Slayed?

MANS

cum on feel the noize

Apparently spelling has no correlation to a band's ability to rock and roll!

Wow, I always thought Spinal Tap was making fun of American rock bands. But every song on this album was an unintended parody skit.

70s classic rock magic

It's an interesting listen. I was not familiar with Slade other than through covers. Sounds like it was highly influenced by the original Alice Cooper band. No idea if the two bands had any connection.

Not my thing.

Classic blues tinged working man’s rock n roll. Nothing fancy but gets the job done.

Fun

Actually really liked it - fun to rock out to (softly). Plus big love to black country performers 🎉

Pretty good

They were a really fun rock & roll band, but are they an essential listen before you die…?

Look at last nite 5/5 I liked the album (not the 1st two songs) but I think T.Rex does glam rock better.

I'm embarrassed I hadn't heard of them, much less that they wrote "Cum on Feel the Noize" (hard to type). Still, somewhat obvious why they didn't make it in the USA, as the bass lines veer too often into "Spinal Tap" territory.

I Won’t Listen T’ This Agen

This album was fine. Clearly took inspiration from my least favorite elements of 60s rock and roll and added harsh vocals over it. I don't have anything against harsh vocals, but this wasn't it. There were a couple of good songs, but I disliked about 80% of the album.

I definitely enjoyed this album. It was fun and energetic. It was never boring, if just a little repetitive. Definitely reminds me of a few bands, so probably not the most original style, but I like it and they do it very well. So, to answer the question, yes, they slayed.

The extended version is actually better than the regular cut for once! All the best tracks are bonus tracks

The dudes on the cover are already giving it a half thumbs-down. I found this boring, repetitive, uninteresting, even obnoxious at times. I couldn't wait to turn it off.

I guess I'm not sure what makes this particularly special, but I didn't dislike the experience of listening to it.

Record Exec: 'Hey guys it was a brilliant idea to spell all the titles of your songs like you're stupid!' Slade: 'Yeah. Totally. We did that on purpose. Totally.' Is this the worst rock album ever made? No. Is it in the running for the worst? Yeah maybe. Bad production, bad recording, decent instrumentation, just absolutely god-awful vocals, some of the worst lyrics of all time. But should you expect genius from the guys that brought us 'Cum On Feel The Noise'? No, no you shouldn't. This almost has no redeeming qualities. There is some good guitar and bass to be found. But the production is just abysmal. Terrible balance and the (awful) vocals are fighting with the music the whole time. Can't say I'm a fan of this one and I would never listen to it again. 2/5

Bit run of the mill, but a fine listen nonetheless.

songs are too similar to make it a great album besids this these tracks where they are thanking the fans all the time were weird

Getting Big Star vibes. Nothing resonating with me on first listen. Agreed with other reviews that this would be good background in a dive bar.

3.5

I actually really like this album a lot. They are basically a glam band with an AC/DC edge... An AC/DC hadn't even recorded their debut album when this came out. But this is very obvious missing link between glam and '80s hair metal... And the fact that Quiet Riot (especially Kevin Dubrow) pretty much aped their style (and catalog) with a healthy dose of NWOBHM. Honestly the only two songs that I didn't really get into that much for the two covers I think all the originals were bright and fun I think if I had actually heard this in the '80s when I was really into hair metal I would have loved this album a lot more than I do now but i still love the energy of it. (8.85) ★★★★

Very basik rock'n'roll, but done in a cool way. Many good hooks. 3.5 stars

I thought this was pretty good. "Gudbuy T'Jane" and "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" were the standouts, but I also thought the cover of Janis Joplin's "Move Over" was pretty good. The rest was decent. 3.5 stars.

3.5

Nice, cheesy meat n potatoes 70s glam rock. Frontman Noddy Holder is a cool dude - big voice, big barrel o fun and with crazee charisma like Tom Baker as Doctor Who. Guitarist Dave Hill kinda wipes that cool slate clean though - he looks like Simon from Inbetweeners got Life On Mars’d back into the 70s and was made to cut his hair like Rowlf from Muppets. Mama Weer All Crazy Now the only main awesome one that sticks out but overall a solid rockin listen.

It was fine, just fine.

Favourite track: I don’t mind

They don't even deserve a review

Slay(d) Glam without being too glam, but still good fun. What's with the hair on the guy in the right though?

what if the stones had no soul?

Sucked?

ikke så ille så jeg hadde tenkt meg

Slade. Wow! Listened to them as a kid in the 70s. Good memories although by far not one of my favourites today.

Enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would for some reason. They definitely fall on the rock side of glam rock and this is a proportion that works I think. No songs with a runtime longer than three and a half minutes, no silly interludes or outros, it all ticks along nicely. It's still fairly straightforward stuff, no completely unexpected turns. Even so, one listen was perfectly fine. 3.5.

Mildly surprised. Though definitely famous for their Christmas anthem, this is a rather entertaining album. The charleston-like swing Kill Em At The Hot Club Tonite was a hypnotic interlude. Also enjoyed Wonderin Y, and The Whole World's Goin' Crazee. One of those where I won't be back, but I am happy to have my festive opinion of Slade changed.

Pretty sure I've never listened to a Slade album before, obviously know their hits though. Sounded pretty much as I would expect. Big distinctive voice from Noddy. A lot of it kinda sounds a bit like a certain era of Beatles, which i can't identify as I don't know the Beatles well enough.... Probably unfair as everyone was trying to do something beatlesy at the time. Didn't know any of the tracks here, I thought were all crazy now was similar sounding to come on feel the noise. Probably more serious than I was expecting too. 3.5, pleasantly surprised, but probably not enough to be back

Just not for me. They seem like a good live band though.

Bad Rolling Stones impression.

Classic hard Rock

2. so dated

Megh

I will say one thing immediately, I said read the band name and said the album title out loud unknowingly and then laughed. Thats the most enjoyment I think I got though, overall it’s just whatever. At least it wasn’t the one with Surrender (though it shows up in the background at the end), the song is no good in the original or when Cheap Trick badly covered it.

Has a distictive AC/DC style riffs even touching on Quo especially coming in from track 1. However thats the genre its good old play a tennis racket as a guitar rock n roll. crowd pleasing stomp. I didnt mind it I think Slade get a bad press as a glam rock joke but they did produce some decent songs and not just a novalty rock band. Although the vocals let this down at times kinda shouty and the lyrics are minimum but its rock out bouncy so has its place in my playlist of life.

