Cut (Golden Earring album) explained

Cut
Type:Album
Artist:Golden Earring
Cover:Golden Earring - Cut.jpg
Released:10 September 1982[1]
Genre:Pop rock[2]
Length:38:35
Label:Capitol, 21/Polygram (US) Mercury
Producer:Shell Schellekens
Prev Title:2nd Live
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:N.E.W.S.
Next Year:1984

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 used in the music video of "Twilight Zone" in which the card represents the life of the rogue espionage agent.

Personnel

Golden Earring

Additional personnel

Street choirs on "Twilight Zone" & "The Devil Made Me Do It" (album Cut) by:

Golden Earring thanking American Gypsy & Evert Nieuwstede on album Cut (inner sleeve-LP & booklet-CD)

Production

Release history

CountryDate
NetherlandsSeptember 1982
United StatesNovember 1982
United KingdomFebruary 1983[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Golden Earring albums.
  2. Web site: Guarisco . Donald A. . Golden Earring - Cut Album Reviews, Songs & More AllMusic . allmusic . 31 January 2023 . en.
  3. Book: The Great Rock Discography. 330. 1995 . 9780862415419 .