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Mother Focus

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Released
  
October 1975 (1975-10)

Producer
  
Focus

Release date
  
1975

Genres
  
Rock music, Funk

Length
  
37:14

Artist
  
Focus

Label
  
Polydor Records

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Mother Focus (1975)
  
Ship of Memories (1976)

Similar
  
Focus albums, Rock music albums

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Mother Focus is the fifth studio album by the band Focus. It was released in 1975 on Atco Records. Some tracks on the album mark a departure from the progressive rock style that dominated the group's prior work, and herald a funk music style with light jazz and pop at the centre. Bassist Bert Ruiter provided most of the themes, as van Leer had just recorded a solo album, O My Love, of his own music, and Jan Akkerman withheld compositions for his forthcoming solo album Eli.

Contents

Track listing

Track listing of Dutch vinyl release 1975.

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.

  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

  • Thijs van Leer – keyboards, flute, vocals on "Mother Focus"
  • Jan Akkerman – guitar
  • Bert Ruiter – bass guitar, vocals on "I Need a Bathroom"
  • David Kemper – drums
  • Colin Allen – drums on "I Need A Bathroom"

    • Songs

    1Mother Focus3:05
    2I Need a Bathroom3:06
    3Bennie Helder3:32

    References

    Mother Focus Wikipedia
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