Focus 3 or Focus III is the third studio album by Dutch rock band Focus, released as a double album in November 1972 on Imperial Records. BestEverAlbums.com provides a whole host of statistics, and … Ebbene: il lato B è talmente ondulato da rendere difficile la lettura per il pick-up mentre i lati 3 e 4 presentano antiestetiche macchie nere nel vinile e ciò - per quel che può valere - sminuisce la natura "da collezione" dell'album stesso. ", titled by Akkerman, featuring extended flute and guitar solos. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page! The standard deviation for this artist is 12.6. He rates "Sylvia" a "classic" track that continues to be "one of the most loved and best remembered" songs from the band's catalogue. Copyright © 2005-2020 BestEverAlbums.com. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. Years later, when Punk/New Wave was all the rage lots of my friends became a bit apologetic about having this album in their collection, I always told them to hang on to it; it will be cool again. Printed in Holland by EMI Services Benelux B.V., Uden. Unfortunately, sides 1, 2, and 4 don't really grab my attention in the way I hoped they would. I'd rather listen to the albums "Moving Waves" or "Mother Focus" instead. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. The consistency in musical quality throughout Focus III is enough to merit any … Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. 6 on the UK Albums Chart and No. Recorded after touring in support of their previous album, Focus II (1971), the album saw the band write extended pieces and is their first with bassist Bert Ruiter in the group's line-up. In my opinion, this album is a 3.5/5 with "Anonymous II (Part 1)" doing the heavy lifting, raising it from an otherwise weak 3. Any price and availability information displayed on the linked website at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product. This page includes 3's : cover picture, songs / tracks list, members/musicians and line-up, different releases details, free MP3 download (stream), buy online links: amazon, ratings and detailled reviews by our experts, collaborators and members. The second, designed by Hamish Grimes, depicts a close-up of van Leer playing the flute with the title over his face. [8] Akkerman wrote "Elspeth of Nottingham" after driving around England for a holiday in 1967, stopping in a town in the Cotswolds where he first heard Julian Bream play the lute which inspired him to learn the instrument. Mike Vernon reprised his role as the record's producer with George Chkiantz assigned as recording engineer. [4] The five lines from the poem are printed on the album's sleeve in Latin and English[1] with the 1916 translation by Henry Fairclough. Rating metrics: Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. The song remains one of the most loved and best remembered songs from Focus' catalog. Unable to add item to List. "Anonymus II" borrows its theme from "Anonymus" from the band's first album and features a solo spot for all four members, lasting 26 minutes. Akkerman requested to include birdsong on the recording; Vernon suggested to include sounds of cows mooing and the song's title, the "Elspeth" being an old Scottish variant of the name Elizabeth. "Sylvia" found worldwide success and gained the band valuable radio and press exposure. Ecoutez gratuitement les titres sur nos nombreuses webradios He was not fond of a composition that singer Sylvia Alberts was given to sing for her solo performance,[5] so he wrote the instrumental with a set of lyrics in English written by Linda van Dyck. Focus from Netherlands. 4 in the UK[14] and No. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. Focus is ranked number 1,322 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 1,004. [11] It reached a peak of No. Compact disc pre-mastering at Tape One, London. In sintesi: Focus 3 è un doppio album, qui offerto in edizione limitata a 500 copie, vinile 180 gr color giallo. The following albums by Focus are ranked highest in the greatest album charts: This may not be a complete discography for Focus.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. 4 in the UK and No. Showing latest 5 ratings for this artist. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list. While the debut album featured a style not too dissimilar to the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Focus' second LP, Moving Waves, was purely instrumental and wholly serious-minded. All rights reserved. Questions? Find Focus discography, albums and singles on AllMusic. In July 1972, after touring in supporting their previous album, Focus II (1971), the band retreated to Olympic Studios in Barnes, south west London, to record their next album. As with its predecessor, Focus III featured only one tune that would have a chance of being a hit single. ", van Leer, Akkerman, Ruiter, van der Linden, Martin Dresden – bass guitar on "House of the King" (original vinyl version, uncredited), Hans Cleuver – drums on "House of the King" (original vinyl version, uncredited), This page was last edited on 19 September 2020, at 11:14. After 1972 everyone, whose record collection I looked through, had a copy of Focus 3. [7] The track's end segues into "Answers? 