Ocean (Eloy album)
| Ocean | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 26 October 1977 | |||
| Recorded | September–October 1977 | |||
| Studio | Sound Studio N, Cologne, Germany | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 43:53 | |||
| Label | Harvest / EMI Electrola | |||
| Producer | Eloy | |||
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| Unfolded cover | ||||
The album's gatefold unfolded and rotated vertically, to showcase the full painting featured on it | ||||
| Audio sample | ||||
"Poseidon's Creation"
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| AllMusic | |
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| Only Solitaire | |
Ocean is the sixth studio album by the German rock band Eloy, released in 1977.
It is a concept album written by Jürgen Rosenthal, retelling the mythos of Plato's Island of Atlantis, from its creation to its rise, fall, and ultimate destruction, drawing a parallel with humanity's alarming path amidst the Cold War.
Ocean is widely regarded as Eloy's finest work by critics and fans alike, and remains their most commercially successful album. A sequel titled Ocean 2: The Answer was released in 1998.