Slang (album)

Slang
Slang
Studio album by Def Leppard
Released	14 May 1996
Recorded	1994–1995 in Marbella, Spain and January–February 1996 at Bow Lane Studios in Dublin, Ireland
Genre	Alternative rock; grunge;
Length	45:58
Label	Mercury
Producer	Pete Woodroffe; Def Leppard;
Def Leppard chronology
Singles from Slang
	"Slang"; Released: May 1996; "Work It Out"; Released: July 1996 (US); "All I Want Is Everything"; Released: August 1996 (US); "Breathe a Sigh"; Released: November 1996;

Slang is the sixth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 14 May 1996. The album marked a musical departure from their signature sound; it was produced by the band with Pete Woodroffe and was their first album since 1980 without involvement by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Slang is the first album with new material to feature new guitarist Vivian Campbell (Campbell had previously played on the B-side collection Retro Active in 1993 and on the new song on Vault a year earlier). It charted at #14 on the Billboard 200^[3] and #5 on the UK Albums Chart.^[4] It is also the only Def Leppard album that does not feature their recognisable font logo on the album cover, though all its singles still bore the classic logo.

^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (6 April 1996). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. p. 12 – via Internet Archive. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ Aizlewood, John (August 2012). "Def Leppard Embrace Grunge. Alternative Rock Recoils". Q: 63. There's nothing like selling squillions of records to induce a mid-life crisis. Hence Def Leppard's decision in 1996 to get down with the kids, hire a villa in Spain and, rather belatedly, go grunge for their sixth album, Slang.
^ "Allmusic (Def Leppard charts and awards) Billboard albums". AllMusic.
^ "Def Leppard The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company.

[1] Inc, Nielsen Business Media (6 April 1996). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. p. 12 – via Internet Archive. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[2] Aizlewood, John (August 2012). "Def Leppard Embrace Grunge. Alternative Rock Recoils". Q: 63. There's nothing like selling squillions of records to induce a mid-life crisis. Hence Def Leppard's decision in 1996 to get down with the kids, hire a villa in Spain and, rather belatedly, go grunge for their sixth album, Slang.

[3] "Allmusic (Def Leppard charts and awards) Billboard albums". AllMusic.

[4] "Def Leppard The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company.

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