| Eros | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Dün |
| Cover: | Eros (Dün album) cover.jpg |
| Released: | 1981 (re-released in 2000 & 2012 with bonus tracks) |
| Recorded: | 1981 at Studio Sunrise, Kirchberg, St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Genre: | Zeuhl, Progressive rock, experimental rock |
| Length: | 36:33 |
| Label: | Soleil Atreides (Catalog #: 03) |
Eros is the name of the first (and, to date, only) recording made by the French progressive rock band Dün. The record was self-released as a vinyl LP; a thousand copies were printed and sold by the band at concert. The band failed to find a record label for a further, international distribution. The concept of the album was based on Frank Herbert's novel Dune, which particularly fascinated Geeraerts and Vandenbulcke.[1]
The LP was re-released and remastered several times, including in 2000 by Soleil Zeuhl as a CD with eight tracks, in 2012 with 12 tracks and in 2020 with nine tracks, with bonus tracks added to the original four tracks on the LP.
The album received 4.25/5 points, at 518 votes on the progressive music portal Prog Archives. It is rated as one of the best instrumental progressive rock albums to date and recommended as a unique masterpiece.[2] Also on the German-language progressive rock portal Babyblaue Seiten, the 2000 and 2012 CD editions of the album were rated very positively and received 12.67/15 points. It is praised as a worthwhile rediscovery of a forgotten work, due to its "decidedly virtuoso and varied prog-jazz and zeuhl touch".[3]