Best Eloy Songs
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Topic: Best Eloy Songs
Posted By: brainstormer
Subject: Best Eloy Songs
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 00:25
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So far, I have not enjoyed any of their songs as much as the song, "Mutiny," which I do think is epic. What single songs are also very classic to you? ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 00:44
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If you are looking for epicness and classicness, try any song from their 1977 album "Ocean": it is both a quintessential progressive rock album and their best album (a title shared IMO with Dawn, from 76, albeit Dawn isn't quitessential, so just begin at Ocean). If you like that, try Colours, all of its songs could be single releases IMO. Their latest albums is also prodigal in songs that could be singles. However, those two could be called "accessible" so approach with caution. -------------   
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 00:46
| Ocean is my least favourite of the 5 or 6 Eloy albums I have. Inside is the best. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 01:44
| I think I have them all.A selection of my favourites |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 08:49
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Triceratopsoil wrote:Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 11:21
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 11:53
Pardon my French, I love Inside and it is a great album, but the band has other albums which are simply better. -------------
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Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 15:24
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Eloy is a band I need to check out... I heard a song a few days ago, randomly on internet radio, Poseidon's Creation.... A positive surprise! I like the sound. I have to check out Oceans. ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 15:57
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For me DAWN is the best : |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 16:11
| Colours, Time to turn and Planets feature most of my favourite songs |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 21:30
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My fave 10 songs from eloy span between 1973 and 1983
Mutiny
Midnight flight
Queen of the night
Through a somber galaxy
Pilot to paradise
Heartbeat
Impressions
Castle in the air
Shadow and light
Poseidons creation
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Posted By: Mavil64
Date Posted: May 31 2018 at 06:48
| I very recently checked this band out but from what I've heard Illuminations, Impressions and The whole album Colours in general is amazing. After that I think the album Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes is phenomenal. There wasn't a single song of them in these albums that I didn't thoroughly enjoy. On the other hand Ocean didn't really grip me all that much. But with the praise it gets it's more likely that I need to give it another listen. Pretty good band really. I'm glad I found them. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: May 31 2018 at 13:49
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tough to pick favorite songs for me as they were truly an album band. But here is a list in chronological order, and with no album having more than one song Isle of Sun (Eloy) Inside (Inside) Return of the Voice (Dawn) Poseidon's Creation (Ocean) Pilot to Paradise (Silent Cries) Child Migration (Colours) *** ok this is probably my #1 Eloy song ever On the Verge of darkening Lights (Planets) End of an Odyssey (Time to Turn) Broken Frame (Performance) All Life is One (Metromania) Rainbow (Ra) Fatal Illusions (Tides Return Forever) Waves of Intuition (Ocean 2) Age of Insanity (Visionary) I left out Floating and Power and the Passion because nothing has really moved me from those albums, and left out Destination and The Vision The Sword and the Pyre because I just think they are awful albums
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 31 2018 at 14:09
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Poseidon's Creation ------------- 
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 31 2018 at 19:19
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Good selection by richardh (although some links don't work for me). To my own surprise I recently put "On the Verge of Darkening Lights" on a mix-CD for my brother to represent Eloy. This is quite a development because for a long time this one didn't particularly catch my attention. A Broken Frame is also great, as are Through a Somber Galaxy, The Flash, Poseidon's Creation, Illuminations. Ah, and Escape to the Heights is quite cool although I'm not sure I've met anybody else who would rank it among their best.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 31 2018 at 19:23
Colours is indeed fantastic. Don't miss the next two, Planets and Time to Turn. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 05 2018 at 00:28
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^ yeah that's their 'Space Trilogy' I suppose. Anyone relatively new to them must check out Eloy Live . Those versions of tracks from Ocean kick serious arse. Jurgen Rosenthal is a beast!
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: June 05 2018 at 01:20
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Eloy is one of those bands that have great epic symphonic songs and great short hardrock aswell. Wich sets them apart from other symphonic spacerock. Their eighties hardrocksound really appeals to me. I love hardrock with spacey synths. Can't for the love of god think of any other band who does that so well. Although 80's Hawkwind (Levitation, Space Bandits) and Saga and Rush come close. But albums like Planets, Time to Turn and Metromania have a sound and an approach unlike any other band. They really showed the world that they can be more than just a Floyd/Tull clone. Their nineties output is a great example of good retro-prog. Especially Ocean 2. It sounds fresh and energetic and can easily match the newer/younger bands. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 05 2018 at 03:48
Inside is the only album I can stand by Eloy actually. And its actually really good.
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: June 05 2018 at 04:34
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: June 05 2018 at 13:38
Indeed! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: June 05 2018 at 20:09
| Planets and Time to turn, are the ones I like the most. Ocean too, the three ones I have on CDs. In the verge of...and End of an Odyissey, to pieces that I really love. |
Posted By: Davesax1965
Date Posted: June 06 2018 at 03:42
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Castle in the air off Floating. ------------- |