Go Nutz

{{Short description|Album by Herman Brood}} {{Infobox album | name = Go Nutz | type = studio | artist = [[Herman Brood|Herman Brood & His Wild Romance]] | cover = Go nutz.jpg | alt = | released = {{start-date|1980}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Rock and roll]], [[blues]] | length = | label = [[Ariola Records|Ariola]] | producer = Tim O'Brien | prev_title = [[Herman Brood & His Wild Romance (album)|Herman Brood & His Wild Romance]] | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = [[Wait a Minute (album)|Wait a Minute]] | next_year = 1980 | misc = {{Singles | name = Go Nutz | type = studio | single1 = Love You Like I Love Myself | single1date = 1979 | single2 = Hot Shot | single2date = 1980 | single3 = I Don't Need You | single3date = 1980 }} }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = [[Allmusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r31541/credits|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> }}

'''''Go Nutz''''' is the third studio album by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[rock and roll]] and [[blues]] group [[Herman Brood|Herman Brood & His Wild Romance]]. Three singles came from the album, "Love You Like I Love Myself," "Hot Shot," and "I Don't Need You," all of which charted in the Netherlands. On the Dutch album chart, the album reached #6 on 8 March 1980, and stayed on the chart for nine weeks.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Herman Brood & His Wild Romance: Discografie |publisher=Muziek Centrum Nederland |date= |url=http://www.popinstituut.nl/Encyclopedia/Discography.aspx?id=806&name=Herman+Brood+%26+His+Wild+Romance |format= |doi= |accessdate=2009-04-08 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

''Go Nutz'' was re-released on CD in 1996 by [[Sony BMG]]/[[Ariola Records|Ariola]].

==Track listing== {{tracklist | writing_credits = | lyrics_credits = | music_credits = | title1 = Go Nutz | note1 = | length1 = 3:05 | title2 = Love You Like I Love Myself | note2 = Strack van Strijndel | length2 = 3:32 | title3 = I Don't Need You | note3 = Brood, Lademacher | length3 = 3:36 | title4 = I'll Be Doggone | note4 = | length4 = 3:43 | title5 = Right on the Money | note5 = | length5 = 4:26 | title6 = Hot Shot | note6 = Brood, Lademacher | length6 = 3:30 | title7 = Born Before My Time | note7 = | length7 = 4:28 | title8 = Beauty is Only Skin Deep | note8 = | length8 = 2:58 | title9 = Easy Pick Up | note9 = | length9 = 4:33 | title10 = Laurie | note10 = | length10 = 4:05 }}

==Production and reception== ''Go Nutz'', recorded in the United States, was supposed to follow up on the American success of the single "Saturday Night" (from ''[[Shpritsz]]'') and a compilation called ''[[Herman Brood & His Wild Romance (album)|Herman Brood & His Wild Romance]]'', made specifically for the American market. The Dutch market was ripe for another Brood album, since the single "Never be Clever" had reached #10 in the Dutch singles chart on 16 June 1979.<ref>{{cite web |title=Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - Never Be Clever |publisher=GfK - Dutchcharts.nl |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Herman+Brood+%26+His+Wild+Romance&titel=Never+Be+Clever&cat=s |accessdate=2009-04-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418222820/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Herman+Brood+%26+His+Wild+Romance&titel=Never+Be+Clever&cat=s |archivedate=2012-04-18 }}</ref> However, the recording sessions were a disaster; the American producers replaced the rest of the band with session musicians, resulting in a disappointing album<ref>{{cite web| last =| first =| title =Herman Brood & His Wild Romance: Biografie| publisher =Muziek Centrum Nederland| date =| url =http://www.popinstituut.nl/Encyclopedia/Biography.aspx?id=806&name=Herman+Brood+%26+His+Wild+Romance| format =| doi =| accessdate =2009-04-08}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the disbanding of the hitherto successful quartet of Brood, Lademacher, Cavalli, and Meerman.<ref>{{cite news | last = Zagt | first = Ab | title = Herman was een groot kind | work = | place = | pages = | language = Dutch | publisher = [[Algemeen Dagblad]] | date = 2005-11-08 | url = http://www.ad.nl/cultuurenshow/57898/Herman_was_een_groot_kind.html | accessdate = 2009-04-08}}</ref> The album produced three charting singles in the Netherlands, but failed to chart in the US.

==Singles== "Love You Like I Love Myself" was released as a single (with "Hit" on the B-side) in 1979; it peaked at #12 in the Dutch Top 50 on 17 November 1979, and was on the charts for seven weeks.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - Love You Like I Love Myself |publisher=GfK - Dutchcharts.nl |date= |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?key=233318&cat=s |format= |doi= |accessdate=2009-04-09 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> "Hot Shot" reached # in the Dutch Top 50 on 16 February 1980, and was on the charts for seven weeks.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - Hot Shot |publisher=GfK - Dutchcharts.nl |date= |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?key=96599&cat=s |format= |doi= |accessdate=2009-04-09 |archive-date=2025-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426052548/https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?key=96599&cat=s |url-status=dead }}</ref> "I Don't Need You" reached #29 in the Dutch Top 50 on 10 and 17 May 1980, and was on the charts for four weeks.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - I Don't Need You |publisher=GfK - Dutchcharts.nl |date= |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?key=203563&cat=s |format= |doi= |accessdate=2009-04-09 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Personnel== *Herman Brood - [[piano]], [[Musical keyboard|keyboards]], [[vocals]] *Freddy Cavalli - [[bass guitar|bass]] *Eric Nelson [[bass guitar]] *Charles Francour - vocals *Roger Gordon - [[drums]] *Stephen Hines - keyboards *Rick Kellis - [[saxophone]] *[[Craig Krampf]] - drums *[[Danny Lademacher]] - [[guitar]] *[[Darlene Love]] - vocals *Lenny Macaluso - guitar *Cees Meerman - drums *Rage Porazzo - [[percussion]] *Edna Wright - vocals *Tim O'Brien - producer *Ryan Ulyate - sound engineer

== References == {{reflist}}

[[Category:1980 albums]] [[Category:Herman Brood & His Wild Romance albums]] [[Category:Ariola Records albums]]