
Release date: 1987-08-03
Overall rank: 589th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 563 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1987 (10th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1980s (91st)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (589th)

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Hysteria is ranked as the best album by Def Leppard.

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Hysteria track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 589th | 1980s rank: 91st | 1987 rank: 10th

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 563 votes)
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3 days ago zsolti  Ratings distribution  67081/100
 
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03/14/2026 17:54 el_faraon  Ratings distribution  2676/100
 
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03/07/2026 19:47 heavensin  Ratings distribution  8194/100
 
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02/28/2026 16:42 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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02/16/2026 20:49 wizardalien  Ratings distribution  80147/100

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From 02/16/2026 20:52 | #313178
Incredibly catchy 80s glam rock with some killer vocals and riffs. My favourites are Armageddon It, Animal and Love Bites.
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60/100
From 01/29/2025 10:46 | #307300
Bland soft rock with cheesy lyrics. Saved by decent musicianship.
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From 12/07/2024 03:46 | #306397
Best album of 1987
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From 08/01/2024 18:42 | #304624
80’s Cock-Rock at its finest.
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60/100
From 02/03/2023 12:55 | #293529
I totally don't get the appeal of this record. Lyrics are corny, instrumentals are overblown. Some tracks work well as pop music, because of catchy hooks, but most of them are boring for me and I kinda like maybe 4 tracks. In my opinion it's one of the most overrated albums on this site, it's not even the best hair metal album, I like Slippery When Wet more.
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75/100
From 02/11/2022 11:29 | #281110
This is not a bad album, but by modern standards, this is not a heavy metal album. This is more like Heart, Europe, or REO in the heaviness. That is not a problem, but many of the songs are pretty much carbon copies of each other sonically and rhythmically. Especially the drumming on this album is monotonous and has pop vibes. The lead vocalist is not used much as most of the singing is done via vocal harmonies which usually tend to go saccharine and lame.
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90/100
From 06/24/2020 17:10 | #254439
Love Bites but this album does not!
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From 05/09/2020 21:23 | #251142
Perfection!
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80/100
From 10/15/2019 07:18 | #243762
Their best album
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From 07/30/2019 09:51 | #240547
I kid you not , this is the 51st highest selling album of all time !!!!! Sweet mother of god , there's no accounting for peoples taste with lyrics like:

"I don't want to touch you too much, baby
'Cause making love to you might drive me crazy"(Love Bites)

Yikes !
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