Shocking Blue - At Home

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Dec 16, 2015 Sold Date

Aug 24, 2015 Start Date

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Article name: At Home
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: MUSIC ON VINYL Number of tracks: 15

Tracklist LP - 1

1. Shocking Blue - Boll Weevil 2. Shocking Blue - I'll Write Your Name Through The Fire 3. Shocking Blue - Acka Raga 4. Shocking Blue - Love Machine 5. Shocking Blue - I'm A Woman 6. Shocking Blue - Venus 7. Shocking Blue - California Here I Come 8. Shocking Blue - Poor Boy 9. Shocking Blue - Long And Lonesome Road 10. Shocking Blue - Love Buzz 11. Shocking Blue - Harley Davidson 12. Shocking Blue - Fireball Love 13. Shocking Blue - Hot Sand 14. Shocking Blue - Wild Wind Shocking Blue - Wild Wind (Bonus Track)

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American listeners tend to remember Shocking Blue as the one-hit wonder behind the chart-topper "Venus," a melting pot of rock rhythms, country guitar licks, organ riffs, and Mariska Veres' heavily accented vocals. Sounding something like a cross between "96 Tears" and "Sugar, Sugar," "Venus" was not entirely representative of the group's first album, At Home. Like their fellow countrymen Golden Earring, Shocking Blue purveyed a mild strain of psychedelic rock, but leaned more toward country and folk music than bubblegum. Guitarist and principal songwriter Robby Van Leeuwen was already preoccupied with Americana at this early stage, from "Harley Davidson" and "California Here I Come" to a surprising rendition of the folk song "Boll Weevil" that sets the traditional lyrics to music reminiscent of the Easybeats' "Good Times." (The group's country music fixation would manifest itself more overtly on later albums). Van Leeuwen's sitar is pictured on the album cover and dominates the instrumental "Acka Raga," but, thankfully, is not overused. "Mighty Joe" and "Never Marry a Railroad Man" were minor U.S. chart hits that few people remember, but "Love Buzz" gained a measure of fame decades later when Nirvana covered it. Veres has great presence -- like a gypsy incarnation of Grace Slick -- but Van Leeuwen's English-language lyrics can be awkward at times. On "Venus," all the components clicked perfectly into place, but there is much more to Shocking Blue than their biggest hit. ~ Greg Adams

Greg Adams