Hysteria

Hysteria is a work that layered guitar, vocals and choruses many times over, placing a big hook in every song. Keeping weighty riffs while smoothing the edges of the sound, it creates a wide resonance that works both on radio and in the arena. It is also a monumental record made after drummer Rick Allen overcame the hardship of losing his left arm in a 1984 accident and returned with a specially made drum kit. “Animal,” “Hysteria,” “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and “Love Bites,” while each having a different expression, together form one huge pop-metal work. Songs like “Women,” “Rocket” and “Armageddon It” breathe the band’s full playing too. The obsessive craft of a production that took several years turned into accessibility and overwhelming density — it achieved unprecedented success, selling over 25 million copies worldwide.