| Metromania | ||||
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| Released | 15 June 1984[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Studio | Horus Sound Studio, Hanover, Germany | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, Prog rock, Space rock[2] | |||
| Length | 40:24 | |||
| Label | Harvest / EMI Electrola Heavy Metal Worldwide (UK issue) | |||
| Producer | Frank Bornemann | |||
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"Metromania" | ||||
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| Allmusic |    [3] |
| ArtRock |   [4] |
| Music Street Journal | favorable[5] |
Metromania is the twelfth studio album by the German rock band Eloy, released in 1984.
It is a concept album, telling the sci-fi story of a futuristic dystopia, controlled and oppressed by artificial intelligence. The protagonist tries to find hope and prospect by writing music and lyrics on a rooftop.
The term "metromania" (Greek: μετρομανία) means a mania for writing poetry, especially doggerel.
The artwork is a Rodney Matthews creation, as were the United Kingdom-exclusive artworks of the project Planets / Time to Turn.
- ^ "Eloy - Metromania". Albumrock.net. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Eloy – Metromania". Discogs. Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Couture, François. "Metromania - Eloy". Allmusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Horyszny, Paweł. "Eloy — Metromania". ArtRock.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Pierpoint, John. "Eloy - Metromania". Music Street Journal. Retrieved 12 June 2024.