Eloy 1973-1983
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Topic: Eloy 1973-1983
Posted By: dr prog
Subject: Eloy 1973-1983
Date Posted: April 11 2011 at 03:26
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I've picked up all 10 studio albums from this period and while you may not find a true absolute classic album amongst the 10, every album is pretty good and some very good. I really enjoy the 1980-83 the most as it sounds like Eloy completely found their own style. Although the 1973-79 period had the occasional floyd or tull influence, they were still a cool band with many good songs with quality compositions and musicianship. Most of the albums from this 1973-83 period had 2, 3 or 4 very good tunes with the occasional classic track. I now rate Eloy as my fave early 80s band up there with Rush. Many quality songs over 11 years put them ahead of bands such as Crimson, Yes and Genesis imo. Bornemann was a very good composer and guitarist. A definate Big 10 prog band. I'd have them in my Big 5 now. Here are some of my fave Eloy songs
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 11 2011 at 10:51
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I like Eloy as well. Time To Turn is is my favourite. The very early ones don't do that much for me. The sci-fi/spacey style appeals to me most:
Time To Turn
Planets
Colours
Power And The Passion
Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes
Ocean
Dawn
all pretty solid efforts imo.
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Posted By: friso
Date Posted: April 11 2011 at 11:30
| Nice to hear you found a band that really suits your tastes. I myself must admit I didn't get into Eloy, though I tried Ocean, Live and Inside. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 11 2011 at 11:34
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I tried Eloy too, but they are definitely not for me. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 11 2011 at 13:46
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Hi,
I have almost all the early stuff and have always enjoyed it. Ther sister band "Jane" was a bit more rock oriented, but they shared the keyboard player more than once ... and it is also very nice. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 11 2011 at 16:34
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I love seventies Eloy, especially the first two, Eloy and Inside, featuring a really cool bass player named Wolfgang Stocker I also love The Power and The Passion and Ocean. Later than that i have not heard, though |
Posted By: eloymaster
Date Posted: April 15 2011 at 19:59
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The coolest bass player of all is Klaus-Peter Matziol. Check the Ocean2 - album! --------------------- http://forum.eloy-legacy.com |
Posted By: Mushroom Sword
Date Posted: April 15 2011 at 20:09
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Woah, just listened to these songs, first time experiencing them. I really really like them. Is it just me or does the lead singer sound a lot like Ian Anderson? ...and just the rhythmic style of singing reminds me of Carl Palmer. |
Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: April 15 2011 at 20:15
I really like Ocean and Silent Cries but haven't heard any earlier albums i've been meaning to get more into them so thanks for the reminder  -------------  
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: April 15 2011 at 20:34
Eloy is one of my all time favorite bands. I like almost everything by them and one of my lifetime dreams is meeting Frank Bornemann in person.  -------------   
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: April 16 2011 at 03:29
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My fave 5 eloy albums in no real order are:
planets-1981
time to turn-1982
power and passion-1975
perfomance-1983
silent cries-1979
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 16 2011 at 03:38
Klaus-Peter Matziol is my favourite bass player if only for Time To Turn. The whole album is a tour de force of that particular instrument.
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eloymaster wrote:Posted By: Repner
Date Posted: April 16 2011 at 09:01
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I only have their Ocean album. A situation I need to remedy
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Posted By: eloymaster
Date Posted: April 16 2011 at 17:33
The come to Germany for the Loreley-Show. I will probably arrange that meeting |
Posted By: eloymaster
Date Posted: April 16 2011 at 17:34
Also very giant bass playing: the end of 'Atlantis Agony' on Ocean! |
Posted By: steve j
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 15:43
| I believe this band are very underestimated, but are easily one of my top 5. Quite extrordinary band, with amazing albums. My top albums are all from this period. Colours is a classic in my mind, but not viewed that way by PA. |
Posted By: boysmithers
Date Posted: May 20 2011 at 05:15
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Just discovered them thanks to Spotify! I LOVE Ocean, don't know who the bass player was on this one, but he's good. Looking forward to listening to the rest of their albums. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/c210344/?chartstyle=basicrt10" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 20 2011 at 06:05
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Favourite track: Poseidon's Creation
Favourite album: Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes. Dawn is a close second. ------------- 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 20 2011 at 15:35
read the thread and you might find out
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Posted By: Takeshi Kovacs
Date Posted: May 20 2011 at 15:45
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One of my very favourite bands!
