The Naked Truth (Golden Earring album)

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The Naked Truth
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Live album by
Golden Earring
Released10 November 1992
Genre Hard rock
Label First Quake
Producer Golden Earring, John Sonneveld
Golden Earring chronology
Bloody Buccaneers
(1991)		The Naked Truth
(1992)		 Face It
(1994)

The Naked Truth is the fourth live album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1992. All songs were performed with acoustic instruments. The album has been released over the decade with additional tracks under the titles The Complete Naked Truth and Fully Naked.

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Track listing

All songs written by Hay and Kooymans except where noted.

  1. "Introduction" (Gerritsen, Hay, Kooymans, Zuiderwijk)
  2. "Jangalene" (Kooymans)
  3. "Another 45 Miles" (Kooymans)
  4. "Mad Love's Comin'"
  5. "Why Do I?"
  6. "I Can't Sleep Without You"
  7. "Weekend Love" (Gerritsen, Hay, Kooymans, Zuiderwijk)
  8. "Vanilla Queen"
  9. "Twilight Zone" (Kooymans)
  10. "One Shot Away from Paradise" (Gerritsen)
  11. "Long Blond Animal"
  12. "Pouring My Heart Out Again"
  13. "Radar Love"
  14. "Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn)
  15. "The Naked Truth" (Hay, Kooymans, E.H. Roelfzema)

Other versions

The Complete Naked Truth

A 1998 edition of the album titled The Complete Naked Truth was sold as a two disc collection. Besides the above tracks, the collection included an additional seven tracks billed as previously unreleased.

  1. "Back Home" (Kooymans, Hay)
  2. "Just a Little Bit of Peace in My Heart" (Kooymans)
  3. "Going to the Run" (Kooymans, Hay)
  4. "Jangalene" (Alternate) (Kooymans)
  5. "Don't Stop the Show" (Kooymans)
  6. "When the Lady Smiles" (Kooymans, Hay)
  7. "Radar Love" (Edit) (Kooymans, Hay)

Fully Naked

A three disc collection titled Fully Naked was released in 2001 as a box set. Besides including the two discs above, the set included a third disc again touted as previously unreleased.

  1. "In a Bad Mood"
  2. "As Long As the Wind Blows"
  3. "Please Go/Sound of the Screaming Day"
  4. "Murdock 9 6182"
  5. "Yellow and Blue"
  6. "Devil Made Me Do It"
  7. "Madame Zou Zou"

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI) [4] 3× Platinum300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Golden Earring – The Naked Truth" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1993". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1994". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Dutch album certifications – Golden Earring – The Naked Truth" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved 6 May 2021.Enter The Naked Truth in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1997 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
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