''Performance'' is the eleventh studio album by the German
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band
Eloy, released in 1983.
Amidst the peak of the
Neue Deutsche Welle
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Frank Bornemann
Frank Bornemann (born 27 April 1945) is a German guitarist and vocalist best known as part of the German progressive rock band Eloy. He is also the founder of the Horus Sound Studios in Hannover, Germany where he worked until 2014.[prog rock
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roots following the project ''
Planets
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Time to Turn
''Time to Turn'' is the tenth studio album by the German rock band Eloy, released in 1982.
It is the second part of a double concept album conceived by Frank Bornemann, with the first part being ''Planets''. It tells the sci-fi story of Ion, a ...
'', while the rest of the band wanted to explore a more mainstream direction, with less complicated music.
Eventually, Bornemann gave in to the rest of the band's vision, but his contribution to the creation of ''Performance'' was significantly reduced, both as a composer and as a writer. The lyrics were written almost entirely by Sigi Hausen, known to Eloy from her contribution to ''Planets / Time to Turn'', with Bornemann writing only some of the "Heartbeat" lyrics.
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This musical experiment was not commercially successful, as ''Performance'' entered the ]German charts
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for only one week in May 1983, peaking at the 65th position.[
Reviewing their choices and doing something akin to the change of musical styles from '']Colours
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'' to ''Planets / Time to Turn'' during the 1980-81 period, the band decided to embrace Bornemann's vision and follow up ''Performance'' with an album much closer to Eloy's identity: ''Metromania
''Metromania'' is the twelfth studio album by the German rock music, rock band Eloy (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. Th ...
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Track listing
Music by Eloy and lyrics by Sigi Hausen, except where noted.
Personnel
Eloy
* Frank Bornemann
Frank Bornemann (born 27 April 1945) is a German guitarist and vocalist best known as part of the German progressive rock band Eloy. He is also the founder of the Horus Sound Studios in Hannover, Germany where he worked until 2014.[guitars
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, lead vocals
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* Hannes Arkona: guitars, keyboards
* Klaus-Peter Matziol: bass
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* Hannes Folberth: keyboards, grand piano
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* Fritz Randow: drums
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, percussion
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Production
* Eloy: arrangement
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, production
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* Jan Nemek: engineering
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, recording
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, mixing
* Harald Lepschies: engineering, recording
* Achim Schulze: engineering, recording
Artwork
* Walter Seyffer: artistic concept
* Ulli Dinger: photography
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Charts
References
External links
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1983 albums
Eloy (band) albums
EMI Records albums