This was fine. 3.2

The sound coming from a 1972 is what makes this worth a listen. It sounds like a lot of other bands but most of them came after Slade.

This hit #1 in the UK charts?! You could've fooled me. The vocal echo effect usually doesn't work with any singer, but it's especially bad here. It completely masks what little melody we have to work with (as a listener), and the quality goes from a decent emulation of Roger Taylor (or 70s Robert Plant) to an ear-shattering mess. The song The Whole World's Goin' Crazee is the best (or worst) example of the absolutely horror show that is the singing. Mama Weer All Crazee Now is also pretty bad. Gudbuy T'Jane is a great track with a stupid name – even more stupid when you notice it's followed by the poetically christened Gudbuy Gudbuy. But both are passable, and I found myself nodding my head a bit. In general, this band's groove is the best part, and it's just okay. The guitar has a fun distortion that's just about the most clichéd for its time (1972). It's as far from groundbreaking as you can get. The lyricism is terrible too, and I say that as somebody who pays little heed to lyrics unless they're very obviously bad. I selected a random song and picked a random lyric from it, and this is what turned up: "Here's nothing like the feeling / When the sound is getting wild / You're jumping up and dancing on the seats / The whole world's goin' crazee / Crazee crazee crazee crazee crazee" And another: "She's a queen / Can't you see what I mean / She's a queen / See, (see) see, she's a queen / And I know she's alright, alright, alright, alright / I say you're so young, you're so young" (Hmm.) 2/5 Key tracks: Look at Last Nite, Move Over, Gudbuy T'Jane

hard to listen to and stupid choice for this list

Powerful. Chunky! Fun. What I thought was Scotland's noisiest band was actually England's ninth-noisiest (English bands can be very noisy). Photographs of their mid-seventies height highlight their difficult hair and their way of standing together so closely they appear glued. Dave Hill was an alien from the year 31,000 who came to destroy us all but decided he'd rather play guitar. Noddy Holder was named "Noddy Holder". Seriously I like this raucous band quite a lot, and it seems they did too.

Eh. 2.5

Not a lot of complexity or deep emotion. But it is a lot of fun!

nah

Hard rock or metal? That is the question. I'm picking up more of a hard rock energy from this album cover. Metal album covers are usually level-headed and have the band positioned at eye level, whereas the condescending sneer of this album cover is more of a hard rock thing. Hard rock. I'm a genius. The vocals are pretty strange for this style of music - they're erring a little on the sickly side of shrill as opposed to the usual freaky shrillness. The instrumentals are standard hard rock fare, though with a little bit of a blues influence. I didn't feel too strongly for any of these songs, though there's some competent bits. "Look at Last Nite" has a nice vocal melody and some decent instrumentation, especially with those bassy guitars and clashing cymbals. "Move Over" is decent. A very gripping chorus, and the lead melody is pretty good. "Gudbuy T'Jane" is vaguely familiar. The song is a surprising shift from the previous tracks. The vocals have a cool confidence to 'em, and the guitar riffs are immensely gratifying. Book time. Had a lot of chart-topping singles from around the time of this album. "...what they did was not revolutionary, or even that new". Okay. Ya losin' me, Dimery. "...but they did it so well and with such aplomb that three decades later they are now affectionately ingrained in the fabric of British popular culture." Yeah, I think this can do with a good old fashioned snubbing. In place of this album, I humbly submit Halcali Bacon for inclusion on the list.

It sounds like if T. Rex, Led Zeppelin and Alice Cooper had a baby, but it made mid music. There's no reason it should take two songs to say "Gudby". The misspelling of the song titles is annoying but Wonderin' Y saved this one from being a two star. 2.5

Bar room blues sped up. Noddys got a great voice but little innovation good retreads poor man’s zep poor man’s Beatles.

There are a couple of songs that stand out but overall it doesn't really belong on this list TBH.

I know and love Slade’s run of 70s glam hits - it’s not Christmas in my house until Noddy Holder says so - but I’d never listened to any of their albums. I think they may have been more of a singles band (Gudbuy T’Jane and Mama Weer All Crazee Now are the stand out tracks for me) but this was still fun.

I listened to Michael Jackson's Thriller right before listening to this and I'm not sure if this was terrible compared to Thriller or if it was just bad. It's probably both.

Some pretty cornball dad rock

Nope, didn't slay

A decent album but not outstanding in any way. 3 stars or C+.

Yeah not bad For the 12 bar blues, which i hate, its listenable, enjoyable to a certain extent, short, good

Heard of them, but never listen to this LP before. Deceptively simple rock. However, there is more here. The easy thing would to say this is a precursor to AC/DC, and that is probably true but there is more. Slade has more emphasis on harmonies. I could hear elements that reminded me of The Beatles, and Queen. Overall, much more entertaining than I would have suspected from the cover art.

Shite

Good

Most songs meld together into generic early rock fare, rather boring

It's Slade. Glam rock and UK backwoods rhythm! Mama Weer All Crazy Now.

This straight up sucks.

This is so far past my expectations. Love it.

I wanted to like this but sadly did not much :(

i know slade from a handful of their hits, so i vaguely knew what i was in for here. pretty fun glammy stuff here. it's not super mindblowing, but it's fun. their janis joplin cover on here is kind of rad? it almost verges on punk. the second side of this album goes kind of crazy. super fun. but yeah, you've got big power chords and shrieking vocals. exactly what you'd want from slade.

A more irreverent, less serious Led Zeppelin. It makes the gap between Led Zeppelin and 80s hair/glam metal make a TON more sense. That said, I don't love 80s hair metal so this was an okay album for me. 3/5

3.0

very little on this album is interesting to me. if I think about this one later, it's most likely going to be because of the gimmick of deliberately misspelling track names. I guess they did "Cum On Feel the Noize" but, like how I've waited through two Dexys Midnight Runners albums for "Come On Eileen," it's not here nipple note: this album cover is actually kind of funny but the man on the right absolutely should not have been allowed to take his shirt off

This was really surprisingly fun.

british glam rock with attitude. good stuff.

Good ol’ Noddy Holder and the boys.

I listened to this yesterday and remember nothing from it

Cool throwback listen and a band that established a tone and sound a little ahead of its time. To think as a young teen I thought that landmark release from Quiet Riot was the coolest “new” sound around.

