Focus 3

Focus 3
Studio album by Focus
Released	1972
Recorded	July 1972
Genre	Progressive rock Instrumental rock
Length	70:25 (LP) 67:04 (CD)
Label	Sire Records (1972) I.R.S. Records (1991) Imperial/EMI Bovema
Producer	Mike Vernon
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Focus chronology
Focus II (Moving Waves) (1971) Focus 3 (1972) At the Rainbow (1973)

Focus 3 is a double-album by progressive rock band Focus, which was released in 1972, peaking #6 on the UK charts. It includes "Sylvia", a worldwide hit that reached #4 on the UK charts and #33 on the US charts. It also contains "House of the King", a single originally from 1970, which was later included on the CD version of Focus' first album, Focus Plays Focus (In and Out of Focus). "House of the King" was not, as is often believed, re-recorded for Focus III.

Track listing

Side A

1. "Round Goes the Gossip..." (Thijs van Leer) – 5:16 (contains verses from Virgil AENEIDOS LIBER IV "extemplo Libyae magnas it Fama per urbes,...")
2. "Love Remembered" (Jan Akkerman) – 2:49
3. "Sylvia" (van Leer) – 3:32
4. "Carnival Fugue" (van Leer) – 6:02

Side B

5. "Focus III" (van Leer) – 6:07
6. "Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!" (Akkerman, Bert Ruiter) – 14:03

Side C

7. "Anonymus II (Part 1)" (van Leer, Akkerman, Ruiter, Pierre van der Linden) – 19:28

Side D

8. "Anonymus II (Conclusion)" (van Leer, Akkerman, Ruiter, van der Linden) – 7:30
9. "Elspeth of Nottingham" (Akkerman) – 3:15
10. "House of the King" (Akkerman) – 2:23

CD listing

1. "Round Goes the Gossip" – 5:12
2. "Love Remembered" – 2:49
3. "Sylvia" – 3:31
4. "Carnival Fugue" – 6:08
5. "Focus III" – 6:04
6. "Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!" – 13:55
7. "Elspeth of Nottingham" – 3:06
8. "Anonymus Two" – 26:19

The proper track order on the I.R.S. CD:

1. "Round Goes the Gossip" – 5:13
2. "Love Remembered" – 2:49
3. "Sylvia" – 3:32
4. "Carnival Fugue Intro" – 1:35
5. "Carnival Fugue (Continued)" – 4:34
6. "Focus III / Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!" – 19:54
7. "Elspeth of Nottingham" – 3:11
8. "Anonymus Two" – 26:21

Personnel

• Thijs van Leer – keyboards, flute, piccolo, recorder, vocals
• Jan Akkerman – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, lute
• Bert Ruiter – bass guitar
• Pierre van der Linden – drums
• Mike Vernon their producer - backing vocals on "Round Goes The Gossip" but is uncredited
• Martin Dresden - bass guitar on "House Of The King", but is uncredited^{[citation needed]}
• Hans Cleuver - drums on "House Of The King", but is uncredited^{[citation needed]}

Cultural references

• British guitarist Hank Marvin covered the track "Sylvia" on his 1992 album Into The Light.