Contraband (Golden Earring album)

Contraband
Studio album by Golden Earring
Released 1976 (1977 USA)
Recorded 1976
Genre Hard Rock, Progressive rock
Length 38:18
Label Polydor (MCA in USA)
Producer Golden Earring,
John Kriek,
Damon Lyon-Shaw
Golden Earring chronology

To the Hilt
(1976)		 Contraband
(1976)		 Live
(1977)
Alternate USA cover art
For the USA, Golden Earring's "Contraband" album was repackaged as "Mad love" with a slightly altered track listing.
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Contraband is an album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music).

For the USA, the same recordings were issued under the album title Mad Love the following year (1977). This USA version also had different cover art and song sequence. Additionally the song "Faded Jeans" was omitted and replaced with the track "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. "Times Up" - 3:55

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References

  1. ↑ Guarisco, Donald A.. Contraband (Golden Earring album) at AllMusic