Focus Plays Focus

Focus Plays Focus
Studio album by Focus
Released	September 1970
Recorded	January 1970
Studio	Sound Techniques (Chelsea, London)
Genre	Progressive rock[1]
Length	33:30
Label	Imperial (5C 054-24192)[2]
Producer	Hubert Terheggen
Focus chronology
Focus Plays Focus (1970) Focus II (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 Martin 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".

Musical style[]

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]

Track listing[]

Original release[]

Source:^[2]

1971 reissue[]

Source:^[4]

Personnel[]

Credits adapted from the album's 1970 liner notes.^[2]

Focus

• Thijs van Leer – vocals (tracks 2, 5, 6), flute, Hammond organ, piano, electric piano, mellotron, harpsichord, vibraphone
• Jan Akkerman – guitars, acoustic guitars
• Martin Dresden – bass guitar, trumpet (tracks 4, 5), vocals (tracks 2, 3, 6)
• Hans Cleuver – drums, bongos, vocals (tracks 2, 5, 6)

Production

• Hubert Terheggen – production
• Jerry Boys – engineering

References[]

External links[]

• "Discography". Focus. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
• "Focus (2) - In And Out Of Focus". Discogs. Retrieved 13 July 2010.