The Slade Collection Vol. 2, 79–87

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox album

| name = The Slade Collection Vol. 2, 79–87

| type = compilation

| artist = Slade

| cover = Slade The Slade Collection Vol. 2, 79-87 1993 Album Cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = December 1993{{cite web|url=http://www.donpowellofficial.com/timeline.html |title=Timeline - Don Powell Official Website |publisher=Donpowellofficial.com |access-date=2017-10-13}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length = 62:53

| label =

| producer =

| prev_title = Wall of Hits

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = The Genesis of Slade

| next_year = 1996

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=slade+collection+81+87+1991&pg=RA27-PA1980 |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music – Colin Larkin |via=Google Books |date=2011-05-27 |isbn=9780857125958 |access-date=2017-10-13|last1=Larkin |first1=Colin }}

}}

The Slade Collection Vol. 2, 79–87 is a compilation album by the British rock band Slade, released in 1993 by RCA/BMG (Europe) and Polydor (UK). A sequel to the 1991 compilation The Slade Collection 81–87, it contains seventeen tracks spanning the band's career from 1979 to 1987.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Slade-The-Slade-Collection-Vol-2-79-87/master/770010 |title=Slade – The Slade Collection, Vol. 2 – 79–87 at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2017-10-13}} In 2007, Salvo released a remastered version of the compilation, along with The Slade Collection 81–87, as The Collection 79–87.{{cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/salvocd205 |title=CD Album – Slade – Slade The Collection 79 – 87 – Salvo – Europe |publisher=45worlds.com |access-date=2017-10-13}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Noddy Holder and Jim Lea except "I'm a Rocker" by Chuck Berry

| title1 = Sing Shout (Knock Yourself Out)

| length1 = 3:10

| title2 = The Roaring Silence

| length2 = 2:48

| title3 = That Was No Lady, That Was My Wife

| length3 = 2:31

| title4 = We Won't Give In

| length4 = 3:37

| title5 = Razzle Dazzle Man

| length5 = 4:36

| title6 = Rock and Roll Preacher

| length6 = 5:34

| title7 = I'll Be There

| length7 = 4:35

| title8 = I'm a Rocker

| length8 = 2:41

| title9 = Ruby Red

| length9 = 2:49

| title10 = Slam the Hammer Down

| length10 = 3:23

| title11 = Ooh La La in L.A.

| length11 = 3:52

| title12 = Harmony

| length12 = 3:47

| title13 = Hey Ho Wish You Well

| length13 = 5:08

| title14 = Hold on to Your Hats

| length14 = 2:33

| title15 = Cheap 'n' Nasty Luv

| length15 = 3:28

| title16 = Little Sheila

| length16 = 3:58

| title17 = When I'm Dancin' I Ain't Fightin' (Live)

| length17 = 3:47

}}

Personnel

Slade

Production

  • Jim Lea – tracks 1–2, 4–5, 10, 12, 15
  • Slade – tracks 3, 6, 8–9, 14, 17
  • John Punter – tracks 7, 11, 13, 16

References