Eloy-Colours (1980)

The German band Eloy's eighth album featured several changes compared to their previous album, "Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes", both in terms of the lineup and the stylistic shift. Drummer Jürgen Rosenthal and keyboardist Detlev Schmidtchen were no longer with the band, replaced by Jim McGillivray and Hannes Folberth respectively, while Frank Bornemann (guitar and vocals), Hannes Arkona (guitars), and Klaus-Peter Matziol (bass) remained at the helm. Regarding their sound, this release maintains a similar direction to its predecessor but with a more accessible and catchy feel, undoubtedly paving the way for future releases that will be more focused on progressive pop-rock without the complexity of the previous work. The simplest melodies, without the pretensions of yesteryear, appear in pieces like "Gallery", "Sunset" or "Impressions", while the progressive "Horizons" continues the tradition of their previous albums and the epic "Child Migration" becomes the high point of this "Colours".