Ranking the Studio Albums: Golden Earring
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- Join host Pete Pardo as he ranks his top 10 favorite albums from legendary Dutch hard rock act Golden Earring. #goldenearring
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The most criminally underrated band ever. Love this review.
Truer words have never been spoken.
Revisited the 3 Golden Earring Records that I own.. Moontan, Switch, To The Hilt.. for the first in 30 some odd years, after watching this. Man it doesn’t get much better than Side 1 of Moontan.. cranked! Cesar Zuiderwijk was/is such a great drummer. So underrated.
Absolutely agree. Also, people tend to overlook how technical Radar Love is to play on drums. Good stuff!
Own them also got three different live albums too. Bloody Buccaneers is also a good album
To the Hilt is a great album. So is Contraband.
@@chrismorgan7494 Can U help? My wife and I could swear we heard a RL tune in which they lament the passing of a friend. All I can recall is that he drove a motorcycle, had a good look...it is driving us nuts trying to find it.
Loved To The Hilt when it first came out in the mid 70s and still playing it today. I think it's their strongest album.
Moontan, only five tracks but one of the finest albums ever made.
Yes, the European version that we have is my top album of all time. There are a few different versions with different song lists of this album though, with songs added & removed. Pity we are not all hearing & judging the same great album. It even has a different album cover in some countries.
6 tracks, not sure what version you have, but i have the original lmao
@@TheSmittenman I bought the original on vinyl around 1975 - five tracks only:
Radar Love
Candy's Going Bad
Vanilla Queen - the title track
Big Tree, Blue Sea
Are You Receiving Me
not a duff track; track 5 especially remarkable.
@@SydBaron you have the US release, it cut "Suzy Lunacy (Mental Rock) and "Just Like Vince Taylor", and added "Big Tree, Blue Sea". Weird that it didn't keep the song number the same, but the Big Tree length of 8 minutes compensates for two 4-something minute songs
@@lindsay4659 I bought it in 1973 or 1974 but lost it in 1983. I still have a few vinyl albums from that era.
Their Live album is excellent with an incredible version of Radar Love !
Always loved Radar Love and Twilight Zone. Among my top 100 songs, but never dove in and had NO idea this truly awesome band had SO much material back into the mid 1960s. Wish I had! Thanks to this channel I am now steeped in Golden Earring!
Thanks for giving some love to this hard working band. Greetings from The Netherlands.
One of the best group ever in the history of rock. Sadly sadly underated. My faves is Eight miles high,no promises no depts,seven tears,grab it for a second,together.
Yes, Golden Earring is also my favorite, followed by Moontan, Switch, 7 Tears. I never heard Together. Favorite songs for me are She Flies on Strange Wings, Vanilla Queen and I'm Gonna Send My Pigeons To The Sky, a really great band that deserves more attention, the live album from '77 is fantastic.
Hi Pete, nice one...still got some warm memories doing backingvocals (streetchoirs) in Soundpush Studio 2, for the Golden Earring album 'Cut' on their two hitsingle tracks: 'Twilight Zone' and 'The Devil Made Me Do It'. Together with Steve Clisby and Omar Dupree from soulband: American Gypsy (the three of us did the job). Producer Shell Schellekens already produced two hit albums for my rockband: Urban Heroes. He decided the songs needed other vocal-colours in the (answering) choirs, so he called us. Golden Earring thanking American Gypsy and Evert Nieuwstede @ the 'Cut' LP/CD Info. Keep up the works! FIX THE WORLD...
hey Pete, thanks for covering Earring! greetings from Amsterdam:)
You’ve gotta check out their final two albums from 2012 “Tits N’ Ass” and from 2015 “The Hague”- they are right up there in my top five for the best by the band for sure!!! Absolutely love Golden Earring- extremely underrated and one of the most talented bands ever!
My top 5 Golden Earring albums are:
1. Moontan
2. Tits N’ Ass
3. The Hague
4. To the Hilt
5. Switch
I try The Hague every now and then, but i just can't figure out what to think. However, Tits 'n Ass is a beauty. I also like the live albums and love sweat.
Millbrook USA also has some bangers!
