Moontan
by Golden Earring
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Golden Earring bestography
Moontan is ranked as the best album by Golden Earring.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Moontan track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Moontan rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 14 Music Albums of 1973 | 9/14 | 2 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 53 Music Albums of 1973 | 9/53 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 88 Music Albums of 1973 | 34/88 | 3 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 80 Music Albums of the 1970s | 56/80 | 6 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Greatest Albums (One Album per Country) | 16/30 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 68 Music Albums of 1973 | 45/68 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | 4 My Chart Europe Pt 2 | 20/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 96 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 417 | |||
Moontan collection
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Moontan ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 07:19 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2026 19:31 | adbrack1988 | 1,129 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2026 06:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,426 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
Moontan favourites
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Moontan forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5429): By Steppenwolf666View latest topic →
neilgee 10/29/2025 02:56 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
UofTBlues 08/25/2021 20:50 in What album are you listening to right now?View all forum mentions
Moontan comments
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Really liked this album a lot—I've got the American version, not the original Dutch version, so it replaces Suzy Lunacy and Just Like Vince Taylor with the nice long, jazzy tune Big Tree Blue Sea. Anyway, I already knew Radar Love was a classic, but the remaining tracks (Candy's Going Bad, The Vanilla Queen, Are You Receiving Me) are also all excellent showcases of proggy, hard-rocking goodness. Will be revisiting this one for sure. (Edited)
This is certainly Golden Earring at their peak. Production levels had lifted, classic tracks such as Radar Love, The Vanilla Queen and Candy's Going Bad. The international version is slightly better than the European version - with the inclusion of a revamped and improved Big Tree Blue Sea in place of the equally cool Just Like Vince Taylor and the only weak track, Suzy Lunacy.
teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/01/2021 16:45 | #274543 | TOP COMMENT
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This has aged pretty poorly. No one my age even knows what the hell Radar Love means. No one my age knows who Vince Taylor is. Surprisingly, the two 9-minute tracks are the best on here, because the group's instrumental chemistry is palpable. The guitarist is actually great, wish he had more time to solo. (Edited)
Enjoyed it, and my favourite two tracks were the two 9-minute tracks - I especially liked the instrumental parts at the end of the songs. Classic rock with plenty of horns, reminiscent of The Rolling Stones. (Edited)
Apart from the brilliant and well known Radar Love, this album also has the equally exceptional Candy's Going Bad, and the even better masterpiece Vanilla Queen. A very underrated album.
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