From: Mike Reinemann <aj420@dayton.wright.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 01:52:22 -0400
Subject: Jam review...

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=== JAM! ALBUM REVIEWS Friday, May 10, 1996

    ARTIST: Def Leppard
    TITLE: Slang
    LABEL: PolyGram
    CANADIAN RELEASE: May 15, 1996
    RATING (out of five): *** 1/2
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    While it might be the equivalent of marking on the bell curve,
    this altogether surprising offering from what seemed to be the
    quintessentially '80s pop-metal outfit actually hits harder than
    the new one from Soundgarden.

    While that has a great deal to do with relative expectations, it
    also reflects the unexpected grace with which this band has
    managed to update its sound without sounding like a bunch of
    ungainly geezers trying to sound like their nephews' CD
    collection. One listen to the slashing intro (au, 276K) to one of
    the album's best tracks, Gift Of Flesh, should be enough to
    convince anyone with even a grudging affection for these guys that
    we may have underestimated them all along. All in all, the most
    exceptional makeover of the year.

    Copyright 1996, The Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation and Rogers
    Multi-Media Inc.
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