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''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.〔()〕〔Slade Supporters Club Newsletter March - April 1981〕 The album artwork featured the new Slade logo which was created by Slade's manager and producer Chas Chandler.〔 == Background == 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. The band's luck changed when Slade found themselves in front of 65,000 rock fans at the Reading festival in August 1980 (thanks to a late cancellation by Ozzy Osbourne. In the aftermath of the Reading triumph, the band rush-released the Live at Reading E.P. on the band's own label Cheapskate Records in October 1980, which became the band's first chart showing in three years, while Polydor records issued the compilation Slade Smashes which went on to sell 200,000 copies. In January 1981, Slade released the single We'll Bring the House Down which took Slade to the upper reaches of the charts. Shortly after, the album with the same name was released, consisting of previous tracks from Slade's little known Return to Base album with a few new tracks. The follow-up single Wheels Ain't Coming Down stalled at #60 but was just enough to keep the momentum until the fresh campaign later in the year.〔Slade's remastered album We'll Bring the House Down booklet〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「We'll Bring the House Down」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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