Focus 3

Focus 3
Studio album by Focus
Released 1972
Recorded July 1972
Genre Progressive rock
Instrumental rock
Length 70:25 (LP)
67:04 (CD)
Label Sire Records (1972)
I.R.S. Records (1991)
Imperial/EMI Bovema
Producer Mike Vernon
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Focus chronology
Focus II
(Moving Waves)
(1971)		 Focus 3
(1972)		 At the Rainbow
(1973)

Focus 3 is a double-album by progressive rock band Focus, which was released in 1972[3], peaking #6 [4] on the UK charts. It includes "Sylvia", a worldwide hit that reached #4[5] on the UK charts and #89 on the US charts. It also contains "House of the King"[6], a single originally from 1970, which was later included on the CD version of Focus' first album, Focus Plays Focus (In and Out of Focus). "House of the King" was not, as is often believed, re-recorded for Focus III.

Contents

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Round Goes the Gossip..." (Thijs van Leer) – 5:16 (contains verses from Virgil AENEIDOS LIBER IV "extemplo Libyae magnas it Fama per urbes,...")
  2. "Love Remembered" (Jan Akkerman) – 2:49
  3. "Sylvia" (van Leer) – 3:32
  4. "Carnival Fugue" (van Leer) – 6:02

Side B

  1. "Focus III" (van Leer) – 6:07
  2. "Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!" (Akkerman, Bert Ruiter) – 14:03

Side C

  1. "Anonymus II (Part 1)" (van Leer, Akkerman, Ruiter, Pierre van der Linden) – 19:28

Side D

  1. "Anonymus II (Conclusion)" (van Leer, Akkerman, Ruiter, van der Linden) – 7:30
  2. "Elspeth of Nottingham" (Akkerman) – 3:15
  3. "House of the King" (Akkerman) – 2:23

CD listing

  1. "Round Goes the Gossip" – 5:12
  2. "Love Remembered" – 2:49
  3. "Sylvia" – 3:31
  4. "Carnival Fugue" – 6:08
  5. "Focus III" – 6:04
  6. "Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!" – 13:55
  7. "Elspeth of Nottingham" – 3:06
  8. "Anonymus Two" – 26:19

The proper track order on the I.R.S. CD:

  1. "Round Goes the Gossip" – 5:13
  2. "Love Remembered" – 2:49
  3. "Sylvia" – 3:32
  4. "Carnival Fugue Intro" – 1:35
  5. "Carnival Fugue (Continued)" – 4:34
  6. "Focus III / Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!" – 19:54
  7. "Elspeth of Nottingham" – 3:11
  8. "Anonymus Two" – 26:21

Personnel

Cultural references

References

  1. ^ "allmusic ((( Focus III > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r7544. Retrieved 2009-11-15. 
  2. ^ "Focus: Focus III : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". rollingstone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/focus/albums/album/130992/review/5942018/focus_iii. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
  3. ^ "Focus (2) - Focus 3 (2xLP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Focus-Focus-3/release/628918. Retrieved 2009-11-15. 
  4. ^ "Chart Stats - Focus - Focus III". www.chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=3169. Retrieved 2009-11-15. 
  5. ^ "Chart Stats - Focus - Sylvia". www.chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=6033. Retrieved 2009-11-15. 
  6. ^ "Focus (2) - House Of The King / Focus (7", Single) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Focus-House-Of-The-King-Focus/release/952058. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
Focus
Thijs van Leer · Niels van der Steenhoven · Bobby Jacobs · Pierre van der Linden
Jan Akkerman · Jan Dumée · Martin Dresden · Cyril Havermans · Bert Ruiter · Hans Cleuver · Colin Allen · Bert Smaak · Philip Catherine · David Kemper · Eef Albers
Studio albums
Live albums
At the Rainbow · Live in America · Live at the BBC 1976
Compilation albums
The Best of Focus: Hocus Pocus
Singles
"Hocus Pocus" · "Sylvia" · "House of the King" · "Tommy" · "Harem Scarem" · "Mother Focus" · "P's March" · "Russian Roulette"
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