Nicely done Pete! Golden Earring are certainly one of the most underrated rock bands of all time! As Goldmine Magazine put it, "Golden Earring are rock 'n roll's best kept secret!" On their debut album in 1965, they wrote all but one song. Not even the Beatles or Stones can claim that! With the sole exception of "Eight Miles High" in 1969, it wasn't until 1995's "Love Sweat" before they recorded another cover tune...everything else was original! And what you'll discover as you trace the band throughout its recording career is they rarely stuck with the same formula, nor did they ever "sell out" and adjust their sound to accommodate the record industry. They always did "their thing". It might be for this reason why they never achieved the world-wide success they deserved, but it also may have led to their downfall.
Your top 10 Golden Earring studio picks are not far from mine. We definitely agree on the #1 album "The Wall Of Dolls" which by the way was released in 1970 (not 1971). This masterpiece is my "dessert island" album! Pete, I agree with you that 1969-1976 was their peak period. However, they have also released same damn good material in the 90's and 00's. If you have not heard them yet, I highly recommend the following studio releases: Bloody Buccaneers (1991), Face It (1994), Paradise in Distress (1999), Millbrook U.S.A. (2003), and Tits 'n Ass (2012).
If you are interested in the band's history, here is a link to an in-depth article I wrote on the band:
j-b-a.ru/john-scarpelli-golden-earring-dutch-masters-1995-goldmine-issue-402-usa/
Cheers!
I remember in the 70’s that the Golden Hearing drummer had a “party piece” when he used to leap over his drum kit at the end of Radar Love . It was very impressive at the time !
A school mate of mine at the time only had the Moontan vinyl album and he fancied himself as a bassist , practicing at home the classic bass line from Radar Love .
Oh how we laughed at school when he told us he had been practicing the above in his bedroom and then leapt off this bed at the end of the track ..... only to fall on top of his bass guitar breaking it .
I’ve not forgotten that story .... it was very funny at the time .
Thanks for the great review. You know your GE. Godspeed To the great George Kooymans, and thank you soo much for 50+ years of blistering beautiful guitar
It's about time for a Shocking Blue ranked album review. Shockingly underrated !!!
One of my top ten bands ever and I was born '63. I love everything up till about '76 and the "To The Hilt" album. I struggled with their output from then, and when "Cut" came along I suddenly got interested again. After that I continued to keep an eye on them but never really appreciated the later albums as much. Their more psych and prog tendencies did it for me.
A LOT of bands trashed out for me after 1976 or 1977. I consider 1977 to be the dividing line between greatness and sadness.
She flies on strange wings my favourite too....Very talented band with two singers
So glad to hear you mention To the Hilt. Came out when I was a senior in high school , got the vinyl when it came out. Very moody, reminds me of my girlfriend at the time.
Only know the radio hits and not the deep cuts of this band...need to check them out. Because of S. O. T. channel Pete has introduced me to THIN LIZZY ( only had one album now 7!! ) Gentle Giant ( wow ) and SAVATAGE! Thanks Pete 🙏. PARDONATERS FANBASE FOREVER!!!!!!!!
if you can't afford all the albums look online at amazon.com for a greatest Hits CD it's called the continuing story of radar Love it's a great introduction with some great hard rock all the way through
Thanks I will :)
If you are a "spotify guy", here's my current playlist of the band - plenty of deep stuff there, including non album tracks or what have you: open.spotify.com/playlist/4Bjjw8ZnNL5O1qBJh2Pase?si=_dKjKsWfT1Sl7r63gDpYvA Hope it helps!
Moontan , Switch , To the Hilt are all 5 star albums. Part of my highschool years.
Thanks so much for doing this one. A while back I sent Pete a message with a few requests. Expecting him to do at least a few. Damn if he hasn’t nearly done all the bands. Always listen to this at work, gets me through the day
Like some others in the comments, I went from none Golden Earring in my collection, to the complete albums and complete live albums box sets in one online purchase. I've been working through their albums chronologically (as I love to do with bands), and I'm realizing just how criminally underrated this band is. Currently on To The Hilt, I can't wait to get through them all. I'll attempt a ranking once I get through them.
Can U help? My wife and I could swear we heard a RL tune in which they lament the passing of a friend. All I can recall is that he drove a motorcycle, had a good look...it is driving us nuts trying to find it.
I found it after searchng and praying...it's called Going to the Run, although Buddy Joe came up on an AI search. Guess George Kooymans lost a couple friends to motorcycle accidents.
Great to see a Dutch band here. Would love to see a top 10 songs sometime.
Amazing band. I think I own all of their albums except the covers album. Happy to know I'm not the only one!
