We'll Bring the House Down
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| Studio album by Slade | ||||||||||
| Released | 13 March 1981 | |||||||||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||||||||
| Length | 30:49 | |||||||||
| Label | Cheapskate | |||||||||
| Producer | Slade, Chas Chandler | |||||||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Get Ready To Rock! | |
| Record Mirror |  |
| Melody Maker | (favourable) |
| Sounds | |
| Daily Star | (favourable) |
| Daily Mirror | favourable |
| Classic Rock | favourable |
We'll Bring The House Down is the ninth studio album by English rock band Slade. It was released on 13 March 1981 and entered the UK charts at number 25. This was due to the Reading Festival success the previous year, when they had stood in for heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. Slade got exactly what they needed, and received a huge amount of notoriety from the concert. All of a sudden, as if overnight, they were now deemed 'cool'. Their record company didn't take long to jump on their success either, and released a sharp compilation Slade Smashes! which reached the #20 spot.
As this album was released almost a month after their Reading appearance, there was little time to record new tracks, so some of the tracks were recycled from their failed Return to Base album of the previous year.
The sleeve shows a Slade 'fist' bursting through a shield with four diagonal stripes on it. According to the band this is supposed to signify "four royal bastards", although in heraldic terms this is not strictly correct.
The album was remastered in 2007 and included the remainder of tracks from Return to Base and 3 non-album bonus tracks.
The album peaked at #473 for 1981 on rateyourmusic.
Both tracks "Dizzy Mamma" and "Nuts Bolts and Screws" were especially remixed by the band at Portland Studios in London for this album.
The album artwork featured the new Slade logo which was created by Slade's manager and producer Chas Chandler.
After four years of commercial failure, We'll Bring The House Down made Slade big news once again; back in larger venues for live performances, back on UK music show Top of The Pops and back in the charts.
With a three-quarters full 1977 theatre tour and after the unsuccessful 1977 album Whatever Happened to Slade, the band were taking any gig they could. The band could still sell out performances at University student union bars and draw respectable crowds at small to average sized venues. However, it was only four years since the band had headlined Earls Court and even the earthiest band had to admit it was a bit of a comedown. Bassist Jim Lea however was unfazed. "I still thought the band was great," he told Chris Charlesworth in 1983, "We were playing as well if not better than we ever had...Now we had something to prove again." The band would prove their worth night after night in clubs and colleges up and down the country, often running at a loss bringing their own PA and lightshow. The band were still releasing singles through manager Chas Chandler's Barn Records which sold little.
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