Shpritsz

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 #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
Studio album by
Herman Brood & His Wild Romance
Released1978 (1978)
Recorded1977–1978 at Relight Studio, Hilvarenbeek, Holland
GenreRock and roll, blues
Length37:25
LabelAriola
ProducerHerman Brood & His Wild Romance, Robin Freeman
Herman Brood & His Wild Romance chronology
Street
(1977)		 Shpritsz
(1978)		 Cha Cha
(1978)
Singles from Shpritsz
  1. "Rock & Roll Junkie"
    Released: 1977
  2. "Saturday Night"
    Released: 1978

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
No.TitleLength
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

"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 #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 #35 in the Billboard Hot 100; the single is referred to in the Billboard charts as "Saturdaynight."[6]

Personnel

References
  1. "Discografie: Herman Brood & His Wild Romance". Muziek Centrum Nederland. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
  2. "Herman Brood & his wild romance – Shpritsz". NVPI. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  3. "Herman Brood & his wild romance – Shpritsz". NVPI. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  4. "Moontan volgens OOR lezers beste Nederpopplaat aller tijden". Muziek Centrum Nederland. 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
  5. "Herman Brood & His Wild Romance – Saturday Night". GfK – Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  6. "The Billboard Hot 100: Saturdaynight". Billboard. 1979-09-22. Archived from the original on September 24, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
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