TIME TO TURN

After the marvelous Planets album, Eloy continued with this excellent progressive rock album. The omnipresent keyboards are however just a bit less elaborated, futuristic and bombastic than on Planets: they are pretty symphonic and a bit spacy too. What is also interesting are the miscellaneous Clavinet-like sounds, fitting very well with the overall modern sound. The same musicians than on Planets are involved, except for the drums, which are very good here. The electric guitar is less hard rock and in the foreground than on the previous records, so that the keyboards have very much room. The balance between the keyboards and the guitars is very good. Time To Turn sounds between Planets and Colours, so that one can believe it chronologically comes between those 2 albums. Time To Turn is among Eloy's best albums: all the tracks are at least very good. After Time To Turn, Eloy will change a bit their style with faster & more hard rock-oriented songs, still keeping their pleasant keyboards arrangements like on Planet.

Rating: 4.5 stars