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Third Album (Shocking Blue album)

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Third Album
Studio album by
Released15 April 1971 (1971-04-15)
RecordedJanuary – March 1971
StudioSound Push Studios, Blaricum, Netherlands
GenreRock, blues rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock
Length33:29
LabelPink Elephant
ProducerShocking Blue
Shocking Blue chronology
Scorpio's Dance
(1970)
Third Album
(1971)
Inkpot
(1972)
Singles from Third Album
  1. ""Never Marry A Railroad Man" b/w "Roll Engine Roll""
    Released: May 29, 1970
  2. ""Shocking You" b/w "Waterloo""
    Released: February 28, 1971
  3. ""Blossom Lady" b/w "If This A Dream""
    Released: August 13, 1971
  4. ""Serenade" b/w "Sleepless at Midnight""
    Released: September 27, 1971
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Third Album is an album by Shocking Blue, released in 1971. Despite the title, it the group's fourth overall, but their third with singer Mariska Veres.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Robbie van Leeuwen, except "I Saw Your Face" by Regis Mull

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Shocking You"2:59
2."Velvet Heaven"3:23
3."Love Sweet Love"3:12
4."I Saw Your Face"2:56
5."Simon Lee and the Gang"1:49
6."Serenade"3:26
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Don't You See"2:43
8."The Bird of Paradise"2:49
9."Moonlight Night"4:55
10."Sleepless at Midnight"2:30
11."I'll Follow the Sun"2:44
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Never Marry a Railroad Man"3:03
13."Roll Engine Roll"3:14
14."Waterloo"3:24
15."Blossom Lady"3:33
16."Is This a dream?"3:45
17."Poor Boy (Long Version)"4:50

Personnel

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Shocking Blue
  • Mariska Veres - lead vocals
  • Robbie van Leeuwen - guitar, banjo, mandolin, sitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "I Saw Your Face"
  • Cor van der Beek - drums, percussion
  • Klaasje van der Wal - bass guitar
  • Leo van de Ketterij - guitar

References

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