''Floating'' is the third studio album by German

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band Eloy, released in 1974. This is Eloy's first album to feature

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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. 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". ''Floating'' received polarizing retrospective reviews;

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believes that the album "''is a failure and shows Eloy already running out of steam''", while

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's François Couture considers it to be "''their first artistic peak''" and Greek music journalist Alexandros Richardos thinks "''it might be their highest quality album''".

Track listing

All music by Eloy, lyrics as noted

Personnel

Eloy * Frank Bornemann:

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*Manfred Wieczorke:

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, guitar *Luitjen Janssen:

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*Fritz Randow:

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Production *Eloy:

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*Wolfgang Thierbach:

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*Helmut Rüßmann: engineering Artwork *Jacques Wyrs:

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*Roberto Patelli:

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References

External links

* {{Authority control 1974 albums Eloy (band) albums Harvest Records albums