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Focus con Proby

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Focus con Proby
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1978
Recorded1977
Genre
Length48:07
LabelEMI
ProducerYde De Jong
Focus chronology
Ship of Memories
(1976)
Focus con Proby
(1978)
Focus 8
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Focus con Proby is the sixth studio album by the Dutch rock band Focus, released in 1978 on EMI Records. It features five tracks with vocals from American singer P. J. Proby. The record also features guitarists Eef Albers and Philip Catherine, drummer Steve Smith (then with Jean-Luc Ponty and later to become part of Journey), as well as the two Focus members from previous albums. Smith and Albers would later go on to collaborate on the second album of Smith's band Vital Information.

Reception

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In a mixed review in the Richmond Review, reviewer Bob Beech preferred the instrumental tracks over the songs with vocals. He deemed Proby's voice more mellow than his previous records which he preferred, but felt it was out of place on a Focus album.[2] Brian Brennan wrote in Calgary Herald that while Albers is "an accomplished musician" he does not live up to the standard of past Focus guitarist Jan Akkerman. He thought the album consisted of "fussy instrumental work, aimless, hollow and rather uninviting".[3]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wingless"Roselie van Leer, Thijs van Leer5:35
2."Orion"Eef Albers4:08
3."Night Flight"Albers3:40
4."Eddy"R. van Leer, T. van Leer5:54
5."Sneezing Bull"Philip Catherine4:27
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Brother"R. van Leer, T. van Leer5:19
2."Tokyo Rose"R. van Leer5:08
3."Maximum"Bert Ruiter, T. van Leer8:40
4."How Long"R. van Leer, T. van Leer5:16

Personnel

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Musicians

Production

  • Yde de Jong – production
  • Jan van Vrijaldenhoven – engineer
  • Mike Stavrou – engineer
  • Jacques Heere – cover design

Charts

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Chart (1978) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] 27

References

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  1. ^ "allmusic ((( Focus con Proby > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  2. ^ Beech, Bob (7 April 1978). "Proby in Focus". Richmond Review. Richmond, Canada. p. 15. Retrieved 25 November 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Brennan, Brian (30 June 1978). "Records in review". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Canada. p. 15. Retrieved 25 November 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Focus – Focus con Proby" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 January 2023.