Golden Earring (album)

Golden Earring
Studio album by
Golden Earring
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1970[1]
RecordedJuly 1970
StudiosPhonogram Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
Genres
Length38:40
LabelPolydor
ProducerFred Haayen
Golden Earring chronology
Eight Miles High
(1969)		 Golden Earring
(1970)		 Seven Tears
(1971)
Singles from Golden Earring
  1. "Back Home"
    Released: July 1970[3]

Golden Earring is the sixth album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1970 on Polydor Records. Fans may refer to it as the Wall of Dolls due to the cover artwork. This is the first Golden Earring album with drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk as a member. It is also the first release with Barry Hay songwriting credits.

In April 2026, Red Bullet Productions released the eighth installment of their Golden Earring Remastered & Expanded reissue series, supervised by Red Bullet catalog and band archivist Wouter Bessels. The album was remastered from the original first-generation master tapes, and includes three bonus tracks: the US single version of "Back Home" and both sides of the non-album single "Holy Holy Life" b/w "Jessica" from February 1971. New liner notes were written by Golden Earring biographer and archivist Jeroen Ras.[4]

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Track listing

All tracks are written by George Kooymans except where noted.

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalsLength
1."Yellow and Blue" George Kooymans3:43
2."The Loner" Barry Hay3:28
3."This Is the Time of the Year" Kooymans3:32
4."Big Tree, Blue Sea"Kooymans, Barry HayHay6:09
5."The Wall of Dolls"Marinus Gerritsen, HayHay3:31
Total length:20:52
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalsLength
6."Back Home" Hay3:50
7."See See"HayHay3:10
8."I'm Going to Send My Pigeons to the Sky" Hay5:57
9."As Long As the Wind Blows" Kooymans5:20
Total length:18:31
2026 Remastered & Expanded reissue – bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalsLength
10."Back Home" (US single version, October 1970) Hay3:16
11."Holy Holy Life" (A-side, February 1971) Hay3:55
12."Jessica" (B-side, February 1971)Gerritsen, HayHay4:36

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1970) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5]1

References

  1. ↑ "Golden Earring – Golden Earring – Vinyl (LP, Album), 1970". Discogs. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Guarisco, Donald A. "Golden Earring - Golden Earring Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". allmusic. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Golden Earring singles".
  4. ↑ "Golden Earring - Golden Earring - remastered & expanded - CD/digital - release: 10 April 2026". Steve Hoffman Music Forums. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Golden Earring – Golden Earring" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
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