The Naked Truth (Golden Earring album) explained

The Naked Truth
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Golden Earring
Cover:	Golden Earring - The Naked Truth.jpg
Released:	10 November 1992
Genre:	Hard rock
Label:	First Quake
Producer:	Golden Earring, John Sonneveld
Prev Title:	Bloody Buccaneers
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Face It
Next Year:	1994

The Naked Truth is the fourth live album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1992. All songs were performed with acoustic instruments. The album has been released over the decade with additional tracks under the titles The Complete Naked Truth and Fully Naked.

Track listing

All songs written by Hay and Kooymans except where noted.

1. "Introduction" (Gerritsen, Hay, Kooymans, Zuiderwijk)
2. "Jangalene" (Kooymans)
3. "Another 45 Miles" (Kooymans)
4. "Mad Love's Comin'"
5. "Why Do I?"
6. "I Can't Sleep Without You"
7. "Weekend Love" (Gerritsen, Hay, Kooymans, Zuiderwijk)
8. "Vanilla Queen"
9. "Twilight Zone" (Kooymans)
10. "One Shot Away from Paradise" (Gerritsen)
11. "Long Blond Animal"
12. "Pouring My Heart Out Again"
13. "Radar Love"
14. "Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn)
15. "The Naked Truth" (Hay, Kooymans, E.H. Roelfzema)

Other versions

The Complete Naked Truth

A 1998 edition of the album titled The Complete Naked Truth was sold as a two disc collection. Besides the above tracks, the collection included an additional seven tracks billed as previously unreleased.

1. "Back Home" (Kooymans, Hay)
2. "Just a Little Bit of Peace in My Heart" (Kooymans)
3. "Going to the Run" (Kooymans, Hay)
4. "Jangalene" (Alternate) (Kooymans)
5. "Don't Stop the Show" (Kooymans)
6. "When the Lady Smiles" (Kooymans, Hay)
7. "Radar Love" (Edit) (Kooymans, Hay)

Fully Naked

A three disc collection titled Fully Naked was released in 2001 as a box set. Besides including the two discs above, the set included a third disc again touted as previously unreleased.

1. "In a Bad Mood"
2. "As Long As the Wind Blows"
3. "Please Go/Sound of the Screaming Day"
4. "Murdock 9 6182"
5. "Yellow and Blue"
6. "Devil Made Me Do It"
7. "Madame Zou Zou"

Personnel

• Rinus Gerritsen - acoustic guitar, upright bass
• Barry Hay - flute, rhythm guitar, vocals
• George Kooymans - guitar, vocals
• Cesar Zuiderwijk - drums, percussion

Production

• Producers

Golden Earring, John Sonneveld

• Engineer

John Sonneveld

• Design

Henk Schiffmacher

• Photography

Reinoud Klazes, Patricia Steur

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1993. dutchcharts.nl. 1 October 2020.
2. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1994. dutchcharts.nl. 1 October 2020.