Cut is the sixteenth studio album by Dutch 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 Billboards Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (it reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.)
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 recreated repeatedly in the music video of "Twilight Zone" in which the card represents the life of the rogue espionage agent.
Track listing
Personnel
;Golden Earring
- Barry Hay – lead vocals, guitars
- George Kooymans – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizer guitar, lead vocals
- Rinus Gerritsen – bass guitar, Chapman Stick, keyboards
- Cesar Zuiderwijk – drums, percussion
;Additional musicians
- Shell Schellekens – additional percussion, synthesizers and sound effects
- Robert Jan Stips – synthesizer on "Baby Dynamite" and "Chargin' Up My Batteries"
- Street choirs on "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
- Hans Hollestelle – horn arrangements on "The Devil Made Me Do It"
;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
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Certifications
Release history
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| September 1982
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! scope="row"| United States
| November 1982
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! scope="row"| United Kingdom
| February 1983
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