Cut (Golden Earring album)

Cut is the sixteenth studio album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). The album spawned the hit song "Twilight Zone," which reached No. 1 in the Netherlands and No. 1 in the United States on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (it reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.)

Cut
Studio album by
Golden Earring
Released10 September 1982[1]
Genre
Length38:35
LabelCapitol, 21/Polygram (US) Mercury
ProducerShell Schellekens
Golden Earring chronology
2nd Live
(1981)		 Cut
(1982)		 N.E.W.S.
(1984)
Singles from Cut
  1. "Twilight Zone"
    Released: 23 August 1982[3]
  2. "The Devil Made Me Do It"
    Released: 17 December 1982[4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]

The album's cover image is the 1964 photo Cutting the Card Quickly taken by M.I.T. Professor "Doc" Edgerton showing the jack of diamonds playing card being shredded by a bullet. The image is used in the music video of "Twilight Zone" in which the card represents the life of the rogue espionage agent.

A music video was also made to support the second single released from the album, "The Devil Made Me Do It." However, the video saw limited airplay in the United States, because its lyrics contain the word "bullshit."

Track listing

All songs written by Hay and Kooymans except where noted.

  1. "The Devil Made Me Do It" – 3:25
  2. "Future" (Kooymans) – 5:25
  3. "Baby Dynamite" (Hay) – 5:15
  4. "Last of the Mohicans" – 4:09
  5. "Lost and Found" (Gerritsen, Hay) – 4:00
  6. "Twilight Zone" (Kooymans) – 7:58
  7. "Chargin' Up My Batteries" – 4:17
  8. "Secrets" (Hay) – 4:04

Personnel

Golden Earring

Additional personnel

Street choirs on hit tracks "Twilight Zone" & "The Devil Made Me Do It" (album Cut) by:

  • Steve Clisby (American Gypsy) - backup vocals
  • Omar Dupree (American Gypsy) - backup vocals
  • Evert Nieuwstede (Urban Heroes) - backup vocals

Golden Earring thanking American Gypsy & Evert Nieuwstede on album Cut (inner sleeve-LP & booklet-CD)

Production
  • Producer: Shell Schellekens
  • Engineer: John Kriek
  • Digital mastering: Dick Van Leeuwen
  • Horn arrangements: Hans Hollestelle
  • Photography: Harold Edgerton, Kees Tabak
  • Lettering: Koos O.

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12] Gold 50,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[13] Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Country Date
Netherlands September 1982
United States November 1982
United Kingdom February 1983[14]

References
  1. "Golden Earring albums".
  2. Guarisco, Donald A. "Golden Earring - Cut Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". allmusic. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. "Golden Earring singles".
  4. "Golden Earring singles".
  5. Guarisco, Donald A.. Cut at AllMusic
  6. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6254a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Golden Earring – Cut" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  8. "Golden Earring Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  9. "Golden Earring – Twilight Zone" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  10. "Golden Earring Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  11. "Golden Earring – The Devil Made Me Do It" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  12. "Canadian album certifications – Golden Earring – Cut". Music Canada.
  13. "Dutch album certifications – Golden Earring – Cut" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 6 May 2021. Enter Cut in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1983 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
  14. The Great Rock Discography. 1995. p. 330. ISBN 9780862415419.
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