Slayed?

1000% the soundtrack to some 60-70 year olds senior year of high school. What I picture the kids from Dazed and Confused would listen to while cruising around with absolutely nothing to do. It was probably sick then, but now? Now all I can hear is how this would be perfect for an Arcade or a clothing store ran by some old fart who refuses to listen to music past 1981.

That 70's Show in albumformaat.

Dad rock and a dated sound, but quite enjoyable

rowdy and raucous early glam, or maybe punk rock? if you're a metal oldhead, holy damn this album will be right up your alley. absolutely the kind of music to bang your head and stick your tongue out like a fool. it's a real ruckus of an album, sounds like a group of stupid drunk dudes gathered and made a punk album in their garage. you can smell the sweat from the vinyl record. lots of the tracks are intentionally misspelled. i found it very enjoyable!

not bad but not too original for the time

🎧I’d need to be at a dive bar and 2-3 beverages deep to potentially enjoy this

rock.

Very good.

Slade are to glam as Oasis are to Britpop. Working-class have-a-go's whose rudimentary stomping rock produced multiple hits for a largely male teen demographic and completely out of step with the aesthetic and pageantry of the movement they were thrown in with. Slade wore platforms like Noel Gallagher carried a Union Jack guitar, to ride a wave, but without seeming like a try-hard or a sell-out - they certainly didn't care how they looked. My uncle Paul liked Slade. My mother liked T-Rex. They were not sharing a pop cultural moment. Neither, do I think, were Oasis lads part of the same moment as the girls who liked Suede. Noddy Holder's lyrics don't mean much more to me than Noel Gallagher's - something about being young and hedonistic, there's a sort of life-affirming freedom in them. Being crazee is good, I think. While it ain't art, there's a time for such dumb, up-lifting thundering. I'm not saying it has to be Christmas, but I understand why it is Christmas. Also, I like that, while the band all went to the trouble of writing Slade on their fingers for the cover, Don Powell went and tapped his up as if he couldn't resist having a drum while the photographer set up. The thumbs, wavering like Roman Emperors, adjudicating whether or not the record slays us or not is just proof that they don't care. Their decision will never be communicated to us. The thumbs hover at maybe indefinitely. 2 Jesus Christ, this is awful. I’ve always liked Slade, which is to say I’ve never really listened to them beyond 3 songs, but it felt safe to assume that when Noddy Holder popped up on Radcliffe and Maconie and amused me with witty and erudite commentary on things that happened 30 years ago (now 50 years ago) that his band were bound to be highly enjoyable if perhaps artistically frivolous. No, not so. Shite is what they are. I think I actually recall them being shite in ‘Slade in Flame’ the one time I watched the film but of course they were playing characters from a different band so I didn’t make any assumptions. This was a tough listen. Here is an album that has nothing to say about Christmas. 1.5/5

so catchy and bouncy and textured and silly and fun that i kinda cant believe it FHJFSHJSF...its the perfect length too, just a big burst of swinging, crunchy energy that gets in and out before it has any time to get old, and just bursting with personality and a Completeness Of Vision that makes being a big dumb rock band look easy. the mispelled titles tell u most of what u need to know , rly...its not quite fully self parodic, but it sure is a good tribute to music's capacity to overwhelm u in ways that just Make U Dumber. its own kind of spiritual enlightenment. MAN this is fun!

I guess the argument is supposed to go “well, without Slade you wouldn’t have Cheap Trick or AC/DC.” Of course, to accept that you have to outright ignore the existence of the New York Dolls, not to mention The Who. All four bands made much more fun and more musically pleasing versions of this. This wants to be fun, but in 2025, the bravado is the only thing that qualifies as a joke. It’s loud and crass, but not even in the way that KISS or Poison were. For some reason I keep seeing the word “glam” tossed around with this album, but it Lady Stardust did not bless this record.

Cool vibe hella cool vibe Kill'em at the hot club tonite is so good, jazzy and chilly yet catchy

Fanbloodytastic. Great exciting get of the floor and party music. But the Yanks won't understand it and vote it down.

Couple of pretty good tracks. Started to sound the same toward the back half. 3.5

I cared little for this. I’m gonna type few words bc this slop of boring butt rock is worth few words. 2 stars

Lazy boogie/glam music. 'Crazee' how many times they can sing the word crazy. One of the lamest albums on the 1001 and I never want to go near it again.

I love Slade. They are totally underrated in America.

Pretty cool UK rock 'n' roll. Classic sound, classic style.

quiet riot did cum on feel the noize better

Nah

The quality of songwriting has to be very strong for me to enjoy the wider sound, and unfortunately in this album that quality is lacking. Some OK songs, but overall really not very interesting.

Ok rock but nothing too special from todays perspective. May impress more when doing the list in chronological order. Three stars

I really enjoyed this! However, we hate a mega mix, especially a badly put together mega mix. If I could do half points I would doc this half a point for the bad mega mix.. but I can’t so it will stay at 4 stars.

Straight ahead rock but the songwriting is really not good. The one standout is a Janis Joplin cover "Move Over"

I didn’t dislike it but thought it was nothing special and I’m going tougher with rankings now, sorry Noddy

Repetitive songs with repetitive lyrics. Stick to the Xmas songs lads

estoy escuchando un disco de 1986 hecho en 1972

None of my peer group were into this band in high school, although their hits were on the radio and were pretty likable. Not quite sure why they weren’t more on our radar. The vocalist’s screeching gets annoying after awhile, but some solid stuff here.

I’m getting, like, insecure AC/DC? Each song should be maybe 20% slower to let it breathe and strut a little more. Also, and I fully cop to being a huge nerd, the misspelled titles just make it harder to remember the songs. If I liked “mama weer all crazee now,” (and I don’t, to be clear), it takes an extra half-second to translate that into “mama, we’re all crazy now,” which is an unnecessary barrier to replaying it. Real unforced error, Slade.

Meh.

Some good riffs but otherwise pretty unremarkable.

It's like the Beatles, with zero finesse.

Pechu, mais s’essouffle quand même rapidement au cours de l’album Pas de grande variation

Very classic 70's rock

Ik niet echt leuk

One of my favorite videos/songs in the early days of MTV was Slade's "Run Runaway." Weird coincidence that I also loved Quiet Riot back then and had no idea until years later that a few of their biggest hits were Slade covers. These guys had a sense of humor that resonated with me - they seemed Monty Python-ish. And I always liked the name Noddy Holder.

T’anser thare kwestin, noe. Thay ded nought slaye. Cumbyning Beetles stile rok whith diforsed dadd rok shuld wurk inn therey, butt didint toetully pann out heer, mostlee doo tue the predukshin lackeeng awn moste traks.

Pure cock rock, Britain's answer to ACDC. It's fun. The bass on Move Over is fucking awesome. Gudbuy Gudbuy has a pretty sweet riff.

