Coz I Luv You (album)

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Coz I Luv You
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Compilation album by
Slade
Released1972
Genre Rock
Length37:05
Label Polydor (GER)
Producer Chas Chandler
Slade chronology
Play It Loud
(1970)		Coz I Luv You
(1972)		 Slade Alive!
(1972)

Coz I Luv You is a compilation album by the British rock band Slade. It was released in 1972 in certain European countries, Australia and Argentina. [1] It was the band's first compilation album and reached No. 10 in the Netherlands. [2]

Contents

Capitalising on the success of the band's 1971 commercial breakthrough with the singles "Get Down and Get with It", "Coz I Luv You" and "Look Wot You Dun", the compilation was quickly compiled and released by Polydor. Aside from the A-Sides, the compilation features a mix of B-Sides and album tracks from the band's 1970 album Play It Loud .

Release

"Coz I Luv You" was released by Polydor in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Argentina and Australia. [1] In Argentina, it was released under the name Mira Lo Que Has Hecho, which translates to "Look What You Have Done". [3] In the Netherlands, the compilation had a different track-listing to the other releases. It replaced "Angelina", "Candidate", "Look Wot You Dun" and "Could I" with "One Way Hotel", "Do You Want Me", "See Us Here" and "Know Who You Are". [4]

In 1973, it was re-issued in Germany by Luxor Gold. It too had a revised track-listing, featuring "See Us Here", "One Way Hotel", "I Remember", "Pouk Hill" and "Dirty Joker" in place of "My Life is Natural", "Candidate", "Could I", "Gospel According to Rasputin" and "Get Down and Get with It". [5] Another German re-issue followed in 1974, released by Karussell, but featuring the original 1972 track-listing. [6] [5] The compilation is now out-of-print and has never been released on CD.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Coz I Luv You" Noddy Holder, Jim Lea 3:23
2."Dapple Rose"Lea, Powell3:25
3."My Life is Natural"Holder3:12
4."Angelina"Neil Innes2:45
5."Candidate"Lea, Powell2:50
6."Sweet Box"Lea, Powell3:20
7."Look Wot You Dun"Holder, Lea, Powell2:56
8."Could I" Jimmy Griffin, Robb Royer 2:45
9."Raven"Holder, Lea, Powell2:30
10."Gospel According to Rasputin"Holder, Dave Hill 4:20
11."The Shape of Things to Come" Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil 2:15
12."Get Down and Get with It" Bobby Marchan 3:45

Dutch edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Coz I Luv You" 3:24
2."Dapple Rose" 3:25
3."Sweet Box" 3:20
4."Gospel According to Rasputin" 4:23
5."My Life is Natural" 3:12
6."The Shape of Things to Come" 2:15
7."Get Down and Get with It" 4:12
8."One Way Hotel"Holder, Lea, Powell2:35
9."Raven" 2:30
10."Do You Want Me"Holder, Hill4:30
11."See Us Here"Holder, Lea, Powell3:10
12."Know Who You Are"Holder, Lea, Powell, Hill2:50

1973 German edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Look Wot You Dun" 2:56
2."Raven" 2:30
3."See Us Here" 3:10
4."Dapple Rose" 3:25
5."One Way Hotel" 2:35
6."Angelina" 2:45
7."Coz I Luv You" 3:23
8."I Remember"Lea, Powell2:55
9."Pouk Hill"Holder, Lea, Powell2:23
10."The Shape of Things to Come" 2:15
11."Dirty Joker"Lea, Powell3:26
12."Sweet Box" 3:20

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In a retrospective review of the album, Dave Thompson of AllMusic stated: "...in truth, there was little for the compilers to work with beyond adding the A- and B-sides of the band's last three singles to half-a-dozen tracks culled from Play It Loud itself. But still it's a terrific compilation, with the album cuts certainly consistent with the majesty of the hits. Indeed, of all the myriad Slade compilations to have appeared over the decades since then, this - the earliest of them all - feels closer to a "real" album than any of them." [7]

Personnel

Slade
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1971)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [8] 29
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 10

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References

  1. 1 2 "Slade - Coz I Luv You at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Steffen Hung (25 March 1972). "Slade - Coz I Luv You". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Slade - Look Wot You Dun - Mira Lo Que Has Hecho (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Slade - Coz I Luv You (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. 1 2 "ALL Discography @ www.collectadisc.co.uk". Collectadisc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Slade - Coz I Luv You (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 Dave Thompson. "Coz I Luv You - Slade | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  8. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 277. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  9. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Slade – Coz I Luv You" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
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