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29: 1051: – See NOTES: Hans Cleuver's father, Erik Cleuver, is the lyricist/writer, not Hans. This error started to appear around 1999/2000 1397: 1085: 1312: 1392: 1387: 1044: 1175: 1366: 1113: 754: 987: 949: 186:. It is the only album recorded by the group's original line-up consisting of organist and vocalist 1344: 1078: 200:
for the international re-release of the album from 1971 onwards which included their debut single "
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tunes without a clear focus" and noted prominent influences from
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Hilversum: Red Bullet. 665: 570: 480: 413: 320: 251: 1212:Focus Plays Focus (In and Out of Focus) 874: 219:called the album "a fair collection of 7: 310:van Leer, Martin Dresden, Mike Hayes 14: 1026:"Focus (2) - In And Out Of Focus" 925:"In and Out of Focus - AllMusic" 566:1971 UK issue (Polydor 2344 003) 182:, released in September 1970 on 1282:Focus 8.5 / Beyond the Horizon 672: 577: 487: 420: 327: 258: 16:1970 studio album by Focus 1: 967:50 Years: Anthology 1970-1976 828:Hubert Terheggen – production 691:"Happy Nightmare (Mescaline)" 992:. 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Index


Studio album
Focus
Sound Techniques
Genre
Progressive rock
Label
Imperial
Producer
Focus
Focus II
Focus
Imperial Records
Thijs van Leer
Jan Akkerman
House of the King
AllMusic
Richie Unterberger
progressive rock
folk rock
blues
classical music
Thijs van Leer
Jan Akkerman
House of the King
Thijs van Leer
lead vocals
flute
Hammond organ
piano

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