Focus III
by Focus
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Focus III is ranked 3rd best out of 19 albums by Focus on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Focus is Moving Waves which is ranked number 4115 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 354.
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Focus III track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/04/2026 22:21 | Proto | 4,190 | 33/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2026 20:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,155 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2026 12:32 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,396 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2025 20:20 |  RockyRaccoon | 7,138 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/10/2025 02:37 | RainW | 173 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.7.
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This album deserves absolute praise. Brilliant musicianship (especially from Jan and Thijs), epic pieces of music (especially Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! and Anonymous II).
I love the free-flowing nature of the album, the experimentation. And I love the mix of short pieces and long tracks.
The album reminds me of the jazzy period of King Crimson, also around 70/71. This also applies to Jan's guitar. Who influenced who?
nitomano 01/10/2017 02:04 | #182142
Favoritas: Sylvia, Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!, Anonymus II
A great set of albums from a overlooked group. The guitar work alone makes this worth a listen.
This is a truly great double album full of superb musicianship and stimulating compositions and rates as Focus’ greatest work. There are huge range of influences at work on this album including classical, rock and jazz but the transitions between the styles are carried out with guile and style. Akkerman’s guitar work is brilliant as is Van Leer’s flute playing.
The eclectic nature of the album means that some parts will not appeal to all. The track Anonymous II coming in at 28 minutes smacks of pretentiousness but do not be put off as the variety of styles and contrasts in this track and the brilliance of the music make it a worthy of the listeners full attention The album produced one stand out single in the instrumental Sylvia
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