Moontan Explained

Moontan
Type:studio
Artist:Golden Earring
Cover:Golden Earring - Moontan.jpg
Released:August 1973
Genre:
Length:40:19
39:41 (US version)
Label:Track, MCA, Polydor
Producer:Golden Earring
Prev Title:Together
Prev Year:1972
Next Title:Switch
Next Year:1975

Moontan is the ninth album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1973. It contains the radio hit "Radar Love", and was voted ninth-best Dutch pop album ever by readers of music magazine Oor in 2008.[1] In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album rated No. 32 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".[2] Moontan is the band's most successful album in the United States, being the only Golden Earring album to be certified Gold by the RIAA.[3]

"Vanilla Queen" twice samples Marilyn Monroe's character in There's No Business Like Show Business: "Well, in simple English I'm..." from the "Lazy" performance and "What's your name, Honey?" from the "Heat Wave" performance.

Track listing

This is also the track listing on the original UK vinyl release (see above), as well as on early U.S. LP pressings (Track/MCA 396). The U.S. version of the album was originally issued with the UK "exotic dancer" cover with Jilly Johnson, but this was quickly withdrawn and replaced with the "earring" cover depicted at right.

In September 2021, Moontan Remastered & Expanded, a new 2CD edition of the 1973 classic album, was released, featuring the original album newly remastered for the first time from the first-generation master tapes, and featuring six bonus tracks, nine previously unreleased mixes/different versions, a 32-page booklet with a new essay, memorabilia, and photos.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

Release history

CountryDate
NetherlandsAugust 1973
United KingdomDecember 1973[5]
United StatesApril 1974

References

  1. Web site: OOR PRESENTEERT: 50 JAAR NEDERPOP inclusief DE 50 BESTE NEDERLANDSE POPALBUMS ALLER TIJDEN . oor.nl . 11 January 2008 . 22 December 2019.
  2. Q Classic: Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, 2005.
  3. Web site: Gold & Platinum Search Results for Golden Earring. riaa.com. 11 August 2016.
  4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
  5. Book: The Great Rock Discography. 330. 1995 . 9780862415419 . Strong . Martin Charles . Canongate Press .

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