Planets (Eloy album)

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Planets
Planets Eloy.jpg
Studio album by
Eloy
ReleasedJune 1981 [1] [2]
RecordedHorus Sound Studio, Hanover [3]
Length42:01
Label EMI Electrola
Producer Frank Bornemann and Eloy
Eloy chronology
Colours
(1980)		Planets
(1981)		 Time to Turn
(1982)
Alternative cover
Planets Eloy UK.jpg
The UK alternative cover

Planets is the ninth studio album by Eloy, released in 1981. It was the last album with the drummer and percussionist Jim McGillivray. It was the first Eloy album to be issued in the UK, through the Wolverhampton-based Heavy Metal Worldwide label, with alternative artwork by Rodney Matthews.

Contents

Track listing

All music by Eloy, all lyrics by Sigi Hausen and Frank Bornemann.

Side One
  1. "Introduction" – 1:58
  2. "On the Verge of Darkening Lights" – 5:37
  3. "Point of No Return" – 5:45
  4. "Mysterious Monolith" – 7:40
Side Two
  2. "Queen of the Night" – 5:22
  3. "At the Gates of Dawn" (Instrumental) – 4:17
  4. "Sphinx" – 6:50
  5. "Carried by Cosmic Winds" – 4:32

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Planets (Remastered 2005) - Eloy". Amazon Music . Amazon . Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "Planets (Remastered 2005) - Eloy". Apple Music . Apple Inc. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ↑ Planets at Eloy's official site



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