The Best of Eloy

the best of eloy

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A collection of 10 early tracks including two bonus tracks Journey into 1358 and Daybreak, A-side to their first, self released, single never before available in North America.

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The Best of Eloy

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A true Best of the Eloy

Timeless Passages: Very Best Of Eloy
Eloy
Manufacturer: EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008CLQN
Release Date: 2003-03-03

Tracks:

Decay of Logos
Lost (The Decision)??
Midnight Fight/The Victory of Mental Force
Master of Sensation
Silhouette [Single Edit]
Bells of Notre Dame [Remix]
Sphinx
All Life Is One [Remix]
Rainbow
Point of No Return
Ro Setau
Poseidon's Creation [Live]

Tracks:

Time to Turn
End of an Odyssey
Voyager to the Future Race
At the Gates of Dawn
Tides Return Forever
Sun-Song
Follow the Light [Remix]
Apocalypse: Silent Cries Divide the Nights/The Vision - ...
Illuminations [Remix]
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Album Description

2003 digitally remastered compilation for the German progressive rock act features a combination of remixes, studio, & live material. 22 tracks. EMI.

Customer Reviews:

A true Best of the Eloy.......2007-02-19

One of the best prog rock bands ever is comprehensively presented in this 2CDs compilation. The live version of Poseidon's Creation is a bonus.

Highly recommended!

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Get Inside This German Space Rock Master Group

The Best of Eloy
Eloy
Manufacturer: Griffin Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000009TJ9
Release Date: 1996-08-06

Tracks:

Inside
Puture City
The Light From The Deep Darkness
Castle In The Air
Madhouse
Love Over Six Centuries
Mutiny
The Bells Of Notre Dame
Daybreak
Journey Into 1358

Album Description

A collection of 10 early tracks including two bonus tracks Journey into 1358 and Daybreak, A-side to their first, self released, single never before available in North America.

Customer Reviews:

Get Inside This German Space Rock Master Group.......2000-09-04

Eloy were one of the most internationally famous German progressive groups of the 70's and 80's. This CD compiles the best songs from their early albums "Inside", "Floating" and "The Power And The Passion". Though lacking the sophistication and polish of their mid to late 70's symphonic works, this CD offers an interesting blend of tripped out space rock meets heavy prog. It's full of hard edged guitar, multi-percussion, and cosmic organ and moog work. One of the most striking things is that Frank Bornemann's vocals (despite the German accent) sometimes sound like Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. The songs are a combination of progressive and psychedelic styles that owe a lot to the early work of Pink Floyd. The best tracks are "Future City", "Inside" and "Madhouse". "The Power and the Passion" was a concept albums, so the excerpts from this are taken out of context and tend to be overlong and tedious in spots. Fans of early Pink Floyd or Camel might find this most engaging. It's an inexpensive way to explore this group's early recordings.

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THE MORE, THE BETTER

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Eloy
Manufacturer: Emi
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006YGS
Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

Awakening
Between The Times
The Sun-Song
The Midnight-Fight/The Victory Of Mental Force
Decay Of The Logos
A) Astral Entrance/B) Master Of Sensation
The Apocalypse: A) Silent Cries Divide The Nights/B) The Vision - Burning/C) Force Majeure

Customer Reviews:

THE MORE, THE BETTER.......2000-08-15

I NEVER BUY ANY COMPILATION,BUT ELOY WAS AN EXCEPTION. I HAVE ALMOST ALL CDS BY THIS SUPER-BAND, INCLUDING "CHRONICLES" 1 AND 2 AND "BEST OF" 1 AND 2. WHAT SURPRISED ME IS THE QUALITY OF SOUND AND COLLECTION OF SONGS ON THE RECORDS. IT WAS LIKE LISTENING TO A COMPLITELY NEW ELOY! I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH AND SUGGEST ALL ELOY FANS TO GIVE IT A TRY AND BUY THIS AND NOT ONLY THIS COLLECTION. YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID.

