''Silver'' is the 26th

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. 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

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classics, including Richard's debut single "

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", and one new song "Makin' History". The album reached number 7 in the

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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

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

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. It was followed up by " Please Don't Fall in Love" which reached number 7. In early 1984 "

Baby You're Dynamite "Baby You're Dynamite" is a song performed by Cliff Richard and was released as a single in early 1984 in the UK. The song is written by Doug Flett and Guy Fletcher. It first appeared on Richard's 1983 album ''Silver'' and in the UK became the thi ...

" was released and reached number 27. However, while it was on the chart, fans pushed for the

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, "

Ocean Deep "Ocean Deep" is a sentimental ballad written by Rod Trott and Jon Sweet and originally released in 1983 by British singer Cliff Richard on his album ''Silver''. It was later released as a single in 1984 in the UK and South East Asia. The song's ...

" 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

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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 ''

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'' 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 ''

'' 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,

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) – 3:18 #" Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" (Sue Shifrin, Terry Britten) – 3:42 #"Front Page" (Aleksander John, Nick Battle) – 3:15 #"

" (Jonathan Sweet, Rodney Trott) – 5:18 Side two #"Locked Inside Your Prison" (Robert Heatlie) – 3:29 #" Please Don't Fall in Love" (

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) – 3:13 #"

" (

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) – 3:57 #" The Golden Days Are Over" (Sue Shifrin, Terry Britten) – 4:17 #"Love Stealer" (

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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,

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) – 3:39 (from the B-side of "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" single, 1983)

''Rock 'n' Roll Silver''

Side one #"Makin' History" ( Mark Griffiths,

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) – 3:47 #"

" (

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) – 3:05 #"

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) – 4:23 #" (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (

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Bernie Lowe) – 3:06 #" It'll Be Me" (

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) – 3:13 Side two #"Lucille" (

, Albert Collins) – 3:39 #"

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) – 2:41 #" Never Be Anyone Else But You" (

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) – 4:04 #" Be Bop A Lula" (

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" (Penniman,

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''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 #"

" – 3:57 #"Love Stealer" – 3:38 #"The Golden Days Are Over" – 4:17 #"

" – 5:18 #"Move It" – 3:05 #"

" – 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

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, London, May 1983. Produced by

. *"Please Don't Fall in Love" and "Too Close to Heaven" recorded at

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, March 1983. Produced by

. *"Baby You're Dynamite" recorded at

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, August 1983. Produced by

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. *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

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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

song "

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

Track listing

Side One #" Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" #"Hold On" #"Silver's Home Tonight" #"The Golden Days Are Over" #"

" Side Two #"Locked Inside Your Prison" #" Please Don't Fall in Love" #"

" #"

" #"Love Stealer"

References

{{Authority control 1983 albums Cliff Richard albums EMI Records albums Albums produced by Mike Batt Albums produced by Bruce Welch