Slade are a rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s.
This album was a compilation of early Slade singles & album tracks released several times in Europe.
Slade may have never truly caught on with American audiences (often narrow-mindedly deemed "too British-sounding"), but the group became a sensation in their homeland with their anthemic brand of glam rock in the early '70s.
After several albums featuring few original compositions from the quartet came and went (1969's Beginnings, 1970's Play It Loud), the group began to write their own tunes, grew their hair long, and assumed the look of the then-burgeoning glam movement, joining the same cause championed by such fellow Brits as David Bowie and T. Rex. This new direction paid off in 1971 with the number 16 U.K. single "Get Down and Get With It," which soon touched off a string of classic singles and led to Slade becoming one of the most beloved party bands back home. Slade also utilized another gimmick, humorously misspelled song titles, as evidenced by such singles as "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," and "Merry Xmas Everybody".
Track listing
01. Coz I Luv You (Neville Holder & Jim Lea) - 3:23
02. Dapple Rose (Jim Lea & Don Powell) - 3:25
03. My Life Is Natural (Neville Holder) - 3:12
04. Angelina (Innes) - 2:45
05. Candidate (Jim Lea & Don Powell) - 2:50
06. Sweet Box (Jim Lea & Don Powell) - 3:20
07. Look Wot You Dun (Neville Holder, Jim Lea & Don Powell) - 2:56
08. Could I (Griffin & Royer) - 2:45
09. Raven (Neville Holder, Jim Lea & Don Powell) - 2:30
10. Gospel According To Rasputin (Dave Hill & Neville Holder) - 4:20
11. The Shape Of Things To Come (Mann & Weil) - 2:15
12. Get Down And Get With It (Bobby Marchan) - 3:45
Release: 1972
Label: Polydor
Genre: Hard Rock, Glam Rock
Length: 37:26
Producer: Chas Chandler
Personnel
Noddy Holder - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Dave Hill - lead guitar
Jim Lea - bass guitar, piano
Don Powell - drums
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