Mother Focus

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Mother Focus
Studio album by Focus
Released October 1975 (1975-10)
Genre Progressive rock, jazz fusion, funk rock, pop rock
Length 37:14
Label Atco Records
Producer Focus
Focus chronology

Hamburger Concerto
(1974)		 Mother Focus
(1975)		 Ship of Memories
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]
Discogs (3.25/5)[2]

Mother Focus is the fifth studio album by the band Focus. It was released in 1975 on Atco Records. The album marks a departure from the progressive rock style that dominated the group's prior work, and heralds a poppier, often disco-influenced sound, with occasional touches of light jazz and funk.

Track listing

Track listing of Dutch vinyl release 1975.[3]

Side one

  1. "Mother Focus" (Jan Akkerman, Bert Ruiter, Thijs van Leer) – 3:03
  2. "I Need a Bathroom" (Ruiter) – 3:02
  3. "Bennie Helder" (van Leer) – 3:31
  4. "Soft Vanilla" (Ruiter) – 3:00
  5. "Hard Vanilla" (Ruiter) – 2:35
  6. "Tropical Bird" (Ruiter) – 2:42

Side two

  1. "Focus IV" (van Leer) – 3:55
  2. "Someone's Crying . . . What?" (Akkerman) – 3:18
  3. "All Together . . . Oh, That!" (Akkerman) – 3:40
  4. "No Hang Ups" (Paul Stoppelman) – 2:54
  5. "My Sweetheart" (Akkerman, van Leer) – 3:35
  6. "Father Bach" (van Leer) – 1:30

CD listing

Track listing of Japanese release from 16 December 2006.[4]

  1. "Mother Focus" (Jan Akkerman, Bert Ruiter, Thijs van Leer) – 3:04
  2. "I Need a Bathroom" (Ruiter) – 3:03
  3. "Bennie Helder" (van Leer) – 3:31
  4. "Soft Vanilla" (Ruiter) – 3:03
  5. "Hard Vanilla" (Ruiter) – 2:34
  6. "Tropical Bird" (Ruiter) – 2:42
  7. "Focus IV" (van Leer) – 3:56
  8. "Someone's Crying . . . What?" (Akkerman) – 3:18
  9. "All Together . . . Oh, That!" (Akkerman) – 3:41
  10. "No Hang Ups" (Paul Stoppelman) – 2:55
  11. "My Sweetheart" (Akkerman, van Leer) – 3:36
  12. "Father Bach" (van Leer) – 1:34

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "allmusic ((( Mother Focus > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-11-15. 
  2. ↑ "Focus (2) - Mother Focus at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-11-15. 
  3. ↑ "Focus (2) - Mother Focus (LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
  4. ↑ "Focus (2) - Mother Focus (CD, Album, RE, RM) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
Focus
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
  • Hocus Pocus: The Best Of Focus
Singles
  • "Hocus Pocus"
  • "Sylvia"
  • "House of the King"
  • "Tommy"
  • "Harem Scarem"
  • "Mother Focus"
  • "P's March"
  • "Russian Roulette"
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