How Does It Feel (Slade song) "How Does It Feel". The song featured a brass section, performed by members of Gonzalez. In the band's 1984 biography "Feel the Noize!", Lea recalled: "It was an old song that I'd written and Nod put some great lyrics to it. Tommy Vance said that it was good but that we were in for a hard time. But it didn't matter to me whether it was number one or number 15... to me it was a much better record than we'd made before and that was all I cared about." Despite the song's disappointing charting, "How Does It Feel" is
How Does It Feel (Slade song) "effective, almost ballad-like, single" with "effective vocals and tight licks". In a review of the "Slade in Flame" album, "Record Mirror" said: ""How Does It Feel" has a slower relaxed beat with grasping dramatic vocals delivered with as much feeling as Sir Larry's "Richard III"." "Disc" said: "For once Noddy's voice is allowed to take almost total precedence and the result is a poignant and unusual number." In a retrospective review of the album, Geoff Ginsberg of AllMusic commented: "From the opening number, "How Does It Feel," Slade sets a different tone". How Does It Feel (Slade song) "How Does