This was a really fun listen. Glam and metal before it was cool. Sweaty swaggering street rock that was clearly a foundation laying for so many bands that arose in the 80s. And how can you forget Quiet Riot riding their highest wave of success on the backs of two Slade songs: Mama Weer All Crazee Now and Cum on Feel The Noize.

This was enjoyable and crazy to think this evolved into a lot of the 80s glam metal. You can definitely hear a lot of the influences. Well done Slade.

This was a fun listen. Felt like a group of talented kids with awful spelling skills were given access to booze and partying and told to make a record. I dig it. 3.25/5

Wolverhampton's own. It was fun. Enjoyed it.

1972. Pretty enjoyable British 70's rock that I have never heard. They sounded tough at first and then mellowed out. Covered Janis Joplin.

And here I thought I knew every 70's garage rock band that was worth knowing. Like, was Slade on the Dazed and Confused soundtrack and I just missed it. Good stuff! Favorite track: Mama Weer All Crazee Now

Glam rock for sure, and relatively obscure, haha. The album isn't bad but nothing stand out about it so far. It was indeed an album.

Super fun album!

I don't feel like there is anything particularly interesting or noteworthy about this album. Very much feels to me like rock music made for the radio. I don't think it's particularly bad, maybe in the right setting these songs would be kind of fun, but trying to listen to this and offer a critical review I feel like I must be missing something. It doesn't help that researching them, the band's Wikipedia is clearly polished by PR people from the band themselves and paints them like on of the biggest and most influential rock bands in recent history... Which sort of just feel offensive.

There’s a couple tracks on here I did really enjoy, but overall I don’t think this album is for me, mostly because their singing is incredibly grating to me. You can definitely feel their influence on the hair metal scene, which I’m not sure is necessarily a good thing in my eyes (or ears, I guess).

3.5

No private session used for Spotify. I know Slade, but never have listened to an album until now. There is no arguing the impact Slade had on rock and making it more commercial. That being said, I don't think I will listen to this again..that last track alone was a bit too annoying.

Interesting. I was 15 when I picked this record up in Winnipeg Manitoba during my sole year in boarding school. This record moved the needle. As I listen to the record now - almost 50 years from that first purchase, I’m amazed how this record full of what would be in a year called pub rock, is kind of precursor to the Feelgoods (Wilco Johnson) and Stiff Records. Along with Alice Cooper, The Sweet and Blue Oyster Cult, this record fits neatly alongside. Catchy party rock with some good riffage, Noddy’s vocals and flamboyant front man energy fit neatly in the Glam Rock era with T-Rex and Roxy Music. Like those bands they could craft a catchy tune. My favorites on this record are not the singles - The Whole World’s Goin’ Crazee, Gudbuy T’Jame and Mama Weer All Crazee Now - not because there is anything wrong with them. They are terrific. However, what draws me in now with a whole life experience are tracks like I Won’t Let It ‘Appen Agen and the bluesy I Don’t Mind both of which which capture Noddy’s distinctive and expressive vocals perfectly. The record is a quick one and still holds up fairly well in 2025.

Average

Extremely basic rock? Noting stands out, which makes you wonder why they are here? Just to show what was on the radio at the time? Hard to give them a low score when its so inoffensive, but I can't see my self going back to it either.

Opening track is the most boring bland basic 70s rock track I’ve just about ever heard, even has the quintessential fade out. Second track as well, singing about being how they’re in a rock n roll band… Really the whole album just sounds so 70s and so dated so it was doomed to just not be my thing from the start. That being said it does have its “party-hard” and “essential classic” singles that I can get behind.

Decent hard rock but not the absolute best from this genre. Lyrics are kind of cheesy and the production is wanting. But it's fun and has a rollicking style so it passes.

Dirty Glammy Rock that feels inspired by Rod Stewart and Faces, what's not to love? The only downside is it didn't have "Cum On Feel The Noize" that was included in the Japanese 2006 remastered release...

It's fine.

good clean dumb fun

Much better than I expected from a bunch of extremely goofy British glam rockers, but still not great. Their music is excessively catchy.

Blast from the past

6/10

I kind of have an appreciation of what they were going for here (I think it's supposed to be fun and not taken very seriously (?)). I won't listen to it again though!

Meh

80s hair band music before the 80s. Sounds great for what it is, and it’s incredible compared to the bands it inspired, but it’s just one genre that I could go the rest of my life without ever hearing again and I’d be content.

++: How d' You Ride, The Whole World's Goin' Crazee, Move Over, Gudbuy T'Jane, Mama Weer All Crazee Now, Let the Good Times Roll / Fell So Fine +: Look at Last Nite, I Don' Mind +-: I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen, Gudbuy Gudbuy 7,6/10

Another British hair band. Sound wasn’t bad but it wasn’t distinct

It’s tempting to dismiss Slade as a novelty glam rock band, appearing on Top of the Pops with mirrored hats and outrageous mutton chop whiskers, but they were always much more than that. For a while in the early 70s, Slade were one of the biggest bands in the UK and they also managed a great comeback as a last minute replacement for Ozzy Osborne at the Monsters of Rock in 1980. This album is a classic example of a rock solid band on top form, with a great selection of original songs and a couple of covers. Noddy Holder has a unique vocal style, and you can hear his Black Country accent creeping in. The rest of the band are equally tight, and as well as the stomp along numbers there are a couple of quieter tracks featuring (gasp!) a piano and even some harmonies. Bostin!

AC/DC meets the Beatles meets glam rock, in a pub. Starts like a joke, might be one actually? But all good jokes are short, which is the case here (slightly longer than 30').

What in the rough and tumble is this? But no, not really too great, just blaring rock

This is a fun rock and roll album. A little before my time but some fun and rolicking songs. One hit song to really tie it all together. Obviously the better version of the song vs Quiet Riot's.

Never heard this album before but I feel like I've heard it a hundred times

It was okay

eh

Decent enough - enjoyed. Doesn’t seem like a timeless classic though!

Ok, not awesome. 2.5

What? No.

Why is this on the list? Seemed unremarkable

Anytime I hear any music like this I assume it's AC/DC, and frankly, I cannot distinguish if this is any better or worse than their music...so I'm rating it the same.

