Where the heck else would they be? 

That place you don't like. 

The gap narrows!

Oh yeah, that place. Lol. Maybe. There's probably also more Magma, Gentle Giant, Univers Zero and RIO fans in general over there too. 

I agree except the part about the new stuff, which I don't like at all

Do you like wish you were here and animals era Pink Floyd? Then you might like Eloy(the mid to late 70's era anyway). The earlier stuff was slightly more krautrockish though. 

count me in 

Ocean through to Time To Turn is one hell of an album run that has been rarely bettered. They nailed down tight the whole Space Rock genre thing. The recent stuff is also kick ass as you say.

PT - well okay they are genre re-defining and also amazing but my heart is with Eloy

Me too. I only know Porcupine Tree.

Eloy

Not tough at all : Eloy

Although their later work is rather average (with the exception of Ocean 2) their work up till 1982 is excellent and sometimes fabulous.

I have never been impressed by PT and always found them unoriginal.

I like it, too. 

Eloy's been around a long time and they make good music. PT just isn't my bag.

In the end I think PT impacts me more (Stupid Dream, In Absentia, Deadwing..) than Eloy....as much as I like the late 70's work like Ocean and Silent Cries.

btw,,,currently listening to 'Dawn'(1976) by Eloy

I love that album too.. I love most of their lps.. 

I really enjoy some of PT's early catalogue but Eloy are a infinitely preferable to my ears

Surely a poll asking which of two options one prefers will only ever be a popularity contest?

However, provided everyone who answers, answers honestly (that is, selects a preference only if they are familiar enough with both bands to do so), then I see no reason why the results should be questioned?

It would appear that those who prefer Eloy are more inclined to write a post as well as just vote, but from that you could also infer Eloy were always the underdog here, based upon previous polls in this forum,

Eloy and PT both have some fabulous albums in their discography, but PT is far more consistent. I definitely prefer some Eloy albums over some PT albums, but I prefer PT overall. There is not a PT album that I don’t like, but there are Eloy albums that don’t work for me.

I personally am surprised that Eloy is as competitive as it is here - not just because PT is potentially better known, or more liked, but because most people would agree that their discography is far more patchy than PT’s. 🤷🏻‍♂️

If there were a poll comparing the most highly rated Eloy album against the most highly rated PT album, then it might be a more level playing field. But I think comparing bands in general, rather than specifically, leads to looking at all they’ve done, and despite any number of highs, or just how high those might be, overall consistency cannot be overlooked.

I don't think he cares, I've never seen anyone throw a hissy fit in their first post, so immature it's down right laughable. 

like i said, so mature... 

maybe you can rejoin when you grow up a bit. 

You've been politely explained why these rules are necessary, if you do not understand, it's only ill-will on your part at this point. 

Based on your user name, one would think you love and want to discuss music here. 

Excuse us for being wrong. 

366 Dias de Música wrote: This little boy was lucky, 5 minutes earlier in the line and I would be your dad.

Good heavens, that's been a narrow escape for both of us, then. Strange that our first impressions were so way off...

But, what did you actually want to vote for?

BTW, only 35 points yet to go...

I have been with ELOY since the very first album on HIPGNOSIS. And while I did not like it as much until "Floating" and then "Power and the Passion" ... for over 20 years, ELOY was far out and very enjoyable and a staple on Guy's radio show always playing the latest.

I never really "got" into PT until 1999, and I did go after a few CD's, but as much as it was very nice, it did not have the "difference" that the German scene, with ELOY had ... PT was not "original" ... but was doing stuff that was very much like the feeling in the olden days ... only for it to be gone as soon as they became "famous" ... !!!

ELOY has almost 50 years in its history, and some outstanding albums ... PT only lived for about 20 plus years before fame distorted them to "trivial" or as SW used to say, he wanted to do something "heavier". The Germans were already "heavy", right from the start!

That just means PT is more your bag, not necessarily that they're the more "consistent" band.

Eloy is consistently good, IMHO. As it's been pointed out, PT's got stuff that sounds average at best, and nothing I rate on par with Eloy's magical 1977-82 period. Eloy really doesn't have an album I find unlistenable, and that includes the much-mailgned Ra.

Ra actually has great songs, just the way they were presented was not the best, but I am glad to look past that.  I think that Destinations was their weakest album up to the last few years, more irrelevant than unlistenable though. 

Hi,

I was thinking that PT is likely to be more appreciated, as it has a more "modern" sound that is easier on the ears of many listeners, on account of their "conditioning" to a lot of music and its effects from the sound and its quality.

This was not the case when ELOY came out in the 1970's, and their individuality, to my ears, was only duplicated by JANE similarly, although it is easier to say that ELOY was more meaningful in their work than not, with concept albums that actually said something ... and I doubt that PT can, or should, be considered a concept band ... it's mostly over rated and accentuated songs. With heavy on the "accent" and the "loudness", not necessarily the contents!

The Tree for me

It really doesn’t mean that at all. Eloy is more my bag, but I can recognise that their discography is not as consistent. If unlistenable is where you set your bar, then that’s up to you. Mine is higher. There’s no Eloy or PT album that is unlistenable for me. There are albums from both bands that don’t do a lot for me, and that I don’t exactly dislike, but nor do I greatly like. But overall, PT has less up and down, and therefore more consistency. I’ve not bothered to check, but it wouldn’t surprise me to see the ratings for PT are more consistent across the board than for Eloy.

Yes there are! 

I like both bands but prefer PT so they get the vote.

I actually need to discover Eloy more. The vocals never bothered me too much on the albums I have heard(silent cries, ocean, p&p). I know most of PT but since I don't know both bands equally I won't vote. 

Btw, welcome back! 

Thankyou and I take it back. One of my earliest shocks I guess you could say when I discovered Prog was hearing "Ocean" for the first time and actually feeling embarrassed about the strong accent, it just seemed so lame. In time I also got used to them to the point I can put it on without it bothering me. Still prefer the early ones though.