Eloy - Power and the Passion
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Artist: EloyEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-02-14
Music Label: EMI Int'l
Soundtracks:
- Introduction
- Journey Into 1358
- Love Over Six Centuries
- Mutiny
- Imprisonment
- Daylight
- Thoughts Of Home
- The Zany Magician
- Back Into The Present
- The Bells Of Notre Dame
- The Bells Of Notre Dame (Remix 1999)
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Free Music Review: Synthesizers become an integral part of the Eloy sound
Hit: 4 Stars
I really got hooked on this band several years ago and snapped up their albums obsessively it seemed. I think that it was the blending of Pink Floyd-like atmospherics and progressive rock that really drew me in, along with their generally "cosmic" aura. This 1975 album finds Eloy turning away from the hard edged psychedelic rock of Inside (1973) and Floating (1974) and moving towards their spacey, synthesizer heavy sound that was perfected on albums like Dawn (1976) and especially Ocean (1977).
The lineup at this point included band leader Frank Bornemann (lead vocals; electric guitar); Manfred Weiczorke (Hammond organ; mini moog synthesizer; mellotron; electric piano; and grand piano); Detlev Schwaar (electric guitar); Luitjen Jansen (electric bass); and Fritz Randow (drums and percussion). The guys are all pretty good musicians and there is some decent playing throughout - especially by Fritz. Frank Bornemann sings in English but with a heavy German accent - it does not bother me in the least.
The ten tracks on the album range in length from 1'05" to 10'09". The hard edged guitar work of earlier albums is present, but most noticeably, synthesizers are used all over the place, lending the music that spacey feel that drew me to band in the first place. Overall, I think it is a nice mix. There are some silly moments that detract a bit from the album (The Zany Magician for example) but these moments are far and few between so the listening experience is not completely ruined.
This remastered album by EMI is just fantastic and boasts great sound quality, restored cover art, and loads of band photos with liner notes in German.
All in all, this is a good album by Eloy that should be of interest to most prog fans. Recommended along with Dawn, Ocean, and Silent Cries, Mighty Echoes (1979).
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Reissue of the German prog rock outfit's 1975 album, their fourth overall and first for Electrola. Remastered with one previously unreleased track 'The Bells Of Notre Dame' (Remix 1999). 2000 release. Standard jewel case.Pop Music CDs
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