Have you heard the extras on Hysteria's reissue?

Ride Into The Sun is a great song and hearkens back to the High N Dry sound and I Wanna Be Your Hero should have replaced Pour Some Sugar on me. Also has Tear It Down and Ring Of Fire which are both very good. They aren't as overproduced as the rest of the album which is actually a good thing.

I remember "Tear it Down," it's on the B-Side of the "Women" single. Great track!! When I bought that 45 many years ago (a month or so before the release of the HYSTERIA album) I played that B-side more than I played "Women." I had hoped the rest of the album would be closer in tone to "Tear It Down."

...but it wasn't.

TheNazgul wrote:

Ride Into The Sun is a great song and hearkens back to the High N Dry sound and I Wanna Be Your Hero should have replaced Pour Some Sugar on me. Also has Tear It Down and Ring Of Fire which are both very good. They aren't as overproduced as the rest of the album which is actually a good thing.

Are they the same tracks that were put out on the Retro Active release? I recognize some of those titles.

Ring of Fire was definetely on the Retro Active album, one of the best tracks. I hate it when people recycle bonus tracks. Much like Magnum did with their 2005 remasters, adding the alternate and acoustic versions from some of there 90s albums.

It looks like 'Ring of Fire', 'Ride Into the Sun' and 'I Want To Be Your Hero' were all on the Retro Active release, although all three tracks were changed/remixed/re-recorded from their original version.

My guess is that the bonus tracks on the Hysteria re-issue are the tracks in their original format.

Keep in mind, those are only the extras on the first disc of the Hysteria reissue. There's an entire second disc loaded with some great live stuff and some utterly appalling remixes of the album's songs. Seriously, those remixes are truly awful. But all the other B-sides make it worth picking up, definitely.

I'm not the hugest Def Leppard fan and I haven't heard any of the re-issues.

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There's an entire second disc loaded with some great live stuff and some utterly appalling remixes of the album's songs. Seriously, those remixes are truly awful. But all the other B-sides make it worth picking up, definitely.

Very true.

Where's joker? Was expecting to step into a giant pool of drool and other fluids when I clicked on this thread!

T-Roy wrote:

Where's joker? Was expecting to step into a giant pool of drool and other fluids when I clicked on this thread!

Here!!!! LOVE Hysteria!!!!! One of my favorite albums!!!!! The last GREAT Def Lep album!!!! I don't have the new version, maybe I'll pick it up one of these days!!!!!

Hmmmm Hysteria with bonus tracks I must look into this

The extras were good stuff.

It's certainly worth picking up.

Me needs this one.


Love me some "Hysteria".

It's actually my favorite Def Leppard album.

Same here I love Hysteria by far my all time fav Def Leppard album

Addy wrote:

Same here I love Hysteria by far my all time fav Def Leppard album

Yeah, it's a great album. I realize that many don't like it because it's sooo polished and commercial. I love me some sugary sweet syrup though. Guess that's why I just freekin love this one.

I think my favs on Hysteria are.......

Hysteria
Rocket
Animal
Women
Gods of War
Love & Affection
Don't Shoot Shotgun

TheNazgul wrote:

Ride Into The Sun is a great song and hearkens back to the High N Dry sound

As well it should because they used to play this song live way back in '78, 2 years before "On Thru The Night" even came out. It is actually one of their first tracks they ever wrote.

Addy wrote:

I think my favs on Hysteria are.......

Hysteria
Rocket
Animal
Women
Gods of War
Love & Affection
Don't Shoot Shotgun

My faves:

1. Hysteria (all time fave Def Leppard song here)
2. Love Bites
3. Pour Some Sugar on Me
4. Animal
5. Rocket

I used to love "Love Bites" and i occassionally dig that song but Pour Some Sugar On Me got overplayed for me

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TheNazgul wrote:

Ride Into The Sun is a great song and hearkens back to the High N Dry sound

As well it should because they used to play this song live way back in '78, 2 years before "On Thru The Night" even came out. It is actually one of their first tracks they ever wrote.

Didn't know that. Man, I feel smarter.

TheNazgul wrote:

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TheNazgul wrote:

Ride Into The Sun is a great song and hearkens back to the High N Dry sound

As well it should because they used to play this song live way back in '78, 2 years before "On Thru The Night" even came out. It is actually one of their first tracks they ever wrote.

Didn't know that. Man, I feel smarter.

Knowledge is power, my friend.

Addy wrote:

I used to love "Love Bites" and i occassionally dig that song but Pour Some Sugar On Me got overplayed for me

Yeah, I realize both those songs got overkill play on radio. I don't listen to the radio much at all though. Never have. So for me, I never heard them get killed. They are both still fresh to my ears.

I can understand what you mean though.

TheNazgul wrote:

Ride Into The Sun is a great song and hearkens back to the High N Dry sound and I Wanna Be Your Hero should have replaced Pour Some Sugar on me. Also has Tear It Down and Ring Of Fire which are both very good. They aren't as overproduced as the rest of the album which is actually a good thing.

"Ride Into the Sun" was actually on Def Leppard's 1st demo/EP, which is why it has that early Lep sound

Good song.