Inkpot
by Shocking Blue

Inkpot by Shocking Blue
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 70,504th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 8 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (627th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (6,287th)
Award Best albums of all time (70,504th)

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Shocking Blue bestography

Inkpot is ranked 5th best out of 11 albums by Shocking Blue on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Shocking Blue is At Home which is ranked number 11892 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 99.

Shocking Blue album bestography « Higher ranked (51,753rd)
The Shocking Blue
This album (70,504th)
Inkpot
Lower ranked (87,246th) »
Dream On Dreamer

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 70,504th | 1970s rank: 6,287th | 1972 rank: 627th

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68/100 (from 8 votes)
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04/10/2026 19:08 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,16763/100
 
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From 05/25/2013 00:32 | #77078
"Inkpot" from 1972 was the fourth album from Shocking Blues with Mariska Veres as a leadsinger. It was also the fourth album released in three years, and you may suspect that songwriter and guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen has been under heavy pressure to continually come up with new songs to the group's records; perhaps this is why the group chose to record three cover songs. At any rate "Inkpot" appears less homogenous than the previous albums.

This does not mean that the album can be called weak; with strong Van Leeuwen originals like "Navajo Tears", "Inkpot" and partly also "Hey", it is an album not to be ignored.

It is worth noting that "Inkpot" was originally released in two different versions. One version replaces the somewhat pale "Blue Jeans", "Tobacco Road", "Who Save My Soul," "Red Leaves" and "I Melt Like Butter", with significantly stronger singletracks like "Out of Sight Out of Mind" "I Like You", "Blossom Lady", "Give My Love To The Sunrise" and "Is This a Dream". This alternate version obviously comes out far more attractive than the original Dutch version. The four stars are for the version with the singles.

As with the previous albums the musical side is top-class. It is a pleasure to listen to Van Leeuwen's varied and effective guitar playing - and Veres, of course, is as always an indispensable focal point.
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