review by thomas

The first track sets the scene, lots of gorgeous organ together with heavy guitar bits, a steady bass and fine drumming; this is the four tracks of “Inside” for you. The overall sound is of very high class, especially on the first track, “Land of No Body”. That song is a killer! Although Eloy’s later albums may be more original and closer to the “Eloy sound”, this is an album of good craftsmanship, even if many of the ideas and themes have been heard and done before. But that doesn’t really matter since they make it good and enjoyable. And some of the “clichés” are just so damn good that it doesn’t matter how many times it’s done, I’m thinking of the part (you will know upon hearing it) that Deep Purple and Black Widow - to name a few - have done on their songs “Child In Time” and “Sacrifice” respectively.

For those of you who have hard times with accents you should be aware of Frank Bornemann’s heavy German sounding voice, well heavy and heavy, heavy is perhaps too strong a word. Anyway, I guess it’s an acquired taste – I for one have no problems with it. If the late seventies Eloy often are compared to Pink Floyd, the Eloy of the first half of the seventies can be compared to Deep Purple and Omega, only Eloy is more progressive. Also some strong psychedelic and space-rock influences. A very good album, easily recommended.