Old New Borrowed and Blue

by Slade

Overview

It took Slade two years and one hits-and-rarities compilation (Sladest) to get around to following up 1972's U.K. chart-topping Slayed?, two years during which the entire complexion of the band had altered dramatically. No longer the rampant yobs out on the stomp of yore, the quartet members placed the rabble-rousing bombast of old far behind them during 1974, and switched their songwriting efforts to more mellow pastures -- the gentle "Everyday," the yearning "Far Far Away," and the decidedly pretty "Miles Out to Sea." Old New Borrowed and Blue was the album that introduced the chrysalis to its audience -- not that you'd know it from the opening bellow. Riding a raw guitar line based, very loosely, around the guttural riffing of the Beatles' "Birthday," "Just a Little Bit" cranks in with almost metallic dynamics, even retaining the in-concert ad-libbing that had long since made it a highlight of the live show. "We're Gonna Raise the Roof," "When the Lights Are Out," and "My Town," too, offer little that Slade wasn't already well renowned for and that, perhaps, was what the bandmembers were thinking as well. The glitter-soaked thunderclap was old news now; they could write those rockers in their sleep. The vaudeville piano-led "Find Yourself a Rainbow," though, was new territory altogether, while the country-rock-inflected "How Can It Be" posited a direction that Holder himself admitted had long been a regular on his home turntable. It was "Everyday," however, that held the secret of the band's future, a crowd-swaying singalong of such scarf-waving majesty that it might well be single-handedly responsible for every great record U2 has ever made. It was certainly Slade's most memorable new single in a while and, as the cue for further airborne anthems, it became one of the most crucial songs in the group's entire repertoire. On an album that, at best, can be described as patchy, "Everyday" is a new day altogether. ~ Dave Thompson

Product Details

Release Date:	06/17/2022
Label:	Bmg / Bmg Rights Management
UPC:	4050538797619
Rank:	58608

Tracks

1. Just a Little Bit
2. When the Lights Are Out
3. My Town
4. Find Yourself a Rainbow
5. Miles Out to Sea
6. We're Really Gonna Raise the Roof
7. Do We Still Do It
8. How Can It Be
9. Don't Blame Me
10. My Friend Stan
11. Everyday
12. Good Time Gals
13. I'm Mee, I'm Now, an' That's Orl
14. Kill 'Em at the Hot Club Tonite
15. The Bangin' Man
16. She Did It to Me
17. Slade Talk to "19" Readers

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Slade   Primary Artist
Noddy Holder   Vocals,Guitar
David Hill   Guitar
Jim Lea   Bass,Violin,Vocals,Keyboards
Don Powell   Drums,Vocals
Dave Hill   Guitar,Vocals
James Lea   Violin,Guitar (Bass)
Tommy Burton   Piano
Neville Holder   Guitar,Vocals
Jimmy Lea   Vocals,Guitar (Bass)

Technical Credits

Alvin Lee   Composer
Ian Murray   Art Direction
Chas Chandler   Producer
Earl Washington   Composer
Jim Lea   Composer,Digital Remastering
Noddy Holder   Composer
Gered Mankowitz   Photography
George Chkiantz   Engineer
Buster Brown   Composer
Ralph Bass   Composer
Alan O'Duffy   Engineer
James Lea   Composer
Fats Washington   Composer
John Thornton   Composer
Neville Holder   Composer
Sylvester Thompson   Composer