Slade: Slade in Flame
John Morthland, Rolling Stone, 25 September 1975
POOR SLADE. The biggest band in England for a while and in the States they couldn't get arrested. Last time out, they toned down and threw in a taste of rinky-tinky music hall, still to no avail. And here they are again, this time with the soundtrack to their film about a struggling young rock band.
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