Contraband (Golden Earring album)
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| Released | December 1976 | |||
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| Length | 38:18 | |||
| Label | Polydor (MCA in USA) | |||
| Producers | Golden Earring, John Kriek, Damon Lyon-Shaw | |||
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| Alternate USA cover art | ||||
_'Mad_Love'_coverart.jpg) For the USA, Golden Earring's "Contraband" album was repackaged as "Mad love" with a slightly altered track listing. | ||||
| Singles from Contraband | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
Contraband is an album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1976 in Europe and 1977 in the US.
For the US, the album was re-titled Mad Love and the track "Faded Jeans" was omitted and replaced with "I Need Love".
Track listing
Contraband (Europe, South Africa)
All tracks are written by George Kooymans and Barry Hay.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bombay" | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Sueleen" | 5:40 |
| 3. | "Con Man" | 7:10 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 4. | "Mad Love's Comin'" | 7:45 |
| 5. | "Fighting Windmills" | 4:38 |
| 6. | "Faded Jeans" | 5:07 |
| 7. | "Time's Up" | 3:52 |
Mad Love (USA/Canada)
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Need Love" | 6:23 |
| 2. | "Sueleen (Sweden)" | 5:50 |
| 3. | "Mad Love's Comin'" | 7:44 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 4. | "Bombay" | 3:51 |
| 5. | "Fightin' Windmills" | 4:39 |
| 6. | "Con Man" | 7:09 |
| 7. | "Time's Up" | 3:55 |
Personnel
- Golden Earring
- Barry Hay – vocals
- George Kooymans – guitars, vocals
- Eelco Gelling – guitars, slide guitar
- Rinus Gerritsen – bass, vocals
- Cesar Zuiderwijk – drums
- Guest musicians
- Robert Jan Stips – piano on "Faded Jeans", Minimoog on "Con Man", string arrangement on "Fightin' Windmills"
- Patricia Paay – vocals
- Nippy Noya – congas
Production
- Producers: Golden Earring, John Kriek, Damon Lyon-Shaw
- Engineer: Robin Freeman
- Mixing: John Kriek, Steve Lillywhite, Damon Lyon-Shaw
- Cutting engineer: Melvyn Abrahams
- String arrangements: Robert Jan Stips
- Coordination: Jan Vermaes
- Art direction: Koos Van Oostrom
- Artwork: Koos Van Oostrom
Charts
| Chart (1976–1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3] | 10 |
| US Billboard 200[4] | 182 |
Release history
| Country | Date |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | December 1976 |
| United Kingdom | March 1977[5] |
| United States | May 1977 |
References
- ↑ "Golden Earring singles".
- ↑ Guarisco, Donald A.. Contraband at AllMusic
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Golden Earring – Contraband" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ↑ "Golden Earring Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 330. ISBN 9780862415419.