At Home (Shocking Blue album)

At Home
Studio album by Shocking Blue
Released 1969
Genre Rock
Label Pink Elephant
Shocking Blue chronology
Shocking Blue
(1968)		 At Home
(1969)		 Scorpio's Dance
(1970)
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Allmusic [1]

At Home is an album by Shocking Blue, released in 1969. The album is best known for its hit single, "Venus".

The song "Acka Raga" was later used as the theme song for the BBC1 quiz show Ask the Family.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Robbie van Leeuwen unless otherwise noted.

LP version

Side 1

  1. "Never Marry a Railroad Man" - 3:05
  2. "California Here I Come" - 3:15
  3. "Long and Lonesome Road" - 2:44
  4. "Send Me a Postcard" - 2:36
  5. "Harley Davidson" - 2:35
  6. "Mighty Joe" - 3:10

Side 2

  1. "Boll Weevil" – 2:40
  2. "I'll Write Your Name Through the Fire"– 2:50
  3. "Acka Raga" (J. Mayer) – 3:10
  4. "Love Machine" – 3:15
  5. "I'm a Woman" – 3:00
  6. "Venus" – 3:07

CD version

Repertoire Records re-issued the album in CD format in 1989. From the Side A only two songs remained. "Harley Davidson" became a bonus track. The songs "Poor Boy", "Love Buzz" and "The Butterfly and I" were added; "Never Marry a Railroad Man", "Send Me A Postcard" and "Mighty Joe" were removed. These omitted three songs appear in the CD versions of Scorpio's Dance and Third Album, released by this same label.

  1. "Boll Weevil" – 2:40
  2. "I'll Write Your Name Through the Fire"– 2:50
  3. "Acka Raga" (Mayer) – 3:10
  4. "Love Machine" – 3:15
  5. "I'm a Woman" – 3:00
  6. "Venus" – 3:07
  7. "California Here I Come" – 3:15
  8. "Poor Boy" – 4:50
  9. "Long and Lonesome Road" – 2:44
  10. "Love Buzz" – 3:40
  11. "The Butterfly and I" – 3:50
CD Bonus tracks:
  1. "Harley Davidson" – 2:39
  2. "Fireball of Love" – 3:00
  3. "Hot Sand" – 2:35
  4. "Wild Wind" – 2:15

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Adams, Greg. At Home (Shocking Blue album) at Allmusic
Shocking Blue
Mariska Veres • Robbie van Leeuwen • Cor van der Beek • Klaasje van der Wal • Fred de Wilde
Albums
Shocking Blue • At Home • Scorpio's Dance • Third Album • Inkpot
Notable Songs
"Venus" • "Love Buzz"
See also: Nederbeat • Nederpop