Good enough for the pub

Wow - right off the top, reminded me of untalented AC/DC, and could not get past that. I jumped around a bit but... not there for me. The album cover is pretty scary... [take a good luck - you'll get the vibe...]

If I'd need to describe this album in one word.... REVERB. I don't think the vocals have enough reverb on them... jokes. It's a really good rock album. It's a bit samey but i've had it on the past 2 days on repeat so it cant be that bad right?

Never heard of it, and the album cover did not make me eager to listen. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, but that was a low bar.

Powerful rock. Had never heard of them before, but they're great

Ive never listened to a slade album, just the hits. There was some surprising consistency here. A lot of beatles rip off and some fairly generic pub rock but its well done and Noddy's voice is brilliant

Album 765 of 1089 Slade - Slayed? (1972) Rating : 2.35 / 5 Hard Rock with a little glam rock mixed in. It had its moments but just didn't connect. They're said to have been a glam rock force but that bit of history must have gotten by me.

This sounds like a million other classic rock songs. AC/DC and Kiss. Maybe if I was alive at the time I could discern the good from the bad or the original from the derivative. Weird blues songs about liking young girls. All these band couldn't help but be creepy. Mama Weer all Crazee Now sounds like it deserved to be a single and it pretty good for this genre.

Maybe they don't propose nothing new or revolutionary but I like it, it was good, pure hard rock

im uncomfortable howd you ride- 4 the whole world's goin crazy- 4 look at last night- 4 I won't let it happen again- 4 move over- 4 goodbye to jane- 4 goodbye goodbye- 4 mama we're all crazy now- 4 I dont mind- 4 let the good times roll- 4 no more the most british people to ever exist

I love the name of this album, the album itself was Fine

It’s oke. Oldies. Not my style, but ok as background music

Already not a fan of classic rock, then “Look at Last Nite” sounds like a fake ass David Bowie/Elton John. It’s one thing to rip these guys off, but it doesn’t even fit the album. That kind of fires me up, not gonna lie.

No tenía idea que Slade existía, escuché el disco, hoy amo a Slade y quiero escucharles todos sus álbumes. Ese rock ochentero que tanto me gusta está aquí en cada nota. Buenísimo.

4/5

meh not my thing

I was expecting something like Bowie or T. Rex but this sounds more like AC/DC meets Led Zep. Not for me.

Meh that was not very good 2/5

After the first few songs I thought I’d hate this album, I really didn’t like most of the harder songs on this. But I thoroughly enjoyed several songs here. Mama Weer All Crazee Now, I Don’t Mind, and Wonderin’ Y are great

Fun!

Haha whut wow okay I guess. First time I've considered how many albums 1001 albums is. In a vacuum I cannot name 1001 albums off the top of my head so... I dunno. I suppose this could make the cut. If Sly Stand! was the high end of the spectrum (so far), this is feeling like the other end. I don't know what these star ratings mean anymore. Can I give this a zero? Gudbuy Gudbuy > Gudbuy T'Jane > Mama Weer All Crazee Now > I Don't Mind > The Whole World Goin Crazee > Look at Last Nite > I Won't Let It Appen Again > Let The Good Times Roll Feel So Fine > How D'You Ride > Move Over Mama weer all crazee now? The whole werld goin crazeeeee? You must be CRAZEE if you think this is an album I need to listen to before I am allowed to die! This stinks!

maybe it slayed in 1972 but I found it pretty middling in 2025. would give it 2.5 stars if I could! I will round up.

Much better than I expected this to be

The album is very much characteristically from its time which I have come to expect from rock projects. I enjoyed it, but don't have much to say. I have liked this particular sound for a while, so it lacks the essence of "newness" but that isn't a commentary on the album itself but my previous listening taste. Still I feel it's a solid rock album, nothing to critique really. Enjoyed it, but I don't know if I'll come back to listen to it, but then again maybe I will because of how comforting the familiarity of a sound I love. The final rating based on my music taste: 6/10 23 April 2025

A nice comfy 70s jacket to sleep in - not unpleasant at all - 3.5, rounded to 4 as although it didn't set my mind on fire, it made me happy! :)

The thing about this record is that it sounds great on my tinny little Bluetooth speaker. I bet it would sound great on the AM radio in a '71 Olds Cutlass, cruising around Grand Rapids surreptitiously sipping from a 40 oz Mickey's. Cherish rock and roll that does its job without pretense.

I could never decide whether Slade were just a novelty band that most of us would never had heard of if it weren't for *that* Christmas song. I struggle to take them seriously.

Fun. Without these guys we don't get the Darkness and I love the Darkness.

From the crate of my dads vinyl collection with terribly dated rock. Some tracks has a pretty tight stomp though, a certain undeniable propulsion. Dumb rock is hit or miss for me though, and this is certainly most misses.

9.5/10. This is a really fun glam rock album. It is such a pleasure to listen to this album.

After a seven-month hiatus of perservering through this joyous list, I'm faced with Slade. This was very average rock, which felt like it wanted to be T-Rex but didn't quite reach those amibitions. I also felt annoyed by the spelling of the songs so minus a point for that

Bad 70s rock, goes along with the haircuts. Of its time, one better left where it was. I only just realized their ‘Move Over’ was a cover, which is obvious but for whatever reason I never linked them together. Doesn’t help any though really.

Listened Before? N Meh. I don't get what makes this a must listen. Just seems like another rock album. Nothing really stood out to me here. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Gudbuy T'Jane

A bit ahead of the beat for 1972. Felt 'rough', but not in a bad way

Slayed my balls

I don't know why this is here. It sounds awful. Maybe two OK songs? I survived the whole thing though, so it gets two stars.

it was a bit more fun than expected but still not worth a second listen.

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Straightforward, hook laden glam rock but there's enough bite here to keep me interested. Crunchy guitars, the bass is present, and vocals are perfect for the style. Highlights: I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen, the surprisingly heavy Gudbuy Gudbuy, Mama Weer All Crazee Now, Let the Good Times Roll. Go on then.

Meh.

