Slade – Rogues Gallery (VG+/VG) – LP, AU 1985

Rogues Gallery is an LP by Slade from 1985 released on the Starcall Victor label.

About this album

Rogues Gallery shows Slade adapting their bruising glam-rock instinct to the mid-1980s, folding it into arena rock and synth-pop without losing their punch. Released in 1985, the album presents a more polished, keyboard-driven sound, with the band’s trademark shout-along choruses still built for large rooms and loud speakers. Coming after their early-70s breakthrough, it reflects a group determined to stay contemporary while keeping the swagger that made them one of Britain’s most recognisable hard-partying rock acts. For listeners, it stands as a revealing late-period Slade record: less raw than their classic era, but still stubbornly hook-filled and direct.

Genre: Pop & Rock