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He concludes with: "To be frank, this LP has it all: diverse songs, astounding musicianship, one of the finest singles ever released — Focus III should unquestionably be ranked alongside the likes of ... rock's greatest". [5] van Leer wrote "Sylvia" in 1968 when he was a cast member of Shaffy Chantant, a Dutch theatre production by singer and actor Ramses Shaffy. [6] The track includes a guitar introduction written by van Leer's brother Frank. Answers! Questions! 35 on the US Billboard 200. Albums include Focus II, Focus 3, and Hamburger Concerto. [16] The album reached the same certification in the Netherlands and the UK. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Focus III kept this same sound, but approached it with a jollier, more accessible tone. Riding on the success of their hit single "Hocus Pocus" from the revolutionary Moving Waves album, Focus got to work on this, their third LP in four years. The best album credited to Focus is Hamburger Concerto which is ranked number 3,810 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 372. Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. Title and squares on front cover are die-cut. It just seems like the band is going through the motions of cutting tracks without any significant moments of grandeur. | Show all 10 ratings for this artist. Focus discography; Studio albums: 11: Live albums: 6: Compilation albums: 1: Singles: 8: The discography of the progressive rock band Focus consists of 11 studio albums, 1 compilation album, 6 live albums, and 8 singles. Dutch prog rockers, led by Thijs van Leer, who surprisingly hit it big in 1972 with their instrumental single "Hocus Pocus." This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. van Leer kept the music, re-arranging it as an instrumental track when it came to selecting material for the album. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Production for R.T.M. 3 is a music studio album recording by FOCUS (Symphonic Prog/Progressive Rock) released in 1973 on cd, lp / vinyl and/or cassette. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. It went to No. [8][9] "Carnival Fugue" borrows from Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier before venturing into cool jazz territory, then culminates in a rock finale with piccolo improvisations and a hint of Calypso rhythms on guitar. K&F Concept ND1000 MC 20 Layer Square Lens Filter 10 Stop Optical Glass Fits 100x10... SMALLRIG Camera Base Plate with Rod Rail Clamp for Sony A6500 A6600, for Panasonic ... NICEYRIG 15mm Rod 8 Inch and 12 Inch, with M12 Thread Rod Connector Rod Cap Extend ... Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. It's an album that deserves to be listened carefully to notice all the passages and variations that exist. Please try again. I listen to this album for Side 3. The mean average rating would be 50. Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment. Genres: Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog, Hard Rock. The enjoyable rhythm of "Sylvia," partnered with Jan Akkerman's victorious guitar solo, some of Van Leer's finest organ work, Bert Ruiter's tight basslines, and Pierre Van Der Linden's mellow drumming, assured the track classic status. [3], "Round Goes the Gossip" features five lines from the poem Aeneid by the ancient Roman poet Virgil, sung in Latin by van Leer and its chorus hook, "Round goes the gossip", also sung by Vernon. Originally released in 1973. VILTROX EF-M2 II Electronic AF Auto Focus 0.71x Reducer Speed Booster Lens Mount Ad... SmallRig 15mm Carbon Fiber Rods (9 Inch) for 15mm Rod Rail Support System, LCD Moun... Zhiyun Crane 3S [Official] Smartsling Kit 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for DSL... SMALLRIG Universal Lens Support with 15mm LWS Rod Clamp for Diameter 50mm to 140mm ... SMALLRIG 16 Inches (40 cm) Black Aluminum Alloy 15mm Rod with M12 Female Thread, Pa... [New Version] SMALLRIG BMPCC 4K & 6K Cage for Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camer... K&F Concept 40 in 1 Square Filter Kit Graduated Full Color ND Filter Set Compatible... SMALLRIG V-Lock Assembly Kit Female V-Dock Male V-Lock Quick Release Plate - 1846. The two former members who perform on the recording, bassist Martin Dresden and drummer Hans Cleuver, are not credited on the album sleeve. Let us know what you think of this artist by adding a comment or assigning a rating below! Its original title was a long one: "I Thought I Could Do Everything on My Own, I Was Always Stripping the Town Alone", and concerned an independent young woman who fell apart after she met the love of her life. [17] Down Beat rated Focus 3 five stars out of five in 1972, citing it to be "a sincere, emotional mixture of classical, jazz, and rock. Questions? BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001 BER001. Leave feedback. The top rated tracks by Focus are Hocus Pocus, Sylvia, Focus II, Harem Scarem and Hocus Pocus.This artist appears in 256 charts and has received 0 comments and 10 ratings from BestEverAlbums.com site members. Questions! ℗ 1973 EMI-Bovema B.V. © 1988 EMI-Bovema B.V. Retrouvez l'album Focus 3. By 1972, Focus had stabilised with a line-up of organist and vocalist Thijs van Leer, guitarist Jan Akkerman, drummer Pierre van der Linden, and bassist Bert Ruiter. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. I'd rather listen to the albums "Moving Waves" or "Mother Focus" instead. [6], Peet Johnson, one of the group's biographers, highlights several musical references and similarities that van Leer incorporates in "Focus III", including riffs from Bernard Hermann, "Don't Sleep in the Subway" made famous by Petula Clark in 1967, Tchaikovsky, and Schubert. Focus 3 or Focus III is the third studio album from the Dutch rock band Focus, released as a double album in 1972. 