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Slade were releasing singles in a hurry in 1972-73, and were designed to release even more stuff later on. However, in July 1973, drummer Don Powell suffered a terrible road accident where his girlfriend died and he suffered traumatic injury, resulting in suffering memory and mobility issues for the rest of his life. During this complicated period, Slade almost disbanded, but were convinced by their management to release a stop-gap compilation of past singles, Sladest. On a qualitative level, this is the album Slayed? never was: a true, pure collection of singles. It even includes some previous, rare material like "Wild Winds Are Blowing" and the attempt at cleaner Tyrannosaurus Rex imitation titled "Coz I Luv You". If you want to listen the band at their best and don't care about wider career retrospectives, this may be a good alternative.