Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes (1979)

Previously on OPIUM HUM:
Eloy - Colours (1980)

A bona-fide space rock classic. Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes finds these German greats at their most expansive and Pink Floyd-y, with extended instrumental sections, fantastical lyrics, and their trademark sleek yet far-out, synth- and organ-fueled sound. They have so many great records, but if I had to pick one, this would be it. If you're not feeling it, I'm pretty sure you're in the wrong place.

Track listing:
1. Astral Entrance and Master of Sensation
2. The Apocalypse
3. Pilot to Paradise
4. De Labore Solis
5. Mighty Echoes

It is here, it is near, it is by our side
It is you, it is me, it's our guiding light
It is real, so unreal, it's the magic sign
Makes us rise, makes us kneel on the edge of time

Eloy - Colours (1980)

Colours is where Eloy took a step away from the glacial, Floyd-esque space rock that they'd perfected on Silent Cries & Mighty Echoes toward a more streamlined and, one might say, "accessible" sound. It's still fully nerdy, synth-fueled prog rock with lyrics about fantastical creatures and worlds, but it's all pretty uptempo, and there are no 15-minute epics. I think it's one of their best, but not everyone agrees with me.

Track listing:
1. Horizons
2. Illuminations
3. Giant
4. Impressions
5. Child Migration
6. Gallery
7. Silhouette
8. Sunset

Carried by cosmic winds