''Millbrook U.S.A.'' is an

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band

Golden Earring Golden Earring were a Dutch rock music, rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as The Tornados. They achieved worldwide fame with their international hit songs "Radar Love" in 1973, which went to number one on the Dutch chart, reached the top ...

, released in 2003 (see

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). It was named after

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, where the band stayed to record the album. Despite this, the album was not issued in the U.S.

Track listing

All songs written by Hay and Kooymans except where noted. #"The Hammer of Love" – 3:46 #"Albino Moon" – 3:54 #"Skyscraper Hell of a Town" – 4:18 #"A Sound I Never Heard" (

Frank Carillo Frank Carillo (born July 14, 1950) is an American rock musician. In 1971, manager Phil Lorito formed a band around Frank Carillo called Doc Holliday, with Carillo, Bob Mayo, Tom Arlotta, and Bob Liggio. In 1973 they released one album, ''Doc Holli ...

, Kooymans) – 4:45 #"Better Off Dead" (Carillo, Kooymans) – 3:55 #"Colourblind" – 4:10 #"On a Night Like You" – 3:51 #"Kingfisher" – 5:19 #"Coming in Going Out" (Carillo, Hay, Kooymans) – 3:08 #"The Thief" (Carillo, Hay, Kooymans) – 3:46 #"Beautiful Blue" – 4:10 #"Love Is a Loser (When Lust Comes Around)" – 4:21 #"The Last Frontier Hotel" – 3:39

Personnel

George Kooymans George Jan Kooymans (born 11 March 1948) is a Dutch retired guitarist and vocalist. He is best known for his work with the Dutch group Golden Earring. Kooymans wrote " Twilight Zone", the group's only top 10 entry on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 10 ...

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Rinus Gerritsen Marinus Gerritsen (born 9 August 1946) is a Dutch bassist. Best known for being founding member of Dutch group Golden Earring, he is also a producer of artists like Herman Brood. Career In 1961, Gerritsen and his neighbour George Kooymans ...

synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

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Barry Hay Barry Andrew Hay (born 16 August 1948) is an Indian-born Dutch musician; he was the lead vocalist and frontman of Dutch rock band Golden Earring from 1967 until their disbandment in 2021. He has also released three solo albums. Early life and ...

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Cesar Zuiderwijk Cornelis Johannes "Cesar" Zuiderwijk, (born 18 July 1948) is a Dutch drummer. He is best known as the drummer of the Dutch rock music, rock band Golden Earring from 1970 until their retirement in 2021. Career He was asked to replace Golden Earr ...

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;Additional personnel *

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, harmonium, background vocals, tamboura,

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*Birgit Lewis Singers - choir, chorus

Production

*Producer: Golden Earring *Engineer: Chris Cubeta *Mixing: Paul Orfino *Mastering: Paul Orfino

Track listing

Personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References