| Floating | ||||
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| Released | 11 October 1974[1][2] | |||
| Recorded | January – May 1974[3] | |||
| Studio | EMI Electrola Studios, Cologne, Germany | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, krautrock[4] | |||
| Length | 40:17 | |||
| Label | Harvest | |||
| Producer | Eloy | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
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"Floating" | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [5] |
| Only Solitaire |   [6] |
| Progwereld | favorable[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]
- ^ "Floating - Eloy". Amazon Music. Amazon. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Floating - Eloy". Deezer. Access Industries. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Meeuws, Markwin. "Eloy – Floating". Progwereld.org (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 September 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.