review by thomas

A concept album about the Atlantis myth based on Plato's works. The band was at the time a four-piece playing the usual guitar, bass, vocals, drums and keyboards as well as flute, xylophone and an arsenal of percussion instruments (kettle-drums, Morse key, temple blocks and so on). The singer Frank Bornemann, also the guitarist, doesn't possess the greatest of voices, he also sings with a very distinct German accent and these features can be a draw-back for some (as you can guess Eloy sings in English).

The four tracks are all in the 8-15 minutes vein, with the opener "Poseidon's Creation" as the highlight. Also featured on the album are the over the top title "Atlantis' Agony at June 5th 8498, 13 P.M. Gregorian Earthtime" (phew!). Although the keyboards include Hammond organ, mellotron, mini-Moog, ARP synthesizers and RMI keyboard computer (urk!) the emphasis is on the two latter - too bad, too sad. It destroys some of the album. The drums and percussion work sometimes reminds me of Neil Peart (Rush) but sometimes they are more questionable. The guitars are good throughout the record as is the bass. In the end there's both better and worse Eloy albums out there but if you like your prog long, floating and Pink Floyd-ish, only harder, more majestic, you should definitely get this record.