Slik (album)

Slik
Studio album by Slik
Released	late 1976
Recorded	1975 - 1976
Genre	Glam rock, pop, disco, funk, soft rock
Label	Bell Records
Producer	Phil Coulter in association with Bill Martin
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Singles from Slik
"Forever And Ever" Released: 1975 (1975) "Requiem" Released: 1976 (1976) "The Kid's A Punk" Released: 1976 (1976) "Dancerama" Released: 1977 (1977)

Slik is the only studio album of 1970s Scottish teenybop band Slik. The band comprised Midge Ure (singer and guitarist, who later went to make hits in the 1980s with Ultravox and Visage, and to contribute to Live Aid and Live 8) along with drummer Kenny Hyslop, keyboard player Billy McIsaac and bass guitarist Jim McGinlay.

Following the Bay City Rollers style, plus the ballads and pop of the time, Slik released two hit singles before the album, "Forever And Ever", in 1975, and "Requiem", in 1976, which oriented the band to the success and recognition in their native Scotland. At the end of 1976, punk rock emerged, and bands of the latter genre became popular, decreasing the popularity of established progressive or glam groups bands like Slik.

Probably for these reasons, the album was not well received. The band continued until early 1977, when McGinlay left the band, being replaced by Russell Webb (later in The Skids and Public Image Ltd.), and the new line-up left the 1970s disco, soft and pop rock-oriented genre, moving to punk and changing the name to PVC2. The band released one single, "Put You In The Picture". Shortly afterwards, they disbanded, and Hyslop, McIsaac and Webb formed The Zones. Ure moved to London and worked with The Rich Kids, along ex-Sex Pistols Glen Matlock and future Visage bandmate Rusty Egan. In 1979 he joined Ultravox.

In 2007, 7T’s Records re-released the album on CD, adding bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter; except where indicated
Songs marked with (*) are the bonus tracks added in the 2007 re-release on CD.

1. "Dancearama"
2. "Darlin'" {Billy McIsaac)
3. "Bom-Bom" (Exuma, Remo)
4. "Better Than I Do"
5. "Forever And Ever"
6. "Requiem"
7. "Do It Again" (Midge Ure)
8. "When Will I Be Loved" (Phil Everly)
9. "Day by Day"
10. "No We Won't Forget You"
11. "Boogiest Band In Town" (*)
12. "Hatchet" (*)
13. "Again My Love" (*)
14. "Everyday Anyway" (*)
15. "The Kid's a Punk" (*)
16. "Slik Shuffle" (*)
17. "Don't Take Your Love Away" (*)
18. "This Side Up" (*)
19. "I Wanna Be Loved" (*)
20. "It's Only a Matter of Time" (*)
21. "No Star" (*)
22. "The Getaway" (*)

Personnel

• Midge Ure: lead vocals, guitar
• Jim McGinlay: bass guitar
• Billy McIsaac: keyboards
• Kenny Hyslop: drums

External links

• Description of the album, and comments and tracklisting of the reissued version on CD
• Description of the album