Ocean 2: The Answer

Ocean 2: The Answer
Studio album by Eloy
Released	1998
Recorded	1997/98
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	57:50
Label	GUN Records
Producer	Frank Bornemann
Eloy chronology
The Best of Eloy Vol.II - The Prime 1976-1979 (1996) Ocean 2: The Answer (1998) Timeless Passages (2003)

Ocean 2: The Answer is the seventeenth album by German progressive rock band Eloy, released in 1998. It was the conceptual and, some would say, musical follow-up to the band's 1977 album Ocean.

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 1970s American sci-fi TV series, "Battlestar Galactica."

Track listing

• Lyrics by Frank Bornemann. 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 — vocals, guitar
• Michael Gerlach — keyboards, backing vocals
• Klaus-Peter Matziol — bass
• Bodo Schopf — drums & percussion
• Produced by Frank Bornemann

Guest musicians

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