[How D'You Ride] had a strong start but soon became repetitive, [The Whole World's Goin' Crazee] is understandably iconic albeit I couldn't sit through the entire song (could probably do so if it came on the radio). [Look at Last Nite] had a darker? tone and it felt shorter than the others. The rest of the songs blended into one sound for me, apart from one or two slower ones.

Lumpy. All Rock. No Roll. A couple of good singles, and that great screaming voice redeem it 3 stars

8/24/25 Some really good straight forward driving rock and roll. Can definitely see this being an influence for Quiet Riot, especially in the vocal style. 70%. Two cover songs which is a little much for me. The Joplin one is more enjoyable than the Shirley & Lee medley.

I mean, it does live and represent a genre well. Decent sound but not great. Sure, have it on the list. I'm not listening to it often. It's good for when it came out and clearly influenced a lot of stuff, but is more fun than smart or especially good. Bar rock

This is sloppy slop. Made me appreciate AC/DC more.

This is the two hundredth album I’m rating. Why is he shirtless? Adding to my Playlist - I Won’t Let it Happen Again, Gudbuy T’Jane, Gudbuy Gudbuy, Mama Weer All Crazy Now, and I Don’ Mind. Not Adding to my Playlist - How d’ you Ride, The Whole World’s Goin’ Crazee, Look at Last Nite, Move Over, and Let the Good Times Roll/Feel So Fine. Let the Good Times Roll/Feel So Fine - Not bad but I like the Harry Nilsson version more. All in all I liked 5/10 songs. I want some more variety. I’m getting a bit tired of this rock.

It sounds like an album of filler tracks without the singles. Perfectly sound songs and production - but they don’t really have anything to say as a band - apart from wanting to be rock stars. Slade did not need to be on this list

Trying to be a hard rock band and not succeeding. Singles good.

There is an over-polished, untouchable sheen to the production of the record. I am into melodic, well crafted forms of glam rock, but combined with hard rock it is not my vibe at all. There are elements when they push the performance into harsher or even more romantic territory where it gets a little more interesting, but I feel distanced from the majority of the performance which lacks an emotional core. It’s not bad necessarily, but very professionalised, it could use a bit of spice!

Almost my first one star but some of it was pretty decent, some of the bass and some of the riffs - lots of it not for me though

Fun little party album. Nothing crazy, just rock and roll.

Hell yeah rock out man! I'm not always the biggest fan of hard rock, but when it nearly borders on garage rock like this does I can get into it. I like the vocals and how keeps its foot on the gas until the end. My two favorite songs both have "Crazee" in the title; I especially like the keys on the second track and how they flesh things out a bit. Now, the fact that this doesn't let up also means there's not a whole lot knew thrown into the mix once you've heard a couple songs, and like all but the very best such albums I suspect that means I won't be coming back to it much. But it's a fun listen for sure.

I have never understood the appeal of Slade. Noddy has a very distinctive voice. But that is about it really.

Classic, British glam rock, just some guitars and a drummer, 3 for the music, 2 for the lyrics. Rounding up for the knuckle art.

Un álbum de hard rock clásico (tendiendo hacia el estilo rock & roll). Me gustó el trabajo de voces en los temas. Por momentos me recordó un poco a la voz de AC/DC. Con excepción de los temas "Gudbuy Gudbuy" y "I Don't Mind", me resultó un álbum poco remarcable. No tengo mucho para resaltar... al menos es corto.

Não conhecia absolutamente nada de Slade! Amei. Quando comecei a ouvir fez-me lembrar um pouco de vibe AC/DC, um pouco de Rolling Stones… vou explorar mais esta banda (senti-me meio ignorante por não conhecer, ups)

Very standard rock.

Fun from start to finish Feel a little crazee now

Not terrible, but not that great either.

Kinda trashy and overblown but some fun songs here and there.

Really enjoyable in a slightly rocky bluesy way, I knew Slade had a few songs that weren't completely "Glam" rock, but first time I've hit a whole album. Good stuff.

Hauska ajatella, että näihin aikoihin valkoset äijät keksi yhdistää Beatlesin raspilauluun. Tää kuulostaa melkein kasarilta, paitsi siis b-puoli sekaisin 60-luvulta. Viihdyttää. Ei silti mieleenpainuvia biisejä. Mut viihdyttää.

Bändi SÄVELTÄÄ rockia: näillä kappaleilla on omat tarttuvat luonteensa ilman, että niistä tulisi poppia. B-puoli toistaa A-puolen muotoiluja vähän vähemmän laadukkaasti, mutta silti nautinnollisesti. Konsepti tai pari lisää, niin tätä olisi vaikea ylittää. 4,5

Not great

had not heard this before, really enjoyed it, I am not a fan though of the cutesy spellings

Before listening to this album, all my prior exposure to Slade was from either their Christmas song or "Come on feel the noize" Given that, I'd say this album held no surprises. They really just do the one thing over and over again. To be fair, if you're gonna be a one trick pony, it's not the worst trick to have; the songs are high-energy, fun and danceable. But this album is too long for how little variation it has. After a while the shouty vocals start to tire you out, it's a bit like being yelled at for an hour (but to a catchy beat)

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Generic rock album number... I lost count.

Not bad at all, but I feel like I've heard most of it before. Good for a background listen, it does sound like a mix of T.Rex and AC/DC, and maybe a bit of Queen songwriting? Hard to tell.

Reminiscent of The Who, Clash, AC/DC. Not huge on this as I’m not a big fan of ANY of the aforementioned bands. Coarse classic rock n roll vocals with a rhythm and blues backing that is unmistakably of the era. 2.5/5

This is some sort of early Glam Rock. It's all right. I just don't think it was necessary to be on this list. The singer and his players did stuff that was prototypical for the genre, but was done better too. So...

Aika ykstoikkoista rokkia. Hyvää rummuttelua kyllä

Mama Weer All Crazy Now is super cool. The rest sounded better and more sophisticated than Motorhead but not by a huge margin.

Любимая группа моего бати, в поиске альбомов которой он был заинтересован сильно больше, чем в участии в моей жизни. Лучшая песня - I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen.

2.4 1x catch up 8/11

did not slay.

this is what you'd get if the guy from ac/dc sang over royalty-free glam rock for an hour. hard pass. favorites: look at last nite, mama weer all crazee now, let the good times roll/feel so fine

Wow great, how did I miss these guys growing up?

