To the Hilt

Artist: Golden Earring
Label: Polygram Int'l
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 042284793223
EAN: 0042284793223
ASIN: B0000070JB

Release Date: 2000-01-25

To the Hilt

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Tracks:

Why Me?
Facedancer
To the Hilt
Nomad
Sleepwalkin'
Latin Lightning
Violins

Customer Reviews:

70's jazz/rock with synthesizers.......2004-12-21

This is a great 70's album that's a bit more mellow with a jazzy, nightime feel mixed in. The best track is Sleepwalking, a jazzy rock song with a driving bass. The song sounds a bit like Radar Love, so if you like RL you'll probably like this song. It has some synthesizers and saxophones mixed in at the end. The version of Second Live is great as well, leaving out the jazz feel and going for a faster, more straight up rock sound. You should hear both versions, really. I also like Nomad. It's not a song to rock out to, it's a mellow, dreamy song that is great to unwind and relax with. I love the sound effects in the middle of the song that make it sound like a cowboy is out riding under the stars. It's mesmerising, even though I usually prefer to rock out. Latin Lightning is possibly the jazziest song on the album with some great sax and electric guitar. Why Me and Facedancer are great songs, even though they're really not my thing. My two least favorite tracks are To The Hilt (the Live version is much better, but it's just a bit to much country dance for me) and Violins.

Moontan or Switch,Moontan or Switch........2002-04-27

Moontan.After Switch,and not being as popular as Moontan I
think GE wanted to give fans another Moontan,with longer trippy spacey tunes.So they did, but it did not really become Moontan,
but a little harder to get into.But if you have a little patience,you will be well rewarded.Standout tracks here are
Nomad(dreamy),Sleepwalking(rocking,like Radar Love)and Violins
(multi layered 10 min.track).This is a very good disc.

Solid work from The Earring.......2000-11-25

This is not my most listened to album by Golden Earring but then I have most of them and this one kind of gets lost. Sleepwalkin always struck me and is my favorite on the album. The rest of the songs are good solid material, not their best but somewhere in the middle.I recently listened to this twice and realize that this is a great album. It's one of The Earrings most progressive efforts. A more mellow side to them is prevalent here. As mentioned above Sleepwalkin is my favorite, it really drives! A very underated effort from this outstanding group. If you haven't listened to these guys yet... HURRY!

BEST KEPT SECRET.......2000-05-21

Although it always helps to have a major hit like radar love to get a band on the map,Golden earring has been spared from overexposure in the states.To the hilt is a great example of their work.I love the fact that at this point in their career they had not yet streamlined their songs,not so with later albums.The music does not conform to a formula,it rather just flows along at its own pace.Golden earring sustains what i refer to as an international sound ,meaning its impossible to tell where their from but you just know their not from around here.To the hilt's comlexity and subtelty allows for repeated listenings without sounding overbearing or irritating. a true gem.

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