Mother Focus

Mother Focus
Studio album by Focus
Released October 1975 (1975-10)
Genre Funk rock, jazz fusion, progressive rock
Length 37:14
Label Polydor, Atco
Producer Focus
Focus chronology
Hamburger Concerto
(1974)Hamburger Concerto1974		 Mother Focus
(1975)		 Ship of Memories
(1976)Ship of Memories1976
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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.[2] 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.

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. "Tropic 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

References

  1. ↑ "allmusic ((( Mother Focus > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/mother-focus-mw0000741839

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