Audio CD review:
Golden Earring - Paradise in Distress

Golden Earring - Paradise in Distress

Band: Golden Earring Title: Paradise in Distress Rating: Release Date: 08 February, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Paradise in Distress 2: Apocalypse 3: Evil Love Chain 4: Darling 5: Take My Hand-Close My Eyes 6: Fighter 7: One Night Without You 8: Whisper in a Crowd 9: Deja Voodoo 10: Bad News to Fall in Love 11: 42nd Street 12: Fluid Conduction 13: Desperately Trying to Be Different 14: Gambler's Blues

Customer Reviews paradise i confess layer, upon layer of sound that is always fresh. this is absolutely my favorite golden earring record. moontan is still better song for song but, this is nearly twice as long. the title track is their best song since radar love. evil love chain, the fighter, one night without you, dejavodoo, bad news to fall in love, all great songs. finishes strong with desperately trying to be different, and gambler's blues. one more thing. this is a great concept album. the best since the who's quadrophenia. they sound as if they had a blast making this. buy it and enjoy. Buy Last Blast Of The Century instead There's a lot to listen to here, but most of it is pretty luke warm. Basically, Paradise In Distress is full of either mediocre songs or songs that are fantastic when performed live. I prefer Last Blast Of The Century because it contains version of some PID songs that blow the studio versions out of the water. Let's look at some of the tracks: Evil Love Chain-the studio version falls flat. The Last Blast version ROCKS-it blows the studio version out of the water. I much prefer the sound of the guitar and the horns on the Last Blast version. Paradise In Distress-a great song, but I think I slightly prefer the Last Blast version. Deja Voodoo-not worth listening to at all. Worthless. One of their worst songs in my opinion. Bad News To Fall In (With A Mean Mother F**ker)-a pretty good song that's not available on any live albums Whisper In A Crowd-a great song, that's pretty much equal in quality with The Last Blast version (although I think that version once again gets a slight edge) Desperately Trying To Be Different-this one does absolutely nothing for me. The Fighter-The Last Blast version is much better The Apocalypse, Darling, Fluid Conduction, and 42nd Street are all either avarega or luke warm. Take My Hand, Close My Eyes and One Night Without You I never listen to, even on Last Blast Of The Century. Overall, there are some good songs here, but there are more average or poor tracks to be found here than there are great. The title track and Whisper In A Crowd are hands down the highlights here, but I give the slight edge to the Last Blast versions. I think you'll find that many of the songs are better on Last Blast Of The Century. Golden Earring is better live than in the studio and this album proves it. I recommend the following GE albums: Last Blast Of The Century Bloody Buccaners The Continuing Story Of Radar Love Naked III (their new acoustic album) Millbrook USA NEWS(espescially if you're into 80's music like me) Together and if you're interested in 60's music (I'm not, personally), On The Double is their best of the decade . You cant keep a good band down. Thank you for that. Golden Earring just keeps on coming and coming. I do not know any other band that has been so consistent. I have followed this band since I saw them opening for King Crimson in 73. Ehh I guess I should say something about the music here. It is classic GE with 2 wordsmiths(Hay and Roelfzema)and Kooymans ripping great catchy melodies. Rinus and Cesar are all over the place(in a good way),there is horns galore, soul back-up singers and me on the couch loving every minute of it. . You can see a complete list of all Golden Earring discography, or go back to the Golden Earring tabs