Contraband (Golden Earring album)



Contraband is an album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music).

For the USA, the same recordings were issued under the album title Mad Love the following year (1977). This USA version also had different cover art and song sequence. Additionally the song "Faded Jeans" was omitted and replaced with the track "I Need Love".

Track listing
All songs written by Hay and Kooymans.

European track listing

 * 1) "Bombay" – 3:52
 * 2) "Sueleen" – 5:40
 * 3) "Con Man" – 7:10
 * 4) "Mad Love's Comin'" – 7:45
 * 5) "Fighting Windmills" – 4:38
 * 6) "Faded Jeans" – 5:07
 * 7) "Time's Up" – 3:52

USA track listing
Side A
 * 1) "I Need Love" - 6:23
 * 2) "Sueleen (Sweden)" - 5:50
 * 3) "Mad Love's Comin'" - 7:44

Side B
 * 1) "Bombay" - 3:51
 * 2) "Fightin' Windmills" - 4:39
 * 3) "Con Man" - 7:09
 * 4) "Times Up" - 3:55

Personnel

 * George Kooymans - guitar, vocals
 * Rinus Gerritsen - bass, keyboards
 * Barry Hay - flute, vocals
 * Cesar Zuiderwijk - drums
 * Eelco Gelling - guitar
 * Robert Jan Stips - keyboard

Additional personnel
 * Neppie Noya - percussion, conga
 * Patricia Paay - vocals

Production

 * Producers: Golden Earring, John Kriek, Damon Lyon-Shaw
 * Engineer: Robin Freeman
 * Mixing: John Kriek, Steve Lillywhite, Damon Lyon-Shaw
 * Cutting engineer: Melvyn Abrahams
 * String arrangements: Robert Jan Stips
 * Coordination: Jan Vermaes
 * Art direction: Koos Van Oostrom
 * Artwork: Koos Van Oostrom