Focus Plays Focus
by Focus

Focus Plays Focus by Focus
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 25,881st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 19 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (273rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,942nd)
Award Best albums of all time (25,881st)

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Focus - Focus 3 [New CD] Rmst, Holland - Import
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Focus X Vinyl LP Rock 2012 Focus Records IF007LP Gatefold Sleeve
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Focus Double LP: “Focus 3” ~ 1972 ~ Sire {SAS 3901} ~ Sealed/Shrink ~ Die-Cut
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Focus bestography

Focus Plays Focus is ranked 5th best out of 19 albums by Focus on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Focus is Moving Waves which is ranked number 4079 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 358.

Focus album bestography « Higher ranked (24,143rd)
At The Rainbow
This album (25,881st)
Focus Plays Focus
Lower ranked (45,572nd) »
Focus X

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 25,881st | 1970s rank: 2,942nd | 1970 rank: 273rd

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73/100 (from 19 votes)
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70/100
 
01/06/2026 10:50 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,41570/100
 
80/100
 
11/26/2025 18:54 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,83177/100
 
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01/27/2025 20:21 RockyRaccoon  Ratings distribution  7,06184/100
 
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09/13/2024 09:24 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,92775/100
 
70/100
 
08/25/2024 13:52 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,02369/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 6.5.

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From 10/22/2018 18:05 | #223047
Focus es una banda muy infravalorada, que gran album
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From 03/09/2014 20:31 | #105825
This is pretty innocuous stuff as far as prog goes. The guitarist is obviously plenty talented, but he doesn't seem to be especially interested in pushing his instrument very far. Still, the songs are nice and sunny, built on bright organ textures, dreamy vocals and clever jazz elements. Here and there I'm reminded of what Camel would do later in the decade.
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