Eloy - The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre - Part I (2017)

Eloy - The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre - Part I (2017)

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Eloy - The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre - Part I

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1. "The Age of the Hundred Years' War"   4:17

2. "Domremy on the 6th of January 1412"   1:48

3. "Early Signs... from a Longed for Miracle"   4:13

4. "Autumn 1428 at Home"   0:55

5. "The Call"   5:51

6. "Vaucouleurs"   4:35

7. "The Ride by Night... Towards the Predestined Fate" (Instrumental)   3:30

8. "Chinon"   9:46

9. "The Prophecy"   4:40

10. "The Sword"   5:54

11. "Orléans"   4:26

12. "Les Tourelles"   7:24

13. "Why?"   5:11

 

Eloy Band Members / Musicians

Frank Bornemann – vocals, guitar, keyboards

Klaus-Peter Matziol – bass

Michael Gerlach – keyboards

Hannes Folberth – keyboards

Kristof Hinz – drums, percussion

Julian Göke – bass, vocals (1)

Isgaard Marke – vocals (9)

Jessy Martens – vocals (13)

Anke Renner – backing vocals (3, 5, 6, 11)

Alexandra Seubert – backing vocals (3, 9, 11)

Simon Moskon – backing vocals (3, 9)

Sven-Arne Zinnke – backing vocals (5)

Lisa Laage-Smidt – backing vocals (6)

Simon Moskon – backing vocals (8)

The Children's Choir of the Marktkirche Hannover – chorus vocals (9)

Lisa Laage-Smidt – choir director (9)

Jens Lück – keyboards (1, 5)

Niklas Fischer – keyboards (3, 8)

Artur Kühfuß – keyboards (5, 8)

Christoph Van Hal – strings (1, 10)

Volker Kuinke – recorder and flute (3, 6, 8, 10)

Johannes Berger – viol (9)

Kim Hutchinson – spoken voice (2)

Kai Ritter – spoken voice (2, 4)

Alice Merton – spoken voice (5, 6, 8)

Bick Buttchereit – spoken voice (8)

Eric Pulverich – spoken voice (8)

Leon Kaack – spoken voice (8)

Steve Mann – spoken voice (8)

The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre – Part I is the 18th studio album by German progressive rock band Eloy. It was released in 2017 through Artist Station Records, reaching No. 22 on the German charts and No. 46 on the Swiss charts in its first week.

The album is the first part of a rock opera about the life of Jeanne d'Arc, the realization of which had been a wish of frontman Frank Bornemann's since the 1990s.

The second and final part was released on 27 September 2019.