No

Definitely an album where I can see how hard rock became solidified. Seems a lot of people tried to do this voice. The album is fine, but has a couple absolute bangers that keep this from a 2 star

Dad- 7 Mom- 7.5 Mike- 4 Lori- 6 Michael- 4 Miles- 5.5 Cole- 4.5 Avg- 5.5

This brings back memories of my youth. I had completely forgotten about Slade. This music reminds me of my sultry and exciting teenage parties in the dark, musty basements of friends. Although the music of my early youth still influences my listening habits today in many ways, I could easily do without Slade. But because of the memories, I enjoyed listening to the album. 3/5

Man who speeks evil is the ripper track

Dumb but fun UK pub rock. A tad forgettable at times, but doesn't take itself too seriously and is a fun romp. Standout track is probably "Move Over" - a Janis Joplin cover, lol. But hey, it rocks hard so I'll give 'em that.

I am a glam rock fan. This is so fun and energetic! Super enjoyable to listen and dance to. There is nothing....intricate happening here. But that is okay! This is just solid rock! The solos and riffs are soooo fun! Love the voice...gives male Janis Joplin for some reason to me! Rhe spellings of songs hurt my head tho hahaha. Actual rating...3.5. Liked Songs: "How D'You Ride" , "The Whole World's Goin Crazee" , "I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen" , "Move Over" , "Gudbuy T'Jane" , "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" , "Let the Good Times Roll / Feel So Fine" , "Candidate" , "Wonderin' Y" , "Man Who Speeks Evil" , "I'm Mee, I'm Now, An' That's Orl" , "Kill 'Em At the Hot Club Tonite"

liked songs: Look At Last Nite, Move Over, Gudbuy Gudbuy, Kill 'Em At The Hot Club Tonite This was way better than I had any expectation of it being. Very fun. 4

I'll be honest. Not too excited for this. They misspelled every word on purpose, oh my God they're so silly. I haven't even started this yet, but judging by the cover and song titles alone, this is the most 70's thing ever. And the pun of the album title feels aggressively heterossexual, which is not what I am used to associating it with. Maybe my fault. I'll just press play. These crazy creaky vocals which feel right at home is all this noise. I am curious if future tracks will offer diversity. I actually like the second track much better. The energy is at least contagious, even if it all is kinda dumb. I may have spoken a bit too soon about enjoying it whole-heartedly. Ok, I think it's safe to say that I actually liked Look at last nite. While calmer, still keeps a lot of energy. Next track's more of the same. Was the Janis Joplin cover really necessary? Was changing the line "you know that I need a man" to "woman" really necessary? No one was questioning your sexuality, do not worry. This is honestly an offence to both my ears and brains. Offended, but by the quality (or lack thereof). Man, when is this gonna get good? Gudbuy T'Jane (I hate writing these titles) is one of the least bad so far!! Hurray fot that! The riff at the chorus is cool. What is this fiftch grade chorus in Gudbuy Gudbuy? If I were to parody this album, I'd call this song "Dudbye Dudbye". Get it haha? 'Cause it's a dud. Honestly that took way more brain power than they wasted on the making of this album. Mama Weer all crazee now (stupid stupid stupid) feels like the anthem of a generation. Just a generation I don't like. The dad rock for guys who hate their wives but love getting drunk together at the pub, 'cause they're so crazeeeeeeeee(they even misspell it!). I just know that the ground after mosh pit for this was filled with mud made from the regurgitated wine all these crazeeeee uncles threw up. Damn crazy bastards, truly the best generation. Thank god there are only two more tracks left, my god. As someone who loves songs with clapping sections, the few seconds of it in the closer offended me. I don't think that my mindset before listening was the cause for me disliking it. Sure, I was ready to hate it, but I have had that same mindset before many other listens, and when the music is good, it changes my mind. This did not. I was kinda hopeful after two ok-to-good tracks, but man, this goes downhill, fast. I thought the Joplin cover was the lowpoint, then Gudbuy Gudbuy came, and I almost had no words... Then the most famous song in the record came, and that managed to surpass my already very low expectations for how shit it would be. My God. I'M FREEEEEE. Sometimes I wonder why I do this to myself. Ofter people say that they look at a piece of art and say they could do it, as a way to say that it is not special. This is the kind of album I would've made if I was 8 and you asked me what was rock. Bad lyrics, bad instrumentals, repetitive vocals, just... not much to enjoy here. I can see how this laid the ground for some future bands, but I guess influence really does not equal quality. If this was a list of important historical albums, maybe you could write a paragraph to convince me it deserved to be included. On the list of albums I MUST here before I die? Yeah, this shit should be nowhere close. Very bad. I'm left wondering what score I should give it, and I always feel kinda bad giving a 1, but it's there for a reason, and putting this in the same category as some 2s would be offensive to those, Bye

Totally surprised how good it was.

Slayed? has its moments - some I dig, some carried on a bit long but maybe I listed to the ‘extended version?’ - however, there’s no denying it’s pure: that early, gritty rock ’n’ roll. The sound drips with glam rock bravado: long-haired guys, shirts off, strutting a quirky, almost femme edge; loud, scratchy vocals; and a brazen dose of sex appeal. It’s classic rock with irreverence baked in (intentionally misspelling songs etc) the kind of thing that clearly lit the fuse for plenty who came after. There’s a lot to appreciate here—a sweaty, stomping, no-apologies kind of rock listen that’s solid from start to finish.

