Golden Earring (album)

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Golden Earring

Studio album by

Golden Earring

Released

August 1970

Genre

Length

38:40

Label

Polydor

Producer

Fred Haayen

Golden Earring chronology

Eight Miles High
(1969)

Golden Earring
(1970)

Seven Tears
(1971)

Singles from Golden Earring

"Back Home"
Released: July 1970^[2]

Golden Earring is the sixth album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1970. Fans may refer to it as the Wall of Dolls due to the cover artwork. This is the first Golden Earring album with drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk as a member.

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All songs written by Kooymans except where noted.

"Yellow and Blue" – 3:43
"The Loner" – 3:28
"This Is the Time of the Year" – 3:32
"Big Tree, Blue Sea" (Hay, Kooymans) – 6:09
"The Wall of Dolls" (Gerritsen, Hay) – 3:31
"Back Home" – 3:50
"See See" (Hay) – 3:10
"I'm Going to Send My Pigeons to the Sky" – 5:57
"As Long As the Wind Blows" – 5:20

Personnel

Barry Hay – flute, rhythm guitar, vocals; lead vocals (tracks 2, 4–8)
George Kooymans – lead guitar, vocals; lead vocals (tracks 1, 3, 9)
Rinus Gerritsen – bass, piano, organ, Mellotron
Cesar Zuiderwijk – drums, percussion

Production

Producer: Fred Haayen
Engineer: Albert Kos
Photography: Claude Van Heye

Charts

Chart (1970)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[3]	1

References

^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Golden Earring - Golden Earring Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". allmusic. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "Golden Earring singles".
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Golden Earring – Golden Earring" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

v t e Golden Earring
Rinus Gerritsen George Kooymans Barry Hay Cesar Zuiderwijk Peter de Ronde Frans Krassenburg Jaap Eggermont Sieb Warner Bertus Borgers Eelco Gelling Robert Jan Stips Fred van der Hilst John Legrand Hans van Herwerden
Studio albums	Just Ear-rings (1965) Winter-Harvest (1966) Miracle Mirror (1967) On the Double (1968) Eight Miles High (1969) Golden Earring (1970) Seven Tears (1971) Together (1972) Moontan (1973) Switch (1975) To the Hilt (1976) Contraband (1976) Grab It for a Second (1978) No Promises...No Debts (1979) Prisoner of the Night (1980) Cut (1982) N.E.W.S. (1984) The Hole (1986) Keeper of the Flame (1989) Bloody Buccaneers (1991) Face It (1994) Love Sweat (1995) Paradise in Distress (1999) Millbrook U.S.A. (2003) Tits 'n Ass (2012)
Live albums	Live (1977) 2nd Live (1981) Something Heavy Going Down (1984) The Naked Truth (1992) Naked II (1997) Last Blast of the Century (2000)
Singles	"Radar Love" (1973) "Slow Down" (1981) "Twilight Zone" (1982) "When the Lady Smiles" (1984)
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