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Moontan 
Studio album by Golden Earring Released July 1973 Genre Hard rock, Progressive rock Length 40:19 Label Track/MCA (USA)
Track/Polydor (Europe)Producer Golden Earring Golden Earring chronology Together
(1972)Moontan
(1973)Switch
(1975)Alternative cover 
United States release coverProfessional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Moontan is an album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1973. It contains their most notable radio hit, "Radar Love" and was voted best Dutch pop album ever by readers of one of the country's best known music magazines Oor in 2008.[2] 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".[3]
Contents
Original Track listing (European/ UK 1973 Vinyl Version: Polydor (Track Record 2406-112))Track listing (European / U.K. CD Version)
All songs by Barry Hay and George Kooymans, except where noted
- "Candy's Going Bad" – 6:12
- "Are You Receiving Me" (John Fenton, Hay, Kooymans) – 9:31
- "Suzy Lunacy (Mental Rock)" – 4:24
- "Radar Love" – 6:23
- "Just Like Vince Taylor" – 4:33
- "Vanilla Queen" – 9:16
Track listing (U.S. Version)
All songs by Barry Hay and George Kooymans, except where noted
- "Radar Love" – 6:24
- "Candy's Going Bad" – 6:12
- "Vanilla Queen" – 9:20
- "Big Tree, Blue Sea" – 8:13
- "Are You Receiving Me" (John 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 The U.S. version of the album was originally issued with the UK "exotic dancer" cover, but this was quickly withdrawn and replaced with the "earring" cover depicted at right.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
- Bertus Borgers - saxophone
- Eelco Gelling - guitar
- Rinus Gerritsen - bass, keyboards
- Barry Hay - flute, vocals
- George Kooymans - guitar, vocals
- Cesar Zuiderwijk - drums
Additional personnel
- Patricia Paay - vocals
Production
- Producer: Golden Earring
- Executive Producer: Fred Haayen
- Engineer: Pieter Nieboer
- Arranger: Golden Earring
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position 1974 Pop Albums 12 Singles - Billboard (North America)
Year Single Chart Position 1974 "Candy's Going Bad" Pop Singles 91 1974 "Radar Love" Pop Singles 13 References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ http://www.50jaarnederpop.nl/actueel.php#29 50 Years Of Dutch Pop Music
- ^ Q Classic: Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, 2005.
External links
Barry Hay · George Kooymans · Rinus Gerritsen · Cesar Zuiderwijk
Jaap Eggermont · Eelco Gelling · Hans van Herwerden · Fred van der Hilst · Frans Krassenburg · Bertus Borgers · Peter de Ronde · Robert Jan Stips · Sieb WarnerStudio albums Just Earrings (1965) · Winter-Harvest (1966) · Miracle Mirror (1967) · On the Double (1968) · Eight Miles High (1969) · Golden Earring (aka Wall of Dolls, 1970) · Seven Tears (1971) · Together (1972) · Moontan (1973) · Switch (1975) · To the Hilt (1976) · Contraband (aka Mad Love, 1976) · Grab It for a Second · (1978) No Promises...No Debts (1979) · Prisoner of the Night (1980) · Cut (1982) · N.E.W.S. (1984) · The Hole (1986) · Keeper of the Flame (1989) · Bloody Buccaneers (1991) · Face It (1994) · Love Sweat (1995) · Paradise in Distress (1999) · Millbrook U.S.A. (2003)Live albums Live (1977) · 2nd Live (1981) · Something Heavy Going Down (1984) · The Naked Truth (1992) · Naked II (1997) · Last Blast of the Century (2000) · Naked III, Live at the Panama (2005) · Live In Ahoy (2006)Singles "Eight Miles High" (1970) · "Radar Love" (1973) · "Radar Love" (live) (1977) · "Twilight Zone" (1982) · "When the Lady Smiles" (1984)Categories:- Golden Earring albums
- 1973 albums
- Polydor Records albums
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