I think besides "Mama We're All Crazee Now" being covered by Quiet Riot when I was a kid, I have never heard any music by Slade. (Today I learned that apparently their hit "Cum On Feel The Noize" was also a Slade single). Nevertheless, the gated reverb production on this sounds immediately familiar and so much of a time. My familiarity with glam begins and ends with the more well-known early 70s hits from Bowie, T.Rex, and Sweet, (who specifically sound like nearly interchangeable sonic siblings of this band). I gotta say that the shirtless dude camera right on the cover has one of the worst haircuts I've ever seen. Sorry Dave Hill, maybe that hideous fringe was your signature look, but man it sucks. (It did transition fairly well into your laters years' combover though, so there's that). I'm glad I didn't judge this by the cover art, however, because these tracks all hold up quite well: this record rocks pretty freakin' hard for a bunch of yobs in silver lameé bell-bottoms who can't spell. I imagine when this dropped, though, it was a totally fucking riot for the kids wearing makeup, platform shoes, and weird pants. These guys were probably great live. I can almost hear this filtered through some super echo-drenched beer hall in Wolverhampton erupting in androgynous screaming and smelling of Guinness and slightly of piss.  That said, I dig this way more than I thought I would. There's definitely some space in my life for fun, dumb, unserious, good-time retro party rock and this checks all the boxes (and then some). There are no standouts really because I pretty much like 'em all. I will 100% be coming back to this record and checking out their other stuff as well. I almost wonder if Joy Division's Peter Hook got his bassline inspo for "Isolation" from Slade's cover of "Let the Good Times Roll" on this record. The mind reels. Anyhow, when the mood for early 70s rock strikes, I'd much rather listen to this than to put up with all the interstitial Middle Earth faerie mandolins of Led Zeppelin that were happening at the time. Then again, I'd really just be listening to The Stooges and the MC5 than any of it, who am I kidding?

Proto britpop

Minor chords are for sad wets who wanna cry in the corner about the girl who dumped them. Cheer up, you’re alive ain’t ya?!? Listen to Slade. Like AC/DC but happier.

His was entertaining. Didn’t know there were hair bands in the early 70s. 2.95

Slade is always a go-to example of what the Brits got right in the glam/hard rock era of the 70s. Bonus, I didn't get that Quiet Riot's biggest hits were Slide Covers. 3/5

4.5

Didn't realize this was the band behind Cum on Feel the Noize (also didn't know it was titled that way lol). Not bad. Often felt familiar, but I had never heard any of the songs before. Sometimes sounded like Rush.

Rating: 1.2 Preferable to herpes, I guess.

Eh not that good.

It’s fun, maybe a little dumb... but I still like it. Honestly, this band is more of a greatest-hits kind of group.

A band that spawned a lot of 80’s covers. Pub rock with some glam that definitely had some further influence. 1/8 star for the phonetic song names.

Pretty standard 70s rock. Wasn't bad.

When first listening I assumed standard 80s hair metal, with the voice and everything. Then I saw it was '72! A couple of the songs surprised me, some of the harmonies almost reminded me of the Beatles. A decent listen, I'll probably revisit in the future. But nothing I'm going to search out soon.

This is kinda cheeks innit? Like T Rex if it was stupid. Like Alice Cooper but less entertaining. The best song here is probably Move Over, but Slade doesn’t really add much to the original in their cover it’s just an already great song. Not a fan.

Bro-tastic 70s (hints if 80s) old time rock and roll. Ok, but nothing special…

😎

Slade. Was for me the most overrated band of the 70s. I gave it another try. Tl;dr confirmed my views of the band: Bad recording quality (mostly mono even though it’s their 3rd album?) Nothing interesting going on (mostly the same 3 blues chords all over) Not even pushing genre (sounds beatles, especially the singing sounds like John Lennon on twist and shout) Annoying (Mama weer all crazee now. WTF) The length (their originality would have allowed 3 songs max. But 17 songs!?) The world didn’t need this album.

Slade = National Treasures. Some good tunes here. 7/10

5/10

Glam jams. Kiss+Alice Cooper esque.

Enjoyable. I have not heard this album before.

it's a no for me.

I loved this one, but none of my friends cared too much for it. Bought a few more of their albums after this but then moved on. Slade weren't very popular over here in Canada. Not like in the UK. Funny how that works. My parents especially hated this one. (What's he yelling about?)

FUN! Tunes

My respect for Noddy Holder has increased

This album starts with its worst, but gets better on the B-side, especially with the slower songs. I feel like energetic old-school hard rock about the pleasures of rockstar life didn’t age well in general. Can’t say I’m the biggest fan of the vocals here. Basically, nothing exciting happens vocal-wise through the album, though in some songs he sounds better than in others (Look At Last Nite). The instrumentals in Gudbuy Gudbuy shine (but repetitive one-word chorus grates fast). When you realize Ziggy and The Slider happened in the same year, Slayed? starts to sound dated and unimaginative too. Best: Look At Last Nite, Gudbuy Gudbuy, I Don't Mind

I'm pretty fine with the sound of a lot of this but nothing really stuck with me. And normally that would probably be a 3, hooowever here the singer's voice is actually kinda annoying to me!

I've listened to 100 albums for this challenge so far and this one is maybe the most forgettable. I can't understand why this is on here when it's at most cromulent - this is supposed to be a must-hear?

I'm sorry, but this just didn't do it for me. The hard rock bits sounded like worse versions of any 70s hard rock I like, and the glam rock bits sounded like worse Ziggy Stardust-era David Bowie.

Every song that mentioned the word “crazee” was godawful. The rest of it was fine to good!

There's 0 chance I listen to this again, but to their credit I could see this going crazee hard in '72. Standouts: I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen • Gudbuy Gudbuy • I Don't Mind

Perfectly respectable dad rock album from this period. Definitely needs headphones so you can enjoy all the pieces but not something I see myself ever returning to.

I do not care for this level of dad rock right now

Have never taken Slade seriously and think that is exactly the way to approach this album. Don't take it seriously and just enjoy the beat, and I did enjoy it.

Better than I expected as have never really listened to them before

Started fun, then kinda got old.

Idk this seems fun. Will have to give it a few more spins, so 3.5 rounded down for now.

Slayed? is just a great, fun, no frills, unabashed, unapologetic, sleazy slab of rock n roll. The way it should be. Not a fan of the mix, the vocals are generally too loud and the drums are often lost under tambourine or shakers, but those issues don't take away from the vibe at all.

This pretty much sucked. Sure, it has no doubt influenced other metal bands (Quiet Riot, for example, straight up owes their "success" to Slade), but outside of inspiring others to do a better job, this has zero value.

If you’re was in a big hair band phase, this would probably be my favorite group. I doubt they take themselves too seriously. I’m not ever going to love this genre, but this was fun for what it was.

child: i want to buy two cds! one for t-rex and one for ac/dc! mom: we have a compilation cd of them two at home. the compilation cd at home: 3/5

Some family lore: my aunt allegedly slept with their drummer

Pros: The album came out in 1972 and you can hear that this album clearly played a role in many later released glam rock albums. Cons: The lead singers voice is not my cup of tea as there is plenty of screaming on the album. The major issue I have with the album though are the terrible and unimaginative lyrics.

