PERFORMANCE

ELOY here is still quite progressive, and the keyboards are really floating, rythmic, varied, futuristic and melodic. The electric guitar is well balanced between sometimes distortion-free parts, sometimes quite aggressive hard rock parts, and it is always very clean and very rythmic. The bass is surprisingly complex, very well played and often fast. The drums are sophisticated and may be fast too. "Surrender" is the piano ballad by excellence: very catchy and full of colorful keyboards. You listen to this record from beginning to end without any problem. Among the best ELOY's albums. Let's say it is comparable to "Planets": it has the same sound, it is faster hard rock and the keyboards steal less the show.