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Moontan

Moontan
Studio album by
Golden Earring
ReleasedAugust 1973
Genre
Length40:19
39:41 (US version)
LabelTrack, MCA, Polydor
ProducerGolden Earring
Golden Earring chronology
Together
(1972) 		Moontan
(1973) 		Switch
(1975)
Alternative cover
United States rerelease cover
Singles from Moontan
  1. "Radar Love"
    Released: August 1973
  2. "Candy's Going Bad"
    Released: October 1974 (US)[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Classic Rock[3]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[4]

Moontan is the ninth album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1973. It contains the radio hit "Radar Love", and was voted ninth-best Dutch pop album ever by readers of music magazine Oor in 2008.[5] In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album rated No. 32 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".[6] Moontan is the band's most successful album in the United States, being the only Golden Earring album to be certified Gold by the RIAA.[7]

"Vanilla Queen" twice samples Marilyn Monroe's character in There's No Business Like Show Business: "Well, in simple English I'm..." from the "Lazy" performance and "What's your name, Honey?" from the "Heat Wave" performance.

  1. ^ a b Guarisco, Donald A. "AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  2. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 330. ISBN 9780862415419.
  3. ^ "Golden Earring: Moontan - Album Of The Week Club review". Classic Rock. Louder. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 24 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ "OOR PRESENTEERT: 50 JAAR NEDERPOP inclusief DE 50 BESTE NEDERLANDSE POPALBUMS ALLER TIJDEN". oor.nl. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  6. ^ Q Classic: Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, 2005.
  7. ^ "Gold & Platinum Search Results for Golden Earring". riaa.com. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

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