At Home
by Shocking Blue
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At Home is ranked as the best album by Shocking Blue.
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At Home track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
At Home rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Early Psychedelic Rock #201-300 | 23/100 | - |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 32/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 97 Music Albums of 1969 | 34/97 | 3 |
| 2025 |  nitomano | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s (201-300) | 12/22 | - |
| 2025 | nitomano | Top 58 Music Albums of 1969 | 54/58 | 0 |
| 2025 | Olli | Top 101-200 Greatest Music Albums | 87/100 | - |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | Olli | New Top 101-200 Greatest Music Albums | 28/48 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 96 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | Johnnyo | 9,847 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2025 22:45 | Olli | 7,952 | 62/100 |
| ! | 06/06/2024 19:00 |  Tamthebam | 23,404 | 69/100 |
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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 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.
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NickVolos 04/02/2020 21:42 in What album are you listening to right now?At Home comments
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"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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mickilennial 03/17/2019 21:45 | #233698
a prog-meets-psychedelia masterwork that is largely underrated and obscure now
Jameth 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”.
This album includes US number 1 hit Venus.
nitomano 05/31/2016 23:54 | #167465
Love Buzz es la mejor canción del album
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