Slade Alive, Vol. 2
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Slade Alive, Vol. 2 is a live album by the British rock
group Slade. It was released October 27, 1978 and did not enter the charts.
There were also plans to release Be (Stand Up!, Stand Up!) as a single, but it never eventuated due to the steady decline in the group's fortunes.
The album peaked at #778 for 1978 on rateyourmusic.
According to album notes, the album was recorded on tour in U.S.A. (Autumn 1976) and U.K. (Spring 1977).
which peaked at #2 in the UK for a total of 58 weeks, a sequel was inevitable. However, by the time volume 2 hit the racks in November 1978, the band's commercial success was coming to an end. Slade had released nine albums since forming as well as spending considerable time and money on attempting to repeat their British success in America. The band failed to achieve success and their prolonged absence had a negative affect on their popularity in Britain.
Volume 2 was recorded from American concert performances in the autumn of 1976 as well as British dates the following spring. But despite being a heavy rock tour de force that captured the band at what many fans now regard as their peak and included many hit singles, it suffered the ignominy of failing to chart in Britain.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
group Slade. It was released October 27, 1978 and did not enter the charts.
There were also plans to release Be (Stand Up!, Stand Up!) as a single, but it never eventuated due to the steady decline in the group's fortunes.
The album peaked at #778 for 1978 on rateyourmusic.
According to album notes, the album was recorded on tour in U.S.A. (Autumn 1976) and U.K. (Spring 1977).
Background
After the success of 1972's Slade Alive!Slade Alive!
Slade Alive! was a live album released by the British rock band Slade. The album was released on 24 March 1972, and reached No. 2 on the UK Charts, besides being Slade's first album to dent the Top 200 in the United States. The album contains original songs, plus cover versions of songs by Ten...
which peaked at #2 in the UK for a total of 58 weeks, a sequel was inevitable. However, by the time volume 2 hit the racks in November 1978, the band's commercial success was coming to an end. Slade had released nine albums since forming as well as spending considerable time and money on attempting to repeat their British success in America. The band failed to achieve success and their prolonged absence had a negative affect on their popularity in Britain.
Volume 2 was recorded from American concert performances in the autumn of 1976 as well as British dates the following spring. But despite being a heavy rock tour de force that captured the band at what many fans now regard as their peak and included many hit singles, it suffered the ignominy of failing to chart in Britain.
Track listing
- "Get On Up" - 6:02 (Holder/Lea)
- "Take Me Bak 'OmeTake Me Bak 'OmeTake Me Bak 'Ome was a popular single by Slade.Written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler, Take Me Bak 'Ome was the second of Slade's six UK number one singles spending a single week at the top in July 1972. The single took 5 weeks to reach the top and was last seen on the...
" - 4:20 (Holder/Lea) - "My Baby Left MeMy Baby Left MeMy Baby Left Me is a rhythm and blues song written by blues singer Arthur Crudup in the late 1940s.It gained further exposure in covers by Elvis Presley, who placed his version on the b-side to his 1956 single "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"; by Creedence Clearwater Revival, who recorded it as...
" - 2:41 (Crudup) - "Be" - 3:51 (Holder/Lea)
- "Mama Weer All Crazee NowMama Weer All Crazee Now"Mama Weer All Crazee Now" is a popular song originally recorded by the British Glam rock band Slade on their album Slayed?.Written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler, it was the band's third number-one single in the United Kingdom. The single entered the charts on its first...
" - 3:58 (Holder/Lea) - "Burning in the Heat of Love" - 3:46 (Holder/Lea)
- "EverydayEveryday (Slade song)"Everyday" is a single from glam rock band Slade which appeared on the album Old New Borrowed and Blue. It was written by the usual collaboration of lead singer Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea. The single was released in 1974 and peaked at #3 in the UK, spending 7 weeks on the chart, the shortest...
" - 3:35 (Holder/Lea) - "Gudbuy T'Jane" - 4:59 (Holder/Lea)
- "One Eyed Jacks With Moustaches" - 3:25 (Holder/Lea)
- "Cum on Feel the NoizeCum on Feel the Noize"Cum On Feel the Noize" is a rock song originally released by Slade in 1973.Written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler, "Cum On Feel the Noize" was Slade's fourth number-one single in the UK and their first to enter straight at number one...
" - 4:21 (Holder/Lea)
Critical reception
Slade
- Noddy HolderNoddy HolderNeville John "Noddy" Holder MBE is an English musician and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist with the rock band Slade....
- lead vocals, rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together... - Dave HillDave HillDave Hill is an English musician, who is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist in the English glam rock group, Slade. The music journalist, Stuart Maconie, commented "he usually wore a jumpsuit made of the foil that you baste your turkeys in and platforms of oil-rig-derrick height...
- lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure... - Jim LeaJim LeaJim Lea , is an English musician, most notable for playing bass guitar, keyboards, violin, guitar, and singing backing vocals in Slade.-Career:...
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Don PowellDon PowellDon Powell is a drummer who founded the English glam rock group, Slade.- Biography :As a child Powell joined the Boy Scouts where he became interested in the drums after being asked to join the band on a Sunday morning parade. After Etheridge Secondary Modern School he studied Metallurgy at...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Additional credits
- Chas ChandlerChas ChandlerBryan James "Chas" Chandler was an English musician, record producer and manager of several successful music acts....
- producer - Alwyn Clayden - design (cover)
- Alex Agor - photography