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Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/TakeshiKovacs/ |
Posted By: Eloy82
Date Posted: May 23 2011 at 21:56
| Dawn is my favourite prog album of all time. Eloy, of course, is the best band. Yep. |
Posted By: Eloy82
Date Posted: May 23 2011 at 21:57
Dawn, noob! |
Posted By: Eloy82
Date Posted: May 23 2011 at 21:58
I got it vice versa, but not bad. |
Posted By: Eloy82
Date Posted: May 23 2011 at 21:59
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Performance is really the only album of theirs that's not great. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 24 2011 at 01:45
Ra
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: May 24 2011 at 07:03
Performance is cool. metromania is awful though
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Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: May 24 2011 at 07:29
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To me Eloy as important as most other big prog bands, easily can just grab any of their albums and enjoy the ride.. Dawn is the one I grab the most.. followed by Floating and Inside..but after seeing Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes posted more than a few times, think that will go in the car next :)
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: May 24 2011 at 09:38
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Downplayed by a lot of fans, i love the self-titled debut Eloy album. In fact, it is my favorite after Inside. Produced by the late, great Conny Plank. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 24 2011 at 23:26
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My fav is Oceans, Frank Bornemann's strong German accent is the band's weakness, but once you get used to it is not that bad. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 25 2011 at 12:11
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Silent Cries, Ocean, and Floating are my favorites at the moment. Also, at first the accent was something that turned me off from this band, but eventually i got used to it. Now i think it gives the band something distinctive.
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Posted By: Eloy82
Date Posted: May 25 2011 at 17:26
Completely agree. Don't forget the original Ocean album though! |
Posted By: Eloy82
Date Posted: May 25 2011 at 17:27
I actually think it gives it a distinct charm... Some may consider it "lame" but... I couldn't imagine Eloy without that thick accent of Frank's. |
Posted By: Eloy82
Date Posted: May 25 2011 at 17:28
| Lots of smart people in this forum. Well done, noobs! |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 25 2011 at 18:03
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Time to Turn is a minor fav for me. It benefits from being an 80s release in terms of the nice 80s clarity on the sound, good use of the technology, but still warm. Metromania was more outright 80s in terms of what they were doing with the technology, and reminds me a little of Rush around that time. Time To Turn is a wonderful album and although you just can't understand a word the man is saying, the vocals are very genuine and earnest. You can't help but not like the vocalist, he does a great job with the accent and so-so English he definitely has. The lyrics are good, that I can remember or could understand. |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: May 25 2011 at 18:09
Yeah 1980-83 is their best period I think. The albums have several strong tunes each.
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Posted By: Eloy82
Date Posted: May 25 2011 at 18:16
Oh stop it! Ra is good! |
Posted By: mithrandir
Date Posted: May 26 2011 at 01:06
| I just recently got into Eloy myself, I got Oceans which was excellent and highly majestic music, and followed it up with Dawn, which was nearly as good, listening to those samples on youtube is prompting me to move my way forward chronologically , looks like my next purchase will be, Silent Cries ../album.asp?id=513" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 26 2011 at 01:18
 ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Serge Lenkoff
Date Posted: May 26 2011 at 13:29
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One of my favourite bands. By the way ELOY is popular in Russia among lovers of prog and space electronic music. I like the sound and concept of the albums. Don't forget to check out their last album "Visionary" (2009). Not most impressive effort but there are some good moments and the sound, the mood of music still is unique. If you are new to this music - start with Ocean and Silent Cries...
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Posted By: esky
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 16:49
| They had stretched the formula by the '80s, and it thinned out their catalog integrity-wise. They did have some catchy, thoughtful stuff in the '70s though. |