The Hole | ||||
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Released | May 1986 | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 45:17 | |||
Label | Twenty One | |||
Producer | Shell Schellekens | |||
Golden Earring chronology | ||||
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The Hole is the eighteenth studio album by the Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1986. The band gave a free promotion concert in support of the album on the beach of Scheveningen for an audience of 185,000. Anton Corbijn directed a video clip for the single "Quiet Eyes". It was made in the same black and white style as the photographs he made for the inner sleeve of the album.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | link |
All songs written by Barry Hay and George Kooymans except where noted.
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [1] | 5 |
US Billboard 200 [2] | 196 |
Golden Earring was a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as The Tornados. They achieved worldwide fame with their international hit songs "Radar Love" in 1973, which went to number one on the Dutch chart, reached the top ten in the United Kingdom, and went to number thirteen on the United States chart, "Twilight Zone" in 1982, and "When the Lady Smiles" in 1984. During their career they had nearly 30 top-ten singles on the Dutch charts and released 25 studio albums.
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