Ocean (Eloy album)

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Ocean

Studio album by Eloy

Released

1977

Recorded

Sep-Oct, 1977 at Sound-N-Studio, Cologne^[1]

Genre

Space rock
Progressive rock

Length

43:53

Label

EMI Electrola

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link

Eloy chronology

Dawn
(1976)

Ocean
(1977)

Live
(1978)

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^[2]^[3], a classic of the genre in Germany. It sold 200,000 copies, doing better than Genesis or Queen on the German charts^[4].

[edit] Track listing

Poseidon's Creation - 11:38
Incarnation Of The Logos - 8:25
Decay Of The Logos - 8:15
Atlantis' Agony At June 5th - 8498, 13 p.m. Gregorian Earthtime - 15:35

[edit] Personnel

Frank Bornemann (Lead Vocals, All Electric, Acoustic, and Effect Guitars)
Klaus-Peter Matziol (Vocals, Thunderbird and Fender Fretless Bass Guitars)
Detlev Schmidtchen (Hammond Organ, Mini-Moog and ARP Synthesizers, Mellotron, RMI Keyboard Computer, Xylophone, Angelic Voices)
Jürgen Rosenthal (Sonor Genuine Rosewood Drums, Paiste Cymbals, Timbales, Roto-Toms, Temple Blocks, Kettle-Drums, Tubular Bells, Morse Key, Voice, Triangles, Paper and Flute)