Re: "Hysteria" being an utter shit show whatever....
Date: April 11, 2021 07:39PM
Pyromania was just as constructed and calculated relatively its predecessors as Hysteria.
With mastermind Mutt Lange they with Pyro aimed at distancing themselves from NWONHM and instead create a hard rock version of Thriller (read a quote re that comparison).
Then with Hysteria they again went in a slightly new direction.
Upon release of Hysteria I as well was surprised and a bit disapointed. Where the hell are the guitar solos? Why so poppy at times? Until the album sunk in that was and I realised what a brilliant album it is.