Slade

Slade was a British rock band. The group formed in the late 1960s, initially as the R&B act The N'Betweens, and later as the folk-rock act Ambrose Slade, but found great success in the early 1970s, releasing a series of popular singles in a glam rock style. The band remain one of the most recognisable acts of the glam rock movement, and were, at their peak, commercially the most popular band in the UK. Slade's success faded by the mid-1970s, although the group continued to release singles. They enjoyed a comeback in the early 1980s, even managing to enter the charts in the United States, and returned to the UK singles chart in 1991 with a song entitled "Radio Wall of Sound". Slade split up in 1992, although two of the group's original members formed Slade II in 1996.

Discography

Singles (selected)

• "Coz I Luv You,"
• "Look Wot You Dun,"
• "Take Me Bak 'Ome,"
• "Mama Weer All Crazee Now,"
• "Gudbuy t'Jane,"
• "Cum on Feel the Noize,"
• "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me,"
• "Everyday,"
• "My friend Stan,"
• "Merry Xmas Everybody" (which has re-entered the charts several times since 1973 and is arguably the UK's most famous Christmas song)
• "Thanks for the memory,"
• "My baby left me / That's alright Mama,"
• "Reading live EP,"
• "Lock up your daughters,"
• "My oh my,"
• "Run runaway,"
• "Radio Wall Of Sound,"
• "Universe"

All in all, Slade had 16 top 20 hits between 1971 and 1976 including 6 number ones, 3 number twos and 2 number threes. No other UK act of the period enjoyed such consistency in the UK top 40 and Slade actually came the closest to emulating Beatles' 22 top ten records in a single decade (1960s).

Related Topics:
1971 - 1976 - Top 40 - Beatles

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Two of their singles entered the charts at number one, and they sold more singles in the UK than any other group of the 1970s.

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Albums (selected)

• "Beginnings"
• "Play it loud"
• "Slade Alive!"
• "Slayed?"
• "Old new borrowed and blue"
• "Slade in Flame
• "Nobody's fools"
• "Whatever happened to Slade"
• "Slade Alive volume two"
• "Return to base"
• "We'll bring the house down"
• "Til deaf do us part"
• "The amazing Kamikaze syndrome"
• "Rogues gallery"
• "You boyz make big noize"