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Reincarnation on Stage

Reincarnation on Stage is the second live album by the German rock band Eloy, released in 2014.

Reincarnation on Stage
Live album by
Eloy
Released17 January 2014[1][2]
RecordedSeptember 2012 – January 2013[3]
GenreProg rock,[3][4] Symphonic rock[4]
Length137:28
LabelArtist Station
ProducerFrank Bornemann
Eloy chronology
Visionary
(2009) 		Reincarnation on Stage
(2014) 		The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre – Part I
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
ArtRock[5]
Eclipsed[6]
Rock Overdose95/100[7]
Rocking.grPositive[8]
RocksPositive[9]
RockTimesPositive[10]

The album was recorded on various locations during the band's 2012–2013 tour in Germany and Switzerland. It was the first Eloy live album in 36 years, since Live was released in 1978.

Background

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After the release of Visionary in 2009, Eloy's leader Frank Bornemann had no intentions of getting the band back together full-time and support the album with a concert tour. The band worked on and released The Legacy Box in 2010, but had no clear plans for the future.[citation needed]

In 2011 Eloy received and accepted requests to play three live concerts: on 2 July at the Z7 Konzertfabrik in Pratteln,[11][12] on 8 July at the Night of the Prog in Freilichtbühne Loreley,[13][14] and on 17 July at the Burg Herzberg Festival in Breitenbach am Herzberg.[15][16]

The fans' reaction was enthusiastic, and Eloy began receiving a flood of letters asking them to hold a regular tour in the near future.[17] Τhe band decided to satisfy the fans' demand and started making plans to tour Germany in 2012, but the plans were interrupted by an extraordinary offer: to play for the first time in the US, at the famous NEARfest, on 24 June 2012.[18] Eloy were about to headline the final day of the festival, but they were forced to cancel their appearance, as Frank Bornemann was still recovering from a serious accident he suffered in March 2012.[19]

Despite the setback, Eloy went on with their German tour plans as soon as Bornemann was healthy enough to perform. With the addition of a date in Switzerland, they played 9 concerts between September 2012 and January 2013.[20] The best moments of that tour were immortalized in Reincarnation on Stage.[citation needed]

Reception

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The album entered the German charts on 31 January 2014 and charted for two weeks, peaking at the 34th position.[21] It was the first Eloy album to chart since Ra in 1988.

Frank Bornemann himself believes that Reincarnation on Stage is the quintessential Eloy work, stating that "If you have this album, then you have everything, the essence of Eloy".[22]

Track listing

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CD1

No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."Namaste (intro)"Frank BornemannPreviously Unreleased2:49
2."Child Migration"
  • Eloy
  • Jim McGillivray
Colours5:26
3."Paralysed Civilization"
  • Bornemann
  • Bornemann, Michael Gerlach
Ocean 2: The Answer7:58
4."Mysterious Monolith"
  • Eloy
  • Sigi Hausen, Bornemann
Planets6:40
5."Age of Insanity"BornemannVisionary7:12
6."The Apocalypse"
Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes11:09
7."Silhouette"
  • Eloy
  • McGillivray
Colours3:58
8."Poseidon's Creation"
  • Eloy
  • Rosenthal
Ocean11:24
9."Time to Turn"
  • Eloy
  • Hausen
Time to Turn4:20
10."The Sun-Song"
  • Eloy
  • Rosenthal
Dawn5:11
11."Horizons"
  • Eloy
  • McGillivray
Colours4:09
12."Illuminations"
  • Eloy
  • McGillivray
Colours6:30
Total length:76:46

CD2

No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."Follow the Light"
  • Eloy
  • Martine Ryan, Andrew Ward
Metromania8:00
2."Awakening of Consciousness"
  • Bornemann
  • Bornemann, Gerlach
Ocean 2: The Answer5:55
3."The Tides Return Forever"
  • Bornemann, Gerlach
  • Bornemann
The Tides Return Forever7:03
4."Ro Setau"BornemannOcean 2: The Answer7:02
5."Mystery (The Secret, Part 2)"BornemannVisionary8:58
6."Decay of Logos"
  • Eloy
  • Rosenthal
Ocean8:20
7."Atlantis' Agony at June 5th – 8498, 13 P.M. Gregorian Earthtime"
  • Eloy
  • Rosenthal
Ocean7:55
8."The Bells of Notre Dame"
  • Eloy
  • Bornemann, Gordon Bennit
Power and the Passion5:49
9."Thoughts"BornemannVisionary1:40
Total length:60:42

Personnel

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All information according to the album's liner notes.

References

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  1. ^ "Reincarnation on Stage – Eloy". Amazon Music. Amazon. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Reincarnation on Stage – Eloy". Apple Music. Apple Inc. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Reincarnation on Stage – Eloy". Allmusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Eloy – Reincarnation On Stage". Discogs. Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  5. ^ Horyszny, Paweł. "Eloy — Reincarnation On Stage". ArtRock.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  6. ^ "ELOY – Reincarnation On Stage (live)" (Magazine). Rock Magazin Eclipsed. 157. Sysyphus Verlags GmbH. February 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  7. ^ P., Alexis (10 March 2014). "ELOY – "Reincarnation On Stage" Review". Rock Overdose (in Greek). Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  8. ^ Kremmydiotis, Takis (3 February 2014). "Eloy – Reincarnation On Stage". Rocking.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  9. ^ Baro, Markus. "Eloy – Reincarnation On Stage". Rocks-magazin.de (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  10. ^ Bauerochse, Jürgen (2 February 2014). "Eloy – Reincarnation On Stage". RockTimes.info (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Eloy". Z7.ch. Z7 Konzertfabrik. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Eloy Setlist at Z7 Konzertfabrik, Pratteln, Switzerland". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Night of the Prog Festival – Loreley Amphitheater". Facebook. Meta Platforms. 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024. ELOY 22.00 h
  14. ^ "Eloy Setlist at Freilichtbühne Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Germany". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Line-up 2011". burgherzberg-festival.de. Herzberg Festival GmbH. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Eloy Setlist at Hof Huhnstadt, Breitenbach am Herzberg, Germany". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  17. ^ Bornemann, Frank (August 2023). "Eloy – Biography". German Rock e.V. (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  18. ^ "NEARfest Apocalypse Lineup Announced". NEARfest. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Eloy has medical exigency, must pull out of NEARfest Apocalypse lineup". NEARfest. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Eloy Concert Setlists & Tour Dates". Setlist.fm. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Eloy – Reincarnation On Stage". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  22. ^ Matthijssens, Vera (4 August 2023). "Eloy – interview met Frank Bornemann (vocals, guitars)". Arrow Lords Of Metal. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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