Focus X

Focus X is the tenth studio album by the Dutch progressive rock band Focus, released on 5 November 5, 2012 by Eastworld Recordings.

Focus X
Cover art by Roger Dean
Studio album by Focus
Released	5 November 2012
Recorded	2012
Studio	Wedgeview Studios (Woerdense Verlaat, Netherlands) Fieldwork Studios (Schoten, Belgium) Skystudio Bassbob Studios
Genre	Jazz fusion progressive rock
Length	49:40
Label	Eastworld Recordings
Producer	Bobby Jacobs, Geert Scheijgrond
Focus chronology
Focus 9 / New Skin (2006) Focus X (2012) Golden Oldies (2014)

Background

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.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Father Bacchus"	Menno Gootjes	4:04
2.	"Focus 10"	Thijs van Leer	5:48
3.	"Victoria"	van Leer	5:28
4.	"Amok In Kindergarten"	van Leer	5:00
5.	"All Hens On Deck"	van Leer	5:45
6.	"Birds Come Fly Over (Le Tango)"	van Leer, Roselie Peters	5:26
7.	"Hoeratio" (Words: Horatius, taken from "Ars Poetica")	Bobby Jacobs	5:38
8.	"Talk Of The Clown"	van Leer	2:59
9.	"Message Magique"	Ben van der Linden	3:53
10.	"Crossroads"	van Leer, Peters	5:39

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Santa Teresa"	van Leer	5:59
12.	"Hocus Pocus (live)"	van Leer, Jan Akkerman	17:30

Personnel

• 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