Planets (Eloy album)

Planets
Planets
Studio album by Eloy
Released	June 1981
Recorded	1981
Studio	Horus Sound Studio, Hanover, Germany
Genre	Space rock, prog rock
Length	42:01
Label	Harvest / EMI Electrola (original issue); Heavy Metal Worldwide (1982 UK issue)
Producer	Eloy
Eloy chronology
Alternative cover
	1982 UK exclusive cover, designed by Rodney Matthews

Last updated January 29, 2025

No.	Title	Length
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
5.	"Queen of the Night"	5:22
6.	"At the Gates of Dawn"	4:17
7.	"Sphinx"	6:50
8.	"Carried by Cosmic Winds"	4:32
Total length:		42:01

2005 Remastered CD reissue bonus track
No.	Title	Length
9.	"On the Verge of Darkening Lights" (live in Paris, France, 1983)	4:09

Personnel

Eloy

Frank Bornemann: guitars, lead vocals
Hannes Arkona: guitars, keyboards
Klaus-Peter Matziol: bass, vocals
Hannes Folberth: keyboards
Jim McGillivray: drums, percussion (partial)

Additional musicians

Olaf Gustafson: drums, percussion as a session musician
Wolfgang Dyhr: strings conducting and arrangement

Production

Eloy: arrangement, production
Jan Nemek: engineering, recording, mixing

Artwork

Winfried Reinbacher: painting (original issue)
Rodney Matthews: painting (1982 UK issue)

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References

↑ "Planets (Remastered 2005) - Eloy". Amazon Music . Amazon . Retrieved 11 May 2024.
↑ "Planets (Remastered 2005) - Eloy". Apple Music . Apple Inc. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
↑ "Eloy – Planets". Discogs . Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
↑ Horyszny, Paweł. "Eloy — Planets". ArtRock.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 7 June 2024.
↑ Pierpoint, John (2012). "Eloy - Planets". Music Street Journal. 5. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
1 2 3 4 5 Kuinke, Volker. Eloy - Planets (booklet) (in German). Harvest Records - EMI Electrola. pp. 3–5. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
↑ "Eloy – Planets". Discogs . Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
1 2 Kuinke, Volker. Eloy - Time To Turn (booklet) (in German). Harvest Records - EMI Electrola. pp. 3–7. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
↑ "Eloy - Time to Turn". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 9 June 2024.

External links

"Planets". Eloy official website. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

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[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.

[Discogs2005-3] "Eloy – Planets". Discogs . Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[ArtRock-4] Horyszny, Paweł. "Eloy — Planets". ArtRock.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[5] Pierpoint, John (2012). "Eloy - Planets". Music Street Journal. 5. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

[2005booklet-6] 1 2 3 4 5 Kuinke, Volker. Eloy - Planets (booklet) (in German). Harvest Records - EMI Electrola. pp. 3–5. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

[1982UK-7] "Eloy – Planets". Discogs . Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

[TimeToTurnbooklet-8] 1 2 Kuinke, Volker. Eloy - Time To Turn (booklet) (in German). Harvest Records - EMI Electrola. pp. 3–7. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

[9] "Eloy - Time to Turn". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 9 June 2024.

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v t e Eloy
Frank Bornemann Klaus-Peter Matziol Hannes Folberth Michael Gerlach Stephan Emig Erich Schriever Helmuth Draht Wolfgang Stöcker Manfred Wieczorke Fritz Randow Luitjen Jansen Detlef "Pitter" Schwaar Detlev Schmidtchen Jürgen Rosenthal Jim McGillivray Hannes Arkona Bodo Schopf Kristof Hinz
Studio albums	Eloy (1971) Inside (1973) Floating (1974) Power and the Passion (1975) Dawn (1976) Ocean (1977) Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes (1979) Colours (1980) Planets (1981) Time to Turn (1982) Performance (1983) Metromania (1984) Code Name: Wild Geese (1984) Ra (1988) Destination (1992) The Tides Return Forever (1994) Ocean 2: The Answer (1998) Visionary (2009) The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre – Part I (2017) The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre – Part II (2019) Echoes from the Past (2023)
Live albums	Live (1978) Reincarnation on Stage (2014)
Compilation albums	Rarities (1991) Chronicles I (1993) Best (1994) Chronicles II (1994) The Best of Eloy Vol. 1 – The Early Days 1972–1975 (1994) The Best of Eloy Vol. 2 – The Prime 1976–1979 (1996) Timeless Passages (2003)