MOTHER FOCUS

In the words of The Critic, "It stinks!". I don't consider Hamburger Concerto to be Focus's best album like most (that honour goes to Focus III, in my opinion), but the fact remains that this album is a terrifying step down from the one previous. Sure, there are a few nice flourishes like on the opening track, ending track and Focus IV, but that's about it. A few nice flourishes. The rest is just not worth your time. Thus, the album itself is not worth your time. Maybe worth hearing once just to find out if it's truly so bad (much like Love Beach, Invisible Touch, etc.), but then it's quitting time after that. One star