Switch (album)

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Switch
Studio album by Golden Earring
Released	April 1974
Recorded	???
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	35:31
Label	Polydor
Producer	Golden Earring
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Golden Earring chronology
Moontan (1973) Switch (1974) To the Hilt (1975)

For other musical references to Switch, see Switch (disambiguation).

Switch is an album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music).

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

all songs written by Barry Hay and George Kooymans, except where noted

1. "Intro: Plus Minus Absurdio" – 3:08
2. "Love Is a Rodeo" – 3:37
3. "The Switch" – 5:27
4. "Kill Me (Ce Soir)" (John Fenton, Hay, Kooymans) – 6:22
5. "Tons of Time" – 4:20
6. "Daddy's Gonna Save My Soul" – 4:15
7. "Troubles and Hassles" – 4:20
8. "Lonesome D.J." – 4:36

[edit] Personnel

• Bertus Borgers - saxophone
• Eelco Gelling - guitar, slide guitar
• Rinus Gerritsen - bass, harp, keyboard
• Barry Hay - flute, vocals
• George Kooymans - guitar, vocals
• Robert Jan Stips - keyboard
• Cesar Zuiderwijk - percussion, drums

[edit] Production

• Producer: Golden Earring
• Executive producer: Fred Haayen
• Engineer: Andy Knight, John Kriek, Jan Schuurman
• Mixing: Andy Knight, John Kriek
• Arranger: Golden Earring
• String arrangements: Robert Jan Stips
• Art direction: George Osaki
• Concept: Barry Hay
• Photography: Paul Gerritsma, Graham Hughes

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1974	Pop Albums	108