Slip of the Tongue
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Slip of the Tongue
| Type = Studio
| Artist = Whitesnake
| Cover = Slip_of_the_tongue.jpg
| Released = [[November 18]] [[1989]]
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Hard rock]], [[glam metal]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[blues-rock]]
| Length = 46:47
| Label = [[EMI]] (UK) / [[Geffen Records|Geffen]] (USA)
| Producer = [[Mike Clink]] & [[Keith Olsen]]
| Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bqm8b5x4tsqs link]
* [[Rolling Stone]] {{rating-5|2}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/whitesnake/albums/album/256760/review/5944820/slip_of_the_tongue link]
| Last album = ''[[Whitesnake (album)|Whitesnake]]''<br />(1987)
| This album = '''''Slip of the Tongue'''''<br />(1989)
| Next album = ''[[Whitesnake's Greatest Hits]]''<br />(1994)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Slip of the Tongue
| Type = studio
| single 1 = [[Fool for Your Loving]]
| single 1 date = [[1989]]
| single 2 = The Deeper the Love
| single 2 date = [[1990]]
| single 3 = Now You're Gone
| single 3 date = [[1990]]
}}
}}
'''''Slip of the Tongue''''' is an album by the [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Whitesnake]], released in 1989. This is the band's ninth studio album overall. It features guitar virtuoso [[Steve Vai]] on guitars. Three singles were released from the album: "[[Fool for Your Loving]]", "The Deeper the Love" and "Now You're Gone". ''Slip of the Tongue'' sold over four million copies.
"Fool For Your Loving" originally appeared on the [[Ready an' Willing]] album, but it was re-recorded for this album.
==Track listing==
All songs written by [[David Coverdale]] and [[Adrian Vandenberg]] except as noted.
# "Slip of the Tongue" – 5:20
# "Cheap an' Nasty" – 3:28
# "[[Fool for Your Loving|Fool For Your Loving 89]]" (Coverdale, [[Micky Moody]], [[Bernie Marsden]]) – 4:10
# "Now You're Gone" – 4:11
# "Kittens Got Claws" – 5:00
# "Wings of the Storm" – 5:00
# "The Deeper the Love" – 4:22
# "Judgment Day" – 5:15
# "Slow Poke Music" – 3:59
# "Sailing Ships" – 6:02
==Singles==
*"[[Fool For Your Loving|Fool For Your Loving 89]]"
*"Slip of the Tongue"
*"Now You're Gone"
*"The Deeper the Love"
*"Slow Poke Music"
==Personnel==
*[[David Coverdale]] – vocals
*[[Steve Vai]] – Guitars
*[[Adrian Vandenberg]] - Guitars (credited, but does not appear on album)
*[[Rudy Sarzo]] – bass
*[[Tommy Aldridge]] – drums
===Guest Musicians===
*[[Glenn Hughes]] - backing vocals
*[[Tommy Funderburk]] - backing vocals
*[[Richard Page (musician)|Richard Page]] - backing vocals on "Now You're Gone" <ref name="wagging">[http://hem.passagen.se/snowblnd/sof/interviews/tt-wte89.html Wagging Tongue promotional version] - Interview with David Coverdale</ref>
*[[Don Airey]] - keyboards
*[[David Rosenthal]] - keyboards
===Other credits===
* Produced and engineered by [[Keith Olsen]] and [[Mike Clink]]
* Assisted by Noel Golden, Gordon Fordyce, Shay Baby & Allen Abrahamson
* Mixed at [[Record Plant Studios]] by Mike Clink and Keith Olsen
* Mastered by [[Greg Fulginiti]] at [[Artisan Sound Recorders]]
* [[John Kalodner]]: A&R
==Trivia==
{{Trivia|date=December 2007}}
* Due to an injury, [[Adrian Vandenberg]] was unable to perform on this recording. [[Steve Vai]] played all guitars on the album. However, [[Adrian Vandenberg]] was credited as a bandmember and included in the group photoshoot in the album sleeves.
* David Coverdale's wife (1989–1991), [[Tawny Kitaen]] was on a video for the song "The Deeper the Love".
==References==
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==External Link(s)==
[http://whitesnake.com/new/index10.html Official site]
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[[Category:Geffen Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Keith Olsen]]
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