SEVEN TEARS
Golden Earring
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Studio Album, released in 1971 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Silver Ships Rinus Gerritsen Bass, Keyboards
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GOLDEN EARRING Seven Tears ratings distribution
(45 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of rock music(18%)
Excellent addition to any rock music collection(47%)
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SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Folk

Along the album, some of the most dramatic tracks are the superb Silver Ships, the spine-chilling Hope (where Hay shows that even the sax is in his reach), the ultra-classic (and long-time crowd favourite) She Flies On Strange Wings and the wild You're Better Off Free with a killer guitar solo. Overall the brilliant songwriting and dramatic effects and plenty of instrumental interplay make the full success of the album. Even the shorter tracks like Don't Worry holds plenty of energy (Rinus' bass is overplaying, but man is that unusual sound with his Danelectro guitar), but overall the longer track are the essence of this album
Clearly GE was a force to reckon with, but aside from their previous hit Big Tree, Blue Sea (a little too Tull- ish), all that is lacking the group is international recognition, which will come with Radar Love, but that's still two albums away. In the meantime start with this one and work backwards if you're not familiar with them.
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

The magnum opus of the album, She Flies on Strange Wings is masterpiece of mini prog-epic setting the blueprint for similar compositions to come (eg. Are You Receiving Me). Heavy, saxophone-driven riff of Hope reminds of VDGG's Jaxons' pyrothechnics, while This Is the Other Side of Life is yet another excellent heavy psych song containing an irresistable odd time signature played by piano and strong bass, while flute and what sounds like electric sitar provide an acid-like post Hippie atmosphere. Finally, the closing You Are Better Off Free bring the album to an end with fiery, blues-based heavy acid rock with organ backing of the forefront guitar soli. Easy Floydian opener Silver Ships is nice introduction presenting Barry Hay on flute.
Unfortunately, what prevents me from giving another star to this interesting album is a weak and somtimes really flawed vocals, along with naive lyrics. I am not sure who was to be blamed for it - Kooymans or Hay - but I don't like them. Another drawbacks are a downright stupid hard rocker The Road Swallowed Her Name and Don't Worry which although having very good piano chords and excellent driving bass is downplayed by poor vocals. Nonetheless, I would still recommend this album to all heavy prog/hard rock fans, while She Flies is a must listen.
PERSONAL RATING: 3,5/5
P.A. RATING: 3/5
PROG REVIEWER

To consider this one as a prog effort is maybe a step I wouldn't make, but the fine fluting definitely adds a special flavour to their heavy rock music which is to be experienced during the fine opener '' Yellow And Blue''. Some might be reluctant while listening to the hard-rocking ''The Loner'' but this was also the essence of the band.
Would they be native of the UK, they would have another fame, for sure. This is another very good Golden Earring album. I am a bit confused with Seyo review who finds that vocals are weak here. Barry is IMHHO an excellent singer and on top of all, he is also playing fine flute and sax.
When I listen to the great ''Hope'', I can only be impressed. A great song indeed and a definite highlight. Not all songs are of this calibre (otherwise, this album would have been a masterpiece): ''Don't Worry'' is the best example. Some sort of uninspired tune with prominent bass play.
Miles behind the huge ''She Flies.''. Some sort of a great and elaborate hard-rock number which was a great live experience as well (which is fortunately available on their excellent first live album). This track is of course no lullaby but at the same time, it holds all the ingredients of the great GE: drama, melody, convincing vocals, crescendo music. In all: a fantastic rock song. THE highlight from these ''Seven Tears''. The fabulous ''Moontan'' is getting nearer. This track is a definite predecessor for ''Vanilla Queen''.
The album closes on a great heavy blues-rock number which features some excellent guitar play. To keep up with the fine mood, I guess. especially towards the second half of the song.
Seven out of ten for this good record. But downsized to three stars.
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

