Slang
Slang deliberately reduces Def Leppard’s grand polished sheen and turns toward lower, heavier guitar, dry rhythm and more inward-looking songs.
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Track List
- Truth?
- Turn to Dust
- Slang
- All I Want Is Everything
- Work It Out
- Breathe a Sigh
- Deliver Me
- Gift of Flesh
- Blood Runs Cold
- Where Does Love Go When It Dies
- Pearl of Euphoria
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Liner Notes
Slang is a work on which DEF LEPPARD deliberately thinned the gloss of their epic approach, facing low, heavy guitar, dry rhythm and introspective singing. Rather than the immediacy of mass sing-alongs, they value the songs’ humidity and tension. It is the first full album after Vivian Campbell officially joined, and an ambitious change of direction reflecting the alternative air of the 1990s.
On “Truth?,” “Slang,” “Work It Out” and “All I Want Is Everything,” the decision to take distance from the established image gives new shadow to Joe Elliott’s voice and the band’s ensemble. Songs like “Breathe a Sigh” and “Deliver Me” breathe a delicate expression different from before too. Taking in the air of the mid-1990s while searching for their own outline, it is an intriguing record showing a new side of the band.