Slade in Flame (album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Slade in Flame
Soundtrack by Slade
Released	November 29, 1974
Genre	Glam rock
Length	41:20
Label	Polydor Records (UK)
Producer	Chas Chandler
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Slade chronology
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (1972) Slade in Flame (1974) Nobody's Fools (1976)

Slade in Flame was an album by the British glam/hardrock group Slade released on November 29, 1974. The album contained songs from the film of the same name Slade In Flame.

The album reached #6 on the UK album chart and produced two hit singles, "Far Far Away" and "How Does it Feel?" (see track listing below). The band tried to give the album a "sixties" feel, as its eponymous film was set in 1966.

Though the record was lauded by critics, the response of the general public was somewhat muted, and the album did not sell as well as expected, even though it was released in time for the Christmas market. In February 1975 Slade's record company released the track "How Does It Feel?" as a single. Reaching #15 on the charts it ended a run of 12 consecutive Top 4 hits. However the song has since become regarded as one of the band's finest.

The album was released in the United States on the Warner Bros. label, with "Bangin' Man" replacing "Summer Song (Wishing You Were Here) & "Thanks for the Memory" replacing "Heaven Knows"

[edit] Track listing

1. "How Does It Feel?" (Holder/Lea) UK #15
2. "Them Kinda Monkeys Can't Swing" (Holder/Lea)
3. "So Far So Good" (Holder/Lea)
4. "Summer Song (Wishing You Were Here)" (Holder/Lea)
5. "O.K. Yesterday Was Yesterday" (Holder/Lea)
6. "Far Far Away" (Holder/Lea) UK #2
7. "This Girl" (Holder/Lea)
8. "Lay It Down" (Holder/Lea)
9. "Heaven Knows" (Holder/Lea)
10. "Standin' on the Corner" (Holder/Lea)

[edit] Personnel

• Noddy Holder - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Dave Hill - lead guitar
• Jim Lea - bass guitar
• Don Powell - drums

• Chas Chandler - producer

v • d • e Slade Dave Hill • Don Powell • Mal McNulty • John Berry Noddy Holder • Jim Lea • Steve Whalley • Steve Makin • Trevor Holliday • Dave Glover • Studio albums Beginnings (1969) • Play It Loud (1970) • Slayed? (1972) • Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (1974) • Slade In Flame (1974) • Nobody's Fools (1976) • Whatever Happened to Slade? (1977) • Return to Base (1979) • We'll Bring the House Down (1981) • Til Deaf Do Us Part (1981) • The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome (1983) • Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply (1984) • Rogues Gallery (1985) • You Boyz Make Big Noize (1987) Live albums Slade Alive! (1972) • Slade Alive, Vol. 2 (1978) • Slade on Stage (1982) Compilations Sladest (1973) • Slade Smashes! (1980) • Crackers: The Party Album (1985) • Wall of Hits (1991) • Feel The Noize- Greatest Hits (1997) • The Very Best of Slade (2005) • The Slade Box 4 CD Anthology 1969-1991 (2006)