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Saturday 17 February 2024

Eloy - Reincarnation On Stage [2CD Live] (2014)

Year: 2014 (CD Jan 17, 2014)
Label: Artist Station Records (Germany), ASR 331308
Style: Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock, Space Rock
Country: Hannover, West Germany
Time: 76:55, 60:48
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 563, 434 Mb

For their 45th anniversary, ELOY releases its second official live album, "Reincarnation on Stage". The set-list features extracts from the Bornemann and co.'s best records since 1975: "Power and the Passion", "Dawn", "Ocean", "Silent Echoes and Mighty Cries", "Colours", "Planets", "Time to Turn", "Metromania", "The Tides Return Forever" "Ocean 2" and "Visionary". The songs are mostly rather faithful to their original studio versions, a bit rock-ier.
The first disc has a few modifications though. "Namaste" is pleasant ambient opening with spoken words in English. The guitars on "Child Migration" are heavier, however the introduction is absent and the synthesizer, less present. The track thus increases in intensity but loses a piece of its charm. The final "Echoes"-like bass driven part of "The Apocalypse" has also been removed. "Age of Insanity" and "Illuminations" feature nice keyboard solos, while Frank Bornemann demonstrates his guitaristic talents on "Silhouette". "Horizons" has a strange sound which results in an average rendition.
There are much less variations on the second disc. The live versions of the songs simply rocks! The only noticeable change is that "Atlantis' Agony"'s long overture has been cut off. "Thoughts" is a pretty conclusion.
"Reincarnation on Stage" is a great overview of the band's career, as the set-list covers more than 30 years. As on the 1978 "Live" album, there are no big surprises, but the performances are very nice. This double live album should please all fans of Bornemann and co. and is also a good way to discover ELOY.
(metalmusicarchives.com/album/eloy/reincarnation-on-stage(live))

01. Namaste (02:49)
02. Child Migration (05:26)
03. Paralized Civilization (07:58)
04. Mysterious Monolith (06:40)
05. Age Of Insanity (07:12)
06. The Apocalypse (11:09)
07. Silhouette (03:58)
08. PoseidonТ‘s Creation (11:24)
09. Time To Turn (04:20)
10. The Sun Song (05:11)
11. Horizons (04:09)
12. Illuminations (06:35)

01. Follow The Light (08:03)
02. Awakening Of Consciousness (05:55)
03. The Tides Return Forever (07:03)
04. Ro Setau (07:02)
05. Mystery (08:58)
06. Decay Of Logos (08:20)
07. Atlantis Agony (07:55)
08. The Bells Of Notre Dame (05:49)
09. Thoughts (01:40)