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The album that boosted Focus into at least semi-fame outside of continental Europe, Moving Waves blasts off with their hit single, "Hocus Pocus." Built around a killer guitar hook by Jan Akkerman and a series of solo turns by the band, this instrumental replaced "Wipeout" as a staple of FM radio. The bizarrely hilarious vocal and accordion solos by Thijs van Leer -- one of which absurdly concludes with rousing stadium cheers -- have to be heard to be believed. After this over-the-top performance, the other tracks seem comparatively constrained: the gentle "Le Clochard" features some gorgeous classical guitar over Mellotron strings. The album concludes with "Eruption," which while mimicking the multi-suite nomenclature of Yes and King Crimson, is essentially a side-long jam session. Stop-time Emersonian organ solos alternate with languid sections of jazzy guitar redolent of Santana, while still other sections are flat-out electric blues-rock stomps. It's impressive playing, though it comes off as a bit meandering after the tightly structured solos that began the album.
© Paul Collins /TiVo
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Thijs Van Leer, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Jan Akkerman, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Focus, Producer, MainArtist - Nanada Music, MusicPublisher - Radio Tele Music, MusicPublisher - Mike Vernon, Producer
1971 Red Bullet 1971 Red Bullet
Jan Akkerman, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Focus, Producer, MainArtist - Nanada Music, MusicPublisher - Radio Tele Music, MusicPublisher - Mike Vernon, Producer
1971 Red Bullet 1971 Red Bullet
Jan Akkerman, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Focus, Producer, MainArtist - Nanada Music, MusicPublisher - Radio Tele Music, MusicPublisher - Mike Vernon, Producer
1971 Red Bullet 1971 Red Bullet
Thijs Van Leer, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Focus, Producer, MainArtist - Nanada Music, MusicPublisher - Radio Tele Music, MusicPublisher - Inayat Khan, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer
1971 Red Bullet 1971 Red Bullet
Thijs Van Leer, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Focus, Producer, MainArtist - Nanada Music, MusicPublisher - Radio Tele Music, MusicPublisher - Mike Vernon, Producer
1971 Red Bullet 1971 Red Bullet
Thijs Van Leer, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Jan Akkerman, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Barlage, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Focus, Producer, MainArtist - Pierre Van Der Linden, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Nanada Music, MusicPublisher - Radio Tele Music, MusicPublisher - Mike Vernon, Producer - Eelke Nobel, Composer, ComposerLyricist
1971 Red Bullet 1971 Red Bullet
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The album that boosted Focus into at least semi-fame outside of continental Europe, Moving Waves blasts off with their hit single, "Hocus Pocus." Built around a killer guitar hook by Jan Akkerman and a series of solo turns by the band, this instrumental replaced "Wipeout" as a staple of FM radio. The bizarrely hilarious vocal and accordion solos by Thijs van Leer -- one of which absurdly concludes with rousing stadium cheers -- have to be heard to be believed. After this over-the-top performance, the other tracks seem comparatively constrained: the gentle "Le Clochard" features some gorgeous classical guitar over Mellotron strings. The album concludes with "Eruption," which while mimicking the multi-suite nomenclature of Yes and King Crimson, is essentially a side-long jam session. Stop-time Emersonian organ solos alternate with languid sections of jazzy guitar redolent of Santana, while still other sections are flat-out electric blues-rock stomps. It's impressive playing, though it comes off as a bit meandering after the tightly structured solos that began the album.
© Paul Collins /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:37
- Main artists: Focus
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Red Bullet
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
1971 Red Bullet 1971 Red Bullet
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