3rd Album
by Shocking Blue
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Shocking Blue bestography
3rd Album is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Shocking Blue on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Shocking Blue is At Home which is ranked number 12321 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 96.
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3rd Album track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
3rd Album rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | Steppenwolf666 | 1971 7TH 100 | 81/99 | - |
| 2024 | 1Cup | Top 17 Greatest Music Albums | 9/17 | 41 |
| 2021 | Tony58 | Top 95 Music Albums of the 1970s | 56/95 | 8 |
| 2020 | Rovers | Top 67 Music Albums of 1971 | 14/67 | 4 |
| 2020 | panapsal | My 100 favorite Progressive Rock Albums of all time | 94/100 | - |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2015 |  calsper | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 86/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 61 | |||
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3rd Album ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/08/2025 19:51 | Pluto11 | 12,278 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2024 16:48 | 1Cup | 35 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2023 01:50 |  CaptainPain | 3,418 | 61/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.5.
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"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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