Hocus Pocus (track)
by Focus
Hocus Pocus appears on the following album(s) by Focus:
- Moving Waves (track #1) (this album) (1971)
- At The Rainbow (track #5) (1973)
- The Best Of Focus: Hocus Pocus (track #1) (compilation) (1994)
- Masters From The Vaults (track #1) (2003)
- Focus 50: Live In Rio - Completely Focussed (track #11) (2021)
- Classic Airwaves (track #8) (2004)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/03/2025 16:13 | Imaybeparanoid | 51,415 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2025 03:55 | PapaShiz86 | 4,617 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2025 12:18 |  flamingyesdept | 15,977 | 84/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2025 15:53 |  Liedzeit | 9,461 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2024 13:43 |  Tamthebam | 44,193 | 79/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.8/100, a mean average of 88.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.9.
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AAL2014 12/13/2024 04:14 | #306479
A tremendous staple in the prog canon. Not to be missed: a particularly awesome live television performance of this song.
This track is famous for the vocal gymnastics from Van Leer. But let's not forget the awesome guitar from Akkerman, the bass and the drums.
This version seems to be a lot slower as the studio version I have on a compilation album. Are there two versions available?
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