The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome by Slade

The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome, Slade's eleventh studio album, came out on RCA in December 1983, and it's the sound of the old glam-era hitmakers from Wolverhampton riding the second wind they caught at the Reading festival in 1980. Bassist Jim Lea produced most of it, while John Punter handled the two singles, "My Oh My" and "Run Runaway", both of which went top 10 in the UK.

Noddy Holder still sings like he's trying to reach the back of a football stadium, Dave Hill's guitar crunches in hard-rock mode and Don Powell pounds away. The album itself only reached No. 49 at home, but in 1984 it was repackaged for the US and Canada as Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply, and those two singles cracked the American top 40, the breakthrough Slade had spent years chasing.

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