Switch (Golden Earring album)

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Switch
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Studio album by
Golden Earring
ReleasedMarch 1975 (1975-03)
Genre Hard rock
Length35:31
Label Polydor
Producer Golden Earring
Golden Earring chronology
Moontan
(1973)		Switch
(1975)		 To the Hilt
(1976)
Singles from Switch
  1. "Ce Soir"
    Released: 14 February 1975 [1]
  2. "Tons of Time"
    Released: May 1975 (EU) [2]
  3. "The Switch"
    Released: June 1975 (US) [3]

Switch is the tenth album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1975.

Contents

Track listing

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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All songs written by George Kooymans and Barry Hay except where noted.

  1. "Intro: Plus Minus Absurdio" – 3:08
  2. "Love Is a Rodeo" – 3:37
  3. "The Switch" – 5:27
  4. "Kill Me (Ce Soir)" (Kooymans, Hay, John Fenton) – 6:22
  5. "Tons of Time" – 4:20
  6. "Daddy's Gonna Save My Soul" – 4:15
  7. "Troubles and Hassles" – 4:20
  8. "Lonesome D.J." – 4:36

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1975)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [5] 93
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [6] 79
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 1
US Billboard 200 [8] 108

Trivia

Kill Me (Ce Soir) was covered by Iron Maiden as a B side on their 1990 single "Holy Smoke"

On the Dutch pressing, MCA-2139, that was marketed in Europe, the Side 2 label has the song lists double printed. A slight offset is very noticeable. It is unknown how many of these 'double prints' were sold before the manufacturer caught the error.

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References

  1. ↑ "Golden Earring singles".
  2. ↑ "Golden Earring singles".
  3. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 330. ISBN   9780862415419.
  4. ↑ "Allmusic review". AllMusic .
  5. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6149b". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Golden Earring – Switc" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Golden Earring Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2016.



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