On January 10, 1979, “Harvest” label released “Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes”, the seventh Eloy studio band. It was recorded November – December 1978, at “Sound Studio N” in Cologne, Germany, and was produced by Frank Bornemann, Klaus-Peter Matziol, Detlev Schmidtchen and Jürgen Rosenthal.

Personnel:

• Frank Bornemann – lead vocals, guitars, arrangements
• Detlev Schmidtchen – Hammond organ, Minimoog, ARP synthesizers, Solina String Ensemble, Mellotron, RMI keyboard computer, xylophone, angelic voices, arrangements
• Klaus-Peter Matziol – vocals, bass, arrangements
• Detlev Schmidtchen – Hammond organ, Minimoog, ARP synthesizers, Solina String Ensemble, Mellotron, RMI keyboard computer, xylophone, angelic voices, arrangements
• Jürgen Rosenthal – voice, drums, timbales, rototom, temple blocks, kettledrums, tubular bells, Morse key, triangle, flute
• Brigitte Witt – vocals
• Wolfgang Maus – vocal melody, arrangement
• Georgi Nedeltschev – engineer, recording, mixing
• Günther Kasper – recording
• Wolfgang Thierbach – additional mixing
• Winfried Reinbacher – painting

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jürgen Rosenthal, all music by Frank Bornemann, Klaus-Peter Matziol, Detlev Schmidtchen and Jürgen Rosenthal.

1. a) Astral Entrance
   b) Master of Sensation
2. The Apocalypse

a) Silent Cries Divide the Night

b) The Vision-Burning

c) Force Majeure

• Pilot to Paradise
• De Labore Solis
• Mighty Echoes