| Slam | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Big Dipper |
| Cover: | Big Dipper Slam.jpg |
| Released: | 1990 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock, indie rock |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Steve Haigler, Big Dipper |
| Prev Title: | Craps |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
Slam is the third and final studio album by the Boston indie rock band Big Dipper. The album was released in 1990 on Epic Records, making it the group's major-label debut.[1] [2] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[3] They were dropped from the label a year later.
Recorded in North Carolina, the album was coproduced by Steve Haigler.[4] [5] Many of its songs are about the music business.[6] The band used samples, horns, and synthesizers on some of the songs.[7]
The Boston Globe wrote that "the band in fine form, still writing terse, insanely catchy, oft sly and oblique pop songs."[8] The Republican noted that the album "contains some sparkling melodies, solid lyrics and interesting, guitar-based arrangements." The Washington Times opined that "the musicians construct uncompromisingly tuneful pop-rock tunes while disassembling lyrical conventions."[9]