Focus discography
Studio albums11
Live albums6
Compilation albums1
Singles8

The discography of the progressive rock band Focus consists of 11 studio albums, 1 compilation album, 6 live albums, and 8 singles.

Studio albums

Year Title NL
[1]
AUS
[2]
NOR
[3]
UK
[4]
US
Can Certifications
(sales thresholds)
1970 Focus Plays Focus / In And Out Of Focus 104
1971 Focus II / Moving Waves 4 15 2 8 6 US: Gold
1972 Focus 3 1 36 20 6 35 54 US: Gold
1974 Hamburger Concerto 5 14 16 20 66 87 UK: Silver
1975 Mother Focus 61 17 23 152
1976 Ship of Memories
(Studio outtakes 1970–1975)
163
1977 Focus con Proby 27
1985 Focus
(as Jan Akkerman & Thijs Van Leer)
33
2002 Focus 8
2006 Focus 9 / New Skin
2012 Focus X
2014 Golden Oldies
(Studio re-recordings)
2016 Focus 8.5 / Beyond the Horizon
2017 The Focus Family Album
(Studio outtakes 2012–2017)
2019 Focus 11
2021 Completely Focused
(The Complete Focus 1–12, a reimaging of the Focus numbers - Disc 1 of Live in Rio 2017

Compilation albums

Year Title NL US
1974 Focus
1975 Dutch Masters: A Selection of Their Finest Recordings (1969-1973)
1993/2001 Hocus Pocus: The Best of Focus
2011 Best of Vol. 2
2017 Hocus Pocus Box 61
2020 Focus 50 Years Anthology

Live albums

Year Title NL
[5]
AUS
[2]
UK
[4]
US
Certifications
(sales thresholds)
1973 At the Rainbow 9 53 23 135 UK: silver
2003 Live in America 2002
same as Live on Air, 2011
2004 Live at the BBC 1976
2004 Live Legends
2009/2016 Live in Europe 2009
2009/2016 Live in England 2009
2017/2021 Live in Rio 2017

Singles

Year Song NL BEL GER UK US CAN Album Notes
1970 "House of the King" 10 27 NED: Focus Plays Focus
UK & US: In and Out Of Focus
1971 "Why Dream"
"Hocus Pocus" 12 NED: Focus II
UK & US: Moving Waves
1972 "Tommy" 18 A rearrangement of two parts of "Eruption"
"Sylvia" 9 40 4 89 Focus 3
"Hocus Pocus (2)" 9 45 20 9 18 Non-album track A faster version of "Hocus Pocus"
1974 "Harem Scarem" 22 Hamburger Concerto
1975 "Mother Focus" Mother Focus Released in Australia and Japan

References

  1. "Focus Album Top 100".
  2. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 115. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. "Norwegian Charts".
  4. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 206. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. "Dutch Charts".
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