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299:"A confident-sounding Slade are all set for a big attempt to get back into the charts. "Night Starvation" deals fairly graphically with one of the lead vocalist Noddy Holder's pre-occupations - sex. It fairly stomps along, but I'm afraid that the too-basic lyrics count against it. There are no rude words, it's just a bit too unsubtle in this day and age. However, it is the sort of song which has made Slade so popular in the past, and it carries on Nod's lascivious but humourous [
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848:Live albums
709:Mal McNulty
706:Dave Glover
697:Steve Makin
242:The Dummies
176:Chuck Berry
54:24 May 1980
1573:Categories
1315:Okey Cokey
725:Beginnings
688:John Berry
674:Don Powell
601:29 January
384:References
364:Don Powell
285:Music Week
182:Background
115:Okey Cokey
104:chronology
669:Dave Hill
352:Dave Hill
335:Personnel
320:position
188:Punk rock
1476:Universe
1371:My Oh My
1350:Ruby Red
1203:Everyday
1038:Box sets
829:Crackers
611:cite web
90:Producer
59:Recorded
51:Released
41: by
1556:Therapy
1097:Singles
995:Rockers
987:B-Sides
899:Sladest
741:Slayed?
684:Jim Lea
575:27 July
553:27 July
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438:27 July
404:27 July
358:Jim Lea
236:"After
172:Jim Lea
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62:1979–80
1057:(2015)
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1030:(2020)
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736:(1970)
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152:is an
1486:Video
658:Slade
340:Slade
102:Slade
95:Slade
84:Super
80:Label
68:Genre
44:Slade
617:link
603:2011
577:2017
555:2017
524:2017
493:2017
462:2017
440:2017
406:2017
318:Peak
73:Rock
301:sic
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