Well this just opens itself to a world of puns from 2025. We have reviewed 10 albums from 1971 and this is the 10th from 1972. Did the musical world peak in these two years? Through my findings, I’d have to say absolutely not. But hey. The list loves these two years. We return to the Time Machine and turn that dial to the grooviest time for music and worst time for haircuts. Let’s. Get. SICKENING. How D’You Ride - well, slade, I sort of jump onto the board and put my foot near the… oh. He doesn’t care. He’s kinda shouting over me. Is this Sam Kinison? I like the general grit here, but the repetition is a lil bit nauseatin’ guvna. The Whole World’s Goin’ Crazee - It is?? Even back then? Nyah man. I thought these were the good ol days? It’s almost as if nostalgia colours the past and worry colours the present. Wild. Anyway, this song was truly horrible. Look at Last Nite - Hey fellas. Are we going to get a song without a misspelling here? This is going fairly well. Enjoying the bassline and the energy is there. Kind of trails off near the end unfortunately. I Won’t Let It ‘Appen Agen - The energy is getting more focused. It’s almost as if these guys are learning the craft of songwriting and musical theory as the album continues. I’m expecting a masterpiece by track uhhh SEVENTEEN. Oh blimey. Move Over - Cue that clip of the fans celebrating an Wngland goal in the World Cup. Beers everywhere for the correct spelling and for a HEAVY rock song here. Hell yeah. This style is so played out now, but having never heard this until now, it hits pretty hard for the day. Killer. Gudbuy T’Jane - I have to be honest, I don’t even know what this means. Well. There it is. Buddy enunciates way better than the song titles may advertise. She may be a queen, but this song is a tribute fit for a lowly countess of a regional hold in the *shudder* Eastern Reach. At best. Gudbuy Gudbuy - A tribute to Best Buy. Mama Weer All Crazy Now - man this thing went forever. I Don’t Mind - This is dragging fellas. We were supposed to be improving as time went on. Let the Good Times Roll/Feel So Fine - the song title takes up the whole text box here. It’s also taking up my time. I’m getting tired. I’m embarrassed. I went on a tirade about a bunch of songs that weren’t even in the album after this point. Well it wasn’t really a tirade. I just thought the album was too long. Can we just have a historically accurate discography database and let the freaks who want to listen to slightly louder guitar on Slade have their own wing in Spotify. I want to listen to the original release. Is that too much for a boy who may or may not be on the spectrum to ask??? Anyway. Slade asked me if they Slayed and mama, the house remains standing girl. I want to apologize to the band and especially the guy with the serf phenotype on the right. He looks like he needs it the most. Moments of fun, too much pap and in the end, simply not enough serving of the err, can I say that? I’ll let you enlightened readers fill in the last part. Tally ho. 2-2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: I Won’t Let It ‘Appen Agen, Move Over

Early 70s heavy glam metal ain't my bag, but fine for what it was.

Probably better live. Or on vinyl.

Often viewed as something of a joke in the UK (watch Reeves and Mortimer) this is actually a pretty decent record. Sure, they’re a pretty low effort Led Zeppelin wannabe, but they still did some banging tracks

British glam rock that could make some fun partying music (but for someone else, not me). Doesn’t take itself too seriously and is just here for a good time. Some decent riffs and vocal melodies, but outside of that I’m not finding much of interest. I instantly don’t dig the vocal sound, though that wears off over time. Maybe it sounded fresher at release, but the sound doesn’t fully hold up.

not much but not bad

Slayed? Nope. Honestly these dudes just play generic rock from their era and the singer is just yelling into the mic the whole time. Not really a fan. 4/10

My first thought was "Yay, an early 70's Brit Glam Rock band... let me guess, theatrical, guitar heavy, screeching falsettos, and deep lyrical genius about drugs, sex and rock & roll..." Yep, on brand. But maybe I was just in the mood for it today?

Would we still be talking about Slade today, were it not for that Christmas song and their eccentricities? Not really sure. Their glam ness didn't stand out. Perhaps their Black Country roots? I dunno.

Was not expecting this to be so much fun. Seems I have always underestimated Slade as part of the glam movement.

Lite samma vibes som T-Rex. Några låtar som var nice

Slayed? Not really

Decent

I enjoyed it! Listening to a whole album becomes a bit mundane though. Feel really bad that Quiet Riot got famous of their songs!

some decent songwriting here- in the vein of rock n' roll stompers. vocals are often a bit higher pitched than I like; they're kind of like a dollar-store led zepplin with really stupid lyrics. anyway. nice to experience the band whose song dominated a year of my youth via quiet riot. but i'll never listen to it again.

The Good: An inquisitive album title! The Bad: Wondering who’d like to know if we have been slayed… The Ugly: realizing that it was a misspelling and should have read “Laid?” Setting aside the obvious double-entendre, and the fact that at first listen this album is a little difficult to get through if you are not in the right mindset, all in all it ended up being an enjoyable treat, thanks in great part due to Janis J! Yes, when the song Move On started playing is when I started to pay closer attention… Still, though the album was not too shabby, and my rating of the album will be a 4* (yes, that is a spoiler alert), I can’t but wonder why it has been included on this here list? Do you have to hear Slade before you die? Well, unless one has been in a coma every Christmas season of one’s life, one will have heard Slade with their Christmas song ad-nausea...

This was a good album. I can definitely see where it had some influence on things to come. The vocals reminded me of Motley Crue, and the overall sound kind of gave a harder rock vibe that was more edgy than the standard blues rock of the time. Nothing was particularly mind blowing but there were a lot of tracks that I liked and overall I enjoyed it.

The first half of the album never quite gets there. The Gudbuy T’Jane Song is creepy but the rest of the second half is decent.

I enjoyed that way more than I should.

Not bad, less novelty than I was expecting.

2.8 I have the flu. Or the Rona. Something bad. The last thing I needed was to have Noddly Holder sqawking in my ear. On another day I might have been into it but this is poor timing.

Before: This looks fun. Love the album title and art. I think I've heard of Slade but couldn't name a single song. The track names look ANNOYING lol Standout tracks: Gudby T'Jane Wonderin' Y Least favorite tracks: The Whole World's Goin' Crazee Let The Good Times Roll/Feel So Fine During/after: Oh this is so early 70's. After listening to the first couple of songs, I'm not digging it. The vocals are so fried and the melodies are kind of annoying. The Whole World's Goin' Crazee makes me want to rip my eyelashes out. Gudby T'Jane has some fun little guitar riffs and stood out to me a bit. Wonderin' Y was definitely one of the better ones as well. Kill 'Em At The Hot Club Tonight was my favorite track, probably because it was SO different from the others. A lot of these tracks sounded more or less the same. It's like Led Zeppelin but much worse. I did appreciate that the band doesn't seem to take themselves too seriously. I was glad when it was over. It was a little painful. Not quite egregious enough for a 1/5, so 2/5 it is.

I was expecting to hate this, but I kinda dig a lot of it? Didn't even know those Quiet Riot songs were covers. It's goofy fun but also gets old fast. I actually liked some of the slower ones, like Wonderin' Y, which kinda sounds like an early ELO track

Lost my notes...basically didnt know that Quiet Riot covered 'Cum on Feel the Noize' and that my high school football team played it at every practice. and for that it has a bitter taste in my mouth (1 star), but 3 stars for the influence.

What a beautiful ridiculous band! Quiet Riot seems even more weird a phenomenon knowing that their hits were Slade covers. This album is so-so, but their singles are solid. They wrote the best rock'n'roll Christmas song ever but it's not on this album. If you are looking for glam rock you need to hear before you die, allow me to direct you to Mott the Hoople.

