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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's Chrrriiissssttttmaasssss!!!!!!, 4 April 2002
If your not a fan of loud glam rock music my advise is stay away from this CD, but you really don't know what your missing! Slade are looked upon as a the oppitomy of everything that was wrong with the 70's. Bad hair, bad clothes and loud music. But during the doom and gloom of strikes and 3 day weeks, Slade shined like Noddy Holders mirrored top hat and reminded everyone that music should'nt be taken seriously, it should be enjoyed!
From the rousing holler of "Get down and get with it" to the closing bars of the greatest christmas carol ever written,"Merry Xmas everybody", this is glam at it's greatest!
Being a Wolverhampton lad myself I've always loved Slade and armed with this CD, I have convinced many people to grow ridiculous sideburns and buy stupidly high platform boots. Blessed with one of the greatest rock voices ever, Noddy Holder and his bunch of yobs not only made your ears bleed with blistering glam stompers, they made you smile! "Mama weer all crazee now" and "Cum on feel the noize" sum this band up perfectly, loud and over the top! They were in many respects the original Spinal Tap, their amps did go up to 11. But underneath all this pomp and glitter you have one song that remains one of the most beautiful yet underrated of all time."How does it feel" is a side of Slade rarely heard and never remembered. A ballad of wonderous magnitude it puts pains to all the critics who said they were just a pub rock band who made it big. This CD shows all off Slades sides from a career that spanned over 20 years. Glam anthems, mid tempo dittys, heart breaking ballads and, from later in their career, heavy metal!
Everyone should buy this CD so we can start a glam rock revival, go absolutly crazee and generally make the world a happier place. An essential addition to all rock fans collections!
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Where did you get that hat?, 19 May 2004
Slade were one of the heaviest glam rock bands of the 70's, but never the coolest. They looked like your dad and his friends dressed up after getting drunk at Christmas, and they obviously didn't know a good hairdresser! OK, so they didn't manage to understand how to put the glam image together, but they understood how to make the best glam music.This is a fantastic collection of their early material, from the catchy 'Cos I Love You' through all their big number ones like the very loud 'Mamma We're All Crazy Now'. I'm not too sure about some of the mid 80's stuff as they never really managed to capture the early success again (hence taking one star off), but the early stuff really makes up for it. OK, let's say 4.5 stars, because none of the songs are that bad. The track order is chronological, but the best thing is that they have put 'Merry Xmas Everybody' at the end so that you can stop the CD if you're not in a Christmas mood. There's nothing worse than a Christmas song popping up half way through a CD! They were the first band to get songs going straight in to number one since the Beatles, and this wasn't repeated until the advent of the Jam some years later. It might not seem a big thing now with manufactured bollocks going straight in to number one on the back of some crappy TV show, but it's easy to forget that you had to sell about 10 times as many singles back then to get a number one. I completely forgive the bad clothes and bad haircuts every time I hear these songs again though!
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE BAND THAT PUT ROCK IN GLAM ROCK., 4 Jun 2002
This CD shows us where Glam Rock came from.Not Glam, but Glam Rock.
Marc Bolan started the glam look when he put glitter stars under his eyes on Top Of The Pops in 1971 and the glam look just snowballed from there with the likes of Slade. Sweet and Gary Glitter. T.Rex and Sweets early hits were great pop tunes with the likes of Metal Guru and Blockbuster. But it was after Slades early hits that Bolan and Chinn/Chapman (The guys who wrote the hits for Sweet) turned up the volume listen to 20th Century Boy and The Ballroom Blitz. Even Bowie and Elton got in on the act, from Space Oddity to The Jean Genie. (Bowie) and Your Song to Saturday Nights All Right For Fighting. (Elton) All these guys were I believe Inspired by the success of Slades early run of hits.
So what about this CD?
21 Brilliant songs my only complaint is the omission of Thanks For The Memory. No7 in 1975. But which song do we take off to fit it in?
Maybe All Join Hands?
I cannot talk about all the songs, as I do not have enough room so I will just mention my favourite songs.
Coz I Luv You. Their Frist of six Number ones just a great song.
Take Me Bak Ome. Mamma Weer All Crazee Now. Gudbuy T' Jane. Cum On Feel The Noize and Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me. Glam Rock at it's best.
After these songs Slade changed direction but the songs were still great.
Everyday. A great ballad. Far Far Away, from the film Flame. Maybe just maybe my favourite Slade song. In For A Penny. Their last great 70's single.
So on to the 80's. We'll Bring The House Down. Their great comeback single and first top ten hit for six years. My Oh My. With it's simple but great melody to their last hit Radio Wall Of Sound.
This is truly a great CD and a must for anyone who liked the music of that time.
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