| Sladest | ||||
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| Compilation album by Slade | ||||
| Released | 28 September 1973 | |||
| Genre | Glam rock | |||
| Length | 45:47 | |||
| Label | Polydor Records | |||
| Producer | Chas Chandler | |||
| Slade chronology | ||||
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Sladest is a compilation album by the British glam rock group Slade. It was released on 28 September 1973, and went straight to No. 1 on the charts. It stayed around the Top 10 until 1974, when it climbed to the No. 1 spot once again, following the huge success of "Merry Xmas Everybody". The record has a significantly different track listing in the United States which is now out of print.
The album was certified UK Silver by BPI in September 1973.[1]
By the first week of release, "Sladest" was awarded a UK Silver Disc. Two weeks after, the album was awarded a UK Gold Disc and was soon due to surpass 200,000 sales at the time.[2][3]
The compilation was originally to be titled "The Best of Slade" before its release.[4][5]
The album was voted #3 of the top three Slade album covers in the Slade Fan Club Poll of 1979.[6][7]
Contents |
September 2011 reissue by Union Square Music (SALVOCD053) adds four extra tracks:
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [8] |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed)[9] |
| Robert Christgau | (B+)[10] |
| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
Total weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Australian (ARIA) Albums Chart[11] | 2 | 15 |
| Austrian Albums Chart[12] | 10 | 4 |
| Canadian Albums Chart[13] | 75 | 8 |
| Finnish Albums Chart | 1 | ? |
| German Albums Chart[14] | 3 | ? |
| Norwegian Albums Chart[15] | 4 | 20 |
| UK Albums Chart[16] | 1 | 24 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[17] | 129 | ? |
| Preceded by Goat's Head Soup by The Rolling Stones Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes |
UK number-one album 6–20 October 1973 19 January 1974 |
Succeeded by Hello! by Status Quo And I Love You So by Perry Como |