This strained my patience right off the bat and granted, it's hard to commit to a Big Dumb Rock record like this in the middle of a work day. I warmed to it slightly as it went on. Wonderin Y is a legit good song and Look at Last Nite and I Won't Let it 'Appen Agen both managed to pique some interest, despite the tiresome, deliberately misspelled song titles. I don't love the singer at all. Mostly I hear in this the roots of many lamentable things: AC/DC, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, etc. I could have easily died without listening to this, turns out.

First complaint: These guys spell it "Crazee" in the song titles but say it "Crazay" in the actual songs. This is something an editor or producer could have caught. But did they? No, sir, they did not. Throughout this album Slade has a clever lil' wink and a nod attitude toward their career and their industry. This I firmly believe the band thought would be endearing. Was it? No, hell no, it was not. But was this a fun album, and should we reward bands with the ability to communicate a good time? Hell yes it was, hell yes we should. I may get some grief for this but.... four stars.

This is one of my least favorite types of rock music.

Ugh , I referenced this band last week in the T rex entry but didn't know they actually had an lp on the list. The UK authors of the list seem to be desperate to find tolerable lps from bands that had a lot of hot singles (slade: 17 uk top 20s between 1971 and 1976, including 6 number 1s, according to the latest print edition of Dimery's book). So we get entries like this and THREE lps from dexys midnight runners. I feel like a us based list would have ignored both dexys and slade in favor of something like Pinback's s/t lp because trying to squeeze a competent album from a singles band is a mugs game. I still mostly know this band from the two Quiet Riot covers. I get that uk listeners may have a nostalgic fondness for this band that north Americans don't understand but I still can't give slade a 3 based on hearing this.

Without Slade there may never have been a succesful Quiet Riot. Without Quiet Riot we may never have had hair metal. And then what? Would the world have been worse off? Or maybe better off? I dunno. Dumb, fun, rock n roll. AC/DC took this and ran with it.

Not for me

Led Zeppelin does Led Zeppelin better than Slade does Led Zeppelin.

I'd go 2.5 so I'll go 3/5. It's your typical hairband rock album.

Actually rocks hard but doesn't have any charm. If you walk and think where's your life going, it might be a nice background sound.

I love Slade. Run Run Away is a frequent ear worm. This early stuff is a great vibe. Enjoyed the album. Last track (I think added in the extended version I had access to) was unnecessary.

Kedvenc/Favourite: Gudbuy T'Jane Volt 1-2 jó szám, de összességében kicsit erőltetettnek tűnt. Lehet csak engem nem kapott el jól/jókor, de szerintem sokkal jobb albumok is vannak, ha az ember ilyesmit szeretne hallgatni. Ettől függetlenül érhető, miért lehet élvezni, ilyen kis bólogatós dad rock. There were 1-2 good songs, but overall it felt a bit forced. Maybe it just wasn't the right time for me, but I think there are much better albums out there if you want to listen to this kind of music. Regardless I can understand why someone would enjoy a bit of head-noding dad rock.

I just don’t like Slade. I have tried, but they’re not for me. I reviewed this album just recently, and it remains the same. 3, good enough rock sound but not particularly note worthy. Don’t enjoy the vocals.

Did not slay.

The glamest of Glam Rock albums? Maybe, but that is all there is to it. 2/5

Just ok

Some of the better glam rock I’ve listened to.

In my post-daylight savings time adjustment haze this morning, I got excited about this record, because I mistook Slade for the Sweet and I was excited to rock out to Fox on the Run today. Shortly after, I realized it was Slade and I would have to rock out to Gudbuy T’Jane instead, which is not quite as cool, and maybe the lyrics haven’t aged well, but the song is still pretty good.

Didn’t hate it, didn’t love it. Very middle of the road for me. I feel like sometimes there was some screaming just for the sake of screaming which I didn’t love but average rock album

6/10

Memories of early teens

Lots of good rock, including a memorable voice that works well with the sound.

Some decent songs, some less so. Probably an influential group, given the timing of this album.

I always associate Slade with drunk Christmas sing alongs but this we pretty solid

They said it sounds like the Beatles and AC/DC writing songs for each other and they were right

Enough slade for you to throw a slade at. Fisher price brummy led zed? Low 4.

The music is actually pretty solid, and the bass player deserves better. The vocals are passable at best, and the writing is horrible. Really not a fan of the Janis cover.

Best song was the bad Janis cover.

It hit on the right day. Not often am I in the mood for 70s British hard rock. But today I was.

Pretty boring classic rock. Reminded me of T. Rex. 2.5

beast album

Slade are fucking great. It's just your basic rock 'n' roll. It's meat and two veg, balls to the wall glam rock. I would say they're probably the United Kingdom's answer to AC/DC just with a few less riffs. Noddy Holder has got such a booming voice, and it's such a presence on this album. It's effortlessly powerful and loud, but without sounding like he's screaming without purpose. There's nothing more to say really. If you don't like this kind of music, you'll rate it lower. If you enjoy 70's British glam rock you'll rate it higher. Half an hour is just about enough before it starts to get a little samey, or perhaps grating.

Is this the birth of hair bands in the 80s? I was adding this to the 80s genre playlist and I went back to make sure I was right and was off by a decade! Good stuff here, solid 4, easy 4.5 and I’m high we go high🤩

Fun instrumentals at times, but most of the time it’s by the numbers blues rock with horrible singing. By the scale of this list, that’s a 1.

3.5/5

Alright

Altogether now "So here it is Merry Christmas...". Oh, never mind then. Wasn't the Slade sound I was expecting. Bluesy, mellow, but only listenable. Didn't get anything out of it really.

I haven't added anything to my liked songs, but most songs (especially towards the end) sounded good on the first listen and that's impressive

endnu et af de der albums som er virkelig goofy, men det er også bare 35 minutter langt og virker til at vide, hvad det er. Lille 3’er

Kunne overhovedet ikke snuppe hans stemme, dybt træls at høre på. Gad godt have læst motivationen for at jeg skulle høre det her før jeg døde

This has such a bad production. The songs seems like jokes or something.. I couldn't get over how badly this sounded.

so england

Like hair metal without the musical talent… not a slay

Had their ancestors been petty criminals and sent to the British penal colony of Australia they may have turned out as a slightly mellower AC/DC. Pretty straightforward 70's rock. Nothing remarkable but not bad. 2.5 stars

Not entirely my style of rock, but interesting to listen to nonetheless. I liked a few songs here and there but it all kind of blurs together.

“The Whole World’s Goin’ Crazee” at track 2 is crazee. Easily the worst song on the album — I almost turned it off and gave 1 star right then and there. I stuck it out though, and the back half of this album is pretty good! It lacks identity though. As other reviewers have pointed out, one song is harder rock, with an AC/DC-like sound, and the next is so pop, you’d think it was The Beatles. For some reason, finding out they’re British makes the antics more forgivable though? Lol.

