Ocean (Eloy album)

Ocean

Studio album by Eloy

Released

1977

Recorded

September-October, 1977 at Sound-N-Studio, Cologne^[1]

Genre

Space rock
Progressive rock

Length

43:53

Label

EMI Electrola

Producer

Frank Bornemann^[2]

Eloy chronology

Dawn
(1976)

Ocean
(1977)

Live
(1978)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Ocean was the sixth album released by the German progressive rock band Eloy. It was released in 1977 and is considered by many their finest album,^[4]^[5] a classic of the genre in Germany. It sold 200,000 copies, doing better than Genesis or Queen on the German charts.^[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Eloy. Lyrics by Rosenthal.

Side One

"Poseidon's Creation" - 11:38
"Incarnation of Logos" - 8:25

Side Two

"Decay of Logos" - 8:15
"Atlantis' Agony at June 5th - 8498, 13 p.m. Gregorian Earthtime" - 15:35

Personnel

Frank Bornemann - Electric, acoustic and processed guitars, lead vocals
Klaus-Peter Matziol - Gibson Thunderbird and Fender Fretless basses, backing vocals
Detlev Schmidtchen - Mini-Moog and ARP synthesizers, Mellotron, RMI keyboard computer, angelic voices, Hammond organ, xylophone
Jürgen Rosenthal - Sonor Genuine Rosewood drums, voice, Paiste cymbals, timbales, Roto-Toms, temple blocks, kettle drums, tubular bells, morse key, triangles, paper, flute

Production

Arranged and produced by Eloy
Engineered by Georgi Nedeitschev

References

↑ Archived February 7, 2005 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Ocean - Eloy | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
↑ François Couture. "Ocean - Eloy | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
↑ François Couture. "Ocean - Eloy | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
↑ "LP Reviews E (Continued)". Vintageprog.com. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
↑ Archived April 8, 2005 at the Wayback Machine

Eloy

Frank Bornemann Michael Gerlach Hannes Folberth Steve Mann Klaus-Peter Matziol Bodo Schopf Fritz Randow Jürgen Rosenthal

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) Codename Wildgeese (1984) Ra (1988) Destination (1992) The Tides Return Forever (1994) Ocean 2: The Answer (1998) Visionary (2009)

Compilation albums	Chronicles I (1993) Chronicles II (1994) Timeless Passages (2003)

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