Slades Greats

Compilation album by Slade

Released

12 May 1984

Recorded

1970s

Slade chronology

Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply
(1984)

Slade's Greats
(1984)

Rogues Gallery
(1985)

Slades Greats is a compilation album by the British glam rock group Slade. It was released 12 May 1984 and reached number 89 on the UK charts.^[1]

The album was issued following the success of the singles My Oh My and Run Runaway although the singles were not included in the compilation. The album focused on the band's hits from the 1970s, songs similar to the 1980 compilation Slade Smashes.

Track listing

"Cum on Feel the Noize" (Holder/Lea) UK #1
"My Friend Stan" (Holder/Lea) UK #2
"Far Far Away" (Holder/Lea) UK #2
"Coz I Luv You" (Holder/Lea) UK #1
"Everyday" (Holder/Lea) UK #3
"Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam)" (Holder/Lea) UK #7
"The Bangin' Man" (Holder/Lea) UK #3
"Skweeze Me Pleeze Me" (Holder/Lea) UK #1
"Mama Weer All Crazee Now" (Holder/Lea) UK #1
"Look Wot You Dun" (Holder/Lea) UK #4
"Take Me Bak 'Ome" (Holder/Lea) UK #1
"Let's Call It Quits" (Holder/Lea) UK #11
"Merry Xmas Everybody" (Holder/Lea) UK #1
"How Does It Feel" (Holder/Lea) UK #15
"Get Down and Get With It" (Holder/Lea) UK #16
"Gudbuy T'Jane" (Holder/Lea) UK #2

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart^[2]	89

Personnel

Noddy Holder - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Dave Hill - lead guitar
Jim Lea - backing vocals, bass guitar, electric violin and keyboards
Don Powell - drums

References

Slade

Dave Hill Don Powell John Berry Mal McNulty Noddy Holder Jim Lea Steve Whalley Steve Makin Craig Fenney Dave Glover

Studio albums	Beginnings (Ambrose Slade, 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) Till Deaf Do Us Part (1981) The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome (1983) Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply (1984) Rogues Gallery (1985) Crackers – The Christmas Party Album (1985) You Boyz Make Big Noize (1987)

Live albums	Slade Alive! (1972) Slade Alive, Vol. 2 (1978) Slade on Stage (1982)

Compilations	Coz I Luv You (1972) Sladest (1973) Slade Smashes! (1980) Slades 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"

Related articles	Discography List of songs by Slade Therapy (James Whild Lea album)

Book:Slade

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