Focus - Moving Waves(1971)

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Focus is a Dutch progressive rock band. It was founded by classically trained organist/flautist Thijs van Leer in 1969. It is most famous for the songs "Hocus Pocus" and Sylvia.

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The album that boosted Focus into at least semi-fame outside of continental Europe, Moving Waves blasts off with their hit single, "Hocus Pocus." Built around a killer guitar hook by Jan Akkerman and a series of solo turns by the band, this instrumental replaced "Wipeout" as a staple of FM radio. The bizarrely hilarious vocal and accordion solos by Thijs van Leer -- one of which absurdly concludes with rousing stadium cheers -- have to be heard to be believed. After this over-the-top performance, the other tracks seem comparatively constrained: the gentle "Le Clochard" features some gorgeous classical guitar over Mellotron strings. The album concludes with "Eruption," which while mimicking the multi-suite nomenclature of Yes and King Crimson, is essentially a side-long jam session. Stop-time Emersonian organ solos alternate with languid sections of jazzy guitar redolent of Santana, while still other sections are flat-out electric blues-rock stomps. It's impressive playing, though it comes off as a bit meandering after the tightly structured solos that began the album.Review by Paul Collins(allmusic.com)

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Artist: Focus
Album: Moving Waves
Year: 1971
Quality/Rate: 320 kbps Mp3
Genre: Rock

Track Listing

1. Hocus Pocus (6:39)
2. Le Clochard (2:01)
3. Janis (3:08)
4. Moving Waves (2:42)
5. Focus II (4:04)
6. Eruption (23:02)

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