GOLDEN EARRING Collected 2009 3CD FLAC8 (no tags) mikes0008 kickasstorrents

GOLDEN EARRING Collected 2009 3CD FLAC8 (no tags) mikes0008 kickasstorrents

This is a very good collection for what it is--a collection. Golden Earring has 30+ gold albums in Denmark, but never reached the same fame in the US, so it is a good way to listen to a broad range of their music without hunting down CDs from Europe. It starts with their older music from the late sixties and their pop-sound (Sound of Screaming Day, Dong-Dong-Di-Ki-Di-Gi-Dong) to their later songs as they transitioned into a rock band. It is not a full collection of Golden Earring; it is a collection of Golden Earring once Barry Hay joined the group in the late sixties. This means that there are about 7 years worth of Golden Earring's evolution that are missing. The most notable song missing that predates Hay is Daddy Buy Me a Girl from about 1966.



Golden Earring's music has such depth and breadth. There's the head-pounding sounds of songs like Twilight Zone, and then there's the ballads such as As Long as the Wind Blows that bring tears to the eyes. George Kooymans has the most beautiful voice...combine it with Barry Hay, and we have warm honey blended with melted butter. These four boys make pure magic, and this collection is an excellent representation of that. This collection is recommended to anyone who appreciates an ageless band with an eclectic sound.



GOLDEN EARRING COLLECTED



DISC ONE = 76:09

01 - Sound Of The Screaming Day

02 - Together We Live Together We Love

03 - I've Just Lost Somebody

04 - Dong-Dong-Di-Ki-Di-Gi-Dong

05 - Just A Little Bit Of Peace In My Heart

06 - Where Will I Be

07 - Another 45 Miles

08 - Back Home

09 - Holy Holy Life

10 - She Flies On Strange Wings

11 - Buddy Joe

12 - Stand By Me

13 - Radar Love

14 - Instant Poetry

15 - (Kill Me) Ce Soir

16 - Sleepwalkin'

17 - Bombay



DISC TWO = 77:15

01 - Just Like Vince Taylor

02 - Movin' Down Life

03 - Weekend Love

04 - I Do Rock 'N' Roll

05 - Long Blond Animal

06 - No For An Answer

07 - Slow Down

08 - Twilight Zone

09 - The Devil Made Me Do It

10 - When The Lady Smiles

11 - Clear Nite, Moonlight

12 - Something Heavy Going Down

13 - Quiet Eyes

14 - Why Do I

15 - They Dance

16 - My Killer, My Shadow

17 - Turn The World Around



DISC THREE = 76:18

01 - Distant Love

02 - Going To The Run

03 - Temporary Madness

04 - Pouring My Heart Out Again

05 - I Can't Sleep Without You (Live)

06 - As Long As The Wind Blows (Live)

07 - Hold Me Now

08 - Johnny Make Believe

09 - This Wheel's On Fire

10 - Burning Stuntman (Live)

11 - Paradise In Distress

12 - Whisper In A Crowd

13 - Miles Away From Nowhere

14 - Yes, We're On Fire

15 - Albino Moon

16 - A Sound I Never Heard

17 - Colourblind

18 - Angel (Live)



Golden Earring Collected

Sputnik Music Review:

Review by Matthijs van der Lee November 17th, 2010



The most important musical export from the Netherlands is of course Golden Earring, hailing from The Hague. The quartet, which consists of singer Barry Hay, guitarist George Kooymans, bassist Rinus Gerritsen and drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk, has been around for almost 50 years – a record in rock music that even The Rolling Stones (a significant influence) cannot match. To provide an overview of this long and successful career, the set Collected came out last year.



Our country has always had a great love for British and American pop music, and like most Dutch (rock) bands, the lyrics of this group have always been in English. Their older hits from the 60’s and 70’s, like I’ve Just Lost Somebody, Another 45 Miles, Back Home en Buddy Joe are well remembered merely by the older generation of their home country and a few European neighbours.



But then, in ’73, Moontan came out: the album that contained what still today is the band’s most popular song, Radar Love. Because of the ever-recognizable intro and the theme of car driving through the night, the song proved to match the American audience, who put it up as high as #13 in the charts. About ten years later, two of the three biggest hits the group would make followed: Twilight Zone even reached #1 in the United States (with a little help from the newly launched MTV), and also When the Lady Smiles managed to make the Top 100. This made Golden Earring the best internationally known act from the Netherlands, moving past the one-hit-wonders of The George Baker Selection (Little Green Bag) and Shocking Blue (Venus)



After 1984, there was however no more touring outside of Europe, and the band didn’t reach any more worldwide success. In Holland, the appearance of new hit songs also grew less frequent, but if you’ve made over forty at the end of your career, complaints are not in order. The live reputation of these seniors hasn’t at all lessened, and they still perform many enthusiastic concerts. Despite plans of bringing out another album this year, there is of course little chance that they will reach any new heights anymore. For those inexperienced with their music, Collected offers an excellent overview of half a century of great rock music that Golden Earring made. It’s a band that has made the Netherlands proud.



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