Power and the Passion (album)

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Power and the Passion
Studio album by Eloy
Released	1975
Recorded	June–August, 1975 Studio Nedeltschev, Cologne, Germany
Length	42:23
Label	Electrola
Producer	Eloy[1]
Eloy chronology
Floating (1974) Power and the Passion (1975) Dawn (1976)

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Power and the Passion is the fourth studio album by the German rock band Eloy,^[3] released in 1975. The story follows Jamie, the son of a scientist, who absorbs a "time eroding" drug and finds himself in Paris, in the year 1358. He meets Jeanne, whom he introduces to marijuana. After time spent in jail following a peasants' mutiny against their landlord, Jamie finds an eccentric magician that sends him back to his own time frame.

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Eloy and Gordon Bennit.

Side One

1. "Introduction" – 1:11
2. "Journey into 1358" – 2:54
3. "Love Over Six Centuries" – 10:09
4. "Mutiny" – 9:08

Side Two

5. "Imprisonment" – 3:13
6. "Daylight" - 2:38
7. "Thoughts of Home" - 1:05
8. "The Zany Magician" - 2:48
9. "Back into the Present" - 3:02
10. "The Bells of Notre Dame" - 6:21

2001 Remastered Edition Bonus Track

11. "The Bells of Notre Dame (Remix 1999)" - 6:34

Personnel[edit]

• Frank Bornemann — vocals, guitar
• Manfred Wieczorke — organ, piano, mellotron, synthesizers
• Luitjen Janssen — bass
• Detlef Schwaar — guitar
• Fritz Randow — drums
• Arranged & Produced by Eloy
• Engineered By Wolfgang Thierbach

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• "Eloy - Power And The Passion (LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. 1975. Retrieved 2009-06-26.