Performance (Eloy album)

Performance is the eleventh studio album by the German rock band Eloy, released in 1983.

Amidst the peak of the Neue Deutsche Welle, Frank Bornemann's will was to stay loyal to Eloy's prog rock roots following the project Planets / Time to Turn, 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.

This musical experiment was not commercially successful, as Performance entered the German charts for only one week in May 1983, peaking at the 65th position. Its overall sales were mediocre compared to Planets / Time to Turn, as was the attendance of the supporting tour.

Reviewing their choices and doing something akin to the change of musical styles from Colours 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.

Track listing
Music by Eloy and lyrics by Sigi Hausen, except where noted.

Personnel
Eloy
 * Frank Bornemann: guitars, lead vocals
 * Hannes Arkona: guitars, keyboards
 * Klaus-Peter Matziol: bass
 * Hannes Folberth: keyboards, grand piano
 * Fritz Randow: drums, percussion

Production
 * Eloy: arrangement, production
 * Jan Nemek: engineering, recording, mixing
 * Harald Lepschies: engineering, recording
 * Achim Schulze: engineering, recording

Artwork
 * Walter Seyffer: artistic concept
 * Ulli Dinger: photography