''The Tides Return Forever'' is the fifteenth studio album by the German

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band Eloy, released in 1994. With this album,

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Klaus-Peter Matziol returned to Eloy as a full-time member for the first time since they temporarily disbanded in late 1984. Matziol was working closely with Eloy during the 1992–1994 period too, as he was a guest musician in the albums '' Destination'' (1992), '' Chronicles I'' (1993) and '' Chronicles II'' (1994). Trying to achieve a more vintage sound, Eloy used analogue keyboards and recorded the entire album in 3M

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. As the album's release coincided with the band's 25th anniversary, Bornemann decided to set up a full band lineup and play some celebratory Eloy concerts, 10 years after the last time they toured in 1984. The 1994 touring lineup consisted of the three main Eloy members

Frank Bornemann Frank Bornemann (born 27 April 1945) is a German guitarist and vocalist best known as part of the German progressive rock band Eloy. He is also the founder of the Horus Sound Studios in Hannover, Germany where he worked until 2014.lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

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), Michael Gerlach ( keyboards, backing vocals) and Klaus-Peter Matziol (

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), along with Susanne Schätzle and Bettina Lux on extra vocals, Bodo Schopf on

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, and Steve Mann on

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Track listing

Music by Frank Bornemann and Michael Gerlach, lyrics by Bornemann.

Personnel

All information according to the album's

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, numbers in parentheses indicate specific tracks. Eloy *

Frank Bornemann Frank Bornemann (born 27 April 1945) is a German guitarist and vocalist best known as part of the German progressive rock band Eloy. He is also the founder of the Horus Sound Studios in Hannover, Germany where he worked until 2014.guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

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*Michael Gerlach: keyboards, backing vocals *Klaus-Peter Matziol:

Guest musicians *Nico Baretta:

* Jocelyn B. Smith: vocals (5) *

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: vocals (7) *

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& Tom Jackson: vocals (5–7),

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and

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(7) *Susanne Schätzle & Bettina Lux: backing vocals (6) * Steve Mann:

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(5) *Ralf Vornberger: acoustic guitar (5) *Dirk Michaelis: acoustic guitar (3) Production *Frank Bornemann:

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*Gerhard Wölfle:

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*Hans-Jörg Maucksch: mastering Artwork *Michael Narten:

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tides Return Forever, The 1994 albums Eloy (band) albums