Contraband (Golden Earring album)

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

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. "Time's Up" - 3:55

Personnel

• Barry Hay - vocals
• George Kooymans - guitar, vocals
• Eelco Gelling - guitar, slide guitar
• Rinus Gerritsen - bass, keyboards
• Cesar Zuiderwijk - drums

Additional personnel

• Patricia Paay - vocals
• Robert Jan Stips - piano <small>(track 6)</small>, mini Moog <small>(track 3)</small>
• Nippy Noya - percussion, 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

Release history

References