Slade discography explained

Artist:Slade
Studio:15
Live:6
Soundtrack:1
Compilation:10
Ep:3
Singles:56

The discography of Slade, an English rock band, consists of fifteen studio albums, fifty seven singles, four live albums, and twelve compilation albums.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
FIN
[5]
GER
[6]
NED
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9] [10]
US
[11] [12]
Beginnings (as Ambrose Slade)
(US: Ballzy)
  • Released: 9 May 1969
  • Label: Fontana
Play It Loud
  • Released: 28 November 1970
  • Label: Polydor
40
Slayed?
  • Released: 1 November 1972
  • Label: Polydor
1132721010369
Old New Borrowed and Blue
(US: Stomp Your Hands, Clap Your Feet)
  • Released: 15 February 1974
  • Label: Polydor
1622039168
Slade in Flame
  • Released: 29 November 1974
  • Label: Polydor
62510412793
  • UK: Gold
Nobody's Fools
  • Released: 5 March 1976
  • Label: Polydor
1414
Whatever Happened to Slade
  • Released: 21 March 1977
  • Label: Barn
Return to Base
  • Released: 1 October 1979
  • Label: Barn
We'll Bring the House Down 25
Till Deaf Do Us Part
  • Released: 13 November 1981
  • Label: RCA
68
The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome
  • Released: 3 December 1983
  • Label: RCA
49501720921
Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply
(North American version of The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome)
  • Released: 2 April 1984
  • Label: CBS
2633
Rogues Gallery
  • Released: 29 March 1985
  • Label: RCA
60642638527132
Crackers: The Christmas Party Album
  • Released: 18 November 1985
  • Label: Telstar
34
  • UK: Gold
You Boyz Make Big Noize
  • Released: 27 April 1987
  • Label: RCA
9812
Keep On Rockin' (as Slade II)
  • Released: November 1994
  • Label: Play That Beat!
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
AUT
CAN
[16]
FIN
GER
[17]
NED
NOR
SWE
US
Coz I Luv You
  • Released: March 1972
  • Label: Polydor
2910
Sladest
  • Released: 28 September 1973
  • Label: Polydor
13107513412129
  • UK: Gold
The Story of Slade
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Barn Records
Slade Smashes!
(AUS: The Very Best of Slade)
  • Released: 1 November 1980
  • Label: Polydor
2148
  • UK: Gold
Slades Greats
  • Released: 12 May 1984
  • Label: Polydor
8970
The Slade Collection 81–87
  • Released: March 1991
  • Label: RCA/BMG
Wall of Hits
  • Released: 11 November 1991
  • Label: Polydor
344465
  • UK: Silver
The Slade Collection Vol. 2, 79–87
  • Released: December 1993
  • Label: RCA/BMG/Polydor
The Genesis of Slade
  • Released: 3 March 1996
  • Label: The Music Corporation
Feel the Noize – Greatest Hits
  • Released: February 1997
  • Label: Polydor
1910
  • UK: Gold
The Very Best of Slade
  • Released: 28 November 2005
  • Label: Polydor
39
  • UK: Gold
B-Sides
  • Released: 5 March 2007
  • Label: Salvo
Rockers
  • Released: 17 April 2007
  • Label: Salvo
  • Released: 17 April 2007
  • Label: Shout! Factory
151[18]
  • Released: 25 September 2020
  • Label: BMG
85435
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title! scope="col" style="width:16em;"
Album details
The Slade Box
  • Released: 2 October 2006
  • Label: Salvo
When Slade Rocked the World
  • Released: 13 November 2015
  • Label: Salvo
Feel the Noize – The Singlez Box
  • Released: 31 May 2019
  • Label: BMG
All the World Is a Stage
  • Released: September 2022
  • Label: BMG