Pretty cool, sounds a bit like ac/dc before there was ac/dc.

This is not an intelligent album. Luckily, it doesn't need to be. It's not original. It doesn't stand out. It's not incredibly well-known. It's not packed with technical prowess. Luckily, it doesn't need any of these things! It's rock, it rocks - and it's pretty good at that! And that's enough! Exclamation mark!

I have never listened to a full Slade album, but I have listened to pretty much every band they inspired in 80s Glam Metal, like Quiet Riot, and Motley Crue. I am really enjoying exploring a genre I have never deep dived into, and that's 70s Glam Rock. Granted Slade is the heavier form of that, and was fun, as you can clearly hear the path they paved. But how often would I just throw on a Slade record? Probably as often as I throw on a Quiet Riot record these days, which is hardly ever.

Still not sure if they slayed? 3.

This was fun. Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 2/5

This is much different than I expected. The cover art made me think punk rock. Solid rock and roll. Fun.

3/5. A pretty solid rock album, and one that I can see influenced other bands down the road like Rush, Boston, and even some David Bowie. There are definitely albums that come after that perfect this sound but this catchy and punchy rock does come through here. It's not quite Led Zeppelin, which is a little more slick, this one leans into its pop tendencies. I think it's an okay record, and one I could find myself coming back to, but would probably listen to a similar but better album instead. Best Song: I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen, I Don' Mind, How d' You Ride

If Rock'n'Roll is a stew then this record (and every other record like it) is the potatoes...or the carrots. Yes, let's go with the carrots. Which is to say that while the stew might not be the same without the carrots...at the end of the day, it's just carrots, y'know? What I'm saying is I haven't heard this album before and yet, I've heard this album before, dozens of times. It wasn't unpleasant - it was just carrots.

Solid 70s rock

Favorite Track: Gudbuy Gudbuy

Favorite Track: Mama Weer All Crazee Now

Repulsive 💅🏻💅🏻💅🏻

its hilarious how low quality the sound is on this album. I dont think I have ever heard an album that sounds like I am listening to it through sheet metal

Sometimes, a 3 means an album is good/decent just not great. There may be good songs, but there may be some faults to the album that keep it back. Other times, a 3 means an album is neither good or bad, just mid. This is mid. All the songs just blend together, nothing stands out.

Never have been a huge fan of Slade. I only really knew them from their 80's hit, Run Runaway, which is an OK song. Didn't realize they had been around for a while. This album is not my cup of tea, but it was fine. Probably more intended for British audiences. 2.5/5 stars = 3.

Meh. Like warmed-over Zeppelin.

Average 70s rock

I have a soft spot for Slade. Mostly caused by Christmas and Reeves and Mortimer. The odd song is quite fun and I like the simplistic, in your face, style of glam rock. However, let's not pretend that they were actually good. Anyway, where's me cuppa soup?

A pretty solid rock record with decent performances and okay songs. What Noddy lacks in spelling ability he makes up for in a catchy chorus I'll give him that. I do feel like theres gonna be a lot of these, its not bad by any means but there is nothing stand out about it whatsoever.

Absolutely opposite sentiment to the previous album in that I expected nothing from this, assumed it was going to be straight garbage, and was actually slightly pleasantly surprised. Nothing special, pretty straightforward 70’s rock, but enjoyable and short enough to not feel like an offensive or overly dull listen. Song titles are some of the worst I’ve ever laid eyes on though. How d’ You Ride (6/10) The Whole World’s Goin’ Crazee (6/10) Look at Last Nite (8/10) I Won’t Let it ‘Appen Again (7/10) Move Over (7/10) Gudbuy T’Jane (6/10) Gudbuy Gudbuy (6/10) Mama Weer All Crazee Now (7/10) I Don’ Mind (7/10) Let the Good Times Roll / Feel So Fine (6/10) 6.6/10

This album was unexpected for me. Hadn't heard of Slade and based on the cover I was expecting something cringe. It was campy, but also just silly fun. I don't know a ton about this area of rock, but this band seems like the bridge between Led Zeppelin and all the hair metal, glam rock bands of the 80's. 3/5

Negative aura. No slay 🖤😞🥀⛓

this did not slay

Pretty nice

Decent album. Liked it but its very similar to some groups in the era yet not as good as those.

This album had a few moments that weren’t too bad, but honestly, it also embodies everything I find distasteful and trashy about 70s tough guy glam rock. The whole time I couldn’t shake the mental image of the lifestyle this music seems to celebrate, like shirtless dudes in cut-off jeans, chugging cheap piss-water beer, ripping gas and belching like it’s a show of masculinity, all while parking their fleet of broken down cars in the front yard. So yeah… I’d definitely say this album took me on a journey, but just maybe not one I’d want to take again.

If my maths is correct, Noddy Holder was only 26 when this came out. He must have lived a rough as hell life to already look and sound like a 50 year old man in his mid-20s.

There are some decent songs on here, but nothing that puts this near the top of the list for me. I was just happy they were not singing about Christmas.

I might just stick to listening to these guys around xmas.

Excellent

Man, this sucks. You can tell from the beginning it's going to have a borderline pedophilic song and --op, there it is , gudbuy t'jane. I'm glad I didn't read the song titles beforehand because it would have biased me even further against this band. He's worse at screaming than he thinks he is. What a chore to listen to

I genuinely really liked Look at Last Nite, but the rest of it is just hard rock. They really didn’t need to describe Jane as “so young… so young” I also can’t shake the feeling that there was some troop company in the Vietnam War that preferred to play How D’You Ride over Fortunate Son Gudbuy Slade. Without you, who knows where Quiet Riot would be today. And who cares

I think I have heard parts of this before, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped. A solid album, but not a favorite, I wish I had a better critique but I don't have the time

2.4 I like slade but there wasnt much for me that stood out as being super groundbreaking or anything. Bass playing is pretty busy but it seems to work ok

Never heard of these guys, and the album cover made me think it would suck. But No, I was happily surprised! This album had me smiling! This is very fun summertime drive the pickup truck to the dive bar rock. Nothing complicated about it. Rack up the pool balls, grab the cue stick for some air guitar, enjoy that beer and let’s go!

Rating: 5/10 Meh.

Kevin Dubrow and Quiet Riot is awesome.

