Home / Music / Mutt Lange wanted Hysteria to be the hard rock ThrillerMusic linernotes album music mötley-crüeMutt Lange wanted Hysteria to be the hard rock ThrillerMutt Lange aimed to create a hard rock version of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, where every song had the potential to be a hit single. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesHysteria kept Mötley Crüe on the radio for over a yearToo Fast for Love gave Mötley Crüe a modest start and a huge breakthroughMötley Crüe's Hysteria followed Pyromania in 1987The Dukes of Stratosphear's 25 O'Clock outsold XTC's The Big Express — the side project beat the main actTango in the Night featured all five classic Fleetwood Mac membersExploreA Girl Called Eddy's debut came out on ANTI- in 2004A Monastic Trio was recorded at John Coltrane's home in 1968African Rhythms was recorded in a Virginia suburb in 1975Dorothy Ashby recorded Afro-Harping in Chicago in 1968Another Green World came together at Island Studios in a single monthPrevious Nightflight to Venus was Boney M.'s third album, released in 1978Next Mutt Lange made it three in a row with Def Leppard's Hysteria