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DISCID=43095805
DTITLE=Golden Earring / Moontan
DYEAR=1973
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Radar love
TTITLE1=Candy's going bad
TTITLE2=Vanilla queen
TTITLE3=Big tree, blue sea
TTITLE4=Are you receiving me
EXTD=Originally Released 1973\nMCA CD Edition Released 1988 ??\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: This 1973 outing is the album that raised Golden Earring to an international level of popularity, primarily on the strength of the hit single and enduring radio favorite
EXTD= "Radar Love." However, there is much more to this album than just that hit. In many ways, Moontan is like a summation of everything the group had learned on their first three albums. It presents a similar combination of prog epics, heavy rockers, a
EXTD=nd songs that combine both elements, but everything is raised to a new level of inspiration and polish. It starts with a bang thanks to "Candy's Going Bad," a piece that starts off as a thunderous, pounding rocker but transforms midway into a bluesy
EXTD= instrumental mood piece. Other highlights include the hit single "Radar Love," a relentless rock tune with a left-field instrumental break in which tribal drums duel with a big band-style horn section, and "Just Like Vince Taylor," a guitar-slingin
EXTD=g slice of boogie rock that pays tribute to the fallen rock idol of the title. The album also includes what may be the group's finest prog effort in "Vanilla Queen": this classic builds from pulsating, ominous verses dominated by synthesizer into a 
EXTD=hard-rocking chorus and also throws in a stark acoustic guitar midsection before climaxing in a frantic band jam augmented by blaring horns and an ever-spiraling string section. Despite the album's overall strength, not every song reaches these heig
EXTD=hts: "Are You Receiving Me?" recycles some hooks from the group's past classic "She Flies on Strange Wings," and the twangy country-pop of "Suzy Lunacy (Mental Rock)" is a little too poppy to gel with the rest of the album. However, even these tunes
EXTD= benefit from tight arrangements and a spirited, totally committed performance from the group. The result is an album that retains its power today. In the end, Moontan is a necessity for Golden Earring fans, and a worthwhile listen for anyone intere
EXTD=sted in 1970s rock at its most adventurous.  -- Donald A. Guarisco\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA Masterpiece, October 19, 2005\nReviewer: SteveMor "stevemor909" (Cleveland, OH)\nThis album is awesome! Every song is great, with my favorite being A
EXTD=re You Receiving Me. But they are all good, I love the guitar work, the interchanging portions of the songs, going into extended sections with guitar work, synthezier, etc and building to a climax. The songs are like journeys, but very well written,
EXTD= great pieces. I think Golden Earing could have been like Pink Floyd, had they kept up a pace like this with forthcoming albums. But unlike Floyd, they could not do it, each new album failed in comparison to the next (although they do have several g
EXTD=reat albums in this time period: Grab It For A Second, Switch, etc). Ironically enough Golden Earing started making albums back in the 60's when they were completley unknown in the USA but as a Dutch band, they were ALWAYS world famous in the home l
EXTD=and. They continued to make albums well into the 80's and even the 90's (for 30 Years). But they NEVER rode higher then in 1973 with Moontan (a real classic rock & roll album). \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMoontan, November 24, 2004\nReviewer: Je
EXTD=ssie (USA) - \nThis 1974 release is Golden Earring's most well-known and highly rated album. It was originally released in the Netherlands with a picture of a nude showgirl on the front, included two tracks not found here (Suzy Lunacy, Just Like Vin
EXTD=ce Taylor) and left out Big Tree, Blue Sea. You're better off with the five-track version being reviewed. \n\nWe all know the popular foot-stomping classic Radar Love, and you can bet it's the first track on Moontan. I personally prefer the live ver
EXTD=sion on Something Heavy Going Down (AKA Live From The Twilight Zone). I like the way the song has evolved over the years and I prefer it live. \n\nCandy's Going Bad is my personal favorite from Moontan. It's a great catchy rock song with a very cool
