FOCUS II [AKA: MOVING WAVES]

Focus' most famous album and one of my all-time favorite albums from any genre, "Moving Waves" broke the band in the U.S. on the strength of the classic guitar-riff and bizarre yodeling of "Hocus Pocus". If you dare to venture beyond that track, there is the gorgeous classical guitar styling of "Le Clochard", flute solos; proving that Jethro Tull is not the only band to use the instrument effectively in a rock setting, and jazz-rock excursions. Side two is comprised of the 20+ minute "Eruption" that stands on par with any side long epic of its era, complete with sweeping epic themes and more monster guitar riffs from Jan Akkerman.