our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. There's a problem loading this menu right now. 4 in the UK[14] and No. Toute la discographie de Focus est sur Nostalgie.fr. The top rated tracks by Focus are Hocus Pocus, Sylvia, Focus II, Harem Scarem and Hocus Pocus.This artist appears in 256 charts and has received 0 comments and 10 ratings from BestEverAlbums.com site members. "Sylvia" found worldwide success and gained the band valuable radio and press exposure. [8][9] "Carnival Fugue" borrows from Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier before venturing into cool jazz territory, then culminates in a rock finale with piccolo improvisations and a hint of Calypso rhythms on guitar. ", van Leer, Akkerman, Ruiter, van der Linden, Martin Dresden – bass guitar on "House of the King" (original vinyl version, uncredited), Hans Cleuver – drums on "House of the King" (original vinyl version, uncredited), This page was last edited on 19 September 2020, at 11:14. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Ruiter came up with its basic riff, with Akkerman coming up with the "second part". The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling in excess of 500,000 copies. The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list. I'd rather listen to the albums "Moving Waves" or "Mother Focus" instead. The following albums by Focus are ranked highest in the greatest album charts: This may not be a complete discography for Focus.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. Unfortunately, sides 1, 2, and 4 don't really grab my attention in the way I hoped they would. Title and squares on front cover are die-cut. By 1972, Focus had stabilised with a line-up of organist and vocalist Thijs van Leer, guitarist Jan Akkerman, drummer Pierre van der Linden, and bassist Bert Ruiter. Dutch prog rockers, led by Thijs van Leer, who surprisingly hit it big in 1972 with their instrumental single "Hocus Pocus." Focus from Netherlands. He renamed it "Sylvia" after Alberts "to tease [her] a little". The second, designed by Hamish Grimes, depicts a close-up of van Leer playing the flute with the title over his face. This page includes 3's : cover picture, songs / tracks list, members/musicians and line-up, different releases details, free MP3 download (stream), buy online links: amazon, ratings and detailled reviews by our experts, collaborators and members. [10] In the US, it reached No. Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Please try again. BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001. Recorded after touring in support of their previous album, Focus II (1971), the album saw the band write extended pieces and is their first with bassist Bert Ruiter in the group's line-up. Focus 3, an album by Focus on Spotify. I listen to this album for Side 3. Unable to add item to List. Riding on the success of their hit single "Hocus Pocus" from the revolutionary Moving Waves album, Focus got to work on this, their third LP in four years. [1] Initially a single LP was intended to be recorded but the group had written a considerable amount of new material, so the group opted to release a double album. To be frank, this LP has it all: diverse songs, astounding musicianship, one of the finest singles ever released -- Focus III should unquestionably be ranked alongside the likes of Revolver, Dark Side of the Moon, and any others of rock's greatest. 3 is a music studio album recording by FOCUS (Symphonic Prog/Progressive Rock) released in 1973 on cd, lp / vinyl and/or cassette. 89 in the US. Focus 3 or Focus III is the third studio album from the Dutch rock band Focus, released as a double album in 1972. [10], In his retrospective review for AllMusic, Ben Davies rates the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, highlighting the band's "jollier, more accessible tone" compared to their more serious sound on Moving Waves. Answers! Any price and availability information displayed on the linked website at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product. [6] The track includes a guitar introduction written by van Leer's brother Frank. Let us know what you think of this artist by adding a comment or assigning a rating below! Title on the spine and back cover as Focus III. Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. [3], "Round Goes the Gossip" features five lines from the poem Aeneid by the ancient Roman poet Virgil, sung in Latin by van Leer and its chorus hook, "Round goes the gossip", also sung by Vernon. In my opinion, this album is a 3.5/5 with "Anonymous II (Part 1)" doing the heavy lifting, raising it from an otherwise weak 3. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Questions? While the debut album featured a style not too dissimilar to the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Focus' second LP, Moving Waves, was purely instrumental and wholly serious-minded. "Anonymus II" borrows its theme from "Anonymus" from the band's first album and features a solo spot for all four members, lasting 26 minutes. Printed in Holland by EMI Services Benelux B.V., Uden. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. Compact disc pre-mastering at Tape One, London. Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment. K&F Concept ND1000 MC 20 Layer Square Lens Filter 10 Stop Optical Glass Fits 100x10... SMALLRIG Camera Base Plate with Rod Rail Clamp for Sony A6500 A6600, for Panasonic ... NICEYRIG 15mm Rod 8 Inch and 12 Inch, with M12 Thread Rod Connector Rod Cap Extend ... Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. [10], Released in November 1972, Focus 3 was a commercial success for the band, reaching No.