You're not!!!
My alltime favourite band. My top 10 at this moment:
1 Moontan (US-version)
2 Live (1977)
3 To the hilt
4 Together
5 Seven tears
6 Golden Earring
7 Switch
8 Something heavy going down (with great live-tracks f.e. Twilight Zone and Mission Impossible)
9 No promises no debts
10 Bloody Buccaneers
Agree with number 8. Also the live version of Future.
The Hole is my favorite Golden Earring LP. From 1986 stand out tracks are Quiet Eyes, A Shout In The Dark, and Save The Best For Later.
Thank you for this video Pete. I’ve been digging into the Earring catalog and it’s great. Thanks again.
I can’t argue with any of the selections on this list, though “Moontan” is the album I know best and would probably put it at the top.
I bought the boxed set of complete studio albums a few years ago, and it’s absolutely killer - 26 albums, plus three discs of non-album tracks. They also have several great live albums, plus a standard boxed set that’s worth checking out. It’s amazing to hear their progression from jangle-pop to prog to hard rock with some side trips to jazz, folk and power pop along the way.
This band is one year older than the Stones and deservers much, much more recognition. If ever there was a band that I love but that I need to know better, this is it.
Thanks for the ranking the albums! Waiting for this one for awhile. Great band and great guys! Here's my top 10:
1. Together
2. Seven Tears
3. Golden Earring/Wall of Dolls
4. Moontan
5. Cut
6. Grab It For A Second
7. Prisoner of the Night/Long Blond Animal
8. No Promises, No Debts
9. N.E.W.S.
10. Paradise In Distress
Earrings era:
1. Miracle Mirror
2. On The Double
3. Winter Harvest
4. Golden Earrings/Just Earrings
My favourite is their self titled from 1970.
They still exist in the same line up since that time.
Thanks Pete. Recently listening to all the early Golden Earring albums and also early Manfred Manns Earth Band, another band with 1 or 2 big hits but lots of great albums.
So glad you did a Golden Earring segment, Pete. Weird because I was just ranking my Golden Earring collection a couple of days ago just for fun (a la "Sea of Tranquility)!
I think it's sad how underrated G.E. are given the length of their career. My top albums are:
1. Switch (really dig the phasing George uses throughout much of this album)
2. N.E.W.S. - this wasn't on your list, but I think this is one of the best produced "pop" / hard rock albums ever; right up there with "Rumors" by Fleetwood Mac. Definitely not super heavy but George Kooymans' guitar tones are brilliant as is the songwriting.
3. Moontan
4. Contraband
5. Prisoner of the Night
6. Seven Tears
7. Wall of Dolls
8. Together
9. Tits 'n' Ass
10. Millbrook U.S.A.
Thank Pete!
'Switch' is my fave and there's lots of great tracks which came out only as singles like 'Another 45 Miles', 'Holy Holy Life' and 'Instant Poetry'; 'Paradise In Distress' is a great 'recent' album from them.
George Kooymans is one of fave guitarists of all times and great voice, too.
Glad I’m not the only one who has similar feelings for Kooymans. Underrated in both categories.
love and have every thing they have done including solo albums.
the 3 album run of Grab it for a second, No promises no debts and Prisoner of the night is unstoppable
Totally agree, fantastic albums, and Bloody Buccaneers later just as good if not better 😁
Great to see this band get some much deserved attention. Seven Tears, Moontan, s/t, Switch, To the Hilt... so much well recorded and great sounding music. I strongly recommend the box set. Everything is included.
Also, their non album singles are just as good/better than the lp tracks.
Very nice. As a dutchman surely I knew Golden Earring from then and from now. My favorite album is To the Hilt. It is also their slightly more difficult album, but I like it. Followed very close by Moontan (although my top two could flip places anytime). I also liked Switch (actually my first GE album). And always liked She Flies on Strange Wings (maybe my favorite GE track, however Radar Love, The Vanilla Queen, Are you Receiving me? and e.g. Facedancer, Latin Lightning, or Kill Me are also killer. Their later album Prisoner of the Night is also pretty good. Not studio but very enjoyable were also their acoustic live albums (Naked). Great Band. I saw them live!
To The Hilt is nearly perfection. Even today, compelling, start to end.
