The Naked Truth (Golden Earring album)
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The Naked Truth is a live album
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 by Dutch
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 hard rock
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 band Golden Earring
Golden Earring
Golden Earring are a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as the Golden Earrings . They had international chart success with the songs "Radar Love" in 1973, "Twilight Zone" in 1982, and "When the Lady Smiles" in 1984. In their home country, they had over 40 hits and made over 30 gold and...

, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music
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). All songs were performed with acoustic instruments. The album has been released over the decade with additional tracks under the titles The Complete Naked Truth and Fully Naked.

Track listing

  1. "Introduction"
  2. "Jangalene" (George Kooymans)
  3. "Another 45 Miles" (Kooymans)
  4. "Mad Love's Comin'" (Barry Hay, Kooymans)
  5. "Why Do I?"
  6. "I Can't Sleep Without You" (Hay, Kooymans)
  7. "Weekend Love" (Rinus Gerritsen, Hay, Kooymans, Zuiderwijk)
  8. "Vanilla Queen" (Hay, Kooymans)
  9. "Twilight Zone" (Hay, Kooymans)
  10. "One Shot Away from Paradise" (Gerritsen)
  11. "Long Blond Animal" (Hay, Kooymans)
  12. "Pouring My Heart Out Again" (Hay, Kooymans)
  13. "Radar Love" (Hay, Kooymans)
  14. "Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark
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    , David Crosby
    David Crosby
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    , Roger McGuinn
    Roger McGuinn
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    )
  15. "Naked Truth" (Hay, Kooymans)

The Complete Naked Truth

A 1997 addition of the album titled The Complete Naked Truth was sold as a two disc collection. Besides the above tracks, the collection included an additional seven tracks billed as previously unreleased.
  1. "Back Home"
  2. "Just A Little Bit Of Peace In My Heart"
  3. "Going On The Run"
  4. "Jangalene(Alternate)"
  5. "Don't Stop The Show"
  6. "When The Lady Smiles"
  7. "Radar Love(Edit)"

Fully Naked

A three disc collection titled Fully Naked was released in 2001 as a box set. Besides including the two discs above, the set included a third disc again touted as previously unreleased.
  1. "In a Bad Mood"
  2. "As Long as the Wind Blows"
  3. "Please Go/Sound of the Screaming Day"
  4. "Murdock 9 6182"
  5. "Yellow and Blue"
  6. "Devil Made Me Do It"
  7. "Madame Zou Zou"

Personnel

  • Rinus Gerritsen - acoustic guitar
    Steel-string acoustic guitar
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    , upright bass
    Double bass
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  • Barry Hay - flute
    Flute
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    , rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
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    , vocals
    Singing
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  • George Kooymans - guitar
    Guitar
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    , vocals
  • Cesar Zuiderwijk - percussion
    Percussion instrument
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    , drums
    Drum kit
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Production

  • Producers: Golden Earring, John Sonneveld
  • Engineer: John Sonneveld
  • Design: Henk Schiffmacher
    Henk Schiffmacher
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  • Photography: Reinoud Klazes, Patricia Steur
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