Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes
by Eloy

Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes by Eloy
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 7,661st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 56 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (116th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,240th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,661st)

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Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes is ranked 2nd best out of 23 albums by Eloy on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Eloy is Ocean which is ranked number 6377 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 139.

Eloy album bestography « Higher ranked (6,377th)
Ocean
This album (7,661st)
Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes
Lower ranked (9,262nd) »
Ocean 2: The Answer

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Overall rank: 7,661st | 1970s rank: 1,240th | 1979 rank: 116th

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78/100 (from 56 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.

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From 03/25/2023 08:38 | #295409
Second track ?? Full album is good
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From 08/06/2018 21:47 | #219318
The German Pink Floyd. Great space prog right here. Second favorite Eloy behind Floating.
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From 03/18/2018 15:48 | #211182
It is definetly a Krautrock masterpiece. But it really does not deserve to be ranked higher than Ocean. Why? Because it is the most brutal Pink Floyd rip off you could think of. If you don't believe it, listen for your self. The intro to the Album is a 1:1 copy of "Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Part 1". Then comes a transition to the doctor who-ish bassline of "One of these Days". Throughout the whole Album you will find samples of Welcome to the machine, Atom Heart mother, Alan Parsons Voyager and many many more.

But nevertheless this means that the album is a great listening experience and Eloy still do have their own style.
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