Save Me (Silver Convention album)

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Save Me
Silver Convention Save Me.JPG
Handcuff artwork variant for German and some other territorial releases (original German vinyl edition pictured), also used for later western European re-releases
Studio album by
Silver Convention
Released1975
Recorded1974
GenreEuro disco
LabelJupiter Records
ProducerStephan Prager
Silver Convention chronology
Save Me
(1975) 		Get Up and Boogie
(1976)

Save Me (originally released as: Silver Convention) is the debut studio album by Silver Convention, a German Euro disco group consisting of three female vocalists (Linda G. Thompson, Penny McLean and Jackie Carter) and two producers and songwriters (Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager).

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]

The first track recorded for the album was "Another Girl", with an earlier track called "Save Me" also being included, even though the recording was recorded before the then-current line up of the group had been formed. The album was released in 1975, becoming a dance-floor hit. Although commercial success was mixed, the album did hit number ten on the Billboard Pop Albums chart,[3] and number one on the Billboard Black Albums chart[3] even though only one member of the group at the time was black.

In 2018, music critic Vince Aletti topped the album Save Me on his top ten list of albums released in 1975.[4]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager (Michael Kunze) unless indicated otherwise.

  1. "Save Me"
  2. "I Like It"
  3. "Fly, Robin, Fly"
  4. "Tiger Baby"
  5. "Son of a Gun"
  6. "Always Another Girl"
  7. "Chains of Love"
  8. "Heart of Stone" (Levay, Prager, Gary Unwin, Keith Forsey)
  9. "Please Don't Change the Chords of This Song"

Charts[]

Singles[]

Year Single Chart positions[8]
US
Pop 		US
Soul 		US
Disco
1975 "Save Me" — — 1
"Always Another Girl" — — 7
"Fly, Robin, Fly" 1 1 1

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Samples and covers[]

See also[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Silver Convention: Save Me > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 12 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/r67968
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (December 28, 2018). "1975 Pazz & Jop: It's Been a Soft Year for Hard Rock". The Village Voice. The title actually uses "Pazz" and "Jop".
  5. ^ "Silver Convention, TLP". Billboard. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Silver Convention, BLP". Billboard. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1976". Billboard. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Silver Convention US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  9. ^ "American album certifications – Silver Convention – Save Me". Recording Industry Association of America.
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