Eloy (album)

Eloy
Eloy
Studio album by Eloy
Released	July 1971
Recorded	April 1971
Studio	Star-Musik-Studios, Hamburg, Germany
Genre	Progressive rock, krautrock
Length	40:58
Label	Philips
Producer	Peter M. Freiherr von Lepel
Eloy chronology
Unfolded cover
	The front cover unfolded, as if it was an open garbage can.
Audio sample
	"Eloy" file; help;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Only Solitaire	^[3]

Eloy is the debut album by German rock band Eloy, released in 1971.

The album's front cover depicts a garbage can lid, which is printed as an extra flap on the LP cover. When flipped, the bottom of the lid and the inside of the bin are revealed, as if someone opened an actual garbage can.

According to the band's leader Frank Bornemann, members of Eloy had "polarizing positions taken in relation to their artistic direction" at the time, but they "did manage to put an album together which accurately illustrated and reflected the spirit of this epoch". He also thinks that the album represents the band's "embryonic stage".^[4]

Allmusic's reviewer Robert Taylor considers the album to be the "humble beginnings for one of progressive rock's most underrated bands".^[2]

Track listing

All information according to original vinyl liner notes.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Today"	Schriever, Wieczorke, Bornemann	5:56
2.	"Something Yellow"	Schriever, Wieczorke	8:15
3.	"Eloy"	Schriever, Wieczorke, Bornemann, Draht	6:15
4.	"Song Of A Paranoid Soldier"	Schriever, Wieczorke	4:50
5.	"Voice Of Revolution"	Schriever, Wieczorke	3:07
6.	"Isle Of Sun"	Schriever	6:03
7.	"Dillus Roady"	Schriever, Wieczorke, Bornemann	6:32
Total length:			40:58

1997 CD reissue bonus disc^[5]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Walk Alone" (1970 A-Side single)	Shriever, Wieczorke, Siebrasse	2:43
9.	"Daybreak" (1970 B-Side single)	Shriever, Wieczorke, Siebrasse	2:41
10.	"Interview With Manfred Wieczorke 12.8.1997"		23:09

2008 CD reissue bonus tracks^[6]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Walk Alone" (1970 A-Side single)	Shriever, Wieczorke, Siebrasse	2:43
9.	"Daybreak" (1970 B-Side single)	Shriever, Wieczorke, Siebrasse	2:41
10.	"Vibrations Of My Mind" (previously unreleased)	Schriever, Wieczorke, Bornemann, Draht, Stöcker	3:36

Personnel

Eloy

Erich Schriever: lead vocals, keyboards
Frank Bornemann: guitar, harmonica, percussion
Manfred Wieczorke: guitar, backing vocals, bass
Wolfgang Stöcker: bass
Helmuth Draht: drums

Production

Peter M. Freiherr Von Lepel: production
Conny Plank: engineering

References

^ "Eloy – Eloy". Hitparade. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b Taylor, Robert. "Eloy - Eloy". Allmusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
^ Starostin, George. "ELOY". Only Solitaire. Georgiy Starostin. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ Bornemann, Frank (2008). Eloy (booklet). Philips Records. p. 5. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ "Eloy – Eloy". Discogs. Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ "Eloy – Eloy". Discogs. Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

External links

"Eloy album". Eloy official website. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[1] "Eloy – Eloy". Hitparade. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[Allmusic-2] Taylor, Robert. "Eloy - Eloy". Allmusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

[3] Starostin, George. "ELOY". Only Solitaire. Georgiy Starostin. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

[4] Bornemann, Frank (2008). Eloy (booklet). Philips Records. p. 5. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

[5] "Eloy – Eloy". Discogs. Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[6] "Eloy – Eloy". Discogs. Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

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v t e Eloy
Frank Bornemann Klaus-Peter Matziol Hannes Folberth Michael Gerlach Stephan Emig Erich Schriever Helmuth Draht Wolfgang Stöcker Manfred Wieczorke Fritz Randow Luitjen Jansen Detlef "Pitter" Schwaar Detlev Schmidtchen Jürgen Rosenthal Jim McGillivray Hannes Arkona Bodo Schopf Kristof Hinz
Studio albums	Eloy (1971) Inside (1973) Floating (1974) Power and the Passion (1975) Dawn (1976) Ocean (1977) Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes (1979) Colours (1980) Planets (1981) Time to Turn (1982) Performance (1983) Metromania (1984) Code Name: Wild Geese (1984) Ra (1988) Destination (1992) The Tides Return Forever (1994) Ocean 2: The Answer (1998) Visionary (2009) The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre – Part I (2017) The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre – Part II (2019) Echoes from the Past (2023)
Live albums	Live (1978) Reincarnation on Stage (2014)
Compilation albums	Rarities (1991) Chronicles I (1993) Best (1994) Chronicles II (1994) The Best of Eloy Vol. 1 – The Early Days 1972–1975 (1994) The Best of Eloy Vol. 2 – The Prime 1976–1979 (1996) Timeless Passages (2003)