studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
by
Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer and actor. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and, as of 2012, was the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart histo ...
. It was released in October 1983 to mark his 25th anniversary in music. The North American version was titled ''Give a Little Bit More'' and had a revised track list.
A limited edition 2-LP box set of Silver was also released in the UK. The second LP, entitled ''Rock 'n' Roll Silver'' contained 9 new recordings of
rock and roll
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classics, including Richard's debut single "
Move It
"Move It" is a song written by Ian Samwell and recorded by Cliff Richard and the Drifters (the English band that would later become the Shadows). Originally intended as the B-side to "Schoolboy Crush", it was released as Richard's debut single ...
", and one new song "Makin' History".
The album reached number 7 in the
UK Albums Chart
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and earned Gold certification. Enter Silver in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
B-side
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, " Ocean Deep" to be released as an A-side and pressure mounted as disc-jockeys played the track too. But not until a fortnight after "Baby You're Dynamite" had finished its run on the chart was the single re-released with "Ocean Deep" as the A-side; it reached number 72 upon its re-entry to the chart.
Extended versions of "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" and "Baby You're Dynamite" were released as vinyl 12" singles, but have not been released on a digital format.
The album track " The Golden Days Are Over" was recorded by the pop group
Bucks Fizz
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and released as a single in late 1984.
Album releases
The original 1983 CD release of ''Silver'' only included 9 tracks from the ''Silver'' LP and 7 from the ''Rock 'n' Roll Silver'' LP, in order to fit on a single disc.
In 1992 it was re-released on CD (paired with ''
The Rock Connection
The Rock Connection is the twenty-seventh solo studio album by Cliff Richard. Released in November 1984 on EMI, the album is a part studio, part compilation album. It includes seven studio tracks recorded exclusively for the album, five tracks fr ...
'' in a twin-pack) with the same track-listing, but was curiously titled ''Rock 'n' Roll Silver''. In 2002, ''Silver'' was remastered and re-released on CD, excluding the ''Rock 'n' Roll Silver'' tracks, but including the B-sides of the singles as two bonus tracks.
''Rock 'n' Roll Silver'' has not yet been released on CD in its original form, but Richard's 1984 album ''
The Rock Connection
The Rock Connection is the twenty-seventh solo studio album by Cliff Richard. Released in November 1984 on EMI, the album is a part studio, part compilation album. It includes seven studio tracks recorded exclusively for the album, five tracks fr ...
'' which originally contained 5 tracks from ''Rock 'n' Roll Silver'', also included the remaining 5 tracks as bonus tracks when the remastered CD edition was released in 2004.
Track listing
''Silver''
Side one
#"Silver's Home Tonight" ( Craig Pruess, David Reilly) – 3:43
#"Hold On" (Sue Shifrin,
Terry Britten
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Mike Batt
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Batt created the novelty pop band T ...
Guy Fletcher
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Phil Wainman
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, Richard Myhill) – 3:38
CD Bonus tracks (2002)
#"Too Close to Heaven" (Mike Batt) – 4:15 (from the B-side of "Please Don't Fall in Love" single, 1983)
#" Lucille" (Al Collins,
Richard Penniman
Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020), known professionally as Little Richard, was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades. Described as the "Ar ...
) – 3:39 (from the B-side of "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" single, 1983)
Graham Lyle
Graham Hamilton Lyle (born 11 March 1944, in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer.
Between 1970 and 1997, he co-wrote 18 British Top 40 hits, 9 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 entries, 4 US Country No ...
) – 3:47
#"
Move It
"Move It" is a song written by Ian Samwell and recorded by Cliff Richard and the Drifters (the English band that would later become the Shadows). Originally intended as the B-side to "Schoolboy Crush", it was released as Richard's debut single ...
" (
Ian Samwell
Ian Ralph "Sammy" Samwell (19 January 1937 – 13 March 2003) was an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the writer of Cliff Richard's debut single "Move It", whilst a member of his backing group, (known ...
Ritchie Valens
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) – 4:23
#"
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
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" (
Kal Mann
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Jack Clement
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He was producer and engineer for Sam Phillips at Sun Records in its early days, discovering ...
) – 3:13
Side two
#"Lucille" (
Richard Penniman
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, Albert Collins) – 3:39
#"
Little Bitty Pretty One
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Robert Byrd
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) – 2:41
#"
Never Be Anyone Else But You
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Baker Knight
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Gene Vincent
Vincent Eugene Craddock (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971), known as Gene Vincent, was an American rock and roll musician who pioneered the style of rockabilly. His 1956 top ten hit with his backing band the Blue Caps, "Be-Bop-a-Lula", is ...
, Bill "Sheriff Tex" Davis) – 3:17
#"
Tutti Frutti
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" (Penniman,
Dorothy LaBostrie
Dorothy LaBostrie (May 28, 1928 – November 4, 2007), later Dorothy LaBostrie Black, was an American songwriter, best known for co-writing Little Richard's 1955 hit " Tutti Frutti".
Early life and family
She was born in Rayland, Kentucky; so ...
) – 2:24
''Silver'' (1983 CD Release)
#"Silver's Home Tonight" – 3:43
#"Hold On" – 3:18
#" Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" – 3:42
#"Locked Inside Your Prison" – 3:29
#" Please Don't Fall in Love" – 3:13
#" Baby You're Dynamite" – 3:57
#"Love Stealer" – 3:38
#"The Golden Days Are Over" – 4:17
#" Ocean Deep" – 5:18
#"Move It" – 3:05
#" Donna" – 4:23
#"Be Bop A Lula" – 3:17
#"Lucille" – 3:39
#"Little Bitty Pretty One" – 2:41
#"Never Be Anyone Else But You" – 4:04
#"It'll Be Me" – 3:13
Production
*"Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" recorded at
Mayfair Studios
Mayfair Recording Studios was a recording studio in London, England, which was in operation from the 1960s until 2008.
Background
The studio, located at 64 South Molton Street in the Mayfair area of the West End of London, was originally establi ...
, London, May 1983. Produced by
Terry Britten
Terence Ernest Britten (born 17 July 1947) is an English-Australian singer-songwriter and record producer, who has written songs for Tina Turner, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo (band), Status Quo and Michael Jackson amongst many ot ...
.
*"Please Don't Fall in Love" and "Too Close to Heaven" recorded at
AIR Studios
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, March 1983. Produced by
Mike Batt
Michael Philip Batt (born 6 February 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, record producer, director, and conductor. He served as the Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry.
Batt created the novelty pop band T ...
.
*"Baby You're Dynamite" recorded at
Abbey Road Studios
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, August 1983. Produced by
Bruce Welch
Bruce Cripps (born 2 November 1941), known professionally as Bruce Welch, is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a founding member of the Shadows.
Early life
Bruce Welch was born in Bognor Regis in ...
.
*All other tracks recorded at Strawberry Studios South, May–June 1983.
*Other ''Silver'' tracks produced by Craig Pruess and Cliff Richard.
*''Rock 'n' Roll Silver'' produced by Thunder.
''Give a Little Bit More''
In the
United States
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and Canada, the album was released by EMI America under the title ''Give a Little Bit More''. It had a rearranged track list order and included a cover of the
Ritchie Valens
Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died i ...
song " Donna" which replaced "Front Page". "Donna" was taken from the limited edition UK album ''Rock 'n' Roll Silver''.