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Slade Alive! was a live album released by the British rock band Slade. The album was released on March 24, 1972, and reached No. 2 on the UK Charts. It has also been consistently voted as one of the all-time Top 10 greatest live albums ever released.[citation needed]

The album contains original songs, plus cover versions of songs by Ten Years After, The Lovin' Spoonful, Bobby Marchan, and Steppenwolf.

In its original LP vinyl format, the album was issued in a gatefold sleeve which revealed a huge cartoon drawing on the inside. This drawing was the winning entry in a competition run the The Sun UK newspaper to design the album cover.

Before the hits really starting coming, Slade showed why they were one of England's best live acts with this fevered concert recording from 1972. Set alight by plenty of stomping beats, lumbering bass, fat guitars, and Noddy Holder's hoarse vocal scream, Slade Alive! finds the lads from Wolverhampton goading on their rabid fans at every juncture ("Wan ya ta really let loose on iss one"). In return, the crowd's handclap choruses and drunken exhortations fire up the band, inspiring them to take pub rock to glam proportions ("In Like a Shot From My Gun"), make a fine mess out of a Steppenwolf classic ("Born to Be Wild"), and add a bit of feedback to John Sebastian's folk-pop ("Darling Be Home Soon"). Plus, hits like the MC5-esque "Know Who You Are" and retro-rocker "Get Down Get With It" are given proper live workouts.

01."Hear Me Calling" - 5:46 (Alvin Lee)
02."In Like a Shot from My Gun" - 3:33 (Holder/Lea/Powell)
03."Darling Be Home Soon" - 5:43 (John Sebastian)
04."Know Who You Are" - 3:37 (Holder/Lea/Hill/Powell)
05."Keep on Rocking" - 6:29 (Holder/Lea/Hill/Powell)
06."Get Down and Get with It" - 5:33 (Bobby Marchan)
07."Born to Be Wild" - 8:12 (Mars Bonfire)