Prisoner of the Night

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Prisoner of the Night
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1980
Genre
Length36:48
Label Polydor
Producer George Kooymans
Golden Earring chronology
No Promises...No Debts
(1979)
Prisoner of the Night
(1980)
2nd Live
(1981)
Singles from Prisoner of the Night
  1. "Long Blond Animal"
    Released: 12 September 1980 [2]
  2. "No For an Answer"
    Released: November 1980 [3]
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Prisoner of the Night is an album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1980. In the US, the album was titled Long Blond Animal.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Hay and Kooymans.

  1. "Long Blond Animal" - 3:36
  2. "No For an Answer" - 4:13
  3. "My Town" - 3:06
  4. "Prisoner of the Night" - 4:50
  5. "I Don't Wanna Be Nobody Else" - 4:41
  6. "Cut 'Em Down to Size" (Gerritsen, Hay, Kooymans, Zuiderwijk) - 3:23
  7. "Will and Mercy" - 3:36
  8. "Come in Outerspace" - 4:24
  9. "Going Crazy Again" - 4:59

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [4] 7

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References

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  2. "Golden Earring singles".
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  4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Golden Earring – Prisoner of the Night" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.