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{{Infobox album | name = Grab It for a Second | type = [[Album]] | artist = [[Golden Earring]] | cover = Golden Earring - Grab It for a Second.jpg | alt = | released = 22 September 1978 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Golden+Earring&titel=Grab+It+For+A+Second&cat=a|title=Golden Earring albums}}</ref> | recorded = *DMC Baarn [[Netherlands]] *[[Record Plant]], New York City | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Hard rock]]<ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web |last1=Guarisco |first1=Donald A. |title=Golden Earring - Grab It for a Second Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/grab-it-for-a-second-mw0000462439 |website=allmusic |access-date=31 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref> | length = 34:43 | label = [[Polydor]] | producer = [[Jimmy Iovine]] | prev_title = [[Live (Golden Earring album)|Live]] | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = [[No Promises...No Debts]] | next_year = 1979 | misc = {{Singles | name = Grab It for a Second | type = studio | single1 = Movin' Down Life | single1date = September 1978<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Golden+Earring&titel=Movin%27+Down+Life|title=Golden Earring singles}}</ref> }} }} '''''Grab It for a Second''''' is an album by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Golden Earring]], released in 1978. {{Album reviews |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Grab It for a Second Review by Donald A. Guarisco |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/grab-it-for-a-second-mw0000462439 |website=AllMusic |access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref> |rev2 = ''[[Smash Hits]]'' |rev2score = 7/10<ref>{{cite journal|last=Starr|first=Red|title=Albums|journal=[[Smash Hits]]|issue=May 31 - June 13, 1979|page=25}}</ref> }} ==Track listing== All songs written by Hay and Kooymans. #"Roxanne" - 3:39 #"Leather" - 5:01 #"Tempting" - 3:43 #"U-Turn Time" - 3:25 #"Movin' Down Life" - 3:31 #"Against the Grain" - 4:35 #"Grab It for a Second" - 4:10 #"Cell-29" - 6:39 ==Personnel== *[[Barry Hay]] - [[vocals]] *[[George Kooymans]] - [[guitar]], Arp synthesizer guitar, [[vocals]] *[[Eelco Gelling]] - guitar, slide guitar *[[Rinus Gerritsen]] - [[bass guitar]], Moog Bison synth bass *[[Cesar Zuiderwijk]] - [[drum kit|drums]] ===Additional personnel=== *Lani Groves - [[backing vocals]] *[[Jimmy Maelen]] - [[percussion instrument|percussion]] *Kevin Nance - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] *John Zangrando - [[saxophone]] on "Against the Grain" ==Production== *[[Record producer|Producer]]: [[Jimmy Iovine]] *[[Audio engineering|Engineer]]: [[Shelly Yakus]] *Assistant engineers: John Kriek, [[Thom Panunzio]] *[[Audio mastering|Mastering]]: Greg Calbi *[[String instrument|String]] [[arrangement]]s: [[Kenny Ascher]] *[[Design]]: Barry Hay, [[Mick Rock]], Ernst Thormahlen *[[Photography]]: [[Anton Corbijn]], Mick Rock *[[Illustration]]s: Ernst Thormahlen ==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1978) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Netherlands|13|artist=Golden Earring|album= Grab It for a Second|rowheader=true|access-date=23 February 2016}} |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Golden Earring}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Golden Earring albums]] [[Category:1978 albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Jimmy Iovine]] [[Category:Polydor Records albums]]
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