Das vierte Studioalbum der britischen Rockband Slade, veröffentlicht im Dezember 1972. Das Album wurde in den Phonogram Studios in London aufgenommen. Es enthält eine Mischung aus Glam Rock und Hard Rock, was für die Band zu dieser Zeit typisch war. Slade, bekannt für ihre energetischen und eingängigen Songs, prägten das Musikgenre in dieser Ära maßgeblich. Das Album enthält mehrere herausragende Titel, darunter die Hitsingle „Merry Xmas Everybody“, die auch heute noch ein populärer Weihnachtssong ist. Ein weiterer markanter Track ist „Gudbuy T'Jane“, der sich durch seinen treibenden Beat und die charakteristische Slade-typische Stimmung auszeichnet. Die Band konnte durch das Album ihren Status in Großbritannien weiter festigen, auch wenn es international nicht in allen Regionen dieselbe Aufmerksamkeit erlangte. Die Bandmitglieder, alle aus Großbritannien, waren: Noddy Holder (Gesang, Gitarre), Jim Lea (Bass, Violine, Keyboard), Dave Hill (Gitarre) und Don Powell (Schlagzeug). Insbesondere die markante Stimme von Holder und die kräftigen Gitarrenklänge prägen den Sound des Albums. Im Fazit lässt sich sagen, dass Slayed? ein typisches Produkt der 70er-Jahre Glam-Rock-Bewegung ist, das die Energie und den Spirit dieser Zeit widerspiegelt, aber nicht ganz die Innovationskraft anderer zeitgenössischer Alben erreicht. Dennoch ist es ein wichtiges Werk in der Discografie von Slade, das vor allem die britische Rockszene beeinflusste.

So not my style. I can't wait for the album to be over.

Brings back memories of my school days. An unusual mix of Hard and Glam Rock - they could be Hard Rock, especially live, but most people remember them for their Glam Rock singles, two of which, "Gudbuy T'Jane" and "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", are on this album. The album also contains their cover of the Janis Joplin song "Move Over", a live favourite.

Good album! I was jamming out to it at work and I enjoyed it.

The song titles on this album piss me off so much.

Meh

Five stars and your opinion is irrelevant!

Not really my cup of tea sadly. Like the guys haircut though 4/10

I really disliked whatever vocal effect they abused throughout this.

Pretty dated.

1. "How d' You Ride" 3,2 2. "The Whole World's Goin' Crazee" 2,9 3. "Look at Last Nite" 3,1 4. "I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen" 3,3 5. "Move Over" 3,8 6. "Gudbuy T'Jane" 3,4 7. "Gudbuy Gudbuy" 3,5 8. "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" 3,1 9. "I Don' Mind" 3,2 10. "Let the Good Times Roll / Feel So Fine" 3,3 11. "Take Me Bak 'Ome" (non-album single) 3,6 12. "Cum On Feel The Noize" (non-album single) 3 13. "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me" (non-album single) 3,4 11. "My Life is Natural" (B-side of "Coz I Luv You") 3,3 12. "Candidate" (B-side of "Look Wot You Dun") 3,3 13. "Wonderin' Y" (B-side of "Take Me Bak 'Ome") 3,8 14. "Man Who Speeks Evil" (B-side of "Mama Weer All Crazee Now") 3,3 Average 3,32

Rock and roll is so much fun when played by bands like Slade. However, the first half of the record feels a little weak.

Slade slayed it with this album. No question mark! Early hairband rockin’ it hard from start to finish. Move Over being the best of the songs and the hit I remember. Just a kick ass, fun listen. (4.4*s)

Very generic glam rock from another band I've never heard of in this genre and time. The only song I recognized on this album was "Move Over" because it's a cover of Janis Joplin's original (and not nearly as good). I liked the rough edges but overall used cliche' rock tropes and other bands just did it all better. This is bonafide dad rock through and through. I hate the weird spellings on the track names and don't even get me started on the band name/album name thing. 2.0

Some original hair band music with a little more heart than what was produced in the 80s. Still not doing much for me like most of this genre. We all know their big hit but it isn't on this album so I'm hoping they don't make the list again for it. A take or leave it album with not much of a lasting effect. I'm sure they Slayed? it in their time but for me this gets 1.7...Goodbuy mates.

Nothing special but it's always a treat to get a decent rock album from a band I've never heard of. Almost felt like a conglomeration of a handful of 70's rock bands that had one-off hits (Quiet Riot, Ratt, Great White, Warrant, etc.). I can see how Slade could have gotten lost in the mix but it seems like they've been doing their thing for a little while so maybe their albums have some legs. Middle of the pack entry. 2.35 stars

I enjoyed the instrumental work a lot here but the lyrics get reparative . It’s still a strong 3 for me as as I seem to have a soft spot for glamour rock Also What exactly is glamor rock

Overall, this is really pretty good. I don't know what year it came out, but at times you could convince me it was the 60s, the 70s, or the 2000s. I do like it, but I don't care if I ever hear it again, so I dont think I can give it a 4 star review. 3.5 if I could, because it really is quite decent. I suspect the album is actually late 60s, so I'm not sure why I've never heard any of these songs before.

Nothing special

Bueno

Brilliant!

This one was odd. Sounded like ACDC, Beatles, Zeppelin, and some atrocious vocals here and there. Still some of these songs were solid.

I love Slade - the idea of Slade, anyway. They’re a uniquely British, kind of funny band and their hits are amazing - the Christmas one, obviously, but also “Mama We’re Oorll crazee noo “ or however you spell it… But. Whenever it comes to listening to a whole album, I always find it a bit disappointing. The album tracks just don’t can’t it I’m afraid. I’m sorry lads. I think this is a 2. Not a malicious 2. But a 2.

Slayed it. Premium quality pub rock.

Jaunty Wolverhampton numbers, evoke an age, but their more lasting tunes are not on here.

Very simple

3- Stars (7/15)

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‘Slayed?’ is fun overall, but slight, and feels dated in a way that Bowie, T-Rex and other glammers don’t. The bogan spelling of a lot of the song titles also annoys me. ‘I Won’t Let It ‘Appen Agen’, ‘Move Over’ and ‘Gudbuy T’Jane’ are the best songs here.

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Joyous glam-rock. I'd forgotten most of this album and it was a real treat to hear it again. Much underated, too - they really could rock. A solid 5 stars.

Honestly it's good for mindless generic rock

Farquaad ass haircut

I didn’t mind this at all, basic early 70’s rock n roll. Wasn’t crazy about the vocals, though. 3 stars.

Good, perhaps even great—pleasantly surprised by this

Big dumb rock. Didn’t know if but I felt I’d heard it all before.

First thought was this belongs in the bargain bin with ZZ Top and AC/DC. However it's a little better than you average hair band. The Move Over cover is actually excellent. The songwriting isn't awesome but there is some decent playing

Awesome album!! Pure, straight forward rock and roll. They just need to learn how to spell.

