Moving Waves
by Focus

Moving Waves by Focus
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 4,464th   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 121 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (76th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (746th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,464th)

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Focus bestography

Moving Waves is ranked 2nd best out of 19 albums by Focus on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Focus is Hamburger Concerto which is ranked number 4303 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 330.

Focus album bestography « Higher ranked (4,303rd)
Hamburger Concerto
This album (4,464th)
Moving Waves
Lower ranked (7,130th) »
Focus III

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Moving Waves track list

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Moving Waves rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,464th | 1970s rank: 746th | 1971 rank: 76th

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Moving Waves ratings

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78/100 (from 121 votes)
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90/100
From 02/10/2022 18:07 | #281094
My all-time favorite prog album. One of the most listened to one ever. Jan Akkerman a real guitar here ahead of his time.
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From 02/09/2022 13:33 | #281019
This album is one of the highlights of Focus. Eruption and Hocus Pocus are the obvious candidates of mustlistens. But the rest of the album is great too.
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Hocus Pocus and Eruption are the highlights
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From 11/15/2013 23:34 | #92695
This album is worth buying for the title track alone which is wonderful. The rest of the album is really good with lots of contrasting musical styles melded together with great skill. Musicanship is top notch throughout and Jan Akkerman is one of the greatest guitarists ever
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