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Contraband
Studio album by Golden Earring
Released	December 1976
Genre	Hard rock
Length	38:18
Label	Polydor (MCA in USA)
Producer	Golden 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
"Bombay" Released: 26 November 1976

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Contraband is an album by Dutch 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

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. "Time's Up" - 3:55

Personnel

• Barry Hay - vocals
• George Kooymans - guitar, vocals
• Eelco Gelling - guitar, slide guitar
• Rinus Gerritsen - bass, keyboards
• Cesar Zuiderwijk - drums

Additional personnel

• Patricia Paay - vocals
• Robert Jan Stips - piano (track 6), mini Moog (track 3)
• Nippy Noya - percussion, congas

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

Charts

Release history

References

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

• Golden Earring albums
• 1976 albums
• Polydor Records albums