Pour Down Like Silver is the third album by the British duo of singer-songwriter and guitarist Richard and vocalist Linda Thompson.

Joe Boyd, who had both produced and managed Fairport, did the vast majority of his production work at Sound Techniques and with Wood at the controls.

So it was notable that Pour Down Like Silver and the live shows either side of the album's release saw Thompson's electric guitar returning to the spotlight.

Concert performances featured extended guitar solos on "The Calvary Cross" (from I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight) and on "Night Comes In" and "For Shame of Doing Wrong" from the newly released Pour Down Like Silver.

"Night Comes In" is another song of profound personal significance and recounts Richard Thompson's formal initiation into the Sufi faith.

"Hard Luck Stories" is the most musically upbeat song on the album, with sardonic lyrics and a typically incisive guitar solo.

After this album and the following short tour, Richard and Linda Thompson took a sabbatical from recording, writing and performing music.