Wednesday, 13th May 2015
Def Leppard released the Slang album 19 years ago on this day in 1996 in the UK.
The album was the first to be released with "new guy" Vivian Campbell on guitar who had joined the band in 1992.
It reached number 5 in the UK Top 40 chart. The fourth consecutive studio album to reach the Top 10.
It spent 8 weeks on the chart in all, 3 in the Top 40.
This album marked a major change in sound and style by the band but was still accepted by their home audience as well as in Europe.
The title track had been issued as a single in the UK on 22nd April 1996 and got the Number 17 in the charts.
The first of three Top 40 singles in the UK from this album.
All I Want Is Everything UK Single - Album Postcards
Vivian Campbell - "My first with Def Leppard, and what a time to move the goalposts! Just when you thought you knew what to expect, everything shifts. The ethic for this record was "anything goes". Everything did. Five go mad in southern Spain with a large tape recorder and a head full of ideas."
- Def Leppard - Slang Single Section
- Def Leppard - Slang Album Section
- Previous News - 11th May 2015