Songs named for women

1. Janis (Joplin)
2. Eurydice (Auloniad wife of Orfeus)
3. Sylvia (Alberts)
4. Elspeth of Nottingham
5. Tokyo Rose (name for all female Japanese propagandists)
6. Anaya (Pannekeet)
7. Winnie (Gootjes)
8. Victoria
9. Hazel (eye colour not an actual name)
10. Song for Eva (daughter of van Leer)
11. Song for Yaminah (Pannekeet)
12. Ode to Venus (the Roman godess)

As of 2024 we can probably add Nura and Gaia. (Not sure who they are).

Top 10 Focus Tracks According to Amazon UK 2021

1. Sylvia
2. Hocus Pocus
3. House of the King
4. Focus 3
5. Tommy from Eruption
6. Anonymus
7. Focus 2
8. Focus Instrumental
9. Harem Scarem
10. Avondrood

Songs in different languages

Focus are not known for their vocals but the songs they have sung feature several languages.
1. English (Why dream, Happy nightmare, Black Beauty, etc, etc)
2. Dutch (O Avondrood, Hamburger Concerto, Flower Shower)
3. Latin (Round goes the gossip, Hoeratio)
4. French (La Cathedrale de Strasbourg)
5. Spanish (Santa Teresa)

Longest Focus Tracks

The 10 longest Focus tracks are

1 Anonymus 2 (26:19)

2 Eruption (22:57)

3 Hamburger Concerto (20:15)

4 Beethoven's Revenge extended (18:42, short version 10:49)

5 Who's calling (16:14, short version 07:33)

6 Maximum Live (13:58, studio version 08:40)

7 Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! (13:50, live version 11:28)

8 Virtuous Woman (10:57)

9 Beethoven's Revenge (10:49 - the extended version is 18:42)

10 European (Rap)sody (10:25)

Shortest Focus Tracks

Though famed for their many longer tracks, Focus have plenty of shorter ones, many under 3 minutes. These are the top 10 stand alone tracks:

1 Delitae Musicae (1:12)

2 Father Bach (1:30)

3 Ship Of Memories (1:48)

4 Le Clochard ("Bread") (1:55)

5 House of the King (2:20)

6 Spoke The Lord Creator (2:28)

7 Moving Waves (2:30)

8 Hard Vanilla (2:36)

9 Tropic Bird/Crackers (both 2:38)

Also note: Focus vocal (2.43) Love Remembered (2:45) Sylvia Live (2:47) No Hang Ups, Early Birth (both 2:54) Janis, Soft Vanilla (both 3:00).

The Best Focus Track

This is debatable. Surely Sylvia, Hocus Pocus and House of the King must be in the top three. Anonymous 2, Eruption and Hamburger Concerto must be discounted as they are suites rather than individual tracks. How about

1. Sylvia

2. Hocus Pocus

3. House of the King

4. Focus 2

5. Tommy

6. Birth

7. Focus 1

8. Focus 3

9. All together ... Oh that!

10. No hang ups

11. Anonymus

12. Focus 4

The Best Focus Album

There are now around 17 Focus albums all told (if we include the three live albums - there is a fourth [Live in South America] not widely available).

In chronological order:

1. In and out

2. Moving Waves

3. Three

4. At the Rainbow (Live)

5. Hamburger Concerto

6. Mother Focus

7. Ship of Memories

8. Live at the BBC (Live)

9. Con Proby

10. Focus (1985)

11. Live in America (Live)

12. Eight

13. Focus 9/New skin
14. Focus X
15. Golden Oldies
16. Focus 8.5/Beyond the Horizon
17. Focus 11

Putting these in order of merit is not easy in some respects. Undoubtedly 2, 3 and 5 should be in the top three - but in what order? We all agree that Con Proby and Golden Oldies must come near the bottom. Here are two personal lists, the first only including studio albums, the second the live ones too.

1. Three

2. Hamburger

3. Waves

4. Ship

5. In & Out

6. 1985

7. Mother

8. New Skin

9. X

10. 11
11. Eight
12. 8.5
13. Proby
14. Oldies

1. Three
2. Hamburger
3. Waves
4. Rainbow

5. Ship

6. In & Out
7. 1985
8. Mother
9. New Skin
10. X 

11. 11
12. 8.5

13. BBC
14. Eight
15. America
16. Proby
17. Oldies