![]() Slang would have been even better if they had come up with a set of hooks that sounded as alive as their performance, but the album is a much-needed return to form for the group. ![]() Not all of the experiments work, but Def Leppard sound revitalized, particularly when they attack a straightforward rocker. Furthermore, they decided to expand their musical vocabulary slightly, working elements of R&B and funk into the rhythms. If such a feat is even possible, the keys might lie in the cheerfully bombastic strains of Def Leppard's seventh LP. The change in approach is apparent and welcome - Def Leppard hasn't sounded so immediate since Pyromania. Def Leppard returned to their old sound on Jwith 'Euphoria.'. writer: Vivian Campbell, Joe Elliott ( lead singer of Def Leppard), Robert John Mutt Lange and Rick Savage. The band approached Peter Mensch of Leber-Krebs management, who had booked them on a tour of the UK supporting AC/DC. mixed at: The Townhouse in Shepherds Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London ( Greater London, which includes the City of London), England, United Kingdom. Most notably, Rick Allen has returned to playing acoustic drums after playing an electronic kit for nearly a decade. Def Leppard's original management, MSB, a local duo consisting of Pete Martin and Frank Stuart-Brown, were fired after Martin and Joe Elliott got into a fistfight over an incident on the road. There are very few layers-of-guitar effects on the album, just straight, crunching chords. After the lackluster performance of Adrenalize, Def Leppard realized it was time to abandon their trademark wall-of-guitars sound. ![]() ![]() Jettisoning producer Mutt Lange - who, admittedly, was busy producing his wife, country singer Shania Twain - the group stripped its sound to the basics for Slang. After the lackluster performance of Adrenalize, Def Leppard realized it was time to abandon their trademark wall-of-guitars sound. ![]()
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