89 in the US. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation). Focus 3 received a positive reception upon its release. Focus discography and songs: Music profile for Focus, formed 1969. ", Last edited on 19 September 2020, at 11:14, Recording Industry Association of America, "The Official Charts Company - Focus - Focus III", "The Official Charts Company - Focus - Sylvia", "Focus: Focus III : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Focus_3&oldid=979199371, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Answers? In my opinion, this album is a 3.5/5 with "Anonymous II (Part 1)" doing the heavy lifting, raising it from an otherwise weak 3. The Best Of Focus / Hocus Pocus (Incl WC 2010 Version of 'Hocus Pocus'). [5] "Love Remembered" is a track written by Akkerman, playing an acoustic guitar with van Leer's flute, which is based on a young couple's morning walk. Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date indicated and are subject to change. 89 in the US. Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating, Showing all 2 members who have added this artist as a favourite. [10], Released in November 1972, Focus 3 was a commercial success for the band, reaching No. our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. It just seems like the band is going through the motions of cutting tracks without any significant moments of grandeur. Focus 3 or Focus III is the third studio album by Dutch rock band Focus, released as a double album in November 1972 on Imperial Records.Recorded after touring in support of their previous album, Focus II (1971), the album saw the band write extended pieces and is … 35 on the Billboard 200. [1] Initially a single LP was intended to be recorded but the group had written a considerable amount of new material, so the group opted to release a double album. 1 in the Netherlands for one week and reached No. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. Audio CD, Import, Original recording remastered, February 19, 2001, Vinyl, Import, Limited Edition, December 17, 2009, Previous page of related Sponsored Products. Be the first to add a comment for this artist - add your comment! Title on the spine and back cover as Focus III. He renamed it "Sylvia" after Alberts "to tease [her] a little". 6 on the UK Albums Chart[12] in March 1973 during a 16-week stay on the chart. [13] "Sylvia" was released as the album's sole single, which reached No. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Focus. The consistency in musical quality throughout Focus III is enough to merit any listeners' respect. Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums "Sylvia" was released as the album's sole single, which reached No. Toute la discographie de Focus est sur Nostalgie.fr. [9], The vinyl pressings of the album includes "House of the King", a track Focus recorded for their first album, Focus Plays Focus (1970), intended to fill up space on side four. The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list. (*In practice, some artists can have several thousand ratings) In this disc is well present the progressive rock symphonic with tones of jazz with variations between short bands and others long. Albums with the most listeners in the last 7 days. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can, Include tracks from compilations & live albums, Eruption: Orfeus/Answer/Orfeus/Answer/Pupilla/Tommy/Pupilla/Answer/The Bridge/Break/Euridice/Dayglow/Endless Road/Answer/Orfeus/Euridice, Eruption/Orfeus/Answer/Orfeus/Answer/Pupilla/Tommy/Pupilla. [10] In the US, it reached No. [1][2] Two versions of the album's sleeve design exist; its North American release features each member photographed during a performance on the BBC music television show The Old Grey Whistle Test with a black background. The top ranked albums by Focus are Hamburger Concerto, Moving Waves and Focus III. 1 in the Netherlands for one week. To be frank, this LP has it all: diverse songs, astounding musicianship, one of the finest singles ever released -- Focus III should unquestionably be ranked alongside the likes of Revolver, Dark Side of the Moon, and any others of rock's greatest. Focus 3, an album by Focus on Spotify. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Issued in a gatefold sleeve. This is the third album of the band that shows the quality of the musicians and the evolution of them. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling in excess of 500,000 copies. [10], In his retrospective review for AllMusic, Ben Davies rates the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, highlighting the band's "jollier, more accessible tone" compared to their more serious sound on Moving Waves. [15] In November 1973, Billboard announced the album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling in excess of 500,000 copies. Focus At The Rainbow MINI LP CD JAPAN VICP-63666 Jan Akkerman, Focus on Hollywood by Tony Anderson Sound Orchestra (CD, Oct-1991, Laserlight), FOCUS: Ship Of Memories LP (small tag stain/tear on cover) Rock & Pop. The 19:28 long "Anonymous II (Part 1)" jam is worth the price of admission for this double hunk of wax. Please try again. Listen to music from Focus. Answers! Ruiter came up with its basic riff, with Akkerman coming up with the "second part".