''Freeze'' is the tenth studio album by Dutch

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. The album reached No. 63 on the Dutch album chart on 3 November 1990, and stayed on the chart for 5 weeks. Brood, who had just won the 1989

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, one of the highest Dutch awards for popular music, recorded ''Freeze'' with the help of

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. Lack of success for this album leads Brood to stop touring.

Track listing

Personnel

;Herman Brood and his Wild Romance *Herman Brood – piano, keyboards, vocals *Roy Bakkers – drums *Ivo Severijns – bass *David Hollestelle Jr. – guitar with: *

– saxophone *

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*The Bombita's (Lies Schilp, Inge Bonthond, Robbie Schmitz, Perla den Boer) – backing vocals ;Technical *Koos van Dijk – executive producer *John Tilly – engineer *Herman Brood – design *Alex de Groot – photography

References

{{Authority control 1990 albums Herman Brood & His Wild Romance albums CBS Records albums