Focus - Focus X (2012)

Focus - Focus X (2012)

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Focus - Focus X

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1. "Father Bacchus"   4:04

2. "Focus 10"   3:48

3. "Victoria"   5:28

4. "Amok In Kindergarten"   5:00

5. "All Hens On Deck"   5:45

6. "Birds Come Fly Over (Le Tango)"   5:26

7. "Hoeratio" (Words: Horatius, taken from "Ars Poetica")   5:38

8. "Talk Of The Clown"   2:59

9. "Message Magique"   3:53

10. "Crossroads"   5:39

Japanese edition bonus tracks

11. "Santa Teresa"   5:59

12. "Hocus Pocus (live)"   17:30

Focus Band Members / Musicians

Thijs van Leer – Hammond organ, flute, vocoder, spoken vocals (tracks 1, 7, 11)

Pierre van der Linden – drums, percussion

Menno Gootjes – guitar, acoustic guitars (track 8)

Bobby Jacobs – bass guitar, pro ducting and mixing

Ivan Lins – vocals (tracks 6, 11)

Berenice van Leer – vocals (track 10)

Geert Scheijgrond - producing and mixing

Focus X (also known as X) is the 10th studio album by the Dutch progressive rock band Focus, released on 5 November 5, 2012 by Eastworld Recordings.

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.