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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731453248625
Label: Island / Mercury
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
MPN: 532486
Number Of Discs: 1
Publication Date: 1996
Publisher: Island / Mercury
Release Date: May 14, 1996
Studio: Island / Mercury

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Disc 1:

1. Truth?
2. Turn to Dust
3. Slang
4. All I Want Is Everything - Def Leppard, Elliott, Joe
5. Work It Out - Def Leppard, Campbell, Vivian
6. Breathe a Sigh
7. Deliver Me
8. Gift of Flesh
9. Blood Runs Cold
10. Where Does Love Go When It Dies
11. Pearl of Euphoria

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Somewhere along their musical path, Def Leppard shed their raw, youthful rock aggression and became a pop band. Their new direction, beginning with Pyromania and continuing with Hysteria and Adrenalize, was a complete departure from their earlier, stripped-down, AC/DCish approach, and it vaulted them to mega-stardom. Slang is their first record without producer "Mutt" Lange since their debut, On Through the Night. The good news is that it's a much more organic, less overproduced record than they would have made with Lange, but it's still more pop than hard rock. Dance beats and funky riffs, with no shortage of slower power ballads, sum up this record pretty thoroughly. The single "Work It Out" has a nice strong chorus (with almost Sebadoh-like harmonies) and is certainly less bombastic than past hits like "Pour Some Sugar on Me." Def Leppard have long since abandoned their heavy metal roots, but with Slang they've at least moved away from the studio dominance of Lange, and that's a step in the right direction. --Adem Tepedelen

Album Description:
Japanese edition of new album features the bonus track 'Move With Me Slowly', separate English & Japanese lyric booklets, the singles 'Work It Out' & 'Slang' and comes in a clear tray. ***1996 Japanese release.




Rating: - Only three songs worth a listen..............
In my never so humble opinion, "Turn To Dust", "All I Want Is Everything" and "Deliver Me" are the only tunes on Slang worth having. This is from a guy who likes their early work and doesn't like their change to grunge.

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Rating: - Their best
I love Hysteria - but this album was their natural progression and they admitted this is the music they wanted to write and play, and damn it, they still should be. The went backwards with Eurphoria. They should have stuck to their guns and played what they wanted, thats when you get peoples best, not when they are trying to write what they think people want. This was the road away from "80's pop band", and unfortunatly they turned around after this.

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Rating: - Great Departure From the Formula
Def Leppard had gotten stale and they knew no one would buy another Adrenalize. They could have just done what every other band out there did and go Grunge but instead they brought in several influences. They do have some 90's downer rock in "Deliver Me" but they also have R&B in "Breathe a Sigh". They have the funky rock of "Slang" and the more subtle "Where Does Love Go When It Dies". The pinnacle of the album however is "Work It Out" which oddly enough was Vivian Campbell's first songwriting ... Read More

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Rating: - We must all grow up!
I know that this album does not sound like pyromania or hysteria, but we must all know when to grow up and move on. Def Leppard did with this album and they showed that singing about adult stuff is much more interesting than "having you dad tell you to mow the lawn"! This album is emotional and deep when it comes to writing of the lyrics. Yes, this album does not have the crunch crunch of pyromania or High n dry, but the lyrics do pack a serious punch. It was time for them to change because Adrenalize ... Read More

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Rating: - Lets get, lets get, lets get, lets get grunge....
By this stage of their illustrious career Def Leppard were bandwagon jumpers of the worst kind, that being that instead of merely genre jumping they were genre jumping and doing the new genre badly. Not only does this album betray a band desperately trying to stave off irrelevance to the hard rock world but also a band with precious few ideas at this point.

It's not all bad news however and in fairness there are some high points. So in point form;

- Flagship cut/title track/lead ... Read More

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