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Poll Question: Which one of two great albums by Eloy do you prefer?
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    Posted: July 08 2015 at 01:35
An initial vote goes for Ocean
 
 
 
 
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Ocean is way overproduced and has the worse cheesy synth sound I've ever heard in my life, it's almost unlistenable and completely ruins the compositions

that said Planets isn't very good either


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Both albums are great, but I feel Planets stands out a bit more for me. I love the synth sound on both albums. 

Some of the cheesiest lyrics and vocal deliveries of any band ever, but it's totally worth it, lol.
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Going with Ocean.
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Both top-tier albums. I will vote Ocean, if only because I'm a sucker for Jurgen Rosenthal's drumming. And Poseidon's Creation is possibly the ultimate Eloy track in my world.
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Both top-tier albums. I will vote Ocean, if only because I'm a sucker for Jurgen Rosenthal's drumming. And Poseidon's Creation is possibly the ultimate Eloy track in my world.
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Ocean, though both are good albums.
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Both are great  but Colours, Planets and Time to Turn are Eloy's peak IMO.  So Planets
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I own both of these and have always enjoyed those easy listening synth sounds and cheesy lyrics
Voted for oceans mainly for Poseidon's Creation.
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Ocean, could never get into Planets
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Points: 1195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2015 at 10:59
Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

Both are great  but Colours, Planets and Time to Turn are Eloy's peak IMO.  So Planets

Time to Turn is my favorite from Eloy Tongue


Edited by PrognosticMind - July 08 2015 at 11:00
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Ocean
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I voted for Colours. LOL
 
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

I voted for Colours. LOL
 

Another solid one! LOL

Everything from Dawn through Time to Turn is great, IMHO.
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Ocean , but I like aswell Planets, one hell of a great band
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Listening to lots of Eloy because of this thread.

Ocean with my coffee this morning.

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Edited by PrognosticMind - July 09 2015 at 05:03
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Originally posted by PrognosticMind PrognosticMind wrote:

Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

I voted for Colours. LOL
 

Another solid one! LOL

Everything from Dawn through Time to Turn is great, IMHO.

correct!
and I would add the superb "Inside" to the list.  Freaked out vocals and wonderful wild jamming.
Lyrically you might find pause, although they don't bother me, vocally you might complain, although I think Frank is just fine except when he sings falsetto on the awful "Destinations", but musically Eloy knew exactly what they were doing, and did it superbly.

My three favorites are "Inside", "Dawn" and "Time to Turn", 3 different eras, 3 incredible albums.  My next favorites would be "Colours" and "Planets", so to me the early 80s era wins.  Next come "Ocean" and "Silent Cries", oft considered their best, not my favorites but still darn good.  Following that I do enjoy "Ra", "Tides Return Forever" and "Ocean 2".  Not big on "Floating", "Power and the Passion", and "Visionary", which nonetheless has some good moments.  Only "Destination" is a real dud IMO


Edited by kenethlevine - July 09 2015 at 08:31
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Planets for me.

Never liked Ocean very much. Yeah, good but not really impressive.

I've got allt heir studio stuff from Floating to Performance (the latter is their one and only faux pas IMO).

My fave is Dawn which is their best ever.
Time to Turn as close second (End of an Odissey is amazing!)
Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes is third on the list.
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Originally posted by PrognosticMind PrognosticMind wrote:

Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

I voted for Colours. LOL
 

Another solid one! LOL

Everything from Dawn through Time to Turn is great, IMHO.

I love everything from the debut to Ocean, and everything from Ra to present. I like Colours and Performance as well though. Tongue
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Points: 9179 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2015 at 11:30
I forgot to mention Performance - it's down there with Floating and P&P, not a favorite at all, but not terrible.  The final track has an incredible lead guitar solo.  Oh yeah. and not a fan of Metromania at all, other than the very cool "All Life is One" and the title cut. I mean if you are gonna go all 80s, you might as well be catchy

Edited by kenethlevine - July 09 2015 at 11:31
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