Chronicles I (album)

Chronicles I is the first of a two-part compilation of re-recorded hits by German rock band Eloy released in 1993. The second part, Chronicles II was released the following year.

Chronicles I
Compilation album by Eloy
Released	December 13, 1993
Recorded	Autumn 1993 at Horus Sound Studio, Hanover and Pinkball - Studio, Berlin
Genre	Progressive rock symphonic rock
Length	1:07:49
Label	ACI Records - SPV GmbH
Producer	Frank Bornemann
Eloy chronology
Destination (1992) Chronicles I (1993) Chronicles II (1994)

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Early Eloy albums had relatively poor sound quality, leading Frank Bornemann to re-record some of their most popular songs using modern recording technologies. He invited some of the former members of the band to play on the album.

Chronicles I contains songs from Ocean (1977), Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes (1979), Colours (1980), Planets (1981) and Time to Turn (1982) re-recorded and mixed in 1993. The album also contains one previously unreleased track from the album Destination (1992).

Track listing

All tracks by Eloy

1. "Poseidon's Creation" - 11:28 (from Ocean)
2. "The Apocalypse" - 11:02 (from Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes)
3. "Silhouette" - 3:10 (from Colours)
4. "Mysterious Monolith" - 6:10 (from Planets)
5. "Sphinx" - 6:22 (from Planets)
6. "Illuminations" - 6:19 (from Colours)
7. "End of an Odyssey" - 9:15 (from Time to Turn)
8. "Time to Turn" - 3:33 (from Time to Turn)
9. "Spirit in Chains" - 5:49 (unreleased title, recorded during the Destination sessions)
10. "Say It Is Really True" - 4:25 (from Time to Turn)

Personnel

• Frank Bornemann - guitar, vocals
• Michael Gerlach - keyboards

Eloy former members playing on this album :

• Klaus-Peter Matziol - bass
• Hannes Arkona - guitar
• Hannes Folberth - keyboards
• Fritz Randow - drums

Additional personnel :

• Nico Baretta - drums
• Lenny Mac Dowell - flute
• Amy, Sabine, Anne and Brigitte - vocals on "Time to Turn" and "The Apocalypse"

Technical personnel :

• Produced by Frank Bornemann
• Engineered by Gerhard Wolfe, Michael Gerlach
• Mixed by Gerhard Wolfe