Focus: Jan Akkerman & Thijs van Leer

Studio album by Focus

Released

1985

Genre

Progressive rock, synthrock, instrumental rock

Label

Vertigo

Producer

Ruud Jacobs

Focus chronology

Focus con Proby
(1978)

Focus: Jan Akkerman & Thijs van Leer
(1985)

Focus 8
(2002)

Focus: Jan Akkerman & Thijs van Leer is the seventh studio album by Dutch rock band Focus released in 1985. The album's name is due to the only original members on the record being guitarist Jan Akkerman and flautist/keyboardist Thijs van Leer.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Russian roulette"	Thijs van Leer	5:54
2.	"King Kong"	Jan Akkerman	3:45
3.	"Le tango"	Thijs van Leer/Rosalie van Leer	4:57
4.	"Indian summer"	Jan Akkerman	5:50
5.	"Beethoven's revenge"	Jan Akkerman	18:53
6.	"Olé Judy"	Thijs van Leer	3:52
7.	"Who's calling?"	Thijs van Leer/Jan Akkerman	16:14

Line-up

Thijs van Leer – keyboards, flute, vocals
Jan Akkerman – guitar, guitar synthesizers
Tato Gómez – bass
Mario Argandoña – drums

External links

Focus at Discogs (list of releases)

Focus

Thijs van Leer Pierre van der Linden Menno Gootjes Bobby Jacobs Jan Akkerman Hans Cleuver Martin Dresden Cyril Havermans Bert Ruiter Colin Allen David Kemper Philip Catherine Eef Albers P.J. Proby Steve Smith Bert Smaak Jan Dumée Ruben van Roon Bert Smaak Niels van der Steenhoven

Studio albums	Focus Plays Focus (In and Out of Focus) Focus II (Moving Waves) Focus 3 Hamburger Concerto Mother Focus Ship of Memories Focus con Proby Focus Focus 8 Focus 9 / New Skin Focus X Golden Oldies

Live albums	At the Rainbow Live in America Live at the BBC Live Legends Live on Air

Compilation albums	Ship of Memories Hocus Pocus: The Best Of Focus

Singles	"Hocus Pocus" "Sylvia" "House of the King" "Tommy" "Harem Scarem" "Mother Focus" "P's March" "Russian Roulette"

Related articles	P.J. Proby