Slip of the Tongue 3433077 225751680 2008-07-15T06:22:16Z Phantomwiki 6082250 /* Track listing */ {{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== <references/> ==External Link(s)== [http://whitesnake.com/new/index10.html Official site] {{Whitesnake}} [[Category:Whitesnake albums]] [[Category:1989 albums]] [[Category:Geffen Records albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Keith Olsen]] [[Category:Albums produced by Mike Clink]] {{1980s-metal-album-stub}} {{1980s-hard-rock-album-stub}} [[es:Slip Of The Tongue]] [[fr:Slip of the Tongue]] [[hr:Slip of the Tongue]] [[it:Slip of the Tongue]] [[pl:Slip of the Tongue]] [[fi:Slip of the Tongue]]