Live albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
UK
AUS
AUT
BEL
[19]
CAN
[20]
FIN
GER
[21]
NOR
US
Slade Alive!
  • Released: 24 March 1972
  • Label: Polydor
21827752518158
Slade Alive, Vol. 2
  • Released: 27 October 1978
  • Label: Barn
Slade on Stage
  • Released: 11 December 1982
  • Label: RCA
58
Slade Alive! – The Live Anthology
  • Released: 21 August 2006
  • Label: Salvo
191100
Live at the BBC
  • Released: 28 September 2009
  • Label: Salvo
AliveAt Reading
  • Released: 15 September 2023
  • Label: BMG
Live at the New Victoria Theatre, London 1975
  • Released: February 2024
  • Label: BMG
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak
chart
positions
UK
Six of the Best
  • Released: 24 May 1980
  • Label: Super
Alive at Reading
  • Released: 26 September 1980
  • Label: Cheapskate
44
Xmas Ear Bender
  • Released: 5 November 1980
  • Label: Cheapskate
70
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertificationsParent album
UK
[22]
AUS
BEL
[23]
CAN
[24]
FIN
GER
[25]
IRE
[26]
NED
NOR
US
[27]
1966"You Better Run"
(as The N' Betweens)
1969"Genesis" (as Ambrose Slade)Beginnings
"Wild Winds Are Blowing"
(as The Slade)
1970"Shape of Things to Come"Play It Loud
"Know Who You Are" (UK only)
1971"Get Down and Get with It"167830344style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"
"Coz I Luv You"17725912
"Look Wot You Dun"44312271462
1972"Take Me Bak 'Ome"11111104597
  • UK: Silver
"Mama Weer All Crazee Now"1141111617376Slayed?
"Gudbuy T'Jane"2115727324768
  • UK: Silver
1973"Cum On Feel the Noize"11251081698style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"
"Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me"1391143163
  • UK: Silver
"Let the Good Times Roll" (US only)114[28] Slayed?
"My Friend Stan"24471051105
  • UK: Silver
Old New Borrowed and Blue
"Move Over" (Japan only)Slayed?
"Merry Xmas Everybody"1553194134
  • UK: 2× Platinum
1974"Good Time Gals" (US only)Old New Borrowed and Blue
"Everyday"31322717443
  • UK: Silver
"When the Lights Are Out"
(US only)
"The Bangin' Man"3481873184
  • UK: Silver
"Far Far Away"217241282131
  • UK: Silver
Slade in Flame
1975"How Does It Feel"153611
"Thanks for the Memory
(Wham Bam Thank You Mam)
"
715133165
"In for a Penny"1112Nobody's Fool
1976"Let's Call It Quits"11
"Nobody's Fool"26[29]
1977"Gypsy Roadhog"48Whatever Happened to Slade
"Burning in the Heat of Love"rowspan="5"
"My Baby Left Me/ That's All Right"32
1978"Give Us a Goal"
"Rock 'n' Roll Bolero"
"It's Alright Buy Me" (France only)
1979"Ginny, Ginny"Return to Base
"I'm a Rocker" (Belgium only)
"Sign of the Times" (UK only)
"Okey Cokey" (UK only)
1981"We'll Bring the House Down"1011We'll Bring the House Down
"Wheels Ain't Coming Down" (UK only)60
"Knuckle Sandwich Nancy" (UK only)Till Deaf Do Us Part
"Lock Up Your Daughters"2919
1982"Ruby Red" (UK only)51
"Rock and Roll Preacher" (Germany only)49
"(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie"50The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome
1983"My Oh My"26543127439137
  • UK: Gold
"Cum On Feel the Noize" (re-issue)98
1984"Run Runaway"7173313198720The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome
Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply
"All Join Hands"159Rogues Gallery
1985"7 Year Bitch"6039
"Myzsterious Mizster Jones"50
"Little Sheila"5086
"Do You Believe in Miracles"54Crackers: The Christmas Party Album
1987"Still the Same"73You Boyz Make Big Noize
"That's What Friends Are For"95
"Ooh La La in L.A."
"You Boyz Make Big Noize" (UK only)94
"We Won't Give In" (UK only)121You Boyz Make Big Noize
1988"Let's Dance '88" (UK only)152
1991"Radio Wall of Sound"21213022Wall of Hits
"Universe"76
1998"Merry Xmas Everybody '98 Remix"
(Slade vs Flush)
30style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"
2013"Everyday" (re-issue)69
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional only singles

YearSingleAlbumNotes
1966"Security"Non-album singleUS only, as The In-Be-Tweens
1972"Hear Me Calling"Slade Alive!UK only
1972"The Whole World's Goin' Crazee"Slayed?UK 7" flexi disc given free with Music Scene magazine
1980"Night Starvation"Six of the BestUK only
1984"Slam the Hammer Down"Keep Your Hands Off My Power SupplyAmerica only
1987"Ooh La La in L.A."You Boyz Make Big NoizeAmerica / Europe (excluding UK)

"Merry Xmas Everybody" single

"Merry Xmas Everybody" was annually re-released for most of the eighties in the UK.

Since the 21st century, chart rules changed in many territories to allow downloads of old singles to re-enter the singles charts.

