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richardh 
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Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 29560 |
 Posted: May 17 2012 at 01:42 |
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Ra is possibly one of the worst albums I have ever heard but beyond that they have one of the best back catologue's of any band. Very consistent quality although they do crib a lot from other bands. Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes references Floyd ,ELP and Tangerine Dream! That will be offputting for many.
I enjoy the spacey synth drenched prog of Planets and Time To Turn the most.Klaus Peter Matziol is a monster bass player especially. The 'singing' though....
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CCVP
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Joined: September 15 2007 Location: Vitória, Brasil Status: Offline Points: 7971 |
Posted: May 16 2012 at 21:55 |
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Live is, by far, their best album, closely followed by Ocean and Dawn. Inside is also superb and has a nice krautrock feel.
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Zombywoof
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Joined: November 26 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1217 |
Posted: May 16 2012 at 21:40 |
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I have two albums "Ocean" and "Floating", and neither have really grabbed me as of yet. I get to see them this summer, so perhaps the live experience will help me better appreciate them.
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HolyMoly
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Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26138 |
Posted: May 16 2012 at 20:08 |
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It took me a while to appreciate Eloy, but I have a number of albums now, and I've at least heard bits of all their albums through Metromania. My favorites are probably Ocean and Planets. i don't get the urge to listen to them a lot, but when I do, I'm rarely disappointed. They're professionals, and know how to make good albums. Even in the early 80s, when a lot of their peers went overboard trying to keep up with technology, Eloy put out some really fine albums that incorporated the technology smoothly into their style.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 02 2008 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 14258 |
Posted: May 16 2012 at 20:08 |
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Thanks for the input proggers! I am listening to Live now and totally love it.
Inside is one I cant get hold of at present But I found this treasure online! 
So will get that soon
Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - May 16 2012 at 20:09 |
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presdoug
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Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8771 |
Posted: May 16 2012 at 19:45 |
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I really love this band! My favorites are the overlooked debut, and the second album Inside. Both these albums really do it for me. After all, they feature the great bassist Wolfgang Stocker.
Alas, there are many i have not heard yet. The only one i have heard, and was disappointed with, is Floating. Of the ones i have heard, Inside is my all time favorite. I discovered the band by reading the back of a German EMI lp copy of Triumvirat's album Illusions On A Double Dimple, where at the bottom of the liner notes, a few other German acts on EMI are mentioned, and it said "Inside von Eloy best." |
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colorofmoney91
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Joined: March 16 2008 Location: Biosphere Status: Offline Points: 22774 |
Posted: May 16 2012 at 19:36 |
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I really like Ocean and Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes, and I've heard a little from Colours and Dawn, and I've enjoyed it all. I'm not too big on psych/space rock usually but they occasionally give off a chill vibe similar to countrymates Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze (it's a very, very subtle vibe). Gotta love that spacey German stuff.
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CCVP
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Joined: September 15 2007 Location: Vitória, Brasil Status: Offline Points: 7971 |
Posted: May 16 2012 at 18:58 |
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One of my all-time favorite bands. I love them, as well as most of their albums from Inside up untill TIme to Turn(Power and Passion and Floating excepted).
Tides Return Forever, Ocean 2 and Visionary are also splendid.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 02 2008 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 14258 |
Posted: May 16 2012 at 18:31 |
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 Discovery Zone
Welcome to the Eloy Discovery Zone. This is where we newbies to the band discover some of the best prog out there. I am ashamed to admit I only discovered how great this German Psychedelic, Space Prog band is this year due to the amount of entries appearing at the top of greatest prog albums lists. The legend behind albums such as Ocean and Floating and Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes of course are not unknown to those who hang around this site. However there is so much the band offers on all their albums. Having only recently acquired the debut and Live album I am totally convinced that the band are a hidden treasure in the same vein as Pink Floyd or King Crimson as far as quality is concerned. The singing takes a bit of getting used to but once it seeps into the system it is difficult to imagine the band with any other singer. Who are Eloy? they have a distinct logo 
Eloy actually took their name from the weird "Eloi" race, which were a race featured in the future vision of H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" from 1895. In the 1960s film they looked like this.  From the 2002 film: 
The Eloi were from the future and were fighting against the Morlocks. The Morlocks hunted them as their only source of food. In the 60s film the Morlocks looked like this  
In the 2002 remake film they were slighty more ugly...  Bournemann describes the name of the band on their website - "The name Eloy is based on the book 'The Time Machine' by H.G. Wells. Wells describes in his book the situation of mankind about 800,000 years later, and 'Eloy' is a human race in his story. The Eloy in Wells' story have made a new start with the help of the time traveler. In a way, it was a new beginning for the human race. German rock bands in the late 1960s played mainly covers from other bands instead of playing their own compositions. Record deals for German bands were absolutely rare and German bands generally were considered to be second class bands in their own country. At that time it was a strong effort for a German band to come out with only their own compositions. It was a start into an unknown future, and from this point of view, comparable to the human race in Wells' story. That is why I got the idea to name the band 'Eloy'."
Onto the actual band now - - - - - The band ELOY formed in 1969 in Germany and were a prolific popular band in their home land. The main influence was the space rock of the 60s and 70s such as Pink Floyd. The Band members: 1971–1972
 My goal is to listen to every album the band has released and it is not easy as there are so many. So feel free to voice your opinions on the band and what you think of the albums. I will post some reviews here of albums too. Have fun discovering this amazing prog band with me.  
The albums
ELOY Live Albums (CD, LP, MC, SACD, DVD-A, Digital Media Download)
Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - May 19 2012 at 10:03 |
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