Save Me (Silver Convention album)

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).

Save Me
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)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [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
Chart (1976) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 10
US Billboard Top Soul Albums[5] 1

Singles
Year Single Chart positions[6]
US
Pop		 US
Soul		 US
Disco
1975 "Save Me" — — 1
"Always Another Girl" — — 7
"Fly, Robin, Fly" 1 1 1

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Samples and covers

See also

References
  1. Henderson, Alex. Silver Convention: Save Me > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 03 September 2011.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. 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 US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
  6. "Silver Convention US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
  7. "American album certifications – Silver Convention – Save Me". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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