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Given it half a dozen spins now... it's very pleasant, probably on a par with 11 quality wise, containing no real surprises. At 40 mins, quite short (Focus 9 was 73 mins) considering we've been waiting 6 years.. I've given it 3 stars on PA.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by SouthSideoftheSky SouthSideoftheSky wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

^ I don't buy CD's very often nowadays, trying to build a vinyl collection again. I note that at least you get auto rip with the CD so that is worth factoring into the price. No vinyl option though which is a shame as the artwork is lovely (very like The Chronicles Of Father Robin)

It is available on vinyl as well. 

Thanks. Yep I was just going by Amazon. Ordered from Burning Shed (price £21.99 + P&P)

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Originally posted by SouthSideoftheSky SouthSideoftheSky wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

^ I don't buy CD's very often nowadays, trying to build a vinyl collection again. I note that at least you get auto rip with the CD so that is worth factoring into the price. No vinyl option though which is a shame as the artwork is lovely (very like The Chronicles Of Father Robin)

It is available on vinyl as well. 

Thanks. Yep I was just going by Amazon. Ordered from Burning Shed (price £21.99 + P&P)
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

^ I don't buy CD's very often nowadays, trying to build a vinyl collection again. I note that at least you get auto rip with the CD so that is worth factoring into the price. No vinyl option though which is a shame as the artwork is lovely (very like The Chronicles Of Father Robin)

It is available on vinyl as well. 
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As Octopus II mentioned though, £17.99 is way too expensive, so I may have a long wait for it to turn up in a charity shop, having not paid the full price for a CD for at least ten years now. Smile

The most expensive album I've bought in the last ten years was YES - Mirror to the Sky for the grand sum of £7 - and that was from a charity shop too. Smile

In other words, the struggling artists you spend all day listening to, hardly ever see any of your money?
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

^ I don't buy CD's very often nowadays, trying to build a vinyl collection again.

Saw this great cartoon of two older middle-aged men admiring the new turntable and sound system, one of them had just bought. The owner said to his friend.. 'Of course the two things which persuaded me to make the purchase were the expense and the inconvenience... "

It's great to have a peruse through the old album covers in a record shop for nostalgia's sake, but do I really want it all back in the living room?  Apparently, she doesn't... LOL
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Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

I think I might opt for the download on Amazon - £8.69.

Amazon are charging £17.99 for the CD, as are HMV. Shocked

It's a damn disgrace the price of some new CD's these days! Unhappy

The Amazon price listed, doesn't include P&P for orders less than £35 now!

I have never downloaded an album... for some reason, I never really feel I 'own' an album unless I have the physical media in my hands...
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

The single 'Fjord Focus' has been released as a taster. Quite nice and heavy sound.





Nice pun ( as Focus often did)
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^ I don't buy CD's very often nowadays, trying to build a vinyl collection again. I note that at least you get auto rip with the CD so that is worth factoring into the price. No vinyl option though which is a shame as the artwork is lovely (very like The Chronicles Of Father Robin)
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Originally posted by SouthSideoftheSky SouthSideoftheSky wrote:

The single 'Fjord Focus' has been released as a taster. Quite nice and heavy sound.

The Fjord Focus song title and music really appeals to me, and bizarre as it may seem, I'd much rather have the new Focus album than the Ford Focus car. Smile

As Octopus II mentioned though, £17.99 is way too expensive, so I may have a long wait for it to turn up in a charity shop, having not paid the full price for a CD for at least ten years now. Smile

The most expensive album I've bought in the last ten years was YES - Mirror to the Sky for the grand sum of £7 - and that was from a charity shop too. Smile


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I think I might opt for the download on Amazon - £8.69.

Amazon are charging £17.99 for the CD, as are HMV. Shocked

It's a damn disgrace the price of some new CD's these days! Unhappy
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^^  Oooh, let us know what you think of it Anton, and how you feel it compares to X and 11

Need to get mine ordered... will do it now.



Goodness, £20 is the cheapest I can find for the CD at present... I'll have a look again next week, when it's out.

It is too soon to comment on the music, but the art work is very nice! Cool

I've noticed that new releases are more expensive nowadays....
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^^  Oooh, let us know what you think of it Anton, and how you feel it compares to X and 11

Need to get mine ordered... will do it now.



Goodness, £20 is the cheapest I can find for the CD at present... I'll have a look again next week, when it's out.


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I received the new record in my post box today, one day before the official release date Clap

 Looking forward to listening to it! Big smile
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I think I might be buying this album. 

The last Focus album I bought was Focus 10. I wasn't aware of Focus 11 at the time, so I will have to catch up with that as well. Smile
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I like it better then other recent Stuff😁but I also been listening to Mother Focus & loving it🫣
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

The single 'Fjord Focus' has been released as a taster. Quite nice and heavy sound.



Super silly title if you ask me!
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

The single 'Fjord Focus' has been released as a taster. Quite nice and heavy sound.



This tune has been growing on me, I'm really looking forward to the new album!
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Originally posted by SouthSideoftheSky SouthSideoftheSky wrote:

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Yeah, I agree. I would have liked to hear something from the upcoming album. Maybe they will incorporate songs from Focus 12 in their set list when the album is actually released.
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Very sad to hear this ... but I wonder how much it specifies that most record companies think that the fans are a bunch of nobodies that can't appreciate anything new well enough ... well, given that this is also seen here on PA when a list is shown ... too many old hats in the mix, kinda make it more difficult for many of us to go appreciate and enjoy something new and different. 

A lot of it, has to do with some of the listening habits ... I wonder ... it's still touch and needle (how we called it in those days), and if the "sound" is not FAMILIAR, it seems that the listening kinda slows down and ends.

Based on reading this, I sincerely doubt that I will see this ... I don't want Eruption version 49 yet again, specially without Guy Guden singing along! But not trying to show/help the new product? Does the band actually believe in their new material? Doesn't sound like it, or someone made the call not to play any of it!


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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by SouthSideoftheSky SouthSideoftheSky wrote:

The set list was a bit "safe" imo. They opened with Focus I and closed with Focus III, and of course they played their big hits Hocus Pocus, House of the King, and Sylvia, as well as Eruption. Nothing at all from the upcoming record, they newest music they played was Focus 7.


I tend to think its a great shame when bands do this; I for one would want to hear the newer material live; Focus X in particular is a very good album. Surely the reason for their present tour is to promote 12, so not to play anything from it???

Yeah, I agree. I would have liked to hear something from the upcoming album. Maybe they will incorporate songs from Focus 12 in their set list when the album is actually released.

Anyway, I have now pre-ordered the new album.
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