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Slates
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Length
12 tracks
Release Date
27 April 1981
Slates was released on 27 April 1981 Containing six tracks and pressed onto 10" vinyl, it was eligible for neither the single nor album charts, being too long for the former and too short for the latter. It was, however, included in the UK Independent Singles chart, where it reached No. 3. The six tracks include "Fit and Working Again", in which Smith comments on the working class work-ethic, and compares his state of mind to that of boxer Alan Minter after taking LSD, and "Leave the Capitol", which was seen as summing up Smith's negative view of Londo… read more
Slates was released on 27 April 1981 Containing six tracks and pressed onto 10" vinyl, it was eligible for neither the single nor album charts, … read more
Slates was released on 27 April 1981 Containing six tracks and pressed onto 10" vinyl, it was eligible for neither the single nor album charts, being too long for the former and too… read more

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1 Play track Middle Mass
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 4:34 16,489 listeners
2 Play track An Older Lover etc.
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 4:38 8,864 listeners
3 Play track Prole Art Threat
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 4:11 22,518 listeners
4 Play track Fit and Working Again
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 15,986 listeners
5 Play track Slates, Slags Etc.
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 6:27 3,945 listeners
6 Play track Leave the Capitol
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 5:11 16,163 listeners
7 Play track Middle Mass - Peel Session 31/3/81
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 3:53 2,534 listeners
8 Play track Lie Dream of a Casino Soul (Peel Session)
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 2:42 1,154 listeners
9 Hip Priest (Peel Session)
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 9:26 323 listeners
10 Play track Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul
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11 Play track Fantastic Life
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 7:28 7,091 listeners
12 Play track Medical Acceptance Gate
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