Slang has been released in the USA and most of the world. The first single in the US will be Work It Out and Slang in the UK, both of which are already getting some airplay. Slang debuted at #14 on the Billboard album charts. More information is not yet available for the singles as of yet.

Mercury Records has released the official track listing in their web site. From this, it seems that everything is proceeding as planned for the May 14th release of the album and April 29th for the first single.

Truth?
Turn To Dust
Slang
All I Want Is Everything
Work It Out
Breathe A Sigh
Deliver Me
Gift Of Flesh
Blood Runs Cold
Where Does Love Go When It Dies
Pearl Of Euphoria

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Extra Notes

The following information is also known:

• Gift Of Flesh - This is the first track on Slang. Heavy and grunge friendly, this has a definite Guns'n'Roses/New York Dolls vibe. Insiders describe it as "the best song Johnny Thunders never wrote."
• Turn To Dust - an epic, U2 meets Kashmir type song by Phil Collen song evocative of Page and Plant, featuring a 30 piece orchestra.
• Slang - the first single in Britain and Europe. "It's probably the most obviously Leppy thing on the album" says Joe
• All I Want Is Everything - Ballad
• Work It Out - Written by Viv. Described as Punchy Pop and an "Iggy Pop/Tom Waits type song". The first US Single.
• Breathe A Sigh - Pop track. Written by Collen. His devotion to black music shows on this, the closest the band have come to R'n'B.
• Truth? - Described as Industrial Lite, whatever that means. Written by Phil and Viv.
• Blood Runs Cold - Reminiscent of Pink Floyd's "Shine on you crazy Diamond" in its measured tempo and lyrical references to ex-member Steve Clark.
• Deliver Me - An unexpected change of style: the guitar riff is Paperback Writer, but there are hints of the Police and even Nirvana in a song which will surprise many.
• Where Does Love Go When It Dies - supposedly the best Leppard have ever written (quote from interviewer)
• Pearl Of Euphoria - a strangely psychedelic song with lyrics that remain open to interpretation.

Lyrics for several of songs have been transcribed. Check the main Slang Lyrics page.

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Various Internet (as well as conventional) stores are taking pre-orders for the first single and some imports. These are the CD's available:

• Def Leppard Slang CDS/1; UK Release; 3 acoustic tracks (Ziggy Stardust/Animal/Pour Some Sugar On Me)
• Def Leppard Slang CDS/2; UK Release; Remix of When Love & Hate Collide.
• Def Leppard Slang CDLP(2); Japanese Release; With a bonus 6 track bonus acoustic CDEP

The bonus acoustic CD will contain the following songs, taken from the Singapore show:

• Armageddon It
• Two Steps Behind
• From the Inside
• Animal
• When Love & Hate Collide
• Pour Some Sugar On Me

The Japanese release will also include a bonus song, Move with Me Slowly and will have a CD-ROM with biographical information, song lyrics, pictures and more.
The CD-ROM requires the Quicktime for either Windows or Mac.

The Canadian album release will have the bonus live CD, but as of last word, no CD-ROM or bonus song.

The Australian single consists of:

• Work It Out
• Animal
• Pour Some Sugar On Me
• Ziggy Stardust

and will come in a carboard sleeve as opposed to the jewel cases released in the other formats.

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Tour Dates

The following tour information has shown up in one way or another. They come from pretty reliable sources, but are SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

May

27 - Bangkok

June

Early - South East Asia
28 - Cleveland
29 - Indy
30 - Milwaukee

July

2 - Cincinnati
3 - Columbus
5 - Chicago
6 - Charlevoix, MI
7 - Detroit
9 - Pittsburgh
10 - Toronto (more Canadian shows in Sept.)
12 - Buffalo
13 - Hartford
14 - Camden, NJ
17 - Boston
19 - Middletown, NY
20 - Allentown, PA
21 - Holmdel, NJ
23 - Jones Beach
24 - Washington DC
26 - Virginia Beach
26(?) - Raleigh
27 - Raleigh/Charlotte
30 - St. Louis
31 - Kansas City

August

2 - Dallas
3 - Austin
4 - Houston
14 - West Palm Beach
16 - Atlanta
18 - Lampe, MO
19 - Little Rock
20 - OK City
23 - Denver
24 - Salt Lake
26 - Phoenix
27 - Irvine
29 - Sacramento
30 - Reno
31 - Redwood City, CA

September

5 - Calgary, Alberta Olympic Saddledome
6 - Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton Coliseum
7 - Saskatoon, Saskatoon Saskatchewan Place
9 - Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Arena
11 - Sudbury, Ontario Sudbury Arena
13 - Montreal, Quebec Molson Centre
14 - Ottawa, Ontario Corel Center
15 - Quebec, Quebec Quebec Colisee Arena
17 - St John, NF Harbour Station
19 - Halifax, NS Halifax Metro Centre
20 - Moncton, NB Moncton Coliseum Arena

October

5 - Oslo - Sentrum
7 - Stockholm - Circus
8 - Copenhagen - KB Halle
10 - Hamburg - Grosse Freiheit
11 - Berlin - Tempodrom
12 - Hannover - Music Hall
14 - Budapest - Sports Hall
15 - Zilina - Sports Hall (Slovakia)
16 - Prague - Sports Hall
19 - Koln - E-Werk
20 - Paris - Zenith
22 - Neu-Isenburg - Hugenottenhalle
23 - Stuttgart - Messe Congresscentrum
24 - Geneva - Arena
26 - San Sebastian - Polideportivo
27 - Barcelona - Zeleste
28 - MAdrid - Riviera
30 - Cascais - Pavilion

November

3 - Innsbruck - Olympiahalle
4 - Vienna - Kurhalle
5 - Munich - Circus Krone
7 - Milan - Palalido
8 - Zurich - Hallenstadion
10 - Luxembourg - Petange Centre Sportif
11 - Leuven - Brabatnhall
14 - Sheffield Arena, UK
15 - Birmingham NEC, UK
18 - Belfast
22 - Manchester Arena, UK
24 - Glasgow SECC, UK
26 - London, Wembley Arena
27 - London, Wembley Arena

December

5- Johannesburg, South Africa

April 1997

2 - Monteray, Mexico
4 - Mexico City, Mexico
8 - Guatemala City, Guatelama
10 - Panama City, Panama
12 - Bogota, Colombia
15 - Quito, Equador (keeping an eye on political unrest here)
18 - Santiago, Chile
19 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
20 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
22 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
23 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
24 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
26 - Possible show in Puerto Rico

Please do not ask me if there are other dates, when tickets go on sale or if I can get you tickets. What I know is here, and that's about it. Calling your local venue is the best source of this information.

If you know a date that is not listed, please email it to me so that I can add it.

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