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25 Years Ago Def Leppard's SLANG Album At #14 In The USA

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Def Leppard's sixth studio album Slang entered the US album chart at Number 14 on this day in 1996.

The album had been released on 13th May 1996 following on from the first US single 'Work It Out' which was also released in May.

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The album entered at Number 14 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

The Fugees were at Number 1 with 'The Score'.

The album spent 12 weeks on the chart. The shortest chart run for a Def Leppard studio album at that point.


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