symbolism of its sleeve, We'll Bring the House Down is somewhat surprisingly a bit of a cracker. Potential singles abound. To sum up, Slade have released a great pop record and have more than adequately recaptured the territory left open, since their untimely demise. They have resurrected the legend without smothering it." Smash Hits felt the album lived up to a "dreaded Heavy Metal revival" rather than maintain their "natural pop sensibility". They concluded: "They sound as raw and live as ever and Noddy Holder still has a unique set of vocal chords but play this next to their "Greatest Hits" and there really is no competition. They can do better than this." AllMusic retrospectively stated: "Slade made a powerful statement with We'll Bring the House Down: "We're back." What the band did was to take the best five songs from Return to Base and mix them in with great new material for a killer album that wouldn't take forever to make. Simple logic will tell you that when you get rid of the worst songs and replace them with great songs, the album's gonna be a lot better. Such is the case here." Joe Geesin of the webzine Get Ready to Rock! described the album as a "mixture of metal, rock 'n' roll and new wave pop that worked remarkably well." Chart performance Personnel Slade Noddy Holder - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, producer Dave Hill - lead guitar, backing vocals, producer Jim Lea - bass, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals, producer Don Powell - drums, producer Additional personnel Chas Chandler - producer (track 8) Andy Miller - engineer Dave Garland, Mark O'Donoughue - assistant engineers George Peckham - mastering (cutting engineer) Laurie Richards - art direction Chas Chandler - cover concept References Slade albums 1981 albums Albums produced by Chas Chandler Albums produced by Noddy Holder Albums produced by Jim Lea Albums produced by Dave Hill Albums produced by Don Powell