As Long as You Want This

As Long As You Want This
Studio album by Kane
Released	28 January 2000
Recorded	Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	61:51
Label	RCA / BMG
Producer	Slok & Smits & Dinand Woesthoff
Kane chronology
As Long As You Want This (2000) So Glad You Made It (2001)
Singles from As Long As You Want This
"Where Do I Go Now" Released: 1999 "Damn Those Eyes" Released: 1999 "I Will Keep My Head Down" Released: 2000 "Can You Handle Me" Released: 2000

As Long As You Want This is the first studio album by the Dutch rock group Kane, released in 2000.

Production process

Before Kane recorded the album they released only one single in 1999 called Where Do I Go Now, which became a minor hit thanks to TMF (a Dutch music television station) and 3FM (a Dutch radio station).^[1] In October 1999 they went into a recording studio to record 'As Long As You Want This'. The CD was recorded at 'The Wisseloord Studios' in Hilversum and in 'Studio Arnold Mühren' in Volendam, The Netherlands. The album was produced by producers duo Haro Slok & Henk Jan Smits, together with Woesthoff.

Reception

As Long As You Want This was preceded by the single 'Where Do I Go Now'. The single peaked at #29 in the Dutch Top 40. The album nevertheless peaked at #2 in the Dutch Album Top 100. The album sold 40.000 copies in its first two months after the release date. Until now about 250.000 copies were sold in the Netherlands, making it 2 times platinum in The Netherlands.^[2] In 2001 they received an Edison award for this album.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dinand Woesthoff, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"As Long As You Want This"	Dennis Van Leeuwen & Dinand Woesthoff	3:57
2.	"Can You Handle Me"		3:17
3.	"Damn Those Eyes"		4:49
4.	"Hands"	Dennis Van Leeuwen & Dinand Woesthoff	4:52
5.	"Where Do I Go Now"	Dennis Van Leeuwen & Dinand Woesthoff	4:13
6.	"I Will Keep My Head Down"		5:06
7.	"Not Here"	Dennis Van Leeuwen & Dinand Woesthoff	4:11
8.	"Waiting, Waiting"		4:46
9.	"Rescue Me"	Dennis Van Leeuwen & Dinand Woesthoff	4:46
10.	"Until Nothing Else Matters"		3:52
11.	"Just Go"		3:30
12.	"My Hearts Desire"		4:22
13.	"Taurus (Hanging On)"	Alex Geurink, Freek Wennekes & Dinand Woesthoff	5:30

Personnel

Kane Tony Cornelissen – guitars, background vocals Cyril Directie – drums, percussion Aram Kersbergen – bass guitar Dennis Van Leeuwen – guitars Dinand Woesthoff – lead vocals, guitars

Additional musicians Hans Eijkenaar — drums Tjeerd Van Zanen — guitars Nico Brandsen — hammond organ Jan Teksta — backing vocals Lodewijk Van Gorp;— backing vocals Simone Roerade — backing vocals Derdre Twist — backing vocals A.P.C De Ruiter — violin leader E.A. Korthals Altes — violin P. Terlouw - violin C.F.W. Dumessie — violin M.H. Honingh — viola J.A. Jowett — viola A. Versloot — viola A. Davidson — cello O. Groesz — cello E. Winkelman — double bass Marcel Doesburg — didgeridoo Haro Slok — wurlitzer, synthesizer and shakes Henk Jan Smits — supershakes Tom Bakker – string arrangements

Production Haro Slok — co-producer Henk Jan Smits — co-producer Dinand Woesthoff — co-producer Ronald Prent — co-mixer Tom Janssen — co-mixer René Schardt — mastering Patrick Mühren — recording engineer Tjeerd Van Zanen — recording engineer Tijmen Zinkhaan — recording engineer

^[4]

1. ^ http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/%7B%7B%7Bnaam%7D%7D%7D.6753.html
2. ^ http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/pop/mediagallery/kane
3. ^ http://www.edisons.nl/
4. ^ innersleeve album booklet