Kinda dull

Generic blues boogie rick

The second half feels locked into a tighter group of songs that all fit together nicely. Like a fun precursor to AC DC.

Dudes got pipes and there’s consistent musicianship with variation between songs. Guitar sound is a bit grating, I’d like to hear them with modern polish on the recording.

It sounds like glam rock before glam rock knew what to sound like. Still feels too 60s.

They asked the question & answered in their own album cover! “Slayed?” Thumbs sideways. MID AF is right dudes.

Du vrai Rock !!!

Gudbuy T'Jane.

Ils ont besoin d'un cours de grammaire. Et de talent...

Du bon rock 70s, toute en simplicité. J’ai apprécié. Par contre je dois dire que dans ce registre, Alice Cooper était bien meilleur.

This sounds like the kind of thing that my little brother would listen to in high school and I would tolerate it as I didn’t totally hate it but it wasn’t anything I would ever seek out on my own. 2.5/5

rocks

its not for me

Not bad classic rock

Surprised me on the second listen.

2. Terrible

6.5/10 - Nice album that goes hard. It can feel generic at times but it had that signature slade sound to it

mid

Is it inspired? Is it mechanically excellent? Is it exceptional in any meaningful respect? Probably not. But it is fun, classic British Glam/Hard-Rock. Also, Gudbuy T'Jane is lowkey pervy.

Honestly it's just shot, nothing interesting here, the songs are crappie and formulaic and there isn't even anything bizzare weird or fun anout it, very dull. Couldn't even finish it

I like a few Slade songs, none of which are on this record

A mix mash of songs that sound like other bands. Pretty forgettable. 4/10

Huikeeta seisarijytää! 4/5

Varsin menevä rocklevy!

great rock and roll!!! Inspiration for a lot of newer bands!

We have Led Zeppelin at home

Alright British arena stuff.

Lots of fun!

The band reminded me of early AC/DC, although AC/DC was a little bit more tongue in cheek. The intentional misspelling of words started off as cute, but then got a bit annoying. That's just me being nitpicky, though. They sounded like a fun band having lotsa fun and laughs. You can't argue with that. Top tracks: "Mama Weer All Crazee Now," "How D'You Ride," "Move Over," "I Don't Mind"

Never heard of these guys (or knew that Quiet Riot covered their Cum on Feel the Noize) but apparently they were major players in the glam rock movement. You can also hear their hard rock style; I feel like AC/DC is a descendent of Slade's style. It was a fun, rockin' listening experience. Not everything was gold, but there was a good groove going throughout the album. My favorite tracks were I Won't Let it 'Appen Agen, Move Over, Mama Weer All Crazee Now. and Let the Good Times Roll / Feel So Fine.

My spell checker is going haywire with this track listing. My initial reaction was "this is pretty typical glam rock." This is where doing a little research matters - Slade was at the forefront of the movement and directly influenced a ton of later acts, including punk bands, the glam metal acts of the 80s, and a lot of future Britpop (even if I'm not a huge fan of Britpop). So, they deserve respect for that - tons of other bands sound like them, but they were originals with this sound. As for this album, it rocks and has a great sound throughout, apparently often imitated. I wouldn't call it a 5, but I definitely enjoyed rocking out to it. Favorite tracks: Look at Last Nite, I Won't Let It 'Appen Again, Move Over, Gudbuy Gudbuy (ugh with these spellings).

Being unfamiliar with the band before this, I immediately got AC/DC and Twisted Sister vibes when I started listening to the album. So I looked it up, and turns out this album came out at a time when both of those bands had just formed/were about to form. I'm guessing Slade had at least a little impact on them (and countless others), which is likely one reason this band/album is on the list. As for the music, the album is about as straight forward as rock'n'roll can get. Strong guitar riffs leading the way, rock-style vocals carrying it along, the drums/bass beefing it up, and some extra flair added at times. As a result, there really weren't any bad songs on the whole thing, and it's a fun listen. They threw a softer track in there too for good measure, which helped break up how similar a number of the other songs were. I think my biggest critique for this album is that there isn't a lot to set it apart from other similar bands/albums, including a few I've gotten on here so far. It's good, but not super unique. Some of those other bands/albums are better than what I hear on Slayed, even if it is good. Of course, there's something to be said about being good at what you do, and this album is certainly better at it than plenty of other efforts that have been put out, both before and since. But, I'm not sure that takes it up to "great" level. All that to say, this is a solid album without any real weak spots. It's not going to be the best thing you'll ever listen to, but it will be something you can rock out to any time you put it on. That makes it pretty good in my book. Overall: 3.6/7

7/10

Slayed? was definitely one heck of an enjoyable album. It was always good but it did take until the third track to really get going but when it got going, it really did get going. The main thing i like about this album is the fact that many songs had very different melodies that gave off very different vibes from a Beatles vibe with Look At Last Nite to a more bluesy vibe with Mama Weer All Crazee Now. And of course, every song managed to be a good listen and just as whacky as their names. I don't think it's a perfect album but it is still a really good listen. So, It's pretty safe to say that these guys most definitely slayed with this one (pun very much intended). Best Song: Look At Last Nite Worst Song: How D'You Ride

Det høres ut som helt typisk 70-talls (glam)rock og æ vet ikke koffor man treng mer enn et sånt album på en sånn her liste, så det gjenstår å se om det dukke opp flere. Det e ikke dårlig, men det e heller ikke interessant.

I know of Slade through the cover of “Come on feel the noise” by Quiet Riot. Still basically new to me though, I didn’t love this outright but it grew on me and by the end I was jammin’. 3.75/5

It fits the genre but was very vanilla and nothing made me want to listen again.

It's pretty alright but just sounds like glam rock.

"I'm A Goofy Goober" stretched out to 10 songs. 8/10

Stick to your Christmas song

Entertaining classic rock sound from a band I was unfamiliar with

slayed 🗣️

I dug it more when he was singing mellower, the riffs are nice, but nothing extraordinary. Definitely a few earworms on here and oddly enough towards the end desperate attempts to imitate The Beatles??

Slade doing Slade as only Slade can 👍

Great classic rock. Should be in the same conversation as the New York Dolls for their influence on punk. That said, doesn't really hit me. Had I heard it when I was younger, it might be a different story.

my ears hurt

An original hair band

Classic rock, this was quite a fun listen although for me it was heavily rooted in the 70s sound