Ocean 2: The Answer is the seventeenth album by German progressive rock

Progressive rock

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 band Eloy

Eloy

Eloy is a German progressive rock band, whose musical style includes symphonic and space rock, the latter theme being more prevalent on earlier albums...

, released in 1998. It was the conceptual and, some would say, musical follow-up to the band's 1977 album Ocean

Ocean (Eloy album)

Ocean was the sixth album released by the German progressive rock band Eloy. It was released in 1977 and is considered by many their finest album, a classic of the genre in Germany. It sold 200,000 copies, doing better than Genesis or Queen on the German charts.-Side Two:# "Decay of the Logos" -...

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This album saw the addition to the band of drummer Bodo Schopf.

The keyboard outro to "Reflections from the Spheres Beyond" is very reminiscent of the main theme to the '70s American sci-fi TV series, "Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)

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Track listing

• Lyrics by Frank Bornemann
  Frank Bornemann
  Frank Bornemann is the guitarist for German progressive rock band Eloy. He has been the only consistent member of the band since its formation in 1969. Bornemann is currently a leading producer and engineer with Horus Studios in Hannover, Germany.-References:...
  
  . Music as indicated.

1. "Between Future and Past" (Michael Gerlach) – 2:43
2. "Ro Setau" (Bornemann) – 7:09
3. "Paralysed Civilization" (Bornemann/Gerlach) – 9:28
4. "Serenity" (Bornemann/Gerlach/Klaus-Peter Matziol) – 3:09
5. "Awakening of Consciousness" (Bornemann/Gerlach) – 6:03
6. "Reflections from the Spheres Beyond" (Bornemann/Gerlach) – 12:59
7. "Waves of Intuition" (Bornemann/Matziol) – 4:56
8. "The Answer" (Bornemann) – 11:19

Personnel

• Frank Bornemann
  Frank Bornemann
  Frank Bornemann is the guitarist for German progressive rock band Eloy. He has been the only consistent member of the band since its formation in 1969. Bornemann is currently a leading producer and engineer with Horus Studios in Hannover, Germany.-References:...
  
   — vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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• Michael Gerlach — keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , backing vocals
• Klaus-Peter Matziol — bass
  Bass guitar
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• Bodo Schopf — drums
  Drum kit
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   & percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Produced
  Record producer
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   by Frank Bornemann
  Frank Bornemann
  Frank Bornemann is the guitarist for German progressive rock band Eloy. He has been the only consistent member of the band since its formation in 1969. Bornemann is currently a leading producer and engineer with Horus Studios in Hannover, Germany.-References:...
  
  

Guest musicians

• Steve Mann — slide guitar
  Slide guitar
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   on "The Answer"
• Susanne Schätzle — backing vocals
• Tina Lux — backing vocals
• Hannes Folberth — MiniMoog
  Minimoog
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   on "Ro Setau"
• Volker Kuinke — recorder (flute
  Flute
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  ) on "Paralysed Civilization", "Waves of Intuition", and "The Answer"
• Peter Beckett and Tom Jackson — choir
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   on "The Answer"
• Daniela Wöhler, Frederike Stübner and Susanne Moldenhauer — soprano
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  voices on "The Answer"
• Prague Philharmonic Choir on "The Answer"