Timeless Passages

Timeless Passages
Compilation album by
Eloy
Released24 February 2003[1][2]
Recorded1975-1998
GenreProg rock[3][2]
Length155:45
LabelHarvest / EMI Electrola
Eloy chronology
Ocean 2: The Answer
(1998) 		Timeless Passages
(2003) 		Visionary
(2009)
Audio sample
"Poseidon's Creation" (live in Munich, 1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
ProgwereldPositive[4]

Timeless Passages is a double compilation album by the German rock band Eloy, released in 2003.

It compiles songs from every Eloy studio album released between 1975 and 1998, except Performance (1983) and Destination (1992). It also includes a previously unreleased live version of the song "Poseidon's Creation", recorded in Munich in 1994.

The songs were selected by Eloy leader Frank Bornemann, who was approached by EMI Electrola with the vision to create an "organic unity through musical transitions between the songs", a task Bornemann found "extremely difficult to realize".[5] Sorting the songs in order to match EMI's vision was done by the band's longtime graphics designer and friend Michael Narten, and master engineer Hans-Jörg Maucksch.[5]

Narten also designed the album's booklet, combining elements from the covers of every studio album represented. Bornemann appreciated his work with "unreserved applause".[5]

Various past members of the band were invited to comment on songs they co-wrote and/or played on, with their comments included in the album's booklet.[5]

Track listing

Music by Eloy, lyrics by Jürgen Rosenthal except where noted.

Disc one

No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."Decay of Logos" Ocean8:17
2."LOST?? (The Decision)" Dawn5:01
3."The Midnight-Fight / The Victory of Mental Force" Dawn8:06
4."Master of Sensation" Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes5:59
5."Silhouette" (single edit)
  • Eloy
  • Jim McGillivray
Colours3:26
6."The Bells of Notre Dame" (remix)
  • Eloy
  • Frank Bornemann, Gordon Bennit
Power and the Passion6:18
7."Sphinx"
  • Eloy
  • Sigi Hausen, Bornemann
Planets6:42
8."All Life Is One" (remix)
  • Eloy
  • Martine Ryan, Andrew Ward
Metromania6:27
9."Rainbow"
  • Bornemann, Achim Gieseler
  • Bornemann
Ra5:13
10."Point of No Return"
  • Eloy
  • Hausen, Bornemann
Planets5:25
11."Ro Setau" (edit)BornemannOcean 2: The Answer5:00
12."Poseidon's Creation" (live in Munich, 1994) 
  • Previously unreleased
  • original studio version from Ocean
11:28
Total length:77:37

Disc two

No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."Time to Turn"
  • Eloy
  • Hausen
Time to Turn4:31
2."End of an Odyssey"
  • Eloy
  • Hausen
Time to Turn9:23
3."Voyager of the Future Race"
  • Bornemann, Michael Gerlach
  • Bornemann
Ra6:25
4."At the Gates of Dawn"EloyPlanets4:14
5."The Tides Return Forever"
  • Bornemann, Gerlach
  • Bornemann
The Tides Return Forever6:35
6."The Sun-Song" Dawn4:51
7."Follow the Light" (remix)
  • Eloy
  • Ryan, Ward
Metromania9:45
8."The Apocalypse"
a) "Silent Cries Divide the Night"
b) "The Vision-Burning"
c) "Force Majeure"
 Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes14:52
9."Illuminations" (remix)
  • Eloy
  • McGillivray
Colours6:14
10."The Answer"BornemannOcean 2: The Answer11:19
Total length:77:50

Personnel

Musicians

See each original album's Personnel section accordingly.
Musicians playing on previously unreleased track "Poseidon's Creation" (live in Munich, 1994) are:

Production

  • Frank Bornemann: songs compilation
  • Michael Narten: songs assortment
  • Hans-Jörg Maucksch: mastering, songs assortment

Artwork

References

  1. ^ "Timeless Passages: Very Best Of Eloy - Eloy". Allmusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Eloy – Timeless Passages". Discogs. Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Timeless Passages: Very Best Of Eloy - Eloy". Allmusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  4. ^ Bekhuis, Christian. "Eloy - Timeless Passages". Progwereld.org (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d Bornemann, Frank (24 February 2024). Timeless Passages (in German). Harvest / EMI Electrola.