But then again, I think Moontan does that too :) Nice problem to have :)
They are one powerhouse of a live band. I saw them open for Rush nearly 40 years ago or so. As much as a I love Rush I didn’t want their show to end. What a night! I remember their drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk being Insanely awesome In a Carmine Appice sort of way. As far as an opening act I put them in my top 2 next to the Scorpions when I saw the open for Nugent a few years before.
He was asked to replace Keith Moon but wouldn't let his Golden Earring friends down (among other reasons). The Earring toured with The Who and were on the same label, for some time.
Also seen them with Rush. On subdivisions tour in New Mexico What is show that was!!
And then there is that excellent LIVE double album, where they are a five-piece band with the fantasic Eelco Gelling on the second guitar. The versions of She Flies On Strange Wings, Eight Miles High and of course Radar Love are all KILLER!!! Plus: Candy's Going Bas, Just Like Vince Taylor...
Great list Pete
My top 10
1 Prisoner of the night
2 To the hilt
3 Seven tears
4 Golden Earring
5 No promises no debts
6 Moontan
7 Bloody buchaneers
8 Face it
9 Love sweat
10 Paradise in distress
So Glad you did this, the blueprint for a rock band career. Rinus always one of my favorite bass players. Long Blond Animal and Grab It For a Second rank high for me.
Excellent top 10 Pete. Saw them many times on stage, playing lots of your top 10 songs, magic. The unplugged shows are also very cool, showing great craftmanship on there instruments.
Love your channel 👍🏻
The best live album ever made by GoldenEarring; Golden Earring Live.
Also one of the best live albums ever recorded. Is now remastered and released on vinyl.
Whow what a superb quality.
Needs to be in every collection
Tracklist:
- 1 -
1. Candy’s Going Bad
2. She Flies On Strange Wings
3. Mad Love’s Coming
4. Eight Miles High
5. Vanilla Queen
- 2 -
1. To the Hilt
2. Fightin’ Windmills
3. Con Man
4. Radar Love
5. Just Like Vince Taylor
What a great set list indeed
saw golden earring at the nassau coliseum open up for aerosmith...what a great show...had about two-thirds of their catelogue at one point...moved alot..sold alot...'she flies...' is an amazing track...i think my favorite song is still 'candy's going bad' from moontan.... great video pete...
They got some GREAT live videos on TH-cam. Great live band as well!!
Thank you for ranking the studio albums of Golden Earring.🎤🎸🎵🥁
'I've only heard 4 of their albums.'Twilight Zone' is my favorite song by them, I never really get tired of hearing it
There was a great compilation album which I've never seen on CD, titled Hearing Earring this is where I heard some of the best songs from 2 earlier albums, I bought this near release date (1973) & went on to seek out the albums which these songs came from & those were Together & SevenTears both great albums (my favourite is 'To The Hilt').The Hearing Earring vinyl release I have has a neat addition to the cover, braille. as I don't read braille I don't know what it says, I'm guessing the album title & tracks, perhaps somebody here can tell me if they have a copy & can read braille.
Great uploads Pete. How about ranking the releases of The Groundhogs the great English blues rock band who supported John Lee Hooker as his band on his 60s UK tour, their music is still being kept alive by the original drummer (from 1965) Ken Pustelnik & great band. (performances on my channel, shaky visuals at times sound good on headphones depending upon the venue)
Rinus Gertisen is awesome bass player! Thanks for this show. 7 tears is my favorite
Great to see this review of your favorite Golden Earring albums - so much awesome music and very underrated! I think you covered all of their 70s albums except "Grab It For a Second", which got some airplay in the U.S. and they appeared on "Midnight Special". Another strong album is "N.E.W.S". - "When The Lady Smiles" is one of my all-time favorite videos (try to find the uncensored version!) I just watched their 2022 cd/dvd release of what was sadly their final concert in Ahoy in 2019, called "You Know We Love You." At that show they played quite a few songs from their excellent "Face It" album. Other later gems worth checking out are "Bloody Buccaneers" and "Paradise In Distress." Golden Earring released an essential 4cd box set called "The Devil Made Us Do It" that rounded up lots of singles tracks not on the regular albums, including many of their 60s gems. I always loved the song "I Need Love" from the U.S. "Mad Love" album and it's on this box set. As for the side-long "Eight Miles High", I'm guessing they were influenced by Vanilla Fudge and Iron Butterfly at that time, as well as the Byrds' own extended version. Finally, my top 5 - 1. "Moontan" (especially the recent deluxe version combining all the songs) 2. "Switch" 3. "Together" 4. "Cut" 5. "No Promises No Debts." Thanks, Pete!
