Mother Focus

Mother Focus
Studio album by Focus
Released	October 1975
Genre	Funk, jazz pop, instrumental rock
Length	37:14
Label	Polydor, Atco
Producer	Focus
Focus chronology
Hamburger Concerto (1974) Mother Focus (1975) Ship of Memories (1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Discogs	(3.25/5)[2]

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 pop at the centre.^[3]

Track listing

Track listing of Dutch vinyl release 1975.^[4]

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.^[5]

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"

References

1. "allmusic ((( Mother Focus > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
2. "Focus (2) - Mother Focus at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/mother-focus-mw0000741839
4. "Focus (2) - Mother Focus (LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
5. "Focus (2) - Mother Focus (CD, Album, RE, RM) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-12-22.

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