Silver (Cliff Richard album)

This page covers both Silver (UK / international release) and Give a Little Bit More, the US release of Silver, as well as the limited UK edition Rock 'n' Roll Silver

Silver
Studio album by Cliff Richard
Released	October 1983
Recorded	Strawberry Recording Studios South, Mayfair Studios, Air Studios, Abbey Road Studios
Genre	Pop, Rock, Rock and Roll
Label	EMI
Producer	Craig Pruess, Terry Britten, Mike Batt, Bruce Welch
Cliff Richard chronology
Dressed for the Occasion (1983) Silver (1983) The Rock Connection (1984)
Singles from Silver
"Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" Released: August 1983 "Please Don't Fall in Love" Released: November 1983 "Baby You're Dynamite" Released: March 1984 "Ocean Deep" Released: May 1984
Alternative cover
Cover for the remastered version
Alternative cover
Cover of Rock 'n Roll Silver

Silver is a 1983 studio album by Cliff Richard, marking his 25th anniversary in music.^[1]

A limited edition 2-LP box set of the album was also released in the UK. The second LP, entitled Rock 'n' Roll Silver contained 9 new recordings of Rock and Roll classics, including Richard's debut single "Move It", and one new song "Makin' History".^[2]

In the United States and Canada, the album was released under the title Give a Little Bit More with a revised track listing.

Singles

The album spawned three UK hit singles. "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" was the lead single and reached number 15 in the UK Singles Chart. It was followed up by "Please Don't Fall in Love" which reached number 7. In early 1984 "Baby You're Dynamite" was released and reached number 27. However, while it was on the chart, fans pushed for the B-side, "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 Your Dynamite" had finished it's run on the chart was the single re-released with "Ocean Deep" as the A-side; and it only managed to reach number 72 upon its re-entry to the chart.^[3][4]

Album re-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 in a twin-pack) with the same track-listing, but was curiously titled Rock 'n' Roll Silver.^[5] 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^[6] 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.

The album track "The Golden Days Are Over" was recorded by the pop group Bucks Fizz a year later and released as a single.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Track listing

Silver

Side One

1. "Silver's Home Tonight" (Craig Pruess, David Reilly) - 3:43
2. "Hold On" (Sue Shifrin, Terry Britten) - 3:18
3. "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" (Sue Shifrin, Terry Britten) - 3:42
4. "Front Page"^[A] - 3:15
5. "Ocean Deep" (Jonathan Sweet, Rodney Trott) - 5:18

Side Two

1. "Locked Inside Your Prison" (Headly) - 3:29
2. "Please Don't Fall in Love" (Mike Batt) - 3:13
3. "Baby You're Dynamite" (David Flett, Guy Fletcher) - 3:57
4. "The Golden Days Are Over" (Sue Shifrin, Terry Britten) - 4:17
5. "Love Stealer" (Phil Wainman, Richard Myhill) - 3:38

CD Bonus tracks (2002)

1. "Too Close to Heaven" - 4:15
2. "Lucille" (Albert Collins, Richard Penniman) - 3:39

Rock 'n' Roll Silver

Side One

1. "Makin' History"^[A] - 3:47
2. "Move It" - 3:05
3. "Donna" - 4:23
4. "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"^[A] - 3:06
5. "It'll Be Me" - 3:13

Side Two

1. "Lucille" - 3:39
2. "Little Bitty Pretty One" - 2:41
3. "Never Be Anyone Else But You" - 4:04
4. "Be Bop A Lula" - 3:17
5. "Tutti Frutti"^[A] - 2:24

Silver (1983 CD Release)

1. "Silver's Home Tonight" - 3:43
2. "Hold On" - 3:18
3. "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" - 3:42
4. "Locked Inside Your Prison" - 3:29
5. "Please Don't Fall in Love" - 3:13
6. "Baby You're Dynamite" - 3:57
7. "Love Stealer" - 3:38
8. "The Golden Days Are Over" - 4:17
9. "Ocean Deep" - 5:18
10. "Move It" - 3:05
11. "Donna" - 4:23
12. "Be Bop A Lula" - 3:17
13. "Lucille" - 3:39
14. "Little Bitty Pretty One" - 2:41
15. "Never Be Anyone Else But You" - 4:04
16. "It'll Be Me" - 3:13

Notes:

• A ^ ^ ^ ^ Excluded from the original 1983 CD release of Silver and the 1992 twin-pack CD release.

Give a Little Bit More

Give a Little Bit More
Studio album by Cliff Richard
Released	October 1983
Recorded	Strawberry Recording Studios South, Mayfair Studios, Air Studios, Abbey Road Studios
Genre	Pop, Rock, Rock and Roll
Label	EMI America
Producer	Craig Pruess, Terry Britten, Mike Batt, Bruce Welch
Singles from Silver
"Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" Released: October 1983 "Donna" Released: February 1984

In the United States 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 song "Donna" which replaced "Front Page". "Donna" was taken from the limited edition UK album Rock 'n' Roll Silver.

Tracklist

Side One

1. "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)"
2. "Hold On"
3. "Silver's Home Tonight"
4. "The Golden Days Are Over"
5. "Donna"

Side Two

1. "Locked Inside Your Prison"
2. "Please Don't Fall in Love"
3. "Baby You're Dynamite"
4. "Ocean Deep"
5. "Love Stealer"

References

1. "Silver (1983 album)". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
2. "Rock 'n' Roll Silver (1983 album)". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
3. "Cliff Richard's UK positions". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
4. Hooper, William (June–July 1988). "Baby You're Dynamite / Ocean Deep A-side flip (from: Cliff Richard Hit-Maker, Part 27 1984)". Dynamite International (Utrecht, Netherlands: The International Cliff Richard Movement) (118): 4.
5. "Rock 'n' Roll Silver/The Rock Connection (1992 release)". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
6. "The Rock Connection (1984 album)". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-06-13.