Cut is the sixteenth studio album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). The album spawned the hit song "Twilight Zone," which reached No. 1 in the Netherlands and No. 1 in the United States on Billboards Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (it reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.)
The album's cover image is the 1964 photo Cutting the Card Quickly taken by M.I.T. Professor "Doc" Edgerton showing the jack of diamonds playing card being shredded by a bullet. The image is recreated repeatedly in the music video of "Twilight Zone" in which the card represents the life of the rogue espionage agent.
Track listing
Personnel
Golden Earring
Additional personnel
- Robert Jan Stips â synthesizer
- Street choirs on "Twilight Zone" & "The Devil Made Me Do It" (album cut) by:
- Steve Clisby (American Gypsy) â backup vocals
- Omar Dupree (American Gypsy) â backup vocals
- Evert Nieuwstede (Urban Heroes) â backup vocals
- Golden Earring thank American Gypsy & Evert Nieuwstede on album Cut (inner sleeve-LP & booklet-CD)
Production
- Producer: Shell Schellekens
- Engineer: John Kriek
- Digital mastering: Dick Van Leeuwen
- Horn arrangements: Hans Hollestelle
- Photography: Harold Edgerton, Kees Tabak
- Lettering: Koos O.
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Release history
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