Greatest 1970s Eloy album

It's hard to beat the consistency of Eloy, but, yes, Ocean and Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes are two fine albums. I'm starting to get into Colours right now and their early 80s period in general. Love the ethereal walls of keyboards on Planets.

What shouting? You must be listening to another album. No guitars? What do you call all of Bornemann's guitar work in the four songs? What do you call the solo in Poseidon's Creation? The songs blur together? When? Sounds like you're just not quite attuned to their music just yet.

I wonder if anyone else has complained that there's hardly any guitar work in Emerson, Lake & Palmer? 

This band isn't for you, so perhaps you should listen to another band? That's all I'll tell you. Let someone else respond to your 'problem'. I don't have the energy, I really don't.

Look, I just don't like the album. I don't expect anyone to rebut me with a watertight argument, it's just not an album I appreciate. I just want to understand what other people find in the album that I'm not perceiving.

How would me giving you my opinion of why I like Eloy, in particular, Ocean, change your perception of the music, especially when you clearly stated you don't appreciate it?

1. They're genuine musicians. This music comes from their heart. They're not some band who have set out to copy or rip-off another band just for the almighty dollar (or in this case Euro). All of the musicians involved in Eloy seem to be honest about what they're doing and if they copy any band (Pink Floyd is the most obvious influence), then it's merely a starting point only to turn a musical phrase into something only Eloy could have done.

2. The driving, rhythmic force of their music is infectious. Of course, they can do slow songs and be incredibly melodic, but you get the sense that the bass and drums roles aren't minor ones.

3. The keyboards. Eloy have always had excellent keyboardists (there's NOTHING generic about any of their keyboardists' playing). I couldn't imagine an album like Planets WITHOUT keyboards. It just wouldn't be the same. They create huge textural walls of sound that give the music dynamics and color.

4. Bornemann's guitar playing and vocals. Some would see Bornemann's vocals as being a negative thing, but I don't. Again, I can't think of any other vocalist for this band who would pull off the same kind of emotion as Bornemann. If the vocal work wasn't enough, you get a guitarist who helps drive and lead the band to cosmic heights without ever being self-indulgent and always focused on the song at hand. Eloy simply couldn't have existed without Bornemann, it's that simple really.

5. Most important of all, I like the music. It moves me and inspires me. And this is all that matters in the end.

You seem kind of adamant about your stance on Ocean. I hope I'm wrong. Anyway, I wrote a post above of why I enjoy Eloy's music. I hope you get something out of it. I tried my best to explain, but sometimes explanations can get lost in translation. 

Well, I despise Hawkwind, so you can have them!  Anyway, do give them a chance to grown on you. I think they're a special band and have really brought me a lot of enjoyment these past couple of weeks. Let me also say that I hope you don't get the same feeling you get from Eloy as you do Pink Floyd. They're two entirely different bands. Eloy occupy a strange little sonic world of their own.

Yes-inspired title, eh?