Contraband is an album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1976 in Europe and 1977 in the US.
For the US, the album was re-titled Mad Love and the track "Faded Jeans" was omitted and replaced with "I Need Love".
Track listing
Contraband (Europe, South Africa)
Mad Love (USA/Canada)
Personnel
;Golden Earring
- Barry Hay – vocals
- George Kooymans – guitars, vocals
- Eelco Gelling – guitars, slide guitar
- Rinus Gerritsen – bass, vocals
- Cesar Zuiderwijk – drums
;Guest musicians
- Robert Jan Stips – piano on "Faded Jeans", Minimoog on "Con Man", string arrangement on "Fightin' Windmills"
- Patricia Paay – vocals
- Nippy Noya – congas
Production
- Producers: Golden Earring, John Kriek, Damon Lyon-Shaw
- Engineer: Robin Freeman
- Mixing: John Kriek, Steve Lillywhite, Damon Lyon-Shaw
- Cutting engineer: Melvyn Abrahams
- String arrangements: Robert Jan Stips
- Coordination: Jan Vermaes
- Art direction: Koos Van Oostrom
- Artwork: Koos Van Oostrom
Charts
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! scope="col"| Chart (1976–1977)
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Release history
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! scope="row"| Netherlands
| December 1976
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! scope="row"| United Kingdom
| March 1977
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! scope="row"| United States
| May 1977
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