{"product_id":"moving-waves","title":"Moving Waves","description":"The album that boosted Focus into at least semi-fame outside of continental Europe, Moving Waves blasts off with their hit single, \"Hocus Pocus.\" Built around a killer guitar hook by Jan Akkerman and a series of solo turns by the band, this instrumental replaced \"Wipeout\" as a staple of FM radio. The bizarrely hilarious vocal and accordion solos by Thijs van Leer -- one of which absurdly concludes with rousing stadium cheers -- have to be heard to be believed. After this over-the-top performance, the other tracks seem comparatively constrained: the gentle \"Le Clochard\" features some gorgeous classical guitar over Mellotron strings. The album concludes with \"Eruption,\" which while mimicking the multi-suite nomenclature of Yes and King Crimson, is essentially a side-long jam session. Stop-time Emersonian organ solos alternate with languid sections of jazzy guitar redolent of Santana, while still other sections are flat-out electric blues-rock stomps. It's impressive playing, though it comes off as a bit meandering after the tightly structured solos that began the album. ~ Paul Collins","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46259906412831,"sku":"8712944331882","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/60da209813011a645a956b43fdcc1720.jpg?v=1777889950","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/moving-waves","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}