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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Topic: Greatest 1970s Eloy album Posted: November 17 2012 at 05:29 |
6 of the best ELOY albums, and I can hardly choose one between them - but make a choice - and there may be a winner
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: November 17 2012 at 05:35 |
The mighty `Floating'....one of my all-time favourite progressive albums. Easily top 5.
I also have a lot of love for `The Power and the Passion' especially the first side. `P.a.t.P' was the VERY first progressive album I ever heard. Tom Ozric from the Archives here gave me a cassette with `Passion' on one side and Genesis `Nursery Cryme' on the over...and my prog journey began there!
But honestly, ALL of these albums are amazing, and I love every damn one of them!
Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - November 17 2012 at 05:35
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: November 17 2012 at 05:43 |
^^^^^ I love Floating too - thats my choice because thats where Eloy started for me - every album is a masterpiece really in the 70s.
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Posted: November 17 2012 at 06:34 |
Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes followed by Dawn.
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Posted: November 17 2012 at 06:50 |
May fav are from Power on...Ocean the best
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: November 17 2012 at 09:16 |
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
The mighty `Floating'....one of my all-time favourite progressive albums. Easily top 5.
I also have a lot of love for `The Power and the Passion' especially the first side. `P.a.t.P' was the VERY first progressive album I ever heard. Tom Ozric from the Archives here gave me a cassette with `Passion' on one side and Genesis `Nursery Cryme' on the over...and my prog journey began there!
But honestly, ALL of these albums are amazing, and I love every damn one of them! |
Floating for me as well with Inside second. Tom Ozric spreading the Prog message ? I don't believe it
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presdoug
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Posted: November 17 2012 at 10:02 |
Inside, followed by the debut. Floating is my least favorite (sorry)
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Posted: November 17 2012 at 13:24 |
I could vote just about any of these, but I went with Ocean.
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richardh
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Posted: November 17 2012 at 16:02 |
Silent Cries is the one I tend to play the most
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dr prog
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Posted: November 17 2012 at 16:28 |
I like their 1980-83 period the most
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: November 17 2012 at 17:27 |
My ELOY journey began around late 1992 when I came across 'Time To Turn', clear vinyl version with a superb Rodney Matthews cover-art (but the track-list is botched coz they left off 'Magic Mirrors', and included a piece of 'Colours' ??). All albums from the debut S/T - TTT are winners in my book, but top vote goes to..............FLOATING !!!!! Absolute knock-out.
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Posted: November 17 2012 at 17:59 |
Tough one but from beguinning to end I've got to go with Silent Cries Mighty Echoes. A masterpiece!
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richardh
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Posted: November 18 2012 at 01:56 |
dr prog wrote:
I like their 1980-83 period the most |
so do I
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Posted: November 19 2012 at 08:15 |
Dawn is their best work for me. Second comes Power & Passion. Best album overall? LIVE!
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Posted: November 19 2012 at 13:24 |
richardh wrote:
dr prog wrote:
I like their 1980-83 period the most |
so do I |
me too BUT for their 70s work, I vote for Dawn, with Inside very close behind, and Ocean a bit behind that Silent Cries is in the middle s/t, Floating, and P&P are not big in my books
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Posted: November 19 2012 at 15:01 |
The Jester wrote:
Best album overall? LIVE!
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Tis true. The live version of Ocean (pretty much included in its entirety) packs a bigger punch than the studio version imo.
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Mirror Image
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Posted: August 13 2014 at 23:46 |
I'm looking forward to being able to vote in this poll, but my Eloy journey has just begun. I've only heard Ocean and Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes so far and they were absolutely first-rate. I'm interesting now in hearing where the band were musically before Ocean and where they went after Silent Cries. So excited to hear more albums.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: August 14 2014 at 00:37 |
Believe me, you are in for one heck of a joy-ride !!!
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Posted: August 14 2014 at 02:45 |
Mirror Image wrote:
I'm looking forward to being able to vote in this poll, but my Eloy journey has just begun. I've only heard Ocean and Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes so far and they were absolutely first-rate. I'm interesting now in hearing where the band were musically before Ocean and where they went after Silent Cries. So excited to hear more albums. |
Eloy have never been very original, but they are so good that who cares? The first albums are more hard rock oriented and I've always thought that the first period is inspired to Uriah Heep, the second to Pink Floyd (obviously) and then they went into the 80s.
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antonyus
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Posted: August 14 2014 at 07:24 |
hard to choose between dawn and ocean... dawn!
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