Sunday, 19th January 2014
1996 Cover Art
Def Leppard will re-release the Slang album in February and the new 2014 artwork is available online.
It appears to reveal something interesting about the original cover. In addition to the binary code-like zeros and ones across the cover the song titles were printed upside down in Indian Sanskrit text (if you look closely).
On the new 2014 cover the song titles are now in English (easier to spot if you turn the cover upside down). A number of other changes are visible:
- Slang - 2014 Cover Art Differences
- A different model's face is used surrounded by a shadow
- The cover is darker with deeper shade of red
- The Indian god image is now straight and not at an angle and also has slightly different features
- The Blue Star is now embossed with a metallic gloss
- The SLANG writing is the same style but now has more texture to it
BTW The art has been on that site since last August - I must've forgot to mention it before! but now it's almost out... And if you were quick enough to notice the iTunes Video Collection that was up for a short time last year you'll have seen the same 'new' face was used on that.
All previous updates on this release and new music can be found in the Album News section.
- 2CD Album Listing @ - Amazon.com - 11th February 2014
- Double Vinyl Album Listing @ - Amazon.com - 11th February 2014
- 2CD Album Listing @ - Amazon.co.uk - 27th January 2014
- Double Vinyl Album Listing @ - Amazon.co.uk - 11th February 2014 (Import)
- Def Leppard - Slang Deluxe Edition 2014
- Def Leppard - 2014 Album News
- Previous News - 17th January 2014