Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band from The Hague, the Netherlands, formed in 1967. Their biggest hit, "Venus", went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970, and the band had sold 13.5 million discs by 1973, but the group disbanded in 1974. The initial line-up consisted of Robbie van Leeuwen (guitar, sitar and backing vocals), Fred de Wilde (vocals), later replaced by Mariska Veres in 1968, Klaasje van der Wal (bass guitar) and Cor van der Beek (drums).At Home is the second album by Shocking Blue, released in 1969. 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 second album. Shocking Blue purveyed a mild strain of psychedelic rock, but leaned more toward country and folk music than bubblegum. 01 - Boll Weevil 02 - I ll Write Your Name Through The Fire 03 - Acka Raga 04 - Love Machine 05 - I m A Woman 06 - Venus 07 - California Here I Come 08 - Poor Boy 09 - Long And Lonesome Road 10 - Love Buzz 11 - The Butterfly And I 12 - Harley Davidson 13 - Fireball Of Love 14 - Hot Sand 15 - Wild Wind LINK