No thanks.

huh. i guess thats slade then

Slayed? Eh not so much

Album cover and title so dumb that it's kinda funny. Song titles trying to be dumb-funny but don't make it. Starts off sounding like you'd described AC/DC to a bunch of Brits who'd never heard AC/DC and thought maybe it was kinda like Aftermath by the Rolling Stones. Then starts to sound like Led Zeppelin said "we should keep all our dumbest stuff, but also try to sound more like AC/DC". Then a little bit of if Bowie was more dumb and less fun. Somewhere in there is some weird rumbly stuff that's kinda cool. It's actually kinda alright. The perfect thing for you if you need a song to play in a movie scene that sounds kinda familiar, but the audience has definitely not heard. And also won't remember or ever think about again. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

Surprisingly quite a lot better than the average American glam rock I’ve heard in my life. Maybe because they’re English, it tracks more as Spinal Tap to me, which makes me like it more. Or maybe it’s because yesterday I listened to Steely Dan, and it was nice to follow that up with something that sounds like it was made by people who at least kinda enjoy making music.

I hoped that this would be better. But it wasn't terrible

More than just a very good pub rock band - can hear various influences in some songs, Led Zeppelin, CSN&Y and they probably influenced Kiss (but they sou d way better than Kiss, to me). Above average lyrics for this genre too.

I have an affinity for glam rock, so I may be predisposed to enjoying Slade. As usual, I have never heard this album before and probably only knew a few Slade songs. This is AC/DC without the harder rock edge and T. Rex without going totally glam. It partially but not in total. At times, the singer's voice was a bit grating like he was trying to scream the words rather than use his natural singing voice. But there is a lot of good stuff here otherwise. Even if the songs are hard to type since the titles are intentionally misspelled, these are my favorite tracks: How D'You Ride Look at Last Nite I Won't Let it 'Appen Agen Move Over Gudbuy T'Jane My Life is Natural Wonderin' Y I can hear modern bands trying to replicate the sound Slade has and their influence can be felt. I may be more of a Slade greatest hits person, but I enjoyed this album.

Memories of teenage years. This band were the epitome of the skinhead cult in their early days and they were up there at the front. Went on to become legends.

Rock, Glam-Rock? Solid album.

Enjoyed it, some decent pint spillers on there

Kinda like AC/DC and T.Rex, but way worse. I know of Slade for two reasons; their very average (but remarkably enduring) Christmas song, and a certain BBC6 DJ (my favourite one) from northern England who loves to play them occasionally. I'm fine with both of those, but I now know that I really don't need any more Slade in my life, no matter how it's spelled. On that subject, minus a star for the atrocious spelling on this album.

Disliked intensely!!

Save me from this crap

It’s fine. Reminds me a bit of Meatloaf but not as good.

So boring and played out there’s really nothing about this album to remember it sounds like a water down version of every other 70s rock band.

Really good specifically dated rock.

- Solid

What a ride through the history of rock music. I didn’t really know them but I liked the music.

Ok, some songs were good, but please stop screaming at me...

“Cum On Feel The Noise” was a cover song? Wow learned something new today. This band slays! Adding this album to one of my seventies playlists for further enjoyment, thanks 1001albumsgenerator.com!

At first, I thought this was a joke. It got better after the second song. Actually, the vocals are a joke. The music is banging, though. Yet again, the vocals will subtract from the rating. This is good straightforward 70's rock, and for that I will give it a 3. Favorite song was Candidate. I liked it enough to add it to my trivia playlist.

Some of this album, I couldn't wait for the song to be over; the vocals in particular could be grating at times. Still, there were other moments that weren't so bad, although nothing surprised me or blew me away or made me ponder. Some of it sounded like they were definitely going for a Led Zeppelin sound, but then it seemed like this band is also a bridge to those '80s LA hair bands, which I generally don't like and find to be corny. All in all, this one didn't do too much for me. 2.5

I didn't really know how to take this one. It was typical 70s rock, but the vocals had a bit bit of cheesiness to them. Some interesting riffs but the album did not do much for me. Seems like a precursor to hair band rock.

It was... Meh.

Lekker rockend, niet geweldig origineel, maar toch erg vermakelijk.

I was so ready to hate on this one because I find the cover really ugly to look at, but thankfully the music is pretty much really well performed and energetic glam rock. I think as time goes on with this challenge my inner boomer taste gets to have some fun with bands like this one who rock hard in the most basic of ways while also having the purest, rocking energy ever. It's just a fun listen though I enjoy it more in the front half of the album than in the back half, but either way I'm glad it was something I found enjoyable, more than the cover at least. This is also my last album of the year so Happy New Years!

Of its time

Ok

Honestly liked this more than I thought I would. The album cover is, in my taste, truly horrible. The vibe is fairly puerile, but the artistry is real and it's quite energizing.

Exactly what we dont need more of

Oh Slade! I wasn't familiar with this album but I knew that Quiet Riot had covered Mama Weer All Crazee Now. I'm most familiar with the single Run Run Away (It's a good song to practice belly dance zil triple drills to) It's a fun listen and I would revisit it.

I’d never heard of these guys before and honestly didn’t expect much based on the cover (not fair I know). I was happy to be surprised by this one; it is quite good. Distilled hard rock without the blues posing or guitar wanking.

Not bad, never heard of these guys before. I used to think greta van fleet sounded like Zeppelin. They sound like slade.

# Album Name: Slayed? # Artist: Slade # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: I always think of christmas when i think slade. I have got to be honest, i havent heard much more of em apart from come on feel the noise. Balls to cover a Janis tune. Wasnt a bad attempt but not a patch on the OG. I did like the edgey raw rock to it though. Goodbye Jane was probably my fave track on the album followed by Mamaaaa were all crazee now. Overall just an alright album with a couple of good tracks. # Top Tunes: Goodbye T'Jane / Gudbuy Gudbuy / Mamaaaa were all crazee now # Would I listen to it again? It was OK. Probably listen to a track here or there. Not sure if id listen to it as a whole again anytime soon.

Pretty good. Ihan kivasti vaihtelua ja erilaisuutta. Ei silti lemppari.

She's a queen can't you see what I mean; She's a queen 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 I said goodbye to Jane, goodbye to Jane Get a kick from her Forties trip boots Goodbye to Jane, goodbye to Jane, has them made to match up to her suits Mom: No, we already have AC/DC at home. 2/5

Good fun - almost AC/DC without the nudge nudge wink wink of it all - and maybe not as good either. However the record was a fun listen and a welcome on days when high pitched sneer shouts and rock and roll guitars are what you’re after.

Liked their hits in the 70s but wouldn’t listen to them now unless they happened to be on the radio. 2*

Good. Probably sounds cheesy now.

Laughably bad. I swore this was a parody album until I looked them up. Horrible lyrics, painfully derivative vocals and instrumentals - every song felt worse than the last. A truly bad experience. 1/5

This really annoyed me. How the fuck have we gone from Tutti Frutti to this in 17 years? This is not rock and roll. It's so straight down the middle, while acting like it's all crazy and quirky and look at our silly hats. Ugh Glam.

