Focus 9 / New Skin

Focus 9 / New Skin
Studio album by Focus
Released	Sep 25, 2006 (Sep 25, 2006)
Genre	Progressive rock, instrumental rock, jazz fusion, baroque rock[1]
Length	68:16
Label	Red Bullit
Producer	Thijs van Leer
Focus chronology
Focus 8 (2002) Focus 9 / New Skin (2006) Focus X (2012)

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Focus 9 / New Skin is the ninth studio album by the Dutch progressive rock band Focus, released in 2006. This time Pierre van der Linden (drummer of the classic '70s Focus lineup) joins Thijs van Leer with Bobby Jacobs remaining on bass and Niels van der Steenhoven replacing guitarist Jan Dumée.

Track listing

1. "Black Beauty" (Thijs van Leer) – 4:14
2. "Focus 7" (van Leer) – 5:23
3. "Hurkey Turkey 2" (van Leer) – 4:05
4. "Sylvia's Stepson - Ubatuba" (Bobby Jacobs) – 4:50
5. "Niels' Skin" (Niels van der Steenhoven) – 6:05
6. "Just Like Eddy" (Rosalie Peters, van Leer) – 5:09
7. "Aya-Yuppie-Hippie-Yee" (Jacobs, van Leer) – 5:18
8. "Focus 9" (van Leer) – 7:57
9. "Curtain Call" (van Leer) – 4:36
10. "Ode to Venus" (van Leer) – 4:30
11. "European Rap(sody)" (van Leer) – 10:23
12. "Pim" (van Leer) – 3:01
13. "It Takes 2 2 Tango" (van Leer) – 8:03

Personnel

• Thijs van Leer – keyboards, flute, vocals
• Niels van der Steenhoven – guitar, vocals
• Bobby Jacobs – bass guitar
• Pierre van der Linden – drums

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