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The Best of Eloy
Eloy
Manufacturer: Alex
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000024ZPP
Release Date: 1994-02-28

Tracks:

Inside
Future City
The Light From Deep Darkness
Castle In The Air
Madhouse
Love Over Six Centuries
Mutiny
The Bells Of Notre Dame

Average customer rating:

A must for every prog fan!
Worthy Compilation for An Excellent Band

Timeless Passages: Very Best Of Eloy
Eloy
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008O303
Release Date: 2003-04-08

Tracks:

Decay of Logos
Lost (The Decision)??
Midnight Fight/The Victory of Mental Force
Master of Sensation
Silhouette [Single Edit]
Bells of Notre Dame [Remix]
Sphinx
All Life Is One [Remix]
Rainbow
Point of No Return
Ro Setau
Poseidon's Creation [Live]

Tracks:

Time to Turn
End of an Odyssey
Voyager to the Future Race
At the Gates of Dawn
Tides Return Forever
Sun-Song
Follow the Light [Remix]
Apocalypse: Silent Cries Divide the Nights/The Vision - ...
Illuminations [Remix]
Answer

Customer Reviews:

A must for every prog fan!.......2003-09-13

Eloy is one of the best prog band of the last 30 years! This compilations is great the sound is newly remastered and it shows. The choice of the song is great exept for the instrumental. I think they should have put at least one song from the album Performance ( I like this album more than the songs they put from Ra). If you don'y know Eloy and you like prog symphonique you should try this album its a winner!

Worthy Compilation for An Excellent Band.......2003-05-08

After more than thirty years in the business of making quality music, EMI has finally released the definitive compilation of Eloy.
It is mind boggling how underrated this band is, yet how original and creative they had been since their first 'proper' release for EMI's lable 'Harvest' in 1973, an album called 'Inside'.
They have been unfairly compared to Pink Floyd, Hawkwind and even Jethro Tull,(because they used the flute on couple of tracks in Inside,and because Future City has a bluesy feel!!!!) which is quite ridiculous,and shows how little the music press and industry understands and appreciates progressive rock. When you listen to Eloy properly you will soon discover an original and total creative music world that is compared to none.
Sure, in Silent Cries Mighty Echoes, their 1979 album, the Floydian comparison was the strongest,because of the first two epic songs, however the rest of the album with tracks like Pilot to Paradise, De Labor Solis and Mighty Echoes are 100% original.I would therefore like to stress, that what makes Eloy a very special and innovative band, is the fact that every album is unique and different from the previous one, yet remaining faithfully in the melodic progressive symphonic rock.
Inside was spacey, Floating hard edged, Power and Passion mellower and their first conceptual work, Dawn blends prefectly for the first time in prog rock a classical orchestra with their epic and meditative compositions etc...
What do you get with Eloy?
A music that survives time. Progressive Rock like it should be: very melodic,brilliantly executed time changes, hard, meditative, complex, spacey, and symphonic, with mind blowing drums,(Fritz Randow's drum solo in Floating's Castle in the Air is the BEST I ever heard) and some of the best keys and guitar playing in rock.
What would you get with this compilation?
If you don't own any of Eloy's stuff then this is a perfect start.
It covers their output from 75 with Power and Passion up until their last release Ocean 2. It includes the shorter tracks, like the more commercial Rainbow from RA, and the edited version of Illumination from Colours, but it also contains the masterpiece epic The Apocalypse from Silent Cries (79)in all its three parts. It also has some really surprising choices, like the instrumental At The Gates of Dawn from Planets (81). The only disappointment is the fact there are no tracks from Inside and Floating included here.(Inside, Future City, Up and Down MadHouse, Light from Deep Darkness, and Castle in the Air are true masterpieces)
The only weak track in my opinion in this compilation is the live version of Poseidon Creation, previously unreleased version from nineties.Eloy, has always had bad luck in their live recordings,and their only Live album in 78 was their worst release, fraught with technical troubles, whereas the long awaited Chronicles 3 which was supposed to be a new Live album is probably scrapped.
If you are already an Eloy fan, then you should certainly also buy this compilation, even if you have all the tracks,just to support the band,(even with such a high price!!) since the more they sell, the more EMI will realise what treasure they have in their vault, and will probably sign the band again to do another CD, for I believe Eloy's maestro Frank Bornemann has a lot more great music in him to delight music lovers everywhere.

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