LP

p261. 1972. 4 stars. Once you get past the platform shoes and flares, you find the spiritual British cousins of Creedence Clearwater Revival. No-nonsense pub rock with one of THE great vocalists. Point deducted for the redundant covers.

Jeez, this takes me back. I think this was released pre Glam Rock where most of their hits (and there were a lot of them) came from. Good to know they're all still with us as well.

Funsies

Fun?

This album makes me feel sad. It's not supposed to.

meh

A pretty good album, I liked Look At Last Nite and I Don't Mind the most.

Music is ok for a while, quickly gets a bit samey and tiring. Unforgivable spelling though, so they lose a point for that.

So good. You can hear so many of rhe bands they will go on to influence

Not sure I would go listen to the record, maybe for a party. The music is pretty good though. I could definitely see them in concert. That would be fun.

I wonder how well known Slade are outside of the UK. Here, everybody known them for Meery Xmas Everyone because it’s played extensively every year. They do still have a few other songs regularly played, such as this album’s Mama Weer All Crazee Now. Noddy Holder has a very distinctive voice, which I would completely understand if somebody said he sounds awful, but I personally quite like him. He’s got that shrill distortion that Bon Scott also had. This album is old school rock and roll through and through, and it’s pretty easy to enjoy if you can cope with the vocals.

Solid rock

That's not a singing voice

Fun, old times. Is what I imagine at least.

Love some old school hard rock every now and again but it can get too samey after a while The lyrics and vocals are quite cringe but that's common with all glam rock. The riffs and the bass make up for it If I wanted to listen to some glam rock/metal I probably wouldn't choose these over the likes of KISS or Skid Row

This was 80s glam a decade early. I have to give credit where it's due. They were on the cutting edge before hair metal was a thing, and it seems like many bands took from Slade. I was shocked I knew many of these songs which would be covered by later American bands.

My dad bought this on release. I'm not sure why, I think he only played it once. I played it a lot, still play it occasionally. I absolutely love it. Favourite songs have changed over the years, from Gudbye T'Jane or Mama weer Crazee Now to Look At Last Night.

Classic rock ain't it, bruh.

Fun but sounds old-fashioned to me and I don't really care for the singer

I'm all for some good ol' Dumb Fun Rock now and then, but this just isn't even remotely Fun, leaving the Dumb part to stick out like a very sore thumb.

No. Why is this here? Really?

Om eerlijk te zijn ken ik Slade enkel van hun kerstnummer. Klinkt een beetje zoals Status Quo. Glam-dad rock, maar dan een matige versie ervan. 2.6

Stadium Rock? Bar Rock? En cualquier caso, ya pasó su fecha de caducidad

I grew up listening to essential classic rock albums that my Dad showed me. Somehow never even heard of this one. I can see why, my Dad didn't like this type of stuff, and he was probably deep into the English Prog scene instead of this at the time. You also don't hear anyone referencing this album as a greatest all time. I was glad to check out a new album from this era. I didn't mind it when I was listening to (only skipped one song after it got on my nerves), but I probably won't be going back and listening to it anytime soon.

Is this the meat-and-potatoes, workingman's answer to T-Rex? If this is so, it's one that aged like milk. Glam rock and glitter can be so much more interesting than this on a musical level. Huge commercial success at the time, or so I hear. In another rock-related genre, reminds me how Amyl And The Sniffers are going big these days. Well, let's see how their studio albums hold up four or five decades from now. If not only one of those. What Slade and Amyl have in common is the sheer lack of originality of their very derivative music, and how it still inexplicably manages to cater to target audiences who could find something at least twice better in the same genre if only they put a little heart and energy into it. You'd have to add the awkward delivery of most of the vocal parts for Amyl, something that Slade can't be blamed for, admittedly. Quite a maddening situation, only mitigated by the fact that the two bands profit(ed) from the reputation of their incendiary live shows. Yet for both Slade and Amyl, even so distant in time from each other, there's the same mind-numbing phenomenon going on when it comes to the commercial success of their studio albums. Pure consumerism. Sheer ignorance of real musical virtues. Zero critical distance. Reading myself again, I know that I might come off a little too much like a sourpuss nitpicker here. So let me stress something positive about *Slayed?*. Given its very effective production values and the energetic choruses found everywhere in this record, it's probably not really a surprise that it reached initial success, and that even a lot of professional critics fell for it at the time. It's all dumb, but being dumb pays off sometimes. Besides, you can't expect each and every rock act to reinvent the wheel. At least, I'm glad that this app (and Dimery's book) made me spend some time to know more about Slade. I certainly didn't think that album was worth being included in their list, but it's always interesting to realize how some past crazes then fall into obscurity. And I can still put my mind back into 1972, get a whiff of that simpler-looking era, and enjoy the hackneyed ride in a tongue-in-cheek way. *Slayed?* ain't worse than 99.99% of the hair metal bands that followed their steps in the decade after, I guess. "My Life Is Natural", "Candidate", "Wonderin' Y" and "Man Who Speaks Evil" are even great tracks, far more imaginative than the rest on a harmonic and instrumental level. Still sleazy, yet also quite sophisticated. Sly and enticing. Slower yet more infectious. Alas, all those gems are not part of the original album, they are B-sides from the band's one-off singles. And comparatively-speaking, they make you realize why the album itself is such a letdown (as does the Janis Joplin cover in it). Because *Slayed?* is melodically inert, probably for commercial reasons. It takes the easy (middle of the) road. In other words, it's nothing other than a cheap cash grab for an act that had such a great potential in them, studio-album-wise. Ironical that a handful of compositions by the band themselves give you all you need to hear so as to realize how bad that record actually is. I don't know how many real hardcore fans of this band are still actively engaging in music these days... But I even suspect that some of them could actually agree with me here. When you look at the band's most popular individual tracks on Spotify, none of them comes from *Slayed?*. The leader of that pack of songs, one-off single "Come On Feel The Noize" is everything that the LP wants to be, only this time good and memorable. And I should probably hate the guts of "Merry X-mas Everybody", but I can't (probably because the song was already familiar, and has an interesting chord sequence to make up for the whole X-mas tune cliché). Likewise, *Slayed?* is not listed in the most popular albums by the band. So what, does that mean that, following the masses, the professional "critics" had it all wrong about the British glam rock band? And most of all, about where their strength really lay? Jeeze louise, that would be a first, right??!! 🙃 1/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums. 6/10 for more general purposes (5 + 1) Number of albums left to review: 19 (plus the 80-ish extra LPs listed on this app, included because different past versions of the book have mentioned albums that have since been dropped in subsequent editions) Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 421 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 251 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 313 (including this one)

strong 2.5 tho!

Fun

It's the party version of AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. They won't win the Nobel prize for literature. I enjoyed it, but I skipped the bonus tracks. Favorite song: look at last night.

