Sladest

Compilation album by Slade

Released

28 September 1973

Genre

Glam rock, hard rock

Length

45:47

Label

Polydor (UK), Reprise (US)

Producer

Chas Chandler

Slade chronology

Slayed?
(1972)

Sladest
(1973)

Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
(1974)

Sladest is a compilation album by the British glam rock group Slade. It was released on 28 September 1973, and went straight to No. 1 on the charts. It stayed around the Top 10 until 1974, when it climbed to the No. 1 spot once again, following the huge success of "Merry Xmas Everybody". The record has a significantly different track listing in the United States which is now out of print.

The album was certified UK Silver by BPI in September 1973.^[1]

By the first week of release, "Sladest" was awarded a UK Silver Disc. Two weeks after, the album was awarded a UK Gold Disc and was soon due to surpass 200,000 sales at the time.^[2]^[3]

The compilation was originally to be titled "The Best of Slade" before its release.^[4]^[5]

The album was voted #3 of the top three Slade album covers in the Slade Fan Club Poll of 1979.^[6]^[7]

UK Track listing

"Cum On Feel the Noize" (Noddy Holder/Jim Lea) UK #1
"Look Wot You Dun" (Holder/Lea/Don Powell) UK #4
"Gudbuy T'Jane" (Holder/Lea) UK #2
"One Way Hotel" (Holder/Lea/Powell)
"Skweeze Me Pleeze Me" (Holder/Lea) UK #1
"Pouk Hill" (Holder/Lea/Powell)
"The Shape of Things to Come" (Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil) Did Not Chart
"Take Me Bak 'Ome" (Holder/Lea) UK #1
"Coz I Luv You" (Holder/Lea) UK #1
"Wild Winds Are Blowing" (Jack Winsley/Bob Saker) Did Not Chart
"Know Who You Are" (Holder/Lea/Dave Hill/Powell) Did Not Chart
"Get Down and Get with It" (Bobby Marchan) UK #16
"Look at Last Nite" (Holder/Lea)
"Mama Weer All Crazee Now" (Holder/Lea) UK #1

September 2011 reissue by Union Square Music (SALVOCD053) adds four extra tracks:

"Hear Me Calling (Studio Acetate Recording, Previously Unreleased)"
"My Friend Stan"
"My Town"
"Kill 'Em at the Hot Club Tonite"

US Track listing

"Cum On Feel the Noize" (Holder/Lea) (4:30)
"Look Wot You Dun" (Holder/Lea/Powell) (3:05)
"Gudbuy T'Jane" (Holder/Lea) (3:31)
"My Friend Stan" (Holder/Lea) (2:55)
"Skweeze Me Pleeze Me" (Holder/Lea) (4:35)
"Take Me Bak 'Ome" (Holder/Lea) (3:05)
"Coz I Luv You" (Holder/Lea) (3:23)
"My Town" (Holder/Lea) (3:15)
"Get Down and Get with It" (Marchan) (3:48)
"Mama Weer All Crazee Now" (Holder/Lea) (3:42)

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[8]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)^[9]
Robert Christgau	B+^[10]

Chart performance

Chart (1973)	Peak position	Total weeks
Australian (ARIA) Albums Chart^[11]	2	15
Austrian Albums Chart^[12]	10	4
Canadian Albums Chart^[13]	75	8
Finnish Albums Chart	1	?
German Albums Chart^[14]	3	?
Norwegian Albums Chart^[15]	4	20
UK Albums Chart^[16]	1	24
US Billboard 200^[17]	129	?

