At Home
by Shocking Blue

At Home by Shocking Blue
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 11,978th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 33 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (163rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (836th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,978th)

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Shocking Blue bestography

At Home is ranked as the best album by Shocking Blue.

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This album (11,978th)
At Home
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Overall rank: 11,978th | 1960s rank: 836th | 1969 rank: 163rd
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2026amirmishaliTop 97 Music Albums of 196934/973
2026OlliTop 100 Music Albums of 196913/1004
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of 196982/1001
2026 RockyRaccoonEarly Psychedelic Rock #201-30016/100 -
2025OlliNew Top 101-200 Greatest Music Albums28/48 -
2025 CharlieBarleyTop 63 Music Albums of 196959/630
2025 nitomanoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s (201-300)12/22 -
2025OlliTop 101-200 Greatest Music Albums87/100 -
2025 nitomanoTop 58 Music Albums of 196954/580
2025OlliTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s20/10016
2025MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 196994/1000
2024TheKingTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s60/1008
2023 JamethTop 84 Music Albums of 196946/842
2023 bonafiniTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s99/1000
2022 bonafiniTop 37 Music Albums of 196923/372
2022conallmaloneTop 62 Music Albums of 196943/622
2022pago82Top 60 Music Albums of the 1960s36/608
2021 CharlieBarley201-300 Favourite Songs73/100 -
2021 desh79Top 50 Music Albums of 196946/501
2021multiversoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s35/10013
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 31
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 98
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75/100 (from 33 votes)
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12/22/2025 22:45 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,37862/100
 
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10/31/2022 13:09 jonny5244  Ratings distribution  8,45663/100

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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.7.

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80/100
From 01/13/2023 16:04 | #292804
"At Home" from 1969 is often regarded as the debut album of Shocking Blue. A fact is that an album was released in 1968 called "Beat With Us", but at that time their outstanding female lead-singer Mariska Veres had not yet joined. Besides Veres, guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen was they key member of the band. He wrote the vast majority of their recordings and he has a great skill of coming up with catchy guitar riffs. The mere sound of his guitar is always a pleasure to listen to.
"At Home" contains their world-wide hit-single "Venus", which alone makes this album essential; fortunately there are other great moments to go for. "California Here I Come" and "Long and Lonesome Road" are two classic Shocking Blue tracks and favourites among fans.

"I'll Write Your Name Through the Fire" is a quieter song with an unusual beat, and a personal favourite of mine. Interesting that Nirvana chose to record the band's relatively anonymous "Love Buzz".

4 early B-sides are added as bonus-tracks; all solid; with "Hot Sand" and "Wild Wind" as the most memorable.

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65/100
From 08/06/2019 20:29 | #240856
This is much better than I was expecting. “California Here I Come” is a great jam, so is “Love Buzz”. That bass riff intro to “Long And Lonesome Road” threw me momentarily, it’s strangely similar to Tool’s “Vicarious”.
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From 03/17/2019 21:45 | #233698
a prog-meets-psychedelia masterwork that is largely underrated and obscure now
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65/100
From 05/31/2016 23:54 | #167465
Love Buzz es la mejor canción del album
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From 04/14/2013 17:33 | #73087
This album includes US number 1 hit Venus.
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