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2003 compilation album by Eloy

Timeless Passages

Compilation album by Eloy

Released

24 February 2003

Recorded

1975-1998

Genre

Prog rock

Length

155:45

Label

Harvest / EMI Electrola

Eloy chronology

Ocean 2: The Answer
(1998)

Timeless Passages
(2003)

Visionary
(2009)

Audio sample

"Poseidon's Creation" (live in Munich, 1994)

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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". 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.

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

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.

Track listing

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

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Album	Length
1.	"Decay of Logos"		Ocean	8:17
2.	"LOST?? (The Decision)"		Dawn	5:01
3.	"The Midnight-Fight / The Victory of Mental Force"		Dawn	8:06
4.	"Master of Sensation"		Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes	5:59
5.	"Silhouette" (single edit)	Eloy Jim McGillivray	Colours	3:26
6.	"The Bells of Notre Dame" (remix)	Eloy Frank Bornemann, Gordon Bennit	Power and the Passion	6:18
7.	"Sphinx"	Eloy Sigi Hausen, Bornemann	Planets	6:42
8.	"All Life Is One" (remix)	Eloy Martine Ryan, Andrew Ward	Metromania	6:27
9.	"Rainbow"	Bornemann, Achim Gieseler Bornemann	Ra	5:13
10.	"Point of No Return"	Eloy Hausen, Bornemann	Planets	5:25
11.	"Ro Setau" (edit)	Bornemann	Ocean 2: The Answer	5:00
12.	"Poseidon's Creation" (live in Munich, 1994)		Previously unreleased original studio version from Ocean	11:28
Total length:				77:37

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Album	Length
1.	"Time to Turn"	Eloy Hausen	Time to Turn	4:31
2.	"End of an Odyssey"	Eloy Hausen	Time to Turn	9:23
3.	"Voyager of the Future Race"	Bornemann, Michael Gerlach Bornemann	Ra	6:25
4.	"At the Gates of Dawn"	Eloy	Planets	4:14
5.	"The Tides Return Forever"	Bornemann, Gerlach Bornemann	The Tides Return Forever	6:35
6.	"The Sun-Song"		Dawn	4:51
7.	"Follow the Light" (remix)	Eloy Ryan, Ward	Metromania	9:45
8.	"The Apocalypse" a) "Silent Cries Divide the Night" b) "The Vision-Burning" c) "Force Majeure"		Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes	14:52
9.	"Illuminations" (remix)	Eloy McGillivray	Colours	6:14
10.	"The Answer"	Bornemann	Ocean 2: The Answer	11:19
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:

Frank Bornemann: lead guitar, vocals
Steve Mann: guitar
Michael Gerlach: keyboards
Klaus-Peter Matziol: bass
Bodo Schopf: drums

Production

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

Artwork

Michael Narten: art direction, graphics design

References

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

External links

"Timeless Passages". Eloy official website. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

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Frank Bornemann Klaus-Peter Matziol Hannes Folberth Michael Gerlach Stephan Emig Erich Schriever Helmuth Draht Wolfgang Stöcker Manfred Wieczorke Fritz Randow Luitjen Jansen Detlef "Pitter" Schwaar Detlev Schmidtchen Jürgen Rosenthal Jim McGillivray Hannes Arkona Bodo Schopf Kristof Hinz
Studio albums	Eloy (1971) Inside (1973) Floating (1974) Power and the Passion (1975) Dawn (1976) Ocean (1977) Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes (1979) Colours (1980) Planets (1981) Time to Turn (1982) Performance (1983) Metromania (1984) Code Name: Wild Geese (1984) Ra (1988) Destination (1992) The Tides Return Forever (1994) Ocean 2: The Answer (1998) Visionary (2009) The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre – Part I (2017) The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre – Part II (2019) Echoes from the Past (2023)
Live albums	Live (1978) Reincarnation on Stage (2014)
Compilation albums	Rarities (1991) Chronicles I (1993) Best (1994) Chronicles II (1994) The Best of Eloy Vol. 1 – The Early Days 1972–1975 (1994) The Best of Eloy Vol. 2 – The Prime 1976–1979 (1996) Timeless Passages (2003)

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