- progressive rock
- 36 min
- 8 tracks
- Polydor
Focus Plays Focus is the first studio album by Dutch rock band Focus, released in September 1970 on Imperial Records. It is the only album recorded by the group's original line-up consisting of organist and vocalist Thijs van Leer, bassist Martijn Dresden, drummer Hans Cleuver, and guitarist Jan Akkerman. It was renamed In and Out of Focus for the international version of the album released in January 1971 which included their debut single "House of the King".
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Grave, spare, earnest and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- A1Focus I (vocal)2:46
- A2Black Beauty3:08
- A3Sugar Island3:07
- A4Anonymous7:03
- A5House of the King2:22
- B1Happy Nightmare (Mescaline)3:59
- B2Why Dream4:01
- B3Focus II (instrumental)9:47
8 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Focus
- Label
- Polydor
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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