Sladest

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Sladest
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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)Slayed?1972		 Sladest
(1973)		 Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
(1974)Old, New, Borrowed and Blue1974

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

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

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

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

US Track listing

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

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[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[citation needed] 1 ?
German Albums Chart[14] 3 ?
Norwegian Albums Chart[15] 4 20
UK Albums Chart[16] 1 24
US Billboard 200[17] 129 ?

Personnel

References

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  2. ↑ [1][dead link]
  3. ↑ Fan Club Newsletter December 1973
  4. ↑ [2][dead link]
  5. ↑ Slade Fan Club Newsletter August–September 1973
  6. ↑ [3][dead link]
  7. ↑ Slade Fan Club Magazine January–February 1980
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Preceded by 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
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