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Slates
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Length
12 tracks, 55:01
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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 4:07 19,288 listeners
2 Play track An Older Lover etc.
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 4:38 10,707 listeners
3 Play track Prole Art Threat
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 2:30 26,330 listeners
4 Play track Fit and Working Again
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 3:00 17,272 listeners
5 Play track Slates, Slags Etc.
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 6:27 2,848 listeners
6 Play track Leave the Capitol
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 4:09 18,023 listeners
7 Play track Middle Mass - Peel Session 31/3/81
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 3:53 2,651 listeners
8 Play track Lie Dream of a Casino Soul (Peel Session)
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 2:42 425 listeners
9 Play track Hip Priest (Peel Session)
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 9:26 383 listeners
10 Play track Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul
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 3:17 22,243 listeners
11 Play track Fantastic Life
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 7:28 8,807 listeners
12 Play track Medical Acceptance Gate
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 3:24 3,442 listeners

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