Focused

Billy Cobham | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 9, 1999)
• Original Release Date: February 9, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B00000HYXG
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #478,374 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mirage

2. The Sleaze Factor

3. Walking in Five

4. How Was the Night?

5. Three Will Get You Four

6. Nothing Can Hurt Her Now

7. Disfigured Mirrors

8. Avatar

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A new masterpiece from Billy Cobham, October 14, 1999

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rrr - See all my reviews

This review is from: Focused (Audio CD)

This has to be one of the best records I've ever heard! It's quite different from Cobham's early stuff; perhaps a bit more laid back. The musicians are phenomenal! Carl Orr's guitar playing is particularly masterful. The band is perfectly balanced, everyone playing to their utmost without any one musician hogging the glory. The songs are diverse, but they have a strong continuity because this group plays so well together and leaves their stamp on each track. To top off his unquestionable musicianship, Billy Cobham continues to break new ground as a composer. Four of his songs are featured, along with one by each of the band members. Focused is a must-have for any jazz-fusion fan.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars He's back!, December 19, 2002

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Pieter (Brussels (Europe)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Focused (Audio CD)

After a couple of rather uninspired fusion-albums in the eighties, the very talented and exciting drummer Billy Cobham is back into business. This album has it almost all: remarkable drumming, interesting compositions and a lot of vitality in the playing of all sidemen. One of the better fusion-albums from the last decade!

3.0 out of 5 stars Once again, the price., January 4, 2012

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Julio Aaron Moran Lopez "Julio Aaron" (Mexico, DF, Mexico, MX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Focused (Audio CD)

I've been a fan of Mr. Cobham for over 25 years; in my opinion, this album is good. Good, as in right between the great ("Spectrum") and the worst ("B.C."). Definitely recommended for Cobham completists, but not necessarily for someone else.

My concern here, again, are the prices that sellers put on albums like this one, as if "Out of Print" meant "Must-have at any cost, because it's a gem only available to a few".

This album ain't worth the amounts offered here at the moment of writing this. Don't fall for that.