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Check the video of the actual LP!

‎– Slade Smashes
Label: Polydor ‎– POLTV 13
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation. Shinny vinyl, visually looks in very good condition.
Country: UK
Released 1980
Genre: Glam Rock, Pop
Tracklist:
A1 Cum On Feel The Noize
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
A2 My Friend Stan
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
A3 Far Far Away
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
A4 Coz I Luv You
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
A5 Everyday
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
A6 Gypsy Roadhog
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
A7 Thanks For The Memory
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
A8 Bangin’ Man
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
A9 In For A Penny
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
A10 Skweeze Me Pleeze Me
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
B1 Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
B2 Look Wot You Dun
Written-By – Poewell*, Lea*, Holder*
B3 Take Me Bak Ome
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
B4 Let’s Call It Quits
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
B5 Give Us A Goal
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
B6 Merry Xmas Everybody
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
B7 How Does It Feel?
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*
B8 My Baby Left Me / Thats Alright Mama
Written-By – Crudup*
B9 Get Down Get With It
Written-By – Marchan*
B10 Gudbye T’ Jane
Written-By – Lea*, Holder*

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Polydor Ltd.     Labels: Made In France

It was released 1 November 1980 and reached No. 21 on the UK charts. The album was issued by Polydor in the wake of new interest in the band following their successful appearance at the 1980 Reading Festival, filling in for Ozzy Osbourne. The album featured most of the band’s big hits from their early and mid 1970s heyday in the UK as well as three of the band’s singles from post-1977. This collection, alongside the band’s subsequent 1981 studio release We’ll Bring the House Down, further cemented Slade’s comeback in the UK and Europe.

The compilation was compiled by Polydor and has little input from the band. According to the Slade fan club, Polydor spent £250,000 on promotion of Slade Smashes!.[1] The album was a success in the UK, reaching No. 21 and gaining a Gold certification in December for selling 200,000 copies.[2][3]

In a 1980 fan club interview, lead vocalist Noddy Holder commented of the compilation’s release: “It’s not been the Reading Festival that has prompted the release of the album – they had already made plans to release the album before we decided to do the show.[4] In a 1980 interview with Sounds, Holder further added: “This compilation will be great for the fans, a chance to get all the hits on one record. But we don’t relate to them in the same way any more, the way we play them now is bugger all like the records anyway.

SIDE A: 1. Cum On Feel The Noize (4:28) 2. My Friend Stan (2:47) 3. Far Far Away (3:37) 4. Coz I Luv You (3:32) 5. Everyday (3:10) 6. Gypsy Roadhog (3:24) 7. Thanks For The Memory (4:35) 8. The Bangin’ Man (4:09) 9. In For A Penny (3:37) 10. Skweeze Me Pleeze Me (4:38)

SIDE B: 1. Mama Weer All Crazee Now (3:44) 2. Look Wot You Dun (2:51) 3. Take Me Bak ‘Ome (3:13) 4. Lets Call It Quits (3:31) 5. Give Us A Goal (2:49) 6. Merry Xmas Everybody! (3:25) 7. How Does It Feel? (5:52) 8. My Baby Left Me/Thats Alright Mama (2:23) 9. Get Down And Get With It (3:51) 10. Gudbuy T’Jane (3:31)

this 20 track LP will serve well those who have only recently caught up with Slade. They will find this set useful and satisfying reminder of the joy and exuberance of this Birmingham quartet. Those who have yet to find out had better start here and then grasp the opportunity to ‘feel the noize’ at the first chance.”
Sounds described the album as a “mighty meaty big and bouncy collection of twenty timeless Slade faves”. They added: “This collection is a perfect reminder of the glories that were, marrying raucous rock and singalong pop in a superb celebration of unpretentious good times. They’re all here, the rowdy faultless chart-toppers.”

Chart (1980) Peak position:
Australia ARIA Albums Chart 33
UK Albums Chart 21

Slade:
Noddy Holder – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Dave Hill – lead guitar, backing vocals
Jim Lea – bass, piano, violin, backing vocals
Don Powell – drums

Slade are one of the most successful rock acts of all time. Of that there can be no argument. Noddy Holder, Dave Hill, Jim Lea and Don Powell rose from their Black Country beginnings in England’s industrial heartland to light up the world with their anthemic rock n’ roll and made us all feel the ‘noize’ .

During their long journey to the top they honed their live act by playing hundreds of gigs, playing anywhere and everywhere that would have them. There was no instant overnight success because you appeared on a TV talent show. Slade did it the hard way in a world devoid of the modern technology we all take for granted today. They paid their dues, learned their trade and bludgeoned their way into the national psyche’, a place still occupied by those that were there and the generations since that know them from their annual Christmas hit ‘Merry Xmas Everybody‘.