Great choices Pete. Some of their pre Moontan albums were outstanding and you included all of them. Quite surprised you omitted Bloody Buccaneers though. A great hard rock album with some outstanding songs.
I have only listened to one album and that was 40 years ago, it was "Grab it for a second" and i liked it very much.
Been listening to these guys a lot lately. Great band. Cool list. How were these guys not bigger in North America?
Nice Video. Saw their last Concert in Rotterdam 2019. I missed the last 30 years, albums with melodic rock. And their first unplugged album has jewels.... Bass player was asked by Hendrix play with him, but he didn't leave golden earring. Same with drummer and The Who. Underrated band.
Love them, Moontan and Live 1977 two of my favorites.
A great live band that never changed trough the years.
"When the Lady Smiles" from N.E.W.S. is my favorite song from these Dutch gentleman. Check out the video. They would play it on MTV in the early years
I own all of these and have to say that I don't dislike any of them. Some are better than others, of course, but I wouldn't turn any of them off. I also should say that I like all phases of their carreer.
25) Grab It for a Second (kinda faceless)
24) Love Sweat (Covers album)
23) Paradise in Distress (this has about four too many songs on it)
22) Face It
21) Bloody Buccaneers
20) Eight Miles High (no one can top the Byrds' version)
19) Miracle Mirror
18) No Promises...No Debts
17) Millbrook U.S.A.
16) On the Double
15) Golden Earring
14) Together
13) Switch
12) Keeper of the Flame
11) Tits 'n Ass (their most recent, and pretty damn good)
10) Just Ear-rings
9) Winter-Harvest
8) Contraband aka Mad Love
7) Prisoner of the Night aka Long Blond Animal
6) The Hole
5) Cut
4) Seven Tears
3) N.E.W.S.
2) To the Hilt (Nomad is an amazing song)
1) Moontan (not a bad note on this album)
On a final note I need to throw some love out for the 1977 Live album. It would place just below Cut for me. It's great. Thanks, Pete!
Hell yes! Someone who really knows and gets Golden Earring!
But oh, shit, picking just one off To The Hilt. When an album is SO jam packed that the weakest cut is the title song - man oh man!
Nomad is great...To The Hilt is absurdly under-rated.
Seven Tears. .... Fantastic álbum!!!!
Great to hear that the momument of Dutch rock music still has fans across the pond. Btw, founded in 1961, and I think now officially the longest continuously operating rock band in the world
They have two box-sets released a couple of years ago. One containing almost all of their studio albums/tracks and one for their live output.
Special note from me: Eelco Gelling is a true master of the guitar and can be heard on two studio albums but also one very important their first live album released in 1977. He is famously known for his work for Cuby + Blizzards.
Gelling on that Live-album and Contraband, fantastic!
I can't really argue with that top 10. I would put Bloody Buccaneers in my top 10 (Going to the run alone makes my top 5 Golden Earring songs) and I was surprised that Kill Me Ce Soir (on Switch) didn't get a mention.
For those marking the band's longevity: while they started in 1961 there are only two founding members still in the band. Lead singer Barry Hay joined in 1967 and Drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk in 1970. Still, having the same core for only 50 years is not that bad.
Bloody Buccaneers is great.
My fav:
Moontan, Switch, Grab it for A Second and the double live 2nd Live.
Attension for Golden Earring is always a good thing. It's my favorite dutch band, I visit their concerts since the 70's. They never made a bad cd / lp.
I agree with most of the list, except the Moontan version with Big Tree Blue Sea is my favorite, and Grab It For a Second is definitely top five.
Saw them 20 times, great band.
it's great to see someone reviewing albums I grew up on. Thanks! I put Contraband/Mad Love (the US version of Contraband), Together, Live, Switch, and Moontan at the top. It seems that between Moontan and Cut, they fell off the radar in the US.
Thank you for ranking the albums of Golden Earring. I am dutch.. so i know every album from begining to end. I think you don't have the album "Prisoner of the night" ………. that is a master piece. Live and 2nd live are two of the best albums live ever by a dutch band. And then we have Herman Brood. Hope you ever discus this awesome dutch rocker
great to see these albums ranked, pretty cool, not to many bands from the Netherlands came that far. Minor correction: the self titled album is from 1970, not '71. Some Dutch prog suggestions for you to listen to:
Alquin: Marks (1972) and Mountain Queen (1973),
Supersister: Present from Nancy (1970), To the Highest Bidder (1971), Pudding en Gisteren (1972),
Cheers from the Netherlands and keep up the good work!
