Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes

Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes
Studio album by
Released 1979
Recorded November and December 1978 at "Sound N Studios", L'eau De Cologne.
Length 43:26
Label EMI Electrola
Producer Frank Bornemann
Eloy chronology
Live
(1978)
Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes
(1979)
Colours
(1980)

Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes is the seventh studio album by German rock band Eloy, released in 1979. It is the third and last studio album with the line-up of Frank Bornemann, Detlev Schmidtchen, Klaus-Peter Matziol and Jürgen Rosenthal.

Track listing

Side One
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "a) Astral Entrance - 3:03
b) Master of Sensation - 6:00"
Eloy 9:03
2. "The Apocalypse:
a) Silent Cries Divide the Night - 4:17
b) The Vision - Burning - 7:15
c) Force Majeure - 3:22"
Eloy 14:54
Side Two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
3. "Pilot to Paradise" Eloy 7:01
4. "De Labore Solis" Eloy 5:12
5. "Mighty Echoes" Eloy 7:16
Total length: 43:26

Personnel

  • Frank Bornemann — lead, electric, processed and acoustic guitars, lead and backing vocals
  • Detlev Schmidtchen — Hammond organ M3, backing vocals, Mini Moog and ARP synthesizers, Solina and String Ensembles, RMI keyboard computer, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Yamaha and Steinway grand pianos,
  • Klaus-Peter Matziol — Alembic bass, backing vocals, Moog Taurus pedal, Two-Minutes-Effect guitar
  • Jürgen Rosenthal — SONOR Genuine Rosewood 20" bass drum, 7,5x14" snare drum, Remo roto-toms, PAiSTe & Zildjian cymbals, gongs, kettle drums, percussion, flute, lyrics

Release Information

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Year Type Label Catalog #
1979 LP Electrola 45269
1989 CD EMI CDP5387920212