Talk:Hysteria (Def Leppard album)

New source for article expansion

Hyden, Steven (May 3, 2011), Def Leppard's Hysteria, The A.V. Club. postdlf (talk) 17:52, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Not the longest single vinyl album

Todd Rundgren's Initiation (1975) is past 68 minutes long - in its LP incarnation. You could argue that stylistically it's a pop rather than rock record, but that's a matter of definition. There are even longer classical single LP's by the way; Stockhausen's choral piece Stimmung in its 1970 original recording runs to 72:48.Strausszek (talk) 16:04, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Hysteria (Def Leppard album)

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• From Mirrorball: Live & More: Leahey, Andrew. Hysteria at AllMusic. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
• From Shania Twain: Thomas Erlewine, Stephen, Shania Twain — Biography, allmusic, retrieved November 15, 2008 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
• From Fine Young Cannibals: Allmusic peaks
• From John Bonham: John Bonham Biography. Allmusic
• From Michael Jackson: Huey, Steve. "Michael Jackson—Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
• From Pyromania (album): Huey, Steve (1983). "Review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved July 7, 2013.

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Seriously now

Who keeps changing all the genres?? This is glam metal! Heck if it was my way it'd just be pop rock but it's generally regarded as glam metal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.81.33.59 (talk) 23:25, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

It should probably have a few labels listed instead of just one. Glam metal is mostly accurate, but does not capture the poppy, polished "arena" sound of this album and might, by itself, imply more hair metal than we hear. The article uses "pop metal" and, while that might not be a recognized term, listing pop rock and hard rock along with glam metal might present a better description of the album's sound. MXVN (talk) 04:16, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

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To meet the more rigorous criteria of the revised B class, this article needs improved sourcing to help readers verify the accuracy of information. The trivia section needs to be absorbed into the article or removed. Article requirements: Y Start: reasonably complete infobox; lead section with overview of album; track listing; reference to at least primary personnel by name; Categorization by at least artist and year. Y C: all of start and (1) cover art in infobox; (2) at least one additional section of prose; (3) track lengths & song authors in tracklist; (4) a personnel section including all musicians. B: all of C and (1) most technical details in infobox; (2) technical personnel in personnel section; (3) no obvious issues with sourcing; (4) no obvious issues with readability, though it may not conform completely to style guidelines; (5) no glaring omissions of information (see some suggestions at WP:ALBUM) or extraneous information, like trivia. Higher Classes are not assigned by WikiProject Album. Please review "the perfect article" and, if already B class, consider seeking additional feedback from Wikipedia:Good articles or Wikipedia:Featured articles. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums/Assessment for additional information on article class. To request a reassessment from the Album project, when concerns are addressed, please see "requesting an assessment". --Moonriddengirl (talk) 23:31, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Last edited at 23:32, 27 July 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 18:36, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Removed The "Christgau's Consumer Guide" Review

I can accept valid reviews for music, or movies, etc. However this particular review for this album is a head scratcher. From reading what this person wrote, it has all the appearances that his ire is not aimed at the music itself, more so at the technology at the time? He's upset that the songs were all placed on a single disc, as though he doesn't understand the technology? He writes "Stuck with an hour of material after four years (after all, could twelve songs be any shorter?)." I know we don't allow first person research, but come on, I own more than 500 cds and in the guitar rock genre from the late 80's, the one hour long long album, 12 songs, was basically the standard at that time. Christgau makes only one short comment "impeccable pop music of no discernible content" but then spends 10 times as much space (literally, on the basis of a long paragraph) devoted to trashing the technology at the time. Was this actually the CD, or was this the guy's stereo that caused him all the issues? Let me know your thoughts, even beyond the lacking review itself, the cheap goofy webpage and having never heard of this guy before, not sure why it was ever included on this album to begin with.RTShadow (talk) 07:55, 30 June 2019 (UTC)