Shpritsz
| Shpritsz | ||||
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| Studio album by Herman Brood & His Wild Romance | ||||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977–1978 | |||
| Studio | Relight Studio, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll, blues | |||
| Length | 37:25 | |||
| Label | Ariola | |||
| Producer | Herman Brood & His Wild Romance, Robin Freeman | |||
| Herman Brood & His Wild Romance chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Shpritsz | ||||
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Shpritsz (the name derives from a colloquial German word for "syringe") is the second studio album by Dutch rock and roll and blues group Herman Brood & His Wild Romance. The album produced two singles. The first, "Rock & Roll Junkie," did not chart. The second, "Saturday Night," charted in Europe and the United States. On the Dutch album chart, the album reached No. 8 on 3 June 1978, and stayed on the chart for 28 weeks.[1] It was certified gold in 1978,[2] and platinum in 1980.[3]
Shpritsz was re-released on CD in 2000 by RCA/Ariola. In a 2008 poll by Muziekkrant OOR, the leading Dutch music magazine, Shpritsz was voted the fourth-best Dutch album of all time.[4]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Saturday Night" | Brood, Dany Lademacher | 3:42 |
| 2. | "Dope Sucks" | Brood, Dany Lademacher | 2:06 |
| 3. | "One" | Brood, Pé Hawinkels | 1:54 |
| 4. | "Doin' It" | Brood | 2:39 |
| 5. | "Champagne (& Wine)" | Roy Johnson, Otis Redding, Alan Walder | 3:31 |
| 6. | "Back (In Y'r Love)" | Brood, Pé Hawinkels | 1:48 |
| 7. | "Hit" | Brood, Pé Hawinkels, Dany Lademacher | 2:47 |
| 8. | "R & Roll Junkie" | Brood | 2:46 |
| 9. | "Never Enough" | Rommert Boonstra, Brood, Hugo Sinzheimer, Erik Strack | 2:31 |
| 10. | "Pain" | Rommert Boonstra, Brood | 1:52 |
| 11. | "Get Lost" | Brood | 3:12 |
| 12. | "Hot-Talk" | Hugo Sinzheimer, Erik Strack | 1:44 |
| 13. | "Prisoners" | Brood, Pé Hawinkels | 1:40 |
| 14. | "Doreen" | Brood, Dany Lademacher, Langenbach | 2:32 |
| 15. | "Skid Row" | Brood, Pé Hawinkels, Gerrit Veen | 2:35 |
Singles
[edit]"Rock & Roll Junkie" was released (with "Street" on the B-side), but never charted. "Saturday Night" was released as a single (with "Phony" and "Pop" on the B-side); it peaked at No. 17 in the Dutch Top 50 on 16 September 1978, and was on the charts for eleven weeks.[5]
In the United States, "Saturday Night" was released as a single in 1979, and rose to No. 35 in the Billboard Hot 100; the single is referred to in the Billboard charts as "Saturdaynight."[6]
Personnel
[edit]- Herman Brood and his Wild Romance
- Herman Brood – piano, keyboards, vocals
- Dany Lademacher – guitar
- Freddy Cavalli – bass
- Cees "Ani" Meerman – drums
- Bertus Borgers – saxophone
with:
- Dee Dee Dekkers, Josee van Iersel – vocals
- Robert Jan Stips – "synthetic panic" synthesizer on "Saturday Night"
- Floor Van Zutphen, Monica Tjen A Kwoei – female vocals
- Bert Jansen – blues harp on "Hit" and "Pain"
- Technical
- Robin Freeman – sound engineer
- Pierre Geoffroy Chateau – co-engineer
- Dick van der Meyden, Sylvia Wiggers – cover design
- Anton Corbijn – photography
References
[edit]- ^ "Discografie: Herman Brood & His Wild Romance". Muziek Centrum Nederland. Retrieved 8 April 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Herman Brood & his wild romance – Shpritsz". NVPI. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
- ^ "Herman Brood & his wild romance – Shpritsz". NVPI. Retrieved 9 April 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Moontan volgens OOR lezers beste Nederpopplaat aller tijden". Muziek Centrum Nederland. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- ^ "Herman Brood & His Wild Romance – Saturday Night". GfK – Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
- ^ "The Billboard Hot 100: Saturdaynight". Billboard. 22 September 1979. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
