Till Deaf Do Us Part - The Lords of Noize

Just been listening to 'Till Deaf Do Us Part' by SLADE from 1981 and it sounds surprisingly fresh and new. I'm telling you this, mysterious reader, since you'll probably never hear it (and the less mysterious readers would probably run a mile if they saw me even reaching for one of my precious SLADE CDs - philistines!).

It sounds full of life, full of robust (and slighty rude in places) joy, brash and loud. I did, of course, play it LOUD (as is always best with SLADE music). SLADE went through a number of different phases but they were always an excellent rock band, not just Glam gods for a few years.

Ruby Red, Till Deaf Do Us Part, Rock and Roll Preacher, A Night to Remember, It's Your Body Not Your Mind, these and more are all excellent rock songs, guitars wailing and thrashing, drums pounding and Noddy's voice soaring above it all.

To repeat the closing words of Noddy's autobiography (and the sign off de jour on the SLADE mailing list), keep on rockin'!