An Excellent classic rock music
'Silver Ships' f lows mellow with bluesy style. Do you know Paul Rodger's Bad Company? If so, the music of this opening track flows in the vein of Bad Company's kind of music. It's a very nice opening track with ambient vocal line strengthened by flute work and nice acoustic guitar. This song is truly a representation of the seventies music. The combination of flute and guitar fills is a nice shot from this track.
'The Road Swallowed Her Name' is a riff-based song, combining guitar and bass works, with a dynamic style. Yeah, the riffs characterize the music especially as the vocal line brings the music into the seventies nuance. The drumming style reminds me to Grand Funk Railroad's 'We are an American Band'. The lead guitar plays important role in determining the overall tone of the song, combined with singing style.
'Hope' is probably what prog heads may consider as a song with progressive elements. It's not that the saxophone that is used throughout the song but also the structure that sounds like a symphonic prog music. You may associate the saxophone work with those kind of work done by Van Der Graaf Generator. Of course this song is not that dark as VdGG. But it also gives a flavor of King Crimson. I personally like this song for two reasons: it has nice melody and the music flows in dark ambience supported by excellent vocal line.
'Don't Worry' is an energetic music which relies its composition on groove, using piano as music filler, while bass guitar plays a very dynamic and tight basslines. Yes, bass guitar is the key to this track and it does not serve as typical rhythm section as the notes used are dynamics.
The intro part of 'She Flies on Strange Wings' again reminds me to the bluesy style of Bad Company music. Once the vocal line ends, guitar riffs enter with a full blast of music. The music flows beautifully in solid rhythm section where guitar and bass demonstrate their contribution quite dominantly. The song also has style changes especially at approx 4:15 into mellow and bluesy style with ambient vocal line. The vocal work is handled excellently by Barry Hay.
'This is The Other Side of Life' starts nicely with bass guitar lines and it flows in simple with straight line structure. It continues with grooves created by piano and dynamic basslines. The singing style reminds me to Alex Harvey's style.
'You're Better of Free' starts beautifully with a bluesy guitar work followed with guitar fills and energetic vocal line with catchy melody. The song is full with vocal accentuation backed with nice guitar fills. Even though it has a simple straight forward structure, the interlude part is truly stunning especially with its great guitar solo and unique rhythm section. I personally enjoy this guitar work. In fact, this song is great for live performance, I believe. The song really suits its position as a concluding track. It's inspiring, really.
Overall, this is an excellent addition to your classic rock collection with some flavors of progressive elements in some segments of the song. The key characteristics of this album are: excellent melody, balanced harmonies of vocal as well as instruments and the album has solid structural integrity in terms of song structure as well as the whole album in its entirety. Keep on proggin' ..! Because proggin' is really healthy.
Peace on earth and mercy mild - GW
PROG REVIEWER

It was a surprise to me to find this band on PA, but given that many bands of the early seventies ventured into the progressive rock zone there is probably a good reason for their inclusion. Seeing a familiar name, I decided to check out Golden Earring by listening to samples of their music on iTunes. My choice for a first-time purchase: "Seven Tears".
The band's seventh album, "Seven Tears" includes seven songs, each with a distinct style and approach. Rock based to be sure, Golden Earring don't venture too far from just plain and simple good rock songs; i.e. the prog factor is pretty low, thus their place here as only prog related must be considered. Nevertheless, it's a fairly entertaining album with at least one stand out track. If you listen to nothing else, give "She Flies on Strange Wings" a run through. It's the longest track and includes a slow beginning, a terrific rock groove with a bit of swing to it, some great mixing of the bass guitar, a slow and spacey middle part with synthesizer, and a rocking conclusion with saxophones. This is a rock and roll band stretching out and doing something more with their music.
The rest of the album never achieves this level of adventurousness; however, as a rock album it's quite good. "Silver Ships" begins with some acoustic guitar and flute. It keeps to a slow and easy pace with electric guitar and organ joining along with bass and drums. At times it has a bit of an American rock feel to it. "The Road Swallowed Her Name" is a straight ahead hard rock song that fits in very nicely with the burgeoning hard rock genre of the day. This was one of the songs that sealed the deal for me to buy this album first. "Hope" reminded me of Jefferson Airplane in a way, perhaps because of the passionate vocals and acoustic guitar. The song turns electric and includes saxophones, too. "Don't Worry" opens with bass and piano and has a really cool bass groove with a bit of swagger going on. It's funky and hard and the bass and piano lead the music until the guitar solo.
Side two opens with the aforementioned "She Flies on Strange Wings", the real showcase song of the album. Next is "This is the Other Side of Life", which starts with a backwards spoken line that says "Uh, this is the other side of life" in a silly accent (I found this out by putting the song in a music application for iPhone that can play songs backwards). It's a weird number with an odd beat and peculiar vocal style, and again strong piano and bass. "You're Better off Free" is slightly blues-based but features a lengthy guitar solo backed with a simple organ melody. The wah-wah effects remind me of a Uriah Heep guitar solo. It's a good closing song for the album.
Once again, not much progressive rock here but a varied and enjoyable album with some very good songs and one standout track that should please a good number of progressive rock fans. For a prog-related album, I give it a very high three stars.
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