Inside (Eloy album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Inside

| type = studio

| artist = Eloy

| cover = Eloy_Inside.jpg

| alt =

| released = 10 October 1973{{cite web |title=Inside - Eloy |url=https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B0CL1256CM |website=Amazon Music |publisher=Amazon |access-date=11 May 2024}}{{cite web |title=Inside - Eloy |url=https://www.deezer.com/en/album/500048821 |website=Deezer |publisher=Access Industries |access-date=11 May 2024}}

| recorded = September 1972{{cite web |title=Eloy – Inside |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1458877-Eloy-Inside |website=Discogs |publisher=Zink Media, LLC |access-date=13 May 2024}}

| venue =

| studio = Studio Windrose, Hamburg, Germany

| genre = Progressive rock, space rock, krautrock

| length = 37:47

| label = Harvest

| producer = Eloy

| prev_title = Eloy

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Floating

| next_year = 1974

| misc =

{{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = studio

| cover = Eloy_-_Inside_front_cover_-_2000_CD_reissue.jpg

| alt =

| caption = 2000 remastered CD reissue cover}}

{{Audio sample

| type = studio

| file = Eloy - Inside.mp3

| description = "Inside"

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last1=Couture |first1=François |title=Inside - Eloy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/inside-mw0000453703 |website=Allmusic |publisher=RhythmOne |access-date=25 June 2011}}

| rev2 = Only Solitaire

| rev2Score = {{Rating|9|15}}{{cite web |last1=Starostin |first1=George |title=INSIDE |url=https://starlingdb.org/music/eloy.htm#Inside |website=Only Solitaire |publisher=Georgiy Starostin |access-date=13 May 2024}}

| rev3 = Progwereld

| rev3Score = favorable{{cite web |last1=Meeuws |first1=Markwin |title= Eloy – Inside |url=https://www.progwereld.org/recensie/eloy-inside/ |website=Progwereld.org |access-date=17 September 2024 |language=Dutch}}

| rev4 = The Rocktologist

| rev4Score = favorable{{cite web |last1=Hayes |first1=Tom |title=Eloy - Inside |url=https://www.therocktologist.com/eloy---inside.html |website=The Rocktologist |access-date=13 May 2024}}

}}

Inside is the second studio album by German rock band Eloy, released in 1973.

Since their debut album's release in 1971, vocalist Erich Schriever left the band, and drummer Helmuth Draht was replaced by Fritz Randow. Inside was also bassist's Wolfgang Stöcker last appearance as a professional musician - soon after the album's release he decided to retire from music, in order to achieve a more peaceful and financially stable life, according to the band's leader Frank Bornemann.{{cite book |last1=Bornemann |first1=Frank |title=Eloy - Inside |date=2000 |publisher=Harvest Records |page=5 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1458877-Eloy-Inside/image/SW1hZ2U6Njg2MjY1Mw== |access-date=13 May 2024 |language=German |format=booklet}}

Some music critics believe that Eloy's sound was heavily influenced by Jethro Tull in the album. In particular, George Starostin feels that Eloy "rip-off" Jethro Tull in some of their songs, but "these rip-offs never sound offensive - somehow, Eloy are able to incorporate them smoothly into their own image and identity, which is certainly different from Tull's".