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Switch is the tenth album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1975.

Switch
Studio album by Golden Earring
Released	March 1975 (1975-03)
Genre	Hard rock, progressive rock
Length	35:31
Label	Polydor
Producer	Golden Earring
Golden Earring chronology
Moontan (1973) Switch (1975) To the Hilt (1976)

Track listing

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

All songs written by Hay and Kooymans except where noted.

1. "Intro: Plus Minus Absurdio" – 3:08
2. "Love Is a Rodeo" – 3:37
3. "The Switch" – 5:27
4. "Kill Me (Ce Soir)" (John Fenton, Hay, Kooymans) – 6:22
5. "Tons of Time" – 4:20
6. "Daddy's Gonna Save My Soul" – 4:15
7. "Troubles and Hassles" – 4:20
8. "Lonesome D.J." – 4:36

Personnel

• George Kooymans - guitar, vocals
• Rinus Gerritsen - bass, keyboards
• Barry Hay - flute, vocals
• Cesar Zuiderwijk - drums
• Robert Jan Stips - keyboard

Additional personnel

• Bertus Borgers - saxophone
• Eelco Gelling - guitar

Production

• Producer: Golden Earring
• Executive producer: Fred Haayen
• Engineer: Andy Knight, John Kriek, Jan Schuurman
• Mixing: Andy Knight, John Kriek
• Arranger: Golden Earring
• String arrangements: Robert Jan Stips
• Art direction: George Osaki
• Concept: Barry Hay
• Photography: Paul Gerritsma, Graham Hughes

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2]	93
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[3]	79
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4]	1
US Billboard 200[5]	108

Trivia

Kill Me (Ce Soir) was covered by Iron Maiden as a B side on their 1990 single "Holy Smoke"

On the Dutch pressing, MCA-2139, that was marketed in Europe, the Side 2 label has the song lists double printed. A slight offset is very noticeable. It is unknown how many of these 'double prints' were sold before the manufacturer caught the error.

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