Didn’t really care for it

88% Best: How D'You Ride; Look at Last Nite; Move Over; Gudbuy T'Jane; Mama Weer All Crazee Now Must-Hear? Sure

Half ass album

Slayed? No you did not

A howling approach Laid out on noisy rhythms Straight forward hard rock

There is no deeper meaning here - it's shallow 70s glam rock. 'Look at Last Nite' is a highlight but there is very little else that stuck with me.

Slade is doing Slade-stuff. It’s overrated.

3.5

I honestly thought this was 15 years younger than it actually is. Gotta give credit for inventing hair metal.

Siendo una clara influencia para la carrera de los australianos AC/DC, y por lo tanto del género del "Hard Rock", "Slayed?" de Slade cuenta con poderosas guitarras y voces carrasposas que atacan a quien escucha el LP agresivamente, con un tinte de glam rock británico. Sin embargo, encuentro que la producción en la pieza es de las peores que he escuchado en esta lista. La batería está enterrada a 5 kilómetros de los micrófonos, mientras las guitarras revientan la mezcla principal, para tratar de competir contra la voz. Para qué hablar del bajo, casi ni se escucha. ¿Influyente? Sí ¿Bueno? No.

Bad glam rock...

decent

Melkosta kikkeliheviä. Tai kikkelirokkia. Move Over on tuttu. Ihan jämäkkää kamaa. Parhaat: Move Over, Man Who Speeks Evil

Surprisingly mature and serious album Only heard there cheesey stuff before.

Too hard to listen to, but for their genre I think they're good.

not for me

great album

More British rock? Really? Of the past 5 albums (including this one), 4 of them have been British rock. I know that's a broad label, but I still want more variety than that! But hey, at least they're all good albums, right? Well, I did quite like those Suede, Coldplay, and Manic Street Preachers albums I got earlier this week. I gave them all 4s! Is Slayed? also a 4? No. I wouldn't say so. This album isn't very interesting to me. The singing is alright. It's not bad, but not my favorite. It's kind of like a weaker Robert Plant at times. The sound is somewhat repetitive, but is decent enough for it to not be a huge deal. It's still noticeable though. The writing is also okay. It is similarly repetitive to a degree that isn't infuriating, but is still noticeable. I definitely wouldn't call this a bad album. I see the value in it. Nothing here is particularly bad. However, it's not special enough for me to particularly care about it. Maybe on another day I'd give it a lower score, but I'll give it a light 3/5 for now.

Sounds like AC/DC but they needed more time in the oven

it's not exactly groundbreaking but they're perfect songs for throwing on a jukebox plus i walked over noddy holder's star in broad street pretty much every day for three years

3.5/5. Were you slade or were you slayed?

Early hair metal, good fun

80’s hair band. Burn the house down hard rock. I had to wade through the repetition of the extended edition. Seems like they played everything three times. When I was 16 this was the balls. Now I’m ambivalent.

This one was hard to get into. I'm a fan of the era, but this didn't seem to be anything stellar from that time period.

All I knew about Slade was Cum on Feel the Noise (because the Quiet Riot cover). This album is kinda fun in a hair band before hair bands were a thing way- but I don’t want to hear it again.

Mostly rubbish

i thought it was fine. Found it was weird that i had never heard of the album nor the band

furðulegt mál, talsvert leiðinlegt til að byrja með. hressist þegar líða tekur á. set þetta á 3,5.

Generic 70s rock, it’s fine

Walmart brand AC/DC

omggg so passionate singer... so powerful voice... tämä on bändi tyhmille ihmisille. jos olet vittu tyhmä, on mahdollista että tämä bändi on sinulle taottu. ole huoleti, sanoja toistetaan sata kertaa ainakin että ymmärrys varmasti jää sinun vitun tyhmään pääkoppaasi. juo saatana vettä ennen kun astsut studioon, ''laulaja''..... paskoja covereita ja vielä paskempaa originaalia musiikkia. a one, twoo,, a one two tree fooour!!!!!! lets go !!!!! vittu neandertaalin näköistä bändijäsentä varmaan on epäironiset kuuntelijatkin aika paleoliittisen tuntuista sakkia... hominidae looking mf... nyt turpa kiinni pojat ja lähtekää metsästämään hunter gatherer looking piece of shits... move over

Has its moments

Please do not let alvin the chipmunk sing again

There's been a lot of dumb, howling 70s rock on this list (maybe call it "jock 'n' roll"?) but man, this one takes the cake, in a great way. It's got some little glam flourishes that remind me of Faces (if they were good) or T. Rex. It's got the riffs and good-time atmosphere that an AC/DC record would have. It's just fun. Headbangable fun. Favorite tracks: "Look At Last Nite", "I Don't Mind"

Not into the whiny rocker sound. Occasional cool riff.

I may have learned that a band called slade was behind cum on feel the noize, but still defaulted to thinking it was twisted sister most days. So this was pretty much all new to me as a thing that existed. I'd heard one of the songs though. These guys are ridiculous in the best way - like the darkness. Silly spellings. Slow songs are best on this one, but respect the partying attitude.

Good

The first band I really liked, the first album I bought with my own cash and what I joy to hear it again. Proof that Slade were, first and foremost, a great rock n roll band, not just the brilliant Gubuy to Jane and Mama Weer All Crazee Now, but also the Whole Worlds Going Crazy and How D'You Ride. But there are also moments like Look at Last Nite that reveal a more sensitive side to Slade that foreshadowed Slade in Flame. There are a few fillers but overall a real blast of an album

The wailing vocals on this album are excellent. Lead singer Noddy Holder sounds like he’s shredding his voice at the end of a concert — and he sounds like that on every song. Occasionally his style has a touch of Robert Plant, one of the all-time rock wailers. Oh wait, hold up. They’re covering Janis Joplin on "Move Over"? Holder is clearly a fan of those screaming vocals then. Very ambitious to cover Joplin and actually try to sing like her but he pulls it off! My initial impression after the first two songs was that these guys sounded like a second-rate T.Rex — and there are a few glam-rock numbers here that could still fit that description — but they're more than that. They have energy, man. They're the sort of band that believes rock should be loud, in-your-face and fun. This album checks those boxes. The crunchy blues song "I Don't Mind" was a highlight too.

This was a pretty meh listen for me. Lots of the songs just did their thing and went by without any kind of big "wow" moments. Unfortunately I predict that it will be kind of forgettable and I don't see myself coming back to listen based off of hooks that lingered in my head. 2/5, album cover is cheesy but funny in a nice way?

The rock and roll is passable, but it's the manic vocal hooks that drive this roadster. Slade bore easily though and so do I. Favorite track: the sleazy swamp stomp "I Don't Mind" ("I danced on your face / It seemed the best place / for acting the fool").

Run-of-the-mill 70's British rock. Don't really care for it. No standout tracks.

I wouldn’t choose to listen to it again. Was pretty good though ha