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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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.

Track listing

All songs by Robbie van Leeuwen unless otherwise noted.

LP version

As originally released on the Pink Elephant label in the Netherlands in 1969, the album ran as follows:

Side 1

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

Side 2

1. "California Here I Come" – 3:15
2. "Poor Boy" – 4:50
3. "Long and Lonesome Road" – 2:44
4. "Love Buzz" – 3:40
5. "The Butterfly and I" – 3:50

Later pressings of the album would often append the hit single "Venus", as well as other contemporary tracks.

CD version

Repertoire Records re-issued the album in CD format in 1989:

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. "California Here I Come" – 3:15
7. "Poor Boy" – 4:50
8. "Long and Lonesome Road" – 2:44
9. "Love Buzz" – 3:40
10. "The Butterfly and I" – 3:50

Bonus tracks:

1. "Harley Davidson" – 2:39
2. "Fireball of Love" – 3:00
3. "Hot Sand" – 2:35
4. "Wild Wind" – 2:15

Personnel

• Robbie van Leeuwen - Guitar & Backing Vocals
• Cor van der Beek - Drums
• Klaasje van der Wal - Bass Guitar
• Mariska Veres - Vocals