Moontan is the ninth album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1973. It contains the radio hit "Radar Love", and was voted ninth-best Dutch pop album ever by readers of music magazine Oor in 2008.[5] In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album rated No. 32 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".[6]Moontan is the band's most successful album in the United States, being the only Golden Earring album to be certified Gold by the RIAA.[7]
"Vanilla Queen" twice samples Marilyn Monroe's character in There's No Business Like Show Business: "Well, in simple English I'm..." from the "Lazy" performance and "What's your name, Honey?" from the "Heat Wave" performance.
This is also the track listing on the original UK vinyl release (see above), as well as on early U.S. LP pressings (Track/MCA 396). The U.S. version of the album was originally issued with the UK "exotic dancer" cover with Jilly Johnson, but this was quickly withdrawn and replaced with the "earring" cover depicted at right.
In September 2021, Moontan Remastered & Expanded, a new 2CD edition of the 1973 classic album, was released, featuring the original album newly remastered for the first time from the first-generation master tapes, and featuring six bonus tracks, nine previously unreleased mixes/different versions, a 32-page booklet with a new essay, memorabilia, and photos.
2021 remastered edition bonus tracks (CD1)
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
7.
"Big Tree, Blue Sea" (1973 version; replaced "Suzy Lunacy" and "Just Like Vince Taylor" on UK/US 1973 releases)
8:12
8.
"Candy's Going Bad" (single version)
2:52
9.
"Radar Love" (single version)
3:45
10.
"The Song Is Over" ("Radar Love" B-side in continental Europe)
Kooymans
4:52
11.
"Instant Poetry" (single A-side, 1974)
5:08
12.
"From Heaven, from Hell" (1974 version; "Instant Poetry" B-side)
Kooymans
6:05
2021 remastered edition CD 2: The Moontan Sessions
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