Focus Plays Focus | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Focus |
Cover: | Focus Plays Focus.jpg |
Released: | September 1970 |
Recorded: | January 1970 |
Studio: | Sound Techniques (Chelsea, London) |
Genre: | Progressive rock[1] |
Length: | 33:30 (UK edition 35:50) |
Label: | Imperial (5C 054-24192)[2] |
Producer: | Hubert Terheggen |
Next Title: | Focus II |
Next Year: | 1971 |
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 re-release of the album from 1971 onwards which included their debut single "House of the King".
AllMusic's Richie Unterberger called the album "a fair collection of progressive rock tunes without a clear focus" and noted prominent influences from folk rock, blues, and classical music, as well as "occasional jazzy shadings".[3]
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Credits adapted from the album's 1970 liner notes.[2]
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