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Released
  
July 1973

Moontan (1973)
  
Switch (1975)

Release date
  
July 1973

Producer
  
Golden Earring

Artist
  
Golden Earring

Label
  
Track Records

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Length
  
40:19 39:41 (US version)

Genres
  
Hard rock, Progressive rock

Similar
  
Golden Earring albums, Progressive rock albums

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Moontan is the ninth album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1973. It contains the radio hit "Radar Love", and was voted best Dutch pop album ever by readers of music magazine Oor in 2008. In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came #32 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums". Moontan is the band's most successful album in the United States, being the only Golden Earring album to be certified Gold by the RIAA.

Contents

"Vanilla Queen" twice samples Marilyn Monroe's character in There's No Business Like Show Business: "Well, in simple English I'm..." from the "Lazy" performance and "What's your name, Honey?" from the "Heat Wave" performance.

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Track listing

All songs written by Hay and Kooymans except where noted.

Original track listing (European/UK version)

  1. "Candy's Going Bad" – 6:12
  2. "Are You Receiving Me" (John Fenton, Hay, Kooymans) – 9:31
  3. "Suzy Lunacy (Mental Rock)" – 4:24
  4. "Radar Love" – 6:23
  5. "Just Like Vince Taylor" – 4:33
  6. "Vanilla Queen" – 9:16

U.S. track listing

  1. "Radar Love" – 6:24
  2. "Candy's Going Bad" – 6:12
  3. "Vanilla Queen" – 9:20
  4. "Big Tree, Blue Sea" – 8:13
  5. "Are You Receiving Me" (Fenton, Hay, Kooymans) – 9:32

This is also the track listing on the original UK vinyl release (see above), as well as on early U.S. LP pressings (Track/MCA 396). The U.S. version of the album was originally issued with the UK "exotic dancer" cover, but this was quickly withdrawn and replaced with the "earring" cover depicted at right.

Credits

  • George Kooymans — guitar, vocals
  • Rinus Gerritsen — bass, keyboards
  • Barry Hay — flute, vocals
  • Cesar Zuiderwijk — drums
  • Eelco Gelling — guitar
  • Bertus Borgers — saxophone
    • Additional personnel
  • Patricia Paay — vocals

    • Production

  • Producer: Golden Earring
  • Executive Producer: Fred Haayen
  • Engineer: Pieter Nieboer
  • Arranger: Golden Earring

    • Charts

    Album — Billboard (North America)

    Singles — Billboard (North America)

    Songs

    1Radar Love6:24
    2Candy’s Going Bad6:14
    3Are You Receiving Me4:33

    References

    Moontan Wikipedia
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