Floating (Eloy album)

Floating
Studio album by
Eloy
Released11 October 1974[1][2]
RecordedJanuary – May 1974[3]
StudioEMI Electrola Studios, Cologne, Germany
GenreProgressive rock, krautrock[4]
Length40:17
LabelHarvest
ProducerEloy
Eloy chronology
Inside
(1973) 		Floating
(1974) 		Power and the Passion
(1975)
Alternative cover
2000 remastered CD reissue cover
Audio sample
"Floating"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Only Solitaire[6]
Progwereldfavorable[7]
Rockmachinefavorable[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

All music by Eloy, lyrics as noted

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Floating"Frank Bornemann3:59
2."The Light From Deep Darkness"Frank Bornemann, Erich Schriever14:37
3."Castle In The Air"Frank Bornemann, Erich Schriever7:13
4."Plastic Girl"Frank Bornemann, Erich Schriever9:05
5."Madhouse"Gordon Bennit5:16
Total length:40:17
2000 Remastered CD reissue bonus tracks[3]
No.TitleOriginal AlbumLength
6."Future City" (live in Krefeld, September 1973)Inside4:59
7."Castle In The Air" (live in Krefeld, September 1973)Floating8:08
8."Flying High" (live in Krefeld, September 1973)previously unreleased3:30

Personnel

Eloy

Production

Artwork

References

  1. ^ "Floating - Eloy". Amazon Music. Amazon. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Floating - Eloy". Deezer. Access Industries. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Eloy – Floating". Discogs. Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Eloy – Floating". Discogs. Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b Couture, François. "Floating - Eloy". Allmusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  6. ^ a b Starostin, George. "FLOATING". Only Solitaire. Georgiy Starostin. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  7. ^ Meeuws, Markwin. "Eloy – Floating". Progwereld.org (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b Richardos, Alexandros. "ELOY-FLOATING (1974)". Rockmachine (in Greek). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  9. ^ a b Bornemann, Frank (2000). Eloy - Floating (booklet) (in German). Harvest Records - EMI Electrola. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  • "Floating". Eloy official website. Retrieved 14 May 2024.