Chronicles II (album)

Chronicles II
Compilation album by
Released2 May 1994
Recorded1994
StudioHorus Sound, Hanover
GenreProg rock, art rock
Length60:11
LabelACI
ProducerFrank Bornemann
Eloy chronology
Chronicles I
(1993)
Chronicles II
(1994)
The Tides Return Forever
(1994)
Audio sample
"Escape to the Heights '94"
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Chronicles II is the second of a two-part compilation of re-recorded songs by the German rock band Eloy. The first part, Chronicles I, was released the preceding year.

Following Chronicles I in a chronological order, Chronicles II contains songs from the years 1984–1992 and the albums Metromania (1984), Ra (1988) and Destination (1992). The full Chronicles two-part project compiles songs from every Eloy studio album released between 1977 and 1992, except for Performance.

Whilst Chronicles I songs were all re-recorded, in Chronicles II Eloy only re-recorded the Metromania songs and remastered the ones from Ra and Destination, as the latter had already been recorded using advanced digital technology, and there was no need to record them again in order to enhance their quality.

The band's leader Frank Bornemann invited some of the former members of the band to play the Metromania songs, in order to reach the highest level of authenticity possible.