Timeless Passages

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) file help

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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

External links

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