Very interesting how you listed. I am a Golden Earring fan since 1970 and have seen many concerts. I would have named nearly the same order. Great review and fitting comments!
Two of their later ones, Bloody Buccaneers and Millbrook USA, are in my top five, along with Moontan (US version), Cut, and the 1977 double Live.
Good pick Pete! Vanilla Queen, Candys Going Bad, Mad Love is Coming, The Devil Made Me Do It, Quiet Eyes, Clear Night Moonlight, lots of classic tunes
So glad to see To The Hilt make it to the top 5. They have such an incredible discography. In 25 albums a solid ten of them are perfect, which most bands don't even have ONE perfect album. Everything from 1969 through 1977 was just a masterpiece. I also really love their 90's albums Bloody Buccaneers and Face It
"Song of a Devil's Servant" and "She Flies on Strange Wings" are propably my favorite songs from G.E. among many other gems. What an incredible Top band and so underrated. "Bloody Buccaneers"... Check this album if you haven't heard it Pete.
Fan for over four decades. Millbrook U.S.A. (2003) has some of the absolute best songs that they ever wrote and recorded. I've got around 30 vinyl albums and a half of a dozen or so CDs of their later stuff. That's the only album that I would put ahead of Wall of Dolls. Look up a live version of a song called, "Albino Moon". It's great! Your Moontan CD has the European songlist. Big Tree, Blue Sea, on WOD was re-recorded for the American version of Moontan. Just Like Vince Taylor ended up as side B on the American 45. Great band. Flower In The Mud was a good tune, from their last album Tits n Ass. Always great to see a fan!
You should listen to their 1994 album Face It. Great album. At their last concert they still played 4 tracks from that album. It was a follow-up to their unplugged album The naked truth. That album was hugely succesful in the Netherlands so Face It had acoustic songs on it and some great rockers as welk.
Also listen to Grab it for a Second, produced by Jimmy Iovine. Enjoy!
My favorite album is Eight Miles High, one of my first records ever. I played it loud in my bedroom and all of a sudden my father entered and broke the record on his knees. He was furious because I disturbed his nap on his break from the store. At a concert here in Zwolle (buitensoos venue) I attended a show where they played the song live and was amazed about Rinus smashing the bass against his London City stack. What a performance, I will never forget it.
I love the Golden Earring songs.
So happy you did this band. Moontan , Switch , To the Hilt all came out during my adolescent years. Great album covers and among my favorite albums. There song writing at this time was dead on, near perfect. Amazing guitar player. TH-cam has a vidio of them at Winterland in 71. Watch it , George just smokes on a fretboard. You can down load the music for the two nights they played there on WolfgangsVault.com. If you did a show on the one album we all think is overlooked by music lovers Moontan would be my choice. The four members that are in the band now hold the record for longest enduring members in a band, since 1970.
Excellent...was waiting for this...for me Switch and To the hilt are the best ! Great t shirt too , i must get lol
Moontan is my favorite. Love that album. Not just because Radar Love. Candy’s Going Bad is awesome!! Are You Receiving Me, Vanilla Queen killer. Haven’t heard all there albums so need to investigate more but I have always dug this one.
Do it!
@@waynesworld7804 little slow going at it. Been busy. Have checked out Seven Tears (liked it) and have listened to Switch ( didn’t really care for it) went back and watched Pete’s choices again to check out a couple others. What would you recommend? I’ll give them a listen too. Thanks for you reply.
@@scottwalker5275 hi mate. Agree with your comments. Albums like Switch, N.E.W.S., No Promises, Grab It For A Second & Contraband have some great songs but they fall away after 3-4. I’m a big GE fan but recognise they have released a couple of duds. Stay away from Keeper of the Flame imo. Their live stuff is brilliant though. Naked Truth, Naked II & III, Live 1977, Live in Ahoy stack up against anything. They are really good at improving on their average songs in concert. Enjoy!
