The Slade Collection 81-87 (1991)
The Slade Collection 81-87 is a compilation album, released by RCA/BMG in March 1991. It contains seventeen tracks spanning the band's RCA years from 1981 to 1987, including three live tracks from Slade on Stage. A follow-up album, The Slade Collection Vol. 2, 79-87, was released in 1993.
Critical reception
Contemporary reviews
Retrospective reviews
Track listing
1. Run Runaway (Noddy Holder, Jim Lea) - 3:46
2. Everyday (Live) (Holder, Lea) - 3:16
3. We'll Bring the House Down (Holder, Lea) - 3:36
4. Ruby Red (Holder, Lea) - 2:55
5. (And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie (Holder, Lea) - 3:26
6. Do You Believe in Miracles (Holder, Lea) - 4:13
7. Still the Same (Holder, Lea) - 4:15
8. My Oh My (Holder, Lea) - 4:13
9. All Join Hands (Holder, Lea) - 4:16
10. Wheels Ain't Coming Down (Holder, Lea) - 3:38
11. 7 Year Bitch (Holder, Lea) - 4:20
12. Myzsterious Mizster Jones (Holder, Lea) - 3:38
13. Lock Up Your Daughters (Holder, Lea) - 3:30
14. Me & the Boys (Holder, Lea) - 2:42
15. Gudbye to Jane (Live) (Holder, Lea) - 4:41
16. Mama Weer All Crazee Now (Live) (Holder, Lea) - 3:00
17. Love is Like a Rock (Mark Avsec;,Donnie Iris, Marty Lee Hoenes, Albritton McClain, Kevin Valentine) - 3:38
Personnel
Slade
Production
Other
Critical reception
Contemporary reviews
- Hi-Fi News & Record Review commented: "OK, there are two or three numbers so corny that you'll reach for the sick bag, but other than that, this is fine pop."
Retrospective reviews
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote: "For casual fans wishing to supplement the storming, sleazy fun of Feel the Noize, The Slade Collection: '81-'87 contains all of the best latter-day tracks the group recorded, including "My Oh My" and "Run Runaway." Even in this condensed state, the material on '81-'87 isn't as compelling as it was between 1970 and 1975, but this compilation is certainly the best way to sample an inconsistent era."
Track listing
1. Run Runaway (Noddy Holder, Jim Lea) - 3:46
2. Everyday (Live) (Holder, Lea) - 3:16
3. We'll Bring the House Down (Holder, Lea) - 3:36
4. Ruby Red (Holder, Lea) - 2:55
5. (And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie (Holder, Lea) - 3:26
6. Do You Believe in Miracles (Holder, Lea) - 4:13
7. Still the Same (Holder, Lea) - 4:15
8. My Oh My (Holder, Lea) - 4:13
9. All Join Hands (Holder, Lea) - 4:16
10. Wheels Ain't Coming Down (Holder, Lea) - 3:38
11. 7 Year Bitch (Holder, Lea) - 4:20
12. Myzsterious Mizster Jones (Holder, Lea) - 3:38
13. Lock Up Your Daughters (Holder, Lea) - 3:30
14. Me & the Boys (Holder, Lea) - 2:42
15. Gudbye to Jane (Live) (Holder, Lea) - 4:41
16. Mama Weer All Crazee Now (Live) (Holder, Lea) - 3:00
17. Love is Like a Rock (Mark Avsec;,Donnie Iris, Marty Lee Hoenes, Albritton McClain, Kevin Valentine) - 3:38
Personnel
Slade
- Noddy Holder - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Dave Hill - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Jim Lea - bass, piano, violin, keyboard, guitar, backing vocals
- Don Powell - drums
Production
- John Punter - tracks 1, 6-9, 11-12
- Slade - tracks 2-4, 10, 13, 15-16
- Jim Lea - tracks 5, 14
- Roy Thomas Baker - track 17
Other
- Paul Robinson - compiler
- Wildlife - design