Don't get me wrong, there's a lot to love in their music, also on this particular release, but yeah.........really? I just find it somewhat baffling, especially seeing as there's a fair few albums on here that most likely would appeal to fans of Eloy - and to me personally, they're just so much better. Lucifer Rising, Edge of Time, 666 as well as Die Grüne Reise - all of them retaining a similar psychedelic feel combined with melody and strong song-writing.
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Posted: September 11 2012 at 13:54
I have all of these albums except for Eloy's. I just never got that into Eloy (and I guess Iooked to the lesser-known in the past). My choice is Lucifer Rising, which is a stand-out album, and interesting conversation piece, followed by Die Grune Reise, Edge Of Time and Steig Aus.
A number of years ago my vote definitely would have been for Ardeur (for a time I even liked it more than 4 Visions), but I'm mostly into somewhat different avenues these days.
Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me.
Lucifer Rising is one of my alltime favourite chillout albums. The way the ending comes on like a full on psychedelic catharsis gets me every time. Spending all that time up to it - getting fed melody lines and hooks, little pieces of the coming finale, - and then it finally erupting with guitars and trumpet ablazing - to me is just pure genius.
Yeah, I love that album.
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Posted: September 11 2012 at 14:19
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How on earth did Eloy run away with this?
Don't get me wrong, there's a lot to love in their music, also on this particular release, but yeah.........really? I just find it somewhat baffling, especially seeing as there's a fair few albums on here that most likely would appeal to fans of Eloy - and to me personally, they're just so much better. Lucifer Rising, Edge of Time, 666 as well as Die Grüne Reise - all of them retaining a similar psychedelic feel combined with melody and strong song-writing.
It's my least favourite from the list. I prefer their early stuff like Inside and Floating. I actually moved those two up in these polls so that Dawn and Ocean will be in the tougher final two polls. I think what it boils down to is that Eloy is more well known by prog fans because of them being labelled as the German Pink Floyd.
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Posted: September 11 2012 at 14:22
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I have all of these albums except for Eloy's. I just never got that into Eloy (and I guess Iooked to the lesser-known in the past). My choice is Lucifer Rising, which is a stand-out album, and interesting conversation piece, followed by Die Grune Reise, Edge Of Time and Steig Aus.
A number of years ago my vote definitely would have been for Ardeur (for a time I even liked it more than 4 Visions), but I'm mostly into somewhat different avenues these days.
I'm impressed to see Lucifer Rising doing so well, it's more well known than i thought. Hopefully more people will check this album out.
Don't get me wrong, there's a lot to love in their music, also on this particular release, but yeah.........really? I just find it somewhat baffling, especially seeing as there's a fair few albums on here that most likely would appeal to fans of Eloy - and to me personally, they're just so much better. Lucifer Rising, Edge of Time, 666 as well as Die Grüne Reise - all of them retaining a similar psychedelic feel combined with melody and strong song-writing.
It's my least favourite from the list. I prefer their early stuff like Inside and Floating. I actually moved those two up in these polls so that Dawn and Ocean will be in the tougher final two polls. I think what it boils down to is that Eloy is more well known by prog fans because of them being labelled as the German Pink Floyd.
I think you're right. People vote for the one they know.
So if Eloy are the German Floyd, Pulsar presumerably are the French? Incidentally, I just caught your review of the debut by Pulsar, and I happen to feel much the same about it. I even love the cardboard sound of the whole thing
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Posted: September 11 2012 at 14:49
Mellotron Storm wrote:
Logan wrote:
I have all of these albums except for Eloy's. I just never got that into Eloy (and I guess Iooked to the lesser-known in the past). My choice is Lucifer Rising, which is a stand-out album, and interesting conversation piece, followed by Die Grune Reise, Edge Of Time and Steig Aus.
A number of years ago my vote definitely would have been for Ardeur (for a time I even liked it more than 4 Visions), but I'm mostly into somewhat different avenues these days.
I'm impressed to see Lucifer Rising doing so well, it's more well known than i thought. Hopefully more people will check this album out.
I recall it having some buzz about the forums. It is a terrific record, and is one of my favourite albums in PA currently.
Some fans of earlier Pink Floyd should dig this track:
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Posted: September 11 2012 at 19:56
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Hmm...
Going to go with 666. So many good mo,ments, and alot of chuckles from me throughout. Definitely a feel good album for me.
That's a good way to put it. It's almost like an irreverent or humerous way of looking at the apocalpse. Some have compared in that way to Jesus Christ Superstar. It's one of my favourite double albums too.
I've never seen/heard JCS.
But yeah...I didn't expext it to be so fun and light but it works really well. And it's barely a double...maybe thats helps.
I just read my quote there and it looks like i'm saying Jesus Christ Superstar is one of my fav double albums. I've never heard it. I mean't that 666 is one of my favourite double albums just to set the record straight.
Oh boy after me saying i'd rate that Eloy album last of this list here i am listening to their Floating album and being blown away. It is my favourite from them along with Inside though.
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Posted: September 12 2012 at 09:25
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zravkapt wrote:
I've heard all of them except the Eloy and Dom ones, and I pretty much like them all about equally. Voted for EFL.
Nice ! It's cool that evey album has a vote and i hope people who don't have Lucifer Rising will check that beast out.
Funny you should say that. I just bought the album on mp3 and I'm giving it my first listen now. Only 6 bucks on Amazon, not a bad deal. The physical CD/LP appears to be out of print at the moment and used copies are very expensive.
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Posted: September 12 2012 at 11:40
HolyMoly wrote:
Mellotron Storm wrote:
zravkapt wrote:
I've heard all of them except the Eloy and Dom ones, and I pretty much like them all about equally. Voted for EFL.
Nice ! It's cool that evey album has a vote and i hope people who don't have Lucifer Rising will check that beast out.
Funny you should say that. I just bought the album on mp3 and I'm giving it my first listen now. Only 6 bucks on Amazon, not a bad deal. The physical CD/LP appears to be out of print at the moment and used copies are very expensive.
Interesting how that works isn't it ? As soon as a cd is out of print you see the high priced used ones go up for sale. Can't blame them of course it's all about supply and demand. I'm glad you got it though on MP3. Good deal too.
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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Incidentally, I just caught your review of the debut by Pulsar, and I happen to feel much the same about it. I even love the cardboard sound of the whole thing
Good deal too.