@@waynesworld7804 Thank you for your suggestions. I will give those a listen. I stubbled across Pete’s channel about something 6 months ago and started revisiting some of the bands I was a little familiar with but never really listened to much. GE was one of those bands. A friend of mine had the Moontan album and I dug it so bought the CD. But that was about it. After watching Pete’s ranking I thought let’s see if they have anything I like. I’m glad you replied to my comment so I can get another point of view on their albums. Thanks again!!
I agree with the majority of inclusions here, but the omission of 1978's Grab it for a Second, looms large and I find Prisoner of the Night from 1980, a much stronger album than Cut.
Grab it is a consistently solid album and Leather alone, should get it this on the list. Just too many well crafted tunes to not be included (Against the Grain, Tempting, Grab it for a Second).
Relegate 8 Miles and Cut to the honorable mentions and add Grab it and Prisoner to round out a truly entertaining top 10. Prime stuff!
Golden Earring was released in 1970 Pete, i remember buying it, still have it to this day. My favourite too, not a bad track on it
I been saying this same thing for a while now. My favorite of theirs is Switch. Had many a discussion with classic rock DJ's from all over the country about playing the same songs over and over. GE was my prime example. Twilight zone and Radar Love are the only two you hear them play. Anyhow, I dig these guys a lot.
Brilliant and very underrated band. All their albums from 8 miles high to grab it for a second (1969-1978) are essential listening. The other version of Moontan with the long version of big tree blue sea is the better one, and one of the greatest albums of all time.
Loved their early stuff great job sir
Great underrated band. They also had another hit in the US with “When The Lady Smiles” from the album N.E.WS.
Very cool, thanks Pete! One of my absolute favourite bands. From "On The Double" to "Switch": fantastic. A number of B-sides and rarities exist from that period too. Well worth checking out. Barry Hay is a brilliant singer(check out his solo album("Only Parrots, Frogs and Angels"). They deserve to be bigger and not rendered down to 2 songs. Along with Budgie and Diamond Head yet another band that MCA Records failed to support and promote!?
Nothing to comment really! All 10 of your choices are in my top 10 as well. I love the 60 & 70 stuff they did. They always picked good singles in the later period of their career, but the albums weren't as interesting anymore for me.Nice to see you feel some love for this great Dutch band, Pete!
Thanks Pete! Mucho underrated band. Good selection here. Also check out the live acoustic Naked Truth album. It's fantastic!
On your recent "Favourite Albums by Year" poll, "Moontan" was the 24th most popular album of 1973!
2️⃣5️⃣ Studio Albums by GOLDEN EARRING/. I only have 5. Guess I need to update records. Very informative PETE !
Their LIVE album is worth checking out...
I know they had the radio songs on them but my two favorites are Moontan and Cut. Cut is brilliant all the way through. They are a kick-ass live band, and I used to have a live bootleg with a cover of Eight Miles High for the ages, so perhaps that's why they named an album after it.
Moontan is my fav. Are you Receiving Me?
I seen them live in concert many times. Mostly in the 70's. Very good live rock band. Candy's going bad is my fave.
Listen to the Naked III, recorded live (2005 ca) in the Panama, A'dam. Unknown high quality songs (this from a guy knowing them since the beginning, started 1962, first record 1965, Please Go. Thanks for the review. Maybe include live recordings, that is what they do best.
Just discovered their self-titled album and it is a rocker! Also known as wall of dolls , and I see it is your favorite also! Trying to find a vinyl copy at a decent price. I purchased a CD box set that has all of their Studio releases and when I find something I really like I try to find a good vinyl copy. Did not play CDs for about four years as vinyl took my world over but I am rediscovering the joy of CDs and my 6 disc Carousel player. I listen to and enjoy music from many different sources but vinyl is usually superb in sound quality and provides a totally different and unique listening experience. Much more labor-intensive but that's part of the fun. Just like much less labor-intensive is part of the fun with CDs!
This pops up as I look up songs from Moontan, on the 50th anniversary.
Sadly, Golden Earring have since called it a day. But after more than 50 years with the SAME LINEUP, that's inevitable. But I'm grateful for their existence.
Pretty good list, Pete. Only thing I might add is that the audio quality of the 60s and 70s output by GE is top notch, comparable to some of the most famous artists at the time. Their mixing, engineering, and production allows the music to really shine IMO.
Mountain, Switch, To The Hilt, and Contraband are the ultimate albums from G.E. when the keyboard player from Supersister definitely gave the band more consistency. They had hit and miss like every other album in their discography and had a few good tracks on them.
Moontan