Slip of the Tongue
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| Studio album by Whitesnake | ||||
| Released | 18 November 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Studio | Record Plant, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 46:47 | |||
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Geffen/Warner Bros. (North America) CBS/Sony (Japan) EMI (Rest of the world) |
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| Producer | Mike Clink & Keith Olsen | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
20th Anniversary CD-Release.
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| Singles from Slip of the Tongue | ||||
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| AllMusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | (D) |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 |
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Slip of the Tongue is the eighth studio album by the British hard rock band Whitesnake, released in 1989. The album peaked at number 10 on both the UK Album Chart and US Billboard 200. Four singles were released from the album: "Fool for Your Loving", "The Deeper the Love", "Now You're Gone" and "Judgement Day". All the singles hit the US Mainstream Rock Tracks top 40, and "The Deeper the Love" and "Fool For Your Loving" were top 5.Slip of the Tongue has sold over one million copies in the US, reaching platinum state.
"Fool for Your Loving" originally appeared on the album Ready an' Willing, but it was re-recorded for this album.
After the tour for the band's previous multi-platinum self-titled album, guitarist Vivian Campbell left the group due to musical differences. Even with Campbell's leaving, the writing process for a new Whitesnake album started at Lake Tahoe with singer David Coverdale and guitarist Adrian Vandenberg. Some material, including the title track, had already been written while on tour and some lyrics were finished by Coverdale in Bora Bora.
Prior to the recording process, Adrian Vandenberg sustained a serious wrist injury, making it impossible for him to play without experiencing great discomfort. After Coverdale waited as long as possible for Vandenberg to heal, he had no choice but to find a new guitar player to finish the album. Coverdale chose ex-Frank Zappa and David Lee Roth guitarist Steve Vai. Coverdale was unfamiliar with Vai's work with Zappa or Roth, but had seen him in the 1986 film Crossroads, in which Vai had greatly impressed him. Adrian Vandenberg revealed in several interviews that he thinks Vai's flamboyant guitar playing was somewhat inappropriate, and that a more bluesy approach would have suited the album better.
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