Personnel

Noddy Holder – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Dave Hill – lead guitar
Jim Lea – bass guitar, violin on "Coz I Luv You"
Don Powell – drums
Chas Chandler – producer
Bob Houston – liner notes
Gered Mankowitz – photography

References

↑ "Home". BPI. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
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↑ Fan Club Newsletter December 1973
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↑ Slade Fan Club Newsletter August–September 1973
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↑ Slade Fan Club Magazine January–February 1980
↑ Tinelli, Paul. "Sladest – Slade". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
↑ "Slade: Sladest : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
↑ "CG: slade". Robert Christgau. 18 April 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
↑ "Go-Set Australian charts ~ 1973". Poparchives.com.au. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
↑ Steffen Hung. "Slade – Sladest". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
↑ "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
↑ "charts.de". charts.de. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
↑ Steffen Hung. "Slade – Sladest". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
↑ "SLADE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
↑ "Slade". AllMusic. 25 June 2002. Retrieved 10 August 2011.

Preceded by Goat's Head Soup by The Rolling Stones Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes	UK number-one album 6–20 October 1973 19 January 1974	Succeeded by Hello! by Status Quo And I Love You So by Perry Como

Slade

Dave Hill Don Powell John Berry Mal McNulty Noddy Holder Jim Lea Steve Whalley Steve Makin Craig Fenney Dave Glover

Studio albums	Beginnings (Ambrose Slade, 1969) Play It Loud (1970) Slayed? (1972) Old New Borrowed and Blue (1974) Slade In Flame (1974) Nobody's Fools (1976) Whatever Happened to Slade? (1977) Return to Base (1979) We'll Bring the House Down (1981) Till Deaf Do Us Part (1981) The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome (1983) Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply (1984) Rogues Gallery (1985) Crackers – The Christmas Party Album (1985) You Boyz Make Big Noize (1987)

Live albums	Slade Alive! (1972) Slade Alive, Vol. 2 (1978) Slade on Stage (1982)

Compilations	Coz I Luv You (1972) Sladest (1973) Slade Smashes! (1980) Slades Greats (1984) Wall of Hits (1991) Feel The Noize- Greatest Hits (1997) The Genesis of Slade (2000) The Very Best of Slade (2005) Slade Alive! - The Live Anthology (2006) The Slade Box (Anthology 1969-91) (2006) B-Sides (2007) Live at the BBC (2009) Merry Xmas Everybody: Party Hits (2009)

Singles	"You Better Run" (The N' Betweens) "Genesis" (Ambrose Slade) "Wild Winds are Blowing" "Shape of Things to Come" "Know Who You Are" "Get Down and Get With It" "'Coz I Luv You" "Look Wot You Dun" "Take Me Bak 'Ome" "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" "Gudbuy T' Jane" "Cum On Feel the Noize" "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me" "My Friend Stan" "Merry Xmas Everybody" "Everyday" "The Bangin' Man" "Far Far Away" "How Does It Feel" "Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam)" "In For a Penny" "Let's Call It Quits" "Nobody's Fool" "Gypsy Roadhog" "Burning in the Heat of Love" "My Baby Left Me - That's All Right" "Give Us a Goal" "Rock 'n' Roll Bolero" "Ginny, Ginny" "I'm a Rocker" "Sign of the Times" "Okey Cokey" "Six of the Best (EP)" "Live at Reading (EP)" "Xmas Ear Bender (EP)" "We'll Bring the House Down" "Wheels Ain't Coming Down" "Knuckle Sandwich Nancy" "Lock Up Your Daughters" "Rock and Roll Preacher" "Ruby Red" "(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie" "My Oh My" "Run Runaway" "Slam the Hammer Down" "All Join Hands" "7 Year Bitch" "Myzsterious Mizster Jones" "Little Sheila" "Do You Believe in Miracles" "Still the Same" "That's What Friends Are For" "You Boyz Make Big Noize" "Ooh La La in L.A." "We Won't Give In" "Let's Dance '88" "Radio Wall of Sound" "Universe"

Video	"Slade in Flame" "Wall of Hits" "Inside Slade - The Singles 1971-1991" "The Very Best of Slade" "Slade Alive! - The Ultimate Critical Review"

Related articles	Discography List of songs by Slade Therapy (James Whild Lea album)

Book:Slade

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