Floating (Eloy album)
| Floating | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 11 October 1974[1][2] | |||
| Recorded | January – May 1974[3] | |||
| Studio | EMI Electrola Studios, Cologne, Germany | |||
| Genre | Prog rock, Krautrock[4] | |||
| Length | 40:17 | |||
| Label | Harvest | |||
| Producer | Eloy | |||
| Eloy chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 2000 remastered CD reissue cover | ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [5] |
| Only Solitaire |   [6] |
| Piero Scaruffi | [7] |
| Rockmachine | favorable[8] |
Floating is the third studio album by German rock band Eloy, released in 1974.
This is Eloy's first album to feature bassist Luitjen Janssen, replacing Wolfgang Stöcker. During the album's composition, the four members of the band decided to rent an apartment together, in order to rehearse more regularly and achieve better cohesion.[9] The band's leader Frank Bornemann took it upon himself to write the album's lyrics, but with the help of Eloy's old member Erich Schriever, and EMI Electrola producer Richard Smith, who is credited under the alias "Gordon Bennit".[9]
Floating received polarizing retrospective reviews; George Starostin believes that the album "is a failure and shows Eloy already running out of steam"[6], while Allmusic's François Couture considers it to be "their first artistic peak"[5] and Greek music journalist Alexandros Richardos thinks "it might be their highest quality album".[8]
Track listing[edit]
All music by Eloy, lyrics as noted
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Floating" | Frank Bornemann | 3:59 |
| 2. | "The Light From Deep Darkness" | Frank Bornemann, Erich Schriever | 14:37 |
| 3. | "Castle In The Air" | Frank Bornemann, Erich Schriever | 7:13 |
| 4. | "Plastic Girl" | Frank Bornemann, Erich Schriever | 9:05 |
| 5. | "Madhouse" | Gordon Bennit | 5:16 |
| Total length: | 40:17 | ||
| No. | Title | Original Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Future City" (live in Krefeld, September 1973) | Inside | 4:59 |
| 7. | "Castle In The Air" (live in Krefeld, September 1973) | Floating | 8:08 |
| 8. | "Flying High" (live in Krefeld, September 1973) | previously unreleased | 3:30 |
Personnel[edit]
Eloy
- Frank Bornemann: guitar, vocals
- Manfred Wieczorke: organ, guitar
- Luitjen Janssen: bass
- Fritz Randow: drums, percussion
Production
- Eloy: production
- Wolfgang Thierbach: engineering
- Helmut Rüßmann: engineering
Artwork
References[edit]
- ^ "Floating - Eloy". Amazon Music. Amazon. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Floating - Eloy". Deezer. Access Industries. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Eloy – Floating". Discogs. Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Eloy – Floating". Discogs. Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ a b Couture, François. "Floating - Eloy". Allmusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ a b Starostin, George. "FLOATING". Only Solitaire. Georgiy Starostin. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Eloy". scaruffi.com. Piero Scaruffi. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ a b Richardos, Alexandros. "ELOY-FLOATING (1974)". Rockmachine (in Greek). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ a b Bornemann, Frank (2000). Eloy - Floating (booklet) (in German). Harvest Records - EMI Electrola. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
External links[edit]
- "Floating". Eloy official website. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
