Third Album (Shocking Blue album)

Third Album
Studio album by Shocking Blue
Released	15 April 1971 (1971-04-15)
Recorded	January – March 1971
Studio	Sound Push Studios, Blaricum, Netherlands
Genre	Rock, blues rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock
Length	33:29
Label	Pink Elephant
Producer	Shocking Blue
Shocking Blue chronology
Scorpio's Dance (1970) Third Album (1971) Inkpot (1972)
Singles from Third Album
""Never Marry A Railroad Man" b/w "Roll Engine Roll"" Released: May 29, 1970 ""Shocking You" b/w "Waterloo"" Released: February 28, 1971 ""Blossom Lady" b/w "If This A Dream"" Released: August 13, 1971 ""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

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

Side one

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

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