Your top 3 Slade albums, if you please

[GoogaMooga]

1. Slade in Flame
2. Play It Loud
3. Sladest

[The Slider]

You include a best of but not the live albums.
Odd.

Either way
1 Old New Borrowed and Blue
2 Flame
3 Slayed?

ONB&B has been a recent revelation to me. I honestly thought it I didn't like it, based on one hearing in 1974.
Flame was always my favourite, but there are a couple of less-than-stellar tracks tucked away on side two.
The two of them are very much of a piece -very similar in style. It is that period just post the bellowing misspelled hits era, when they realised they'd hit a creative dead end with Skweeze Me Pleeze Me. Suddenly the songs all become far more musical. The Beatles influence is palpable on those two albums. I honestly think there are are a good half dozen hit singles that never were on them.
I grew up with Play It Loud and Slade Alive - I love them both. And Sladest is chock full of brilliant deep cuts as well as all the hits.
But I feel duty bound to pick a proper album here so Slayed? (which I had as a new release) gets the nod for third.
I have a feeling that Nobody's Fools may displace it in time.

I will point out that there are no bad Slade albums. (edit- apart from Crackers: The Party Album)
They are remarkably consistent, even if they become a little gauche here and there on their later records.

[GoogaMooga]

Yeah, I think Sladest has some singles sides or exclusives not found on the other albums. I'd always keep live ones separate anyway.

[The Slider]

Your poll, your rules.

"Cum On Feel the Noize", "Look Wot You Dun", "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me", "Take Me Bak 'Ome", "Coz I Luv You" and "Get Down and Get with It" were all non album singles.

[Rorschach]

Your poll, your rules.

"Cum On Feel the Noize", "Look Wot You Dun", "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me", "Take Me Bak 'Ome", "Coz I Luv You" and "Get Down and Get with It" were all non album singles.

And 'The Bangin' Man'.

I think.

Included as an extra on the current version of your current favourite album.

[The Slider]

Yes but it's not on Sladest, which was what I was talking about.
They released LOADS of non album singles

[Lord Rother]

Same as you Slider.

Slayed?
Old New Borrowed and Blue
Flame

(With the under-rated Nobody’s Fools in 4th)

[The Slider]

Those who know, know

[Lord Rother]

I see Adam has popped in and placed his votes.

Sad soul.