N.E.W.S. (Golden Earring album)

N.E.W.S. (Also known as North East West South) is an album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music).

N.E.W.S.
Studio album by Golden Earring
Released	24 February 1984
Genre	Hard rock, new wave
Length	36:27 (Vinyl) 41:13 (CD)
Label	21/Polygram (US) Mercury
Producer	Shell Schellekens
Golden Earring chronology
Cut (1982) N.E.W.S. (1984) Something Heavy Going Down (1984)
Singles from N.E.W.S.
"When the Lady Smiles" Released: February 1984 "Clear Night Moonlight" Released: April 1984 "N.E.W.S." Released: June 1984

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Kerrang!	(mixed)

Track listing

All tracks are written by George Kooymans and Barry Hay, except "Mission Impossible" by Kooymans.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Clear Night Moonlight"	3:25
2.	"When the Lady Smiles"	5:12
3.	"Enough Is Enough"	3:43
4.	"Fist in Glove"	3:27
Total length:		16:17

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mission Impossible"	5:57
2.	"I'll Make It All Up to You"	5:22
3.	"N.E.W.S."	5:18
4.	"It's Over Now"	4:03
Total length:		20:55

CD edition track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Clear Night Moonlight"	3:23
2.	"When the Lady Smiles"	5:39
3.	"Enough Is Enough"	3:42
4.	"Fist in Glove"	3:25
5.	"Orwell's Year"	4:20
6.	"N.E.W.S."	5:16
7.	"I'll Make It All up to You"	5:22
8.	"Mission Impossible"	5:58
9.	"It's Over Now"	4:08
Total length:		41:34

40th Anniversary Remasters & Expanded reissue

CD1: Original album version remastered

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Clear Night Moonlight"	3:25
2.	"When the Lady Smiles"	5:41
3.	"Enough Is Enough"	3:45
4.	"Fist in Glove"	3:27
5.	"N.E.W.S."	5:18
6.	"I'll Make It All up to You"	5:23
7.	"Mission Impossible"	6:00
8.	"It's Over Now"	4:10

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Orwell's Year"	4:22
10.	"When the Lady Smiles" (7" single version)	5:07
11.	"N.E.W.S." (7" single version)	4:47
12.	"Mission Impossible" (7" single version)	4:32
13.	"Clear Night Moonlight" (12" single version)	4:44
14.	"When the Lady Smiles" (12" single version)	6:14
Total length:		67:00

CD2: The N.E.W.S. Sessions

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Enough Is Enough" (early version 5-83)	3:59
2.	"When the Lady Smiles" (early version 5-83)	4:02
3.	"Mission Impossible" (early version 5-83)	3:47
4.	"When the Lady Smiles" (early version 6-83)	8:01
5.	"Clear Night Moonlight" (early version 6-83)	5:55
6.	"Enough Is Enough" (early version 9-83)	4:56
7.	"When the Lady Smiles" (early version 8-83)	7:00
8.	"Mission Impossible" (early version 9-83)	7:48
9.	"Clear Night Moonlight" (early mix without horns 10-83)	3:38
10.	"I'll Make It All up to You" (instrumental rough mix 11-83)	5:40
11.	"It's All Over Now" (rough mix 12-83)	4:31
12.	"Orwell's Year" (rough mix 12-83)	4:51
13.	"Orwell's Year" (vocal overdubs 1-84)	1:35
14.	"When the Lady Smiles" (instrumental rough mix 10-83)	6:29
Total length:		65:48

Personnel

Golden Earring

• Barry Hay – lead vocals, guitars
• George Kooymans – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizer guitar, lead vocals
• Rinus Gerritsen – bass guitar, keyboards
• Cesar Zuiderwijk – drums, percussion

Additional musician

• Cees Stolk – horn arrangements on "Clear Night Moonlight"

Production

• Producer – Shell Schellekens
• Engineer – John Kriek
• Digital mastering – Greg Calbi
• Horn arrangements – Cees Stolk
• Concept, design and artwork – Max Crace
• Photography – James N. McJunkin, Kees Tabak
• Wouter Bessels – production, compilation, research, coordination, remastering (2024 reissue)
• Wout de Kruif – tape transfers, alignments, and additional mixing (2024 reissue)
• Jeroen Ras – sleve notes, artwork inout, additional research (2024 reissue)

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)	91
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	1
US Billboard 200	107

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI)	Gold	50,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.