Switch (Golden Earring album)

Switch
Studio album by Golden Earring
Released	March 1975 (1975-03)
Genre	Hard rock progressive rock
Length	35:31
Label	Polydor
Producer	Golden Earring
Golden Earring chronology
Moontan (1973) Switch (1975) To the Hilt (1976)
Singles from Switch
"Ce Soir" Released: 14 February 1975 [1] "Tons of Time" Released: May 1975 (EU) [2] "The Switch" Released: June 1975 (US) [3]

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

Track listing

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

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

• George Kooymans - guitar, vocals
• Rinus Gerritsen - bass, keyboards
• Barry Hay - flute, vocals
• Cesar Zuiderwijk - drums
• Robert Jan Stips - keyboard

Additional personnel

• Bertus Borgers - saxophone
• Eelco Gelling - guitar

Production

• Producer: Golden Earring
• Executive producer: Fred Haayen
• Engineer: Andy Knight, John Kriek, Jan Schuurman
• Mixing: Andy Knight, John Kriek
• Arranger: Golden Earring
• String arrangements: Robert Jan Stips
• Art direction: George Osaki
• Concept: Barry Hay
• Photography: Paul Gerritsma, Graham Hughes

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.

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.