EXTD= riff and a short but sweet solo in the middle. \n\nVanilla Queen is a much-loved Earring classic that seems to be about Marylin Monroe. It has some great acoustic playing in the middle and some lovely horns at the end. \n\nBig Tree, Blue Sea is a r
EXTD=emake of the 1970 version on their self titled album (AKA Wall Of Dolls) from 1970. I prefer this version as the flute sounds better I think. This song has a lot of Jethro Tull-esque flute playing and some very soft, sweet moments in the middle. \n\
EXTD=nThe Final track, Are You Recieving Me is a lengthy song with some saxophone and some rocking out in the middle. \n\nSure, it's only five songs, but most of them are very lengthy and everyone would tell you it's worth a purchase. My personal favorit
EXTD=e studio album is Bloody Buccaneers, but Moontan is an exceptionally solid album in it's own right. Their new album Millbrook USA and their 1972 album Together are also good. But GE tends to be best when they're live, so their live albums are must-h
EXTD=aves. So many of their songs are just so much better live. Save Your Skin, Heartbeat, Evil Love Chain, Hammer Of Love, Liquid Soul, Long Blond Animal, The Devil Made Me Do It, I Do Rock 'N Roll, Another 45 Miles, Just Like Vince Taylor, Radar Love, 
EXTD=and Mission Impossible are just some examples of GE songs that are usually best when performed live. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nRadar Love; the Rest is Gravy, October 5, 2004\nReviewer: Lonnie E. Holder "On the Threshold of a Dream" (Sullivan, 
EXTD=Illinois USA)         \n"Moontan" contains the only recognizable hit from the Dutch group Golden Earring, "Radar Love." While that song is a classic for those of us who went cruising in convertibles in the 70s, there are other songs on this CD worth
EXTD=y of notice. \n\n"Candy's Going Bad" is an okay song. Next up is a "Vanilla Queen;" progressive and impressive. There is good guitar work in this song along with an interesting horn section. \n\n"Big Tree, Blue Sea" starts with a flute that will imm
EXTD=ediately call to mind Jethro Tull. However, the song has a strong electronic flavor mixed in to balance the flute. The end result is another progressive rock song that sounds a little like Yes, a little like Tull, and a middle portion that feels as 
EXTD=though it might have been inspired by King Crimson's "Moonchild" from "In the Court of the Crimson King," but with a Jethro Tull flavor. It is as interesting as it sounds. This song then segues into guitar rock, nice and hard, but with a Doors-like 
EXTD=bluesy flavor. While the song would appear to have ties to a number of rock groups and artists, the result is an unusual blend that has to be heard to be appreciated. \n\n"Are You Receiving Me" rounds out the CD. The song begins with a 60s sound tha
EXTD=t changes to a wonderful harmony with a blues flavor. The song changes styles and tempos several times, an indication of the progressive nature of the song. In the middle portion of this song is a section that heard only by itself you might think wa
EXTD=s by Led Zeppelin, but it is clearly different from Led Zeppelin. Golden Earring once again mixed styles to create a unique combination that is somewhat difficult to describe, but a lot of fun to hear. \n\n"Moontan" was originally released in 1973 i
EXTD=n an era when rock was unafraid to experiment. The end result is an album that sounds a lot like early progressive rock with a hard edge. If you like Jethro Tull, Yes, King Crimson and Led Zeppelin from the late 60s and the early 70s, you should als
EXTD=o enjoy this album. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOne of the finest gems of the 1970's, April 26, 2002\nReviewer: Worgelm "The Grumpy" (United States)\nPurchasing an import copy of _Contraband_/_Golden Earring_ the other day, the clerk at the coun
EXTD=ter closely inspected the song lists. "Wow, no Radar Love." Too bad the Earring had the misfortune to actually pack an entire album's worth of fantastic music onto _Moontan_, because the bulk of the population never got past track one. (Okay, you ca
EXTD=n hear _Vanilla Queen_ from time to time on classic rock radio - but only during the enlightened hours of the evening.) This is the American pressing of this album, which contains "Big Tree, Blue Sea" whose original version is on _Golden Earring_, a
