Eloy (album)
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Eloy was the debut album from German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Eloy
Eloy
Eloy is a German progressive rock band, whose musical style includes symphonic and space rock, the latter theme being more prevalent on earlier albums...

. It was released in 1971.

Track listing

  1. "Today" (Bornemann, Schriever, Wieczorke) – 5:56
  2. "Something Yellow" (Schriever, Wieczorke) – 8:15
  3. "Eloy" (Bornemann, Draht, Schriever, Wieczorke) – 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" (Bornemann, Schriever, Wieczorke) – 6:32

2008 Remastered Edition Bonus Tracks

  1. "Walk alone" (Schriever, Wieczorke) – 2:47
  2. "Daybreak" (Bornemann, Schriever) – 2:45
  3. "Vibrations of My Mind" (Bornemann, Draht, Schriever, Wieczorke, Stocker) – 3:35

Personnel

  • Erich Schriever – Lead vocals
    Singing
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    , Keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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  • Frank Bornemann
    Frank Bornemann
    Frank Bornemann is the guitarist for German progressive rock band Eloy. He has been the only consistent member of the band since its formation in 1969. Bornemann is currently a leading producer and engineer with Horus Studios in Hannover, Germany.-References:...

     – Guitar
    Guitar
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    , Harmonica
    Harmonica
    The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

    , Percussion
  • Manfred Wieczorke – Guitar, Bass, Vocals
  • Wolfgang Stocker – Bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Helmuth Draht – drums
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  • Produced by Peter M. Freiherr Von Lepel
  • Engineered by Conny Plank
    Conny Plank
    Konrad "Conny" Plank was a German record producer and musician. He was born in Hütschenhausen. His creativity as a sound engineer and producer helped to shape some of the most important and innovative recordings of postwar European popular music, covering a wide range of genres including...

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