B-Sides (Slade album)

B-Sides
Compilation album by Slade
Released 5 March 2007[1]
Genre Glam rock and Hard rock
Label Salvo
Slade chronology
The Slade Box 4 CD Anthology 1969-1991
(2006)		 B-Sides
(2007)		 Live at the BBC
(2009)

B-Sides is a 2 disc compilation album by the British glam rock band Slade released in March 2007.[1] This was the first time many of the songs included on the album were released since the early 1970s.[1]

The album peaked at #263 for 2007 on rateyourmusic.

Since the late 1980s, the Slade fan club had confirmed that a possible project was the release of a b-side compilation although this never materialised.[2][3]

Track listing

Disc 1 - 1969-1977
No. Title Writer(s) B-side of… Length
1. "One Way Hotel"   Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Don Powell "Wild Winds Are Blowing" 2:40
2. "C’mon C’mon"   Holder, Lea "The Shape Of Things To Come" 2:42
3. "Do You Want Me"   Dave Hill, Holder "Get Down and Get With It" 4:42
4. "Gospel According To Rasputin"   Hill, Holder "Get Down And Get With It" 4:22
5. "My Life Is Natural"   Holder "Coz I Luv You" 3:17
6. "Candidate"   Lea, Powell "Look Wot You Dun" 2:52
7. "Wonderin’ Y"   Lea, Powell "Take Me Bak 'Ome" 2:50
8. "Man Who Speeks Evil"   Lea, Powell "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" 3:17
9. "I Won’t Let it ‘Appen Agen"   Lea "Gudbuy T'Jane" 3:16
10. "I’m Mee I’m Now And That’s Orl"   Holder, Lea "Cum On Feel The Noize" 3:41
11. "Kill ‘Em At The Hot Club Tonite"   Holder, Lea "Skweeze Me Pleeze Me" 3:20
12. "My Town"   Holder, Lea "My Friend Stan" 3:07
13. "Don’t Blame Me"   Holder, Lea "Merry Xmas Everybody" 2:33
14. "She Did It To Me"   Holder, Lea "The Bangin' Man" 3:19
15. "O.K. Yesterday Was Yesterday"   Holder, Lea "Far Far Away" 3:59
16. "So Far So Good"   Holder, Lea "How Does It Feel" 3:02
17. "Raining In My Champagne"   Holder, Lea "Thanks For The Memory" 4:12
18. "Can You Just Imagine?"   Holder, Lea "In For a Penny" 3:32
19. "When The Chips Are Down"   Holder, Lea "Let's Call It Quits" 4:15
20. "L.A. Jinx"   Holder, Lea "Nobody's Fool" 3:58
21. "Forest Full Of Needles"   Holder, Lea "Gypsy Roadhog" 3:30
Disc 2 - 1977-1991
No. Title Writer(s) B-side of… Length
1. "Ready Steady Kids"   Holder, Lea "Burning In The Heat Of Love" 3:22
2. "O.H.M.S."   Holder, Lea "My Baby Left Me - That's All Right" 2:42
3. "Daddio"   Holder, Lea "Give Us a Goal" 2:34
4. "It’s Alright Buy Me"   Holder, Lea "Rock ‘N’ Roll Bolero" 3:23
5. "Not Tonight Josephine"   Holder, Lea "Sign Of The Times" 3:03
6. "Funk Punk & Junk"   Holder, Lea "Ruby Red" 2:57
7. "Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply"   Holder, Lea "My Oh My" 3:34
8. "Don’t Tame A Hurricane"   Holder, Lea "My Oh My" 2:33
9. "Two Track Stereo One Track Mind"   Holder, Lea "Run Runaway" 2:55
10. "Here’s To The New Year"   Holder, Lea "All Join Hands" 3:10
11. "Leave Them Girls Alone"   Holder, Lea "7 Year Bitch" 3:14
12. "Mama Nature Is A Rocker"   Holder, Lea "Myzsterious Mizster Jones" 2:52
13. "My Oh My (Swing Version)"   Holder, Lea "Do You Believe in Miracles" 3:02
14. "Gotta Go Home"   Holder, Lea "Still The Same" 3:20
15. "Don’t Talk To Me About Love"   Holder, Lea "Still The Same" 2:28
16. "Wild Wild Party"   Holder, Lea "That's What Friends Are For" 2:55
17. "You Boyz Make Big Noize (Instrumental)"   Holder, Lea "You Boyz Make Big Noize" 3:01
18. "Lay Your Love On The Line"   Hill, Bill Hunt "Radio Wall Of Sound" 3:09
19. "Red Hot"   Hill, Hunt "Universe" 3:34

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Dave Thompson. "Slade - B-Sides". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r953626. Retrieved 2009-03-13. 
  2. ^ http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/7054452_orig.jpg
  3. ^ Slade International Fan Club newsletter January - February - March 1990
Slade
Noddy Holder • Jim Lea • Dave Hill • Don Powell
Mal McNulty • John Berry • Steve Whalley • Steve Makin • Trevor Holliday • Dave Glover • Craig Fenney
Studio albums
Live albums
Slade Alive! (1972) • Slade Alive, Vol. 2 (1978) • Slade on Stage (1982)
Compilations
Sladest (1973) • Slade Smashes! (1980) • Slade's Greats (1984) • Wall of Hits (1991) • Feel The Noize- Greatest Hits (1997) • The Genesis of Slade (2000) • The Very Best of Slade (2005) • Slade Alive! - The Live Anthology (2006) • The Slade Box (Anthology 1969-91) (2006) • B-Sides (2007) • Live at the BBC (2009) • Merry Xmas Everybody: Party Hits (2009)
Singles
"You Better Run" (The N' Betweens) • "Genesis" (Ambrose Slade) • "Wild Winds are Blowing" • "Shape of Things to Come" • "Know Who You Are" • "Get Down and Get With It" • "'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" • "My Friend Stan" • "Merry Xmas Everybody" • "Everyday" • "The Bangin' Man" • "Far Far Away" • "How Does It Feel" • "Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam)" • "In For a Penny" • "Let's Call It Quits" • "Nobody's Fool" • "Gypsy Roadhog" • "Burning in the Heat of Love" • "My Baby Left Me - That's All Right" • "Give Us a Goal" • "Rock 'n' Roll Bolero" • "Ginny, Ginny" • "I'm a Rocker" • "Sign of the Times" • "Okey Cokey" • "Six of the Best (EP)" • "Live at Reading (EP)" • "Xmas Ear Bender (EP)" • "We'll Bring the House Down" • "Wheels Ain't Coming Down" • "Knuckle Sandwich Nancy" • "Lock Up Your Daughters" • "Rock and Roll Preacher" • "Ruby Red" • "(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie" • "My Oh My" • "Run Runaway" • "Slam the Hammer Down" • "All Join Hands" • "7 Year Bitch" • "Myzsterious Mizster Jones" • "Little Sheila" • "Do You Believe in Miracles" • "Still the Same" • "That's What Friends Are For" • "You Boyz Make Big Noize" • "Ooh La La in L.A." • "We Won't Give In" • "Let's Dance '88" • "Radio Wall of Sound" • "Universe"
Video
"Slade in Flame" • "Wall of Hits" • "Inside Slade - The Singles 1971-1991" • "The Very Best of Slade" • "Slade Alive! - The Ultimate Critical Review" •
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