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2 Personnel  




3 Production  




4 Charts  




5 Release history  




6 References  













Contraband (Golden Earring album)






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Contraband
Studio album by
Golden Earring
ReleasedDecember 1976
GenreHard rock
Length38:18
LabelPolydor (MCA in USA)
ProducerGolden Earring, John Kriek, Damon Lyon-Shaw
Golden Earring chronology
To the Hilt
(1976) 		Contraband
(1976) 		Live
(1977)
Alternate USA cover art
For the USA, Golden Earring's "Contraband" album was repackaged as "Mad love" with a slightly altered track listing.
Singles from Contraband

  1. "Bombay"
    Released: 26 November 1976[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Contraband is an albumbyDutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1976 in Europe and 1977 in the US.

For the US, the album was re-titled Mad Love and the track "Faded Jeans" was omitted and replaced with "I Need Love".

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Hay and Kooymans.

European track listing[edit]

  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[edit]

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. "Time's Up" - 3:55

Personnel[edit]

Additional personnel

Production[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart (1976-1977) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3] 10
USBillboard 200[4] 182

Release history[edit]

Country Date
Netherlands December 1976
United Kingdom March 1977[5]
United States May 1977

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Golden Earring singles".
  • ^ Guarisco, Donald A.. ContrabandatAllMusic
  • ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Golden Earring – Contraband" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  • ^ "Golden Earring Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  • ^ The Great Rock Discography. 1995. p. 330. ISBN 9780862415419.

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