EXTD=nd leaves out "Suzy Lunacy" and "Just Like Vince Taylor" along with the racier cover art on the European pressing. "Blue Sea" is a fantastic, musically adventerous track by itself, almost exactly anticipating _Heavy Horses_ era-Tull by a full five y
EXTD=ears! Having indulged themselves and surprised the listener with the extremes of their artier tendencies, there are blasts of dense hard rock ("Candy's Gone Bad"), complex riffing and generous quantities of strings and well-used horns ("Vanilla Quee
EXTD=n"). And then there's the single; its much easier to digest after all these times in the context of the rest of the album. Im constantly surprised how much this band's best output has been ignored by reviewers when considering great music in this de
EXTD=cade; you could fit it into prog-rock or hard rock categories in equal parts. Or as another reviewer put it, the ultimate driving album. THE album to own by this band.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe Best by the Best, November 24, 2000\nReviewer:
EXTD= Mark (Walnut Creek, CA United States)\nCould be the best rock album ever. This is a very underated group in the states. In Europe they are huge. Every song a masterpiece, In fact to me the famous Radar Love while awesome is not the best track on th
EXTD=is album. That distinction goes to The Vanilla Queen. This is a timeless classic and the best place to start for anyone wanting to discover this exceptional band. One thing of interest, despite the better sound and the original album cover that the 
EXTD=import boasts I like the U.S. release better. The import omits Big Tree Blue Sea, contains two other not so great tunes, and the rest are in a different sequence.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe ultimate driving album, August 15, 2000\nReviewer: 
EXTD=Gavin Wilson (Thames Ditton, Surrey United Kingdom)\nThe only shame about this CD is that it doesn't come with the packaging of the original European LP. (This had a very attractive woman on front and back, together with some excellent concert photo
EXTD=s inside.)\nThis is just a fantastic rock album. Hardly a moment of it is sub-par. It has no pretensions to be anything other than a thumping good listen, although that is not to say that it is all guitar riffs. Both tracks 2 and 3 feature some good
EXTD= synth arrangements from bassist Rinus Gerritsen (apologies if I have misspelt the name, which is missing from my CD). The drumming of Cesar Zjuiderwick (apols again for the spelling) is excellently recorded.\n\nWhen this first came out, the British
EXTD= pop papers wrote of a Dutch invasion. Focus had just released the currently deleted Focus III, and Hocus Pocus was doing well as a single. In terms of musicianship, Focus were probably the stronger, but Earring completely outrocked them.\n\nTwenty-
EXTD=seven years on, I personally don't feel this album has dated. Radar Love will always be a classic. But as a driving song, it is actually bettered by the last track, Are You Receiving Me.\n\nThe follow-up album, Switch, was a bitter disappointment. I
EXTD=ndeed I have never found an Earring album that comes close to this one, which remains in my all-time top ten.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe definitive 70's guitar album, October 19, 1998\nReviewer: A music fan\nThis album contains some of the m
EXTD=ost hauntingly beatiful guitaring, in my opinion, ever captured on vinyl. While the very famous track Radar Love is not bad at all, it pales into insignificance next to tracks like Vanilla Queen and Candy's Goin' Bad. The latter, especially, has a r
EXTD=iff that is simply momentous. Vanilla Queen is a striking piece of music, clocking in at just under eight minutes, and the guitaring on this, as well as Big Tree Blue Sea is breathtaking. Great Album from a great Dutch band, even is guitar-driven ro
EXTD=ck is not your thing, this will certainly make you listen twice.\n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nDigitally remastered edition of the album that broke the veteran Dutch rock band wide open in America with the double barrelled assault of the provocative cove
EXTD=r art and the #1 hit classic "Radar Love".
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