Chronicles I (album)

Chronicles I is the first of a two-part compilation of re-recorded songs by the German rock band Eloy, released in 1993. The second part, Chronicles II, was released the following year.

As older Eloy albums had relatively poor sound quality due to the technical limitations of the 70s and early 80s, Frank Bornemann decided to re-record some of their most popular songs using modern recording technologies. He also invited some of the former members of the band to play in the album, in order to reach the highest level of authenticity possible. As stated in the album's liner notes, "Chronicles should give you the chance to re-live Eloy's classics in an up-to-date sound, adequete to modern expectations".

Chronicles I contains selected songs from the albums Ocean (1977), Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes (1979), Colours (1980), Planets (1981) and Time to Turn (1982), as well as a previously unreleased track recorded in 1992 during the Destination recording sessions.

Track listing
Writers credited according to each song's original album credits.

Personnel
All information according to the album's liner notes, numbers in parentheses indicate specific tracks.

Eloy
 * Frank Bornemann: guitar, vocals
 * Michael Gerlach: keyboards

Eloy former members
 * Klaus-Peter Matziol: bass
 * Hannes Arkona: guitar
 * Hannes Folberth: keyboards
 * Fritz Randow: drums

Guest musicians
 * Nico Baretta: drums
 * Lenny Mac Dowell: flute
 * Amy, Sabine, Anne and Brigitte: vocals (2, 8)

Production
 * Frank Bornemann: production
 * Gerhard Wölfle: engineering, mixing
 * Michael Gerlach: engineering