Focus discography
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The discography of the progressive rock band Focus consists of 11 studio albums, one compilation album, six live albums, and eight singles.
Studio albums11
Live albums6
Compilation albums1
Singles8
| Focus discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 11 |
| Live albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Singles | 8 |
Studio albums
| Year | Title | NL [1] |
AUS [2] |
NOR [3] |
UK [4] |
US |
Can | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Focus Plays Focus / In And Out Of Focus | — | — | — | — | 104 | — | — |
| 1971 | Focus II / Moving Waves | 4 | 15 | — | 2 | 8 | 6 | US: Gold |
| 1972 | Focus 3 | 1 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 35 | 54 | US: Gold |
| 1974 | Hamburger Concerto | 5 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 66 | 87 | UK: Silver |
| 1975 | Mother Focus | — | 61 | 17 | 23 | 152 | — | — |
| 1976 | Ship of Memories (Studio outtakes 1970–1975) |
— | — | — | — | 163 | — | — |
| 1978 | Focus con Proby | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985 | Focus (as Jan Akkerman & Thijs Van Leer) |
33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | Focus 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | Focus 9 / New Skin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | Focus X | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | Golden Oldies (Studio re-recordings) |
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| 2016 | Focus 8.5 / Beyond the Horizon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | The Focus Family Album (Studio outtakes 2012–2017) |
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| 2019 | Focus 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | Completely Focused (Re-recordings of "Focus 1" through "Focus 12" - bonus disc of Live in Rio 2017 |
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| 2024 | Focus 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Compilation albums
Live albums
| Year | Title | NL [5] |
AUS [2] |
UK [4] |
US |
Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | At the Rainbow | 9 | 53 | 23 | 135 | UK: silver |
| 2003 | Live in America 2002 same as Live on Air, 2011 |
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| 2004 | Live at the BBC 1976 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | Live Legends | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | Live in Europe 2009 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | Live in England 2009 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | Live in Rio 2017 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026 | House of the King, Live in the USA 1973 |
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Singles
| Year | Song | NL | BEL | GER | UK [4] |
US | CAN | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | "House of the King" | 10 | 27 | — | — | — | NED: Focus Plays Focus UK & NA: In and Out Of Focus | ||
| 1971 | "Why Dream" | — | |||||||
| "Hocus Pocus" | 12 | — | — | — | — | NED: Focus II UK & NA: Moving Waves | |||
| 1972 | "Tommy" | 18 | — | — | — | A rearrangement of two parts of "Eruption" | |||
| "Sylvia" | 9 | — | 40 | 4 | 89 | — | Focus 3 | ||
| "Hocus Pocus (2)" | 9 | — | 45 | 20 | 9 | 18 | Non-album track | A faster version of "Hocus Pocus" | |
| 1974 | "Harem Scarem" | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | Hamburger Concerto | |
| 1975 | "Mother Focus" | Mother Focus | Released in Australia and Japan |