Focus X | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Focus |
Cover: | Focus X album cover.jpg |
Caption: | Cover art by Roger Dean |
Released: | 5 November 2012 |
Recorded: | 2012 |
Studio: | Wedgeview Studios (Woerdense Verlaat, Netherlands) Fieldwork Studios (Schoten, Belgium) Skystudio Bassbob Studios |
Length: | 49:40 |
Label: | Eastworld Recordings |
Producer: | Bobby Jacobs, Geert Scheijgrond |
Prev Title: | Focus 9 / New Skin |
Prev Year: | 2006 |
Next Title: | Golden Oldies |
Next Year: | 2014 |
Focus X is the tenth studio album by the Dutch progressive rock band Focus, released on 5 November 5, 2012 by Eastworld Recordings.
Focus X is the group's first studio album in six years. The album features Menno Gootjes on guitar, replacing Niels van der Steenhoven, who played guitar on the ensemble's previous album Focus 9 / New Skin (2009). The Japanese edition contains two bonus tracks, "Santa Teresa", and a live version of the band's successful 1971 single, "Hocus Pocus". The album generally received positive reviews. The cover art is designed and painted by Roger Dean.[1]