Name: Slade Alive!
Brand: SLADE
SKU: 23455048
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)

Slade Alive!

Rating

Album: Slade Alive!
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Hear Me Calling	More Info...	0:05
2)	In Like a Shot from My Gun	More Info...	0:03
3)	Darling Be Home Soon	More Info...	0:05
4)	Know Who You Are	More Info...	0:03
5)	Keep On Rocking	More Info...	0:06
6)	Get Down and Get With It	More Info...	0:05
7)	Born to Be Wild	More Info...	0:08

Album: Slade Alive!
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Hear Me Calling	More Info...	0:05
2)	In Like a Shot from My Gun	More Info...	0:03
3)	Darling Be Home Soon	More Info...	0:05
4)	Know Who You Are	More Info...	0:03
5)	Keep On Rocking	More Info...	0:06
6)	Get Down and Get With It	More Info...	0:05
7)	Born to Be Wild	More Info...	0:08

Performer Notes

Before the hits really starting coming, Slade showed why they were one of England's best live acts with this fevered concert recording from 1972. Set alight by plenty of stomping beats, lumbering bass, fat guitars, and Noddy Holder's hoarse vocal scream, Slade Alive! finds the lads from Wolverhampton goading on their rabid fans at every juncture ("Wan ya ta really let loose on iss one"). In return, the crowd's handclap choruses and drunken exhortations fire up the band, inspiring them to take pub rock to glam proportions ("In Like a Shot From My Gun"), make a fine mess out of a Steppenwolf classic ("Born to Be Wild"), and add a bit of feedback to John Sebastian's folk-pop ("Darling Be Home Soon"). Plus, hits like the MC5-esque "Know Who You Are" and retro-rocker "Get Down Get With It" are given proper live workouts. ~ Stephen Cook

Professional Reviews

Uncut (p.89) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he infectious din of a heavy metal Little Richard reborn in the working men's clubs of Walsall and Wolverhampton."