19731980198119821983198419851986198919901991199820062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
UK17032672047487199932120323550333549555530161719172126
IRE[30] 1183749486775683441
NED77399426167
SCO[31] 31214054313546446873706151585960
GER[32] 4809665

Videography

Videos

Music videos

YearVideo
1969"Mad Dog Cole"
"Wild Winds Are Blowing"
1971"Get Down and Get With It"
"Look Wot You Dun"
1972"Gudbuy T'Jane"
1973"Cum On Feel the Noize"
"My Friend Stan"
1974"Far Far Away"
1975"Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam)"
1976"Let's Call It Quits"
"Nobody's Fool"
1977"My Baby Left Me – That's All Right"
1978"Give Us a Goal"
1981"We'll Bring The House Down"
"Wheels Ain't Coming Down"
"Lock Up Your Daughters"
1982"Ruby Red"
1983"My Oh My"
1984"Run Runaway"
"All Join Hands"
1985"7 Year Bitch"
"Myzsterious Mizster Jones"
"Little Sheila"
"Do You Believe in Miracles"
1991"Radio Wall of Sound"
"Universe"

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UK chart peaks . . 8 October 2016.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St. Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. Illustrated. 277. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
  3. Web site: Austrian chart peaks . austriancharts.at . 8 October 2016.
  4. Canadian studio albums:
  5. Web site: Finnish chart peaks . fi . Sisältää Hitin – Suomen listalevyt (Timo Pennanen) . 8 October 2016.
  6. German studio albums:
  7. Web site: Dutch chart peaks . dutchcharts.nl . 8 October 2016.
  8. Web site: Norwegian chart peaks . norwegiancharts.com . 8 October 2016.
  9. Web site: Swedish chart peaks . swedishcharts.com . 8 October 2016.
  10. Web site: HITS ALLER TIJDEN. 2021-02-09. www.hitsallertijden.nl.
  11. Web site: US albums . . 8 October 2016.
  12. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955–2001. 1996. Record Research. 978-0898201475. 804. registration.
  13. Web site: Finnish chart accreditations . ifpi.fi . 8 October 2016.
  14. Web site: BPI Certification . . 8 October 2016.
  15. Web site: Canadian Certification . . 8 October 2016.
  16. Canadian compilation albums:
  17. German compilation albums:
  18. Web site: Chart Log UK: DJ S – The System Of Life . Zobbel.de . 2017-10-19.
  19. Belgian (Flanders) studio albums chart peaks:
    • Web site: Slade Alive! . 30 September 1972 . Billboard . 9 October 2016.
  20. Canadian compilation albums:
  21. German live albums:
  22. Peaks in the UK:
    • All except noted: Web site: Slade; full Official Chart History . . 13 December 2023.
    • "We Won't Give In": Paul Lythe . News Round-Up: Snippets . Perseverance: Slade International Fan Club . January-March 1988 . sladefanclub.com . 11 July 2023.
    • "Let's Dance '88": Paul Lythe . News Round-Up: Snippets . Perseverance: Slade International Fan Club . January-March 1989 . sladefanclub.com . 12 July 2023.
    • "Universe": Singles - Positions 76 to 200 . . Spotlight Publications . 14 December 1991 . 2.
  23. Web site: Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks . ultratop.be . 6 March 2022.
  24. Canadian singles:
  25. German singles:
  26. Web site: Irish chart peaks . irishcharts.ie . 8 October 2016.
  27. Slade Chart History: Hot 100 . Billboard . 6 March 2022.
  28. Web site: Billboard – Google Books . 1 September 1973 . 2017-10-19.
  29. Web site: Irish Singles Charts 1976–1978. 2020-08-05. UKMIX Forums. en.
  30. Irish Merry Xmas Everybody peak positions:
  31. Scottish Merry Xmas Everybody peak positions:
    • Web site: 1998 peak . . 8 October 2016.
    • Web site: 2006 peak . Official Charts Company . 8 October 2016.
    • Web site: 2009 peak . Official Charts Company . 8 October 2016.
    • Web site: 2010 peak . Official Charts Company . 8 October 2016.
    • Web site: 2011 peak . Official Charts Company . 8 October 2016.
    • Web site: 2012 peak . Official Charts Company . 8 October 2016.
    • Web site: 2013 peak . Official Charts Company . 8 October 2016.
    • Web site: 2014 peak . Official Charts Company . 8 October 2016.
    • Web site: 2015 peak . Official Charts Company . 8 October 2016.
    • Web site: 2017 peak . Official Charts Company . 30 December 2017.
  32. German Merry Xmas Everybody peak positions: