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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">PREMIERES NEW MASTERED VERSION OF “SLANG” TODAY!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><br>
</span></b><a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5901144/def-leppard-slang-remastered-1996-album"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
To Listen To It Exclusively On <i>Billboard.com <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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of the world’s best-selling and greatest arena rock bands, <b>Def Leppard</b> premieres a newly mastered version of “<b>Slang</b>” today on
<b><i>Billboard.com.</i></b> </span><a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5901144/def-leppard-slang-remastered-1996-album"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
to listen</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">. The album title track comes from their classic and reissued LP -
<b><i>Slang Deluxe Edition</i></b> – which will be released </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">across multiple formats
<b>tomorrow, February 11<sup>th</sup></b> through their own label <b>Bludgeon Riffola.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Slang</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> was first released in May 1996 and is considered the band’s most underrated album. At the time of
its release, the music industry was at the height of the 90s grunge scene and <b>
Def Leppard </b>with bands like Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam were dominating the airwaves. Despite this musical shift,
<b><i>Slang </i></b>charted on the <b>Top Five</b> <b>UK Official Chart</b> and the
<b>Top 15</b> in the <b>US </b>on <b>Billboard’s Top 200 Chart, </b>plus the<b> </b>
UK rock magazine <b><i>Q </i></b>named the project as one of the <b>Top 10 Albums of the Year.</b> As a testament to their music transcending through time,
<b><i>Slang</i></b><i> </i>was recognized for its musical departure from the band’s signature sound. The collection incorporated new sonic elements that gave the album a slightly darker introspective mood than their previous releases.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Pre-order the
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