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Contraband (Golden Earring album)

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Released
  
1976 (1977 USA)

Length
  
38:18

Artist
  
Golden Earring

Label
  
Polydor Records

Recorded
  
1976

Contraband (1976)
  
Live (1977)

Release date
  
December 1976

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Producer
  
Golden Earring, John Kriek, Damon Lyon-Shaw

Genres
  
Hard rock, Progressive rock

Similar
  
Golden Earring albums, Hard rock albums

Contraband is an album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music).

Contents

For the USA, the same recordings were issued under the album title Mad Love the following year (1977). This USA version also had different cover art and song sequence. Additionally the song "Faded Jeans" was omitted and replaced with the track "I Need Love".

Track listing

All songs written by Hay and Kooymans.

European track listing

  1. "Bombay" – 3:52
  2. "Sueleen" – 5:40
  3. "Con Man" – 7:10
  4. "Mad Love's Comin'" – 7:45
  5. "Fighting Windmills" – 4:38
  6. "Faded Jeans" – 5:07
  7. "Time's Up" – 3:52

USA track listing

Side A

  1. "I Need Love" - 6:23
  2. "Sueleen (Sweden)" - 5:50
  3. "Mad Love's Comin'" - 7:44

Side B

  1. "Bombay" - 3:51
  2. "Fightin' Windmills" - 4:39
  3. "Con Man" - 7:09
  4. "Times Up" - 3:55

Personnel

  • George Kooymans - guitar, vocals
  • Rinus Gerritsen - bass, keyboards
  • Barry Hay - flute, vocals
  • Cesar Zuiderwijk - drums
  • Eelco Gelling - guitar
  • Robert Jan Stips - keyboard

    • Additional personnel

  • Neppie Noya - percussion, conga
  • Patricia Paay - vocals

    • 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

    • Songs

    1Bombay3:52
    2Sueleen5:40
    3Con Man7:10

    References

    Contraband (Golden Earring album) Wikipedia
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