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Golden Earring - Last Blast of the Century Audio CD

A fair review of the Golden Earring "Last Blast of the Century" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Golden Earring reviews here, or go back to the Golden Earring tabs.

Golden Earring Band: Golden Earring
Title: Last Blast of the Century
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Release Date: 2001-04-10
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Just Like Vince Taylor 2: Heartbeat 3: Another 45 Miles 4: Long Blond Animal 5: Liquid Soul 6: The Fighter 7: Hold Me Now 8: Gamblers Blues 9: Twilight Zone 10: Evil Love Chain 11: Take My Hand Close My Eyes 12: One Night Without You 13: Paradise In Distress 14: In A Bad Mood 15: Making Love To Yourself 16: Whisper In A Crowd 17: Going To The Run 18: Distant Love 19: She Flies On Strange Wings 20: Burning Stuntman 21: The Devil Made Me Do It 22: Johnny Make Believe 23: When The Lady Smiles 24: Legalize Telepathy 25: Radar Love 26: I Can't Sleep Without You

It rocks!
Sadly, it's only available in the Netherlands (as is almost all of their stuff). Last Blast is a great album, and a must have for Earring fans. Highlights include rocking versions of She Flies On Strange Wings, The Devil Made Me Do It, Whisper In A Crowd, Paradise In Distress, Legalize Telepathy, Burning Stuntman, and The Fighter. A slight complaint: Barry Hay's voice shows it's age on this album but it's understanable. After all, a 51 year old man giving it everything he had on stage for about two hours is pretty amirable. Overall a great album with only a couple of stinkers. They gave it their all, and if you're a fan, it deserves a listen no matter what the price. Check out that guitar playing at the end of Twilight Zone and during Radar Love, will you? Holy crap!.


Smokin Earring
But i guess this will have to do. Wish i could have been there. Too bad they did not accept an invitation to tour with Deep Purple on their tour in North America. This could have been it. Im still a fan though. Obviously.


Fantastic!
The songs they play is more from the recent era. It's me again, here to tell all of you out there That this is one (great) live album. The band plays with very high energy and enthusiasm. Pretty darn good from a bunch of guys getting up there in age. A MUST for Earring fans, and suggested for all who love good classic hard rock n roll.


Not bad for a bunch of old guys.
I first got into them when my father decided to crank up the ol' radio in the car when 'Twilight Zone' came on. I have been a Golden Earring fan for many years now. Ever since then I've been hooked. However I live in the states, and am too young to have ever seen them in concert. THis album however is the next best thing. I now have as many live GE albums as I do studio, and thier live material never ceases to amaze me, and this one is no exception. It includes all the old classics like 'Radar Love', Twilight Zone', 'Long Blond Animal', and 'When the Lady Smiles'. It also then includes many more tracks just as good, if not better. THere is too much good to say about this album and this band. You've got two great vocalists and guitar players, a genius bass player, and quite possibly one of the greates rock drummers of all time. The album starts off on fire and doesn't quit. The end leaves you waiting for more. This double is defenetly worth the price point, and then some!.


Great Live Album
It truly is an astonishing live album. This is the latest live album, recorded in Leiden. having a nice metallic rawk in it. The songs are astonishingly well performed, especially in the 9 minute version of Radar Love, where lead guitar players George Kooymans lets his fingers roll all over his guitar. I must warn you that the songs have changed a little over the years, Radar love especially has a stepped up pace and is now more metallic. So is it for all the other songs, in a more or less manner ( Twilight zone is half as 'raw' as Radar Love is. don't think that the raw thing I'm talking about is bad. It gives most of the songs extra power and the pace that makes you wanna throw your foot down the gas pedal and live life the fast lane. and ofcourse there aren't only fast paced songs on this album, there are also beautiful ballads like 'going to the run' and 'whisper in a crowd. ' That are performed really good with George Kooymans reaching musical notes that no man (male) ever thought of reaching. My conclusion and personal opinion is that this album is great, offering 150 minutes of listening pleasure, with an excellent play list ( at the end of the second cd you can feel Golden earring building up to an explosive finale ). The cd is explosive and indeed a blast to listen to.


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