Black Country Rockers

Wolves’ finest export: Slade – loud, proud, and unapologetically Brummie!

From mis-spelt anthems to Christmas domination, Slade turned working-class grit into glam gold. This ever-growing archive collects every UK single, album, advert, review, chart entry, and feature from the music papers – all sourced from original 1970s issues.

Swipe or scroll for the full timeline (new entries added regularly).

(below is just a listing, at the moment as entries are made links will be added, dates revised if needed)

Studio Albums

Beginnings (as Ambrose Slade) – Album Release (1969) – Released May 9, 1969 on Fontana

Play It Loud – Album Release (1970) – Released November 28, 1970 on Polydor

Slayed? – Album Release (1972) – Released November 1, 1972 on Polydor – UK #1

Old New Borrowed and Blue – Album Release (1974) – Released February 15, 1974 on Polydor – UK #1

Slade in Flame – Album Release (1974) – Released November 29, 1974 on Polydor – UK #6

Nobody's Fools – Album Release (1976) – Released March 5, 1976 on Polydor – UK #14

Whatever Happened to Slade – Album Release (1977) – Released March 21, 1977 on Barn

Return to Base – Album Release (1979) – Released October 1, 1979 on Barn

We'll Bring the House Down – Album Release (1981) – UK #25

Till Deaf Do Us Part – Album Release (1981) – Released November 13, 1981 on RCA – UK #68

The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome – Album Release (1983) – Released December 9, 1983 on RCA – UK #49

Rogues Gallery – Album Release (1985) – Released March 29, 1985 on RCA – UK #60

Crackers: The Christmas Party Album – Album Release (1985) – Released November 18, 1985 on Telstar – UK #34

You Boyz Make Big Noize – Album Release (1987) – Released April 27, 1987 on RCA – UK #98

Keep On Rockin' (as Slade II) – Album Release (1994) – Released November 1994 on Play That Beat!

Live Albums

Slade Alive! – Album Release (1972) – Released March 24, 1972 on Polydor – UK #2

Slade Alive, Vol. 2 – Album Release (1978) – Released October 20, 1978 on Barn

Slade on Stage – Album Release (1982) – Released December 3, 1982 on RCA – UK #58

Slade Alive! – The Live Anthology – Album Release (2006) – Released August 21, 2006 on Salvo – UK #191

Live at the BBC – Album Release (2009) – Released September 28, 2009 on Salvo

Alive! At Reading – Album Release (2023) – Released September 15, 2023 on BMG

Live at the New Victoria Theatre, London 1975 – Album Release (2024) – Released February 2024 on BMG

Major Compilations

Coz I Luv You – Album Release (1972) – Released March 1972 on Polydor

Sladest – Album Release (1973) – Released September 28, 1973 on Polydor – UK #1

The Story of Slade – Album Release (1977) – Released 1977 on Barn Records

Slade Smashes! – Album Release (1980) – Released November 1, 1980 on Polydor – UK #21

Slades Greats – Album Release (1984) – Released May 12, 1984 on Polydor – UK #89

The Slade Collection 81–87 – Album Release (1991) – Released March 1991 on RCA/BMG

Wall of Hits – Album Release (1991) – Released November 11, 1991 on Polydor – UK #34

The Slade Collection Vol. 2, 79–87 – Album Release (1993) – Released December 1993 on RCA/BMG/Polydor

The Genesis of Slade – Album Release (1996) – Released March 3, 1996 on The Music Corporation

Feel the Noize – Greatest Hits – Album Release (1997) – Released February 1997 on Polydor – UK #19

The Very Best of Slade – Album Release (2005) – Released November 28, 2005 on Polydor – UK #39

B-Sides – Album Release (2007) – Released March 5, 2007 on Salvo

Rockers – Album Release (2007) – Released April 17, 2007 on Salvo

In for a Penny: Raves & Faves – Album Release (2007) – Released April 17, 2007 on Shout! Factory

Merry Xmas Everybody: Party Hits – Album Release – UK #151

Cum On Feel the Hitz: The Best of Slade – Album Release (2020) – Released September 25, 2020 on BMG – UK #8

Singles (chronological highlights)

You Better Run (as The N' Betweens) – Single Release (1966)

Genesis (as Ambrose Slade) – Single Release (1969)

Wild Winds Are Blowing (as The Slade) – Single Release (1969)

Shape of Things to Come – Single Release (1970)

Know Who You Are – Single Release (1970) – UK only

Get Down and Get with It – Single Release (1971) – UK #16

Coz I Luv You – Single Release (1971) – UK #1

Look Wot You Dun – Single Release (1972) – UK #4

Take Me Bak 'Ome – Single Release (1972) – UK #1

Mama Weer All Crazee Now – Single Release (1972) – UK #1

Gudbuy T'Jane – Single Release (1972) – UK #2

Cum On Feel the Noize – Single Release (1973) – UK #1

Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me – Single Release (1973) – UK #1

My Friend Stan – Single Release (1973) – UK #2

Merry Xmas Everybody – Single Release (1973) – UK #1

Everyday – Single Release (1974) – UK #3

The Bangin' Man – Single Release (1974) – UK #3

Far Far Away – Single Release (1974) – UK #2

How Does It Feel – Single Release (1975) – UK #15

Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam) – Single Release (1975) – UK #7

In for a Penny – Single Release (1975) – UK #11

Let's Call It Quits – Single Release (1976) – UK #11

Gypsy Roadhog – Single Release (1977) – UK #48

My Baby Left Me/That's All Right – Single Release (1977) – UK #32

We'll Bring the House Down – Single Release (1981) – UK #10

Lock Up Your Daughters – Single Release (1981) – UK #29

My Oh My – Single Release (1983) – UK #2

Run Runaway – Single Release (1984) – UK #7

All Join Hands – Single Release (1984) – UK #15

Radio Wall of Sound – Single Release (1991) – UK #21

Merry Xmas Everybody '98 Remix (Slade vs Flush) – Single Release (1998) – UK #30

More singles, EPs, B-sides, and music paper features added weekly – keep swiping for the full Black Country story!