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Focus X

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Focus X
Cover art by Roger Dean
Studio album by
Released5 November 2012
Recorded2012
StudioWedgeview Studios
(Woerdense Verlaat, Netherlands)
Fieldwork Studios
(Schoten, Belgium)
Skystudio
Bassbob Studios
Genre
Length49:40
LabelEastworld Recordings
ProducerBobby Jacobs, Geert Scheijgrond
Focus chronology
Focus 9 / New Skin
(2006)
Focus X
(2012)
Golden Oldies
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Bolton Newspositive
Get Ready To ROCK![2]
MoltenMetalReviews[3]
Liverpool Sound & Vision[4]
Paradise Rock[5]

Focus X is the tenth studio album by the Dutch progressive rock band Focus, released on 5 November 5, 2012 by Eastworld Recordings.

Background

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Focus X is the group's first studio album in six years. The album features Menno Gootjes on guitar, replacing Niels van der Steenhoven, who played guitar on the ensemble's previous album Focus 9 / New Skin (2009). The Japanese edition contains two bonus tracks, "Santa Teresa", and a live version of the band's successful 1971 single, "Hocus Pocus". The album generally received positive reviews. The cover art is designed and painted by Roger Dean.[6]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Father Bacchus"Menno Gootjes4:04
2."Focus 10"Thijs van Leer5:48
3."Victoria"van Leer5:28
4."Amok In Kindergarten"van Leer5:00
5."All Hens On Deck"van Leer5:45
6."Birds Come Fly Over (Le Tango)"van Leer, Roselie Peters5:26
7."Hoeratio" (Words: Horatius, taken from "Ars Poetica")Bobby Jacobs5:38
8."Talk Of The Clown"van Leer2:59
9."Message Magique"Ben van der Linden3:53
10."Crossroads"van Leer, Peters5:39
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Santa Teresa"van Leer5:59
12."Hocus Pocus (live)"van Leer, Jan Akkerman17:30

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "X - Focus : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  2. ^ "Get Ready to ROCK! Review of CD album called Focus X by progressive rock band Focus". Getreadytorock.com. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  3. ^ "Focus – X – Review « moltenmetalreviews". Moltenmetalreviews.wordpress.com. 2012-11-13. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  4. ^ "Focus, Focus X. Album Review". 7 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Focus – Focus X – Paradise Rock UK".
  6. ^ "Home". focus10.net.
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