Golden Earring: Moontan CD Track Listing
Golden Earring
Moontan (1973)
Originally Released 1973\nMCA CD Edition Released 1988 ??\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: This 1973 outing is the album that raised Golden Earring to an international level of popularity, primarily on the strength of the hit single and enduring radio favorite"Radar Love." However, there is much more to this album than just that hit. In many ways, Moontan is like a summation of everything the group had learned on their first three albums. It presents a similar combination of prog epics, heavy rockers, and songs that combine both elements, but everything is raised to a new level of inspiration and polish. It starts with a bang thanks to "Candy's Going Bad," a piece that starts off as a thunderous, pounding rocker but transforms midway into a bluesyinstrumental mood piece. Other highlights include the hit single "Radar Love," a relentless rock tune with a left-field instrumental break in which tribal drums duel with a big band-style horn section, and "Just Like Vince Taylor," a guitar-slinging slice of boogie rock that pays tribute to the fallen rock idol of the title. The album also includes what may be the group's finest prog effort in "Vanilla Queen": this classic builds from pulsating, ominous verses dominated by synthesizer into ahard-rocking chorus and also throws in a stark acoustic guitar midsection before climaxing in a frantic band jam augmented by blaring horns and an ever-spiraling string section. Despite the album's overall strength, not every song reaches these heights: "Are You Receiving Me?" recycles some hooks from the group's past classic "She Flies on Strange Wings," and the twangy country-pop of "Suzy Lunacy (Mental Rock)" is a little too poppy to gel with the rest of the album. However, even these tunesbenefit from tight arrangements and a spirited, totally committed performance from the group. The result is an album that retains its power today. In the end, Moontan is a necessity for Golden Earring fans, and a worthwhile listen for anyone interested in 1970s rock at its most adventurous. -- Donald A. Guarisco\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA Masterpiece, October 19, 2005\nReviewer: SteveMor "stevemor909" (Cleveland, OH)\nThis album is awesome! Every song is great, with my favorite being Are You Receiving Me. But they are all good, I love the guitar work, the interchanging portions of the songs, going into extended sections with guitar work, synthezier, etc and building to a climax. The songs are like journeys, but very well written,great pieces. I think Golden Earing could have been like Pink Floyd, had they kept up a pace like this with forthcoming albums. But unlike Floyd, they could not do it, each new album failed in comparison to the next (although they do have several great albums in this time period: Grab It For A Second, Switch, etc). Ironically enough Golden Earing started making albums back in the 60's when they were completley unknown in the USA but as a Dutch band, they were ALWAYS world famous in the home land. They continued to make albums well into the 80's and even the 90's (for 30 Years). But they NEVER rode higher then in 1973 with Moontan (a real classic rock & roll album). \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMoontan, November 24, 2004\nReviewer: Jessie (USA) - \nThis 1974 release is Golden Earring's most well-known and highly rated album. It was originally released in the Netherlands with a picture of a nude showgirl on the front, included two tracks not found here (Suzy Lunacy, Just Like Vince Taylor) and left out Big Tree, Blue Sea. You're better off with the five-track version being reviewed. \n\nWe all know the popular foot-stomping classic Radar Love, and you can bet it's the first track on Moontan. I personally prefer the live version on Something Heavy Going Down (AKA Live From The Twilight Zone). I like the way the song has evolved over the years and I prefer it live. \n\nCandy's Going Bad is my personal favorite from Moontan. It's a great catchy rock song with a very coolriff and a short but sweet solo in the middle. \n\nVanilla Queen is a much-loved Earring classic that seems to be ab
This rock cd contains 5 tracks and runs 39min 54sec.
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: music songs tracks rock Rock
- Golden Earring - Radar Love (06:26)
- Golden Earring - Candy's Going Bad (06:13)
- Golden Earring - Vanilla Queen (09:21)
- Golden Earring - Big Tree, Blue Sea (08:15)
- Golden Earring - Are You Receiving Me (09:34)
