What is "silvertone"

n. A metallic silver colour, as used in some paints.

Silvertone is the debut album by Chris Isaak, released in 1985, and named after his three-piece backup band. The US edition includes the song "Another Idea" as track 13 and early CD editions of the album utilized CD+G technology.

Silvertone may mean:

• silver (color)
• Silvertone (album) is the name of the debut album by Chris Isaak, and the name of his longtime backing group
• Silvertone Records (disambiguation) was the name of three different record labels, including one sold at Sears
• Silvertone (instruments) was the brand name used by Sears for musical instruments, and later under Samick Music Corporation
• Silvertone (televisions and radios) was the proprietary brand name used by Sears for televisions, radios and other electronic products
• The Silvertones, Jamaican vocal group
• Chad Allan and the Silvertones was the original name of the Canadian rock band, The Guess Who.

Silvertone was the brand name used by Sears, Roebuck and Company for its line of sound equipment from 1915 to 1972. A hand-cranked phonograph was introduced under the Silvertone brand by Sears in 1915. Beginning in the 1920s, the brand was expanded to include Silvertone radios and again in the 1930s, superseding the Supertone branding on musical instruments.