Tangerine Dream | ||
| Allmusic Biography : Tangerine Dream are unquestionably one of the most influential electronic groups of all time. Their music has made an immeasurable impact on ambient, new age, techno, trance, and progressive rock, as well as modern film score composition. Founded as a psychedelic rock group in 1967 by Edgar Froese, the group was initially associated with the Krautrock scene through early abstract albums like 1970s Electronic Meditation and 1972s Zeit. They pioneered the use of sequencers with classic albums like 1974s Phaedra and 1975s Rubycon, which proved to be commercially successful. They became prolific film composers, most notably scoring the 1983 blockbuster Risky Business. Subsequent albums such as 1985s Le Parc and 1988s Optical Race incorporated more digital instrumentation, as well as shorter, more pop-oriented compositions than their earlier epics. During the 90s, albums such as 1995s Tyranny of Beauty were closer to the forms of dance music that Tangerine Dream had heavily influenced. During the 21st century, TD gradually drifted back toward the sequencer-driven sound they had pioneered during the 70s. Froese passed away in 2015, but a trio lineup (including notable electronic musician Ulrich Schnauss) continued to record and perform, remaining true to Froeses vision with the 2017 full-length Quantum Gate. Froese, born in Tilsit, East Prussia, in 1944, was little influenced by music while growing up. Instead, he looked to the Dadaist and Surrealist art movements for inspiration, as well as literary figures such as Gertrude Stein, Henry Miller, and Walt Whitman. He organized multimedia events at the residence of Salvador Dali in Spain during the mid-60s and began to entertain the notion of combining his artistic and literary influences with music; Froese played in a musical combo called the Ones, which recorded just one single before dissolving in 1967. The first lineup of Tangerine Dream formed later that year, with Froese on guitar, bassist Kurt Herkenberg, drummer Lanse Hapshash, flutist Volker Hombach, and vocalist Charlie Prince. The quintet aligned itself with contemporary American acid rock (the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane), and played around Berlin at various student events. The lineup lasted only two years, and by 1969 Froese had recruited wind player Conrad Schnitzler and drummer Klaus Schulze. One of the trios early rehearsals, not originally intended for release, became the first Tangerine Dream LP when Germanys Ohr Records issued Electronic Meditation in June 1970. The LP was a playground for obtuse music-making -- keyboards, several standard instruments, and a variety of household objects were recorded and filtered through several effects processors, creating a sparse, experimentalist atmosphere. Both Schulze and Schnitzler left for solo careers later in 1970, and Froese replaced them the following year with drummer Christopher Franke and organist Steve Schroeder. When Schroeder left a year later, Tangerine Dream gained its most stable lineup core when organist Peter Baumann joined the fold. The trio of Froese, Franke, and Baumann would continue until Baumanns departure in 1977, and even then, Froese and Franke would compose the spine of the group for an additional decade. On 1971s Alpha Centauri and the following years Zeit, the trios increased use of synthesizers and a growing affinity for space music resulted in albums that pushed the margin of the style. Atem, released in 1973, finally gained Tangerine Dream widespread attention outside Europe; influential British DJ John Peel named it his LP of the year, and the group signed a five-year contract with Richard Bransons Virgin Records. Though less than a year old, Virgin had already become a major player in the recording industry, thanks to the massive success of Mike Oldfields Tubular Bells (widely known for its use in the film The Exorcist). Tangerine Dreams first album for Virgin, Phaedra, was a milestone not only for the group, but for instrumental music. Branson had allowed the group free rein at Virgins Manor Studios, where they used Moog synthesizers and sequencers for the first time; the result was a relentless, trance-inducing barrage of rhythm and sound, an electronic update of the late-60s and early-70s classical minimalism embodied by Terry Riley. Though mainstream critics were unsurprisingly hostile toward the album (it obviously made no pretense to rock & roll in any form), Phaedra broke into the British Top 20 and earned Tangerine Dream a large global audience. The follow-ups Rubycon and the live Ricochet were also based on the blueprint with which Phaedra had been built, but the release of Stratosfear in 1976 saw the use of more organic instruments such as untreated piano and guitar; also, the group added vocals for 1978s Cyclone, a move that provoked much criticism from fans. Both of these innovations didnt change the sound in a marked degree, however; their incorporation into rigid sequencer patterns continued to distance Tangerine Dream from the mainstream of contemporary instrumental music. Baumann left for a solo career in 1978 (later founding the Private Music label), and was replaced briefly by keyboard player Steve Jolliffe and then Johannes Schmoelling, another important member of Tangerine Dream who would stay until the mid-80s. In 1980, the Froese/Franke/Schmoelling lineup was unveiled at the Palast der Republik in East Berlin, the first live performance by a Western group behind the Iron Curtain. Tangerine Dream also performed live on TV with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra one year later, and premiered their studio work on 1980s Tangram. Mike Oldfield had shown the effectiveness of using new instrumental music forms as a bed for film on Tubular Bells, and in 1977 The Exorcists director, William Friedkin, had tapped Tangerine Dream for soundtrack work on his film Sorcerer. By the time the new lineup stabilized in 1981, Hollywood was knocking on the bands door; Tangerine Dream worked on more than 30 film soundtracks during the 1980s, among them Risky Business, The Keep, Flashpoint, Firestarter, Vision Quest, and Legend. If the idea of stand-alone electronic music hadnt entered the minds of mainstream America before this time, the large success of these soundtracks (especially Risky Business) entrenched the idea and proved enormously influential to soundtrack composers from all fields. Despite all the jetting between Hollywood and Berlin, the group continued to record proper LPs and tour the world as well. Hyperborea, released in 1983, was their last album for Virgin, and a move to Zomba/Jive Records signaled several serious changes for the band during the late 80s. After the first Zomba release (a live concert recorded in Warsaw), 1985s Le Parc marked the first time Tangerine Dream had flirted with sampling technology. The use of sampled material was an important decision to make for a group that had always investigated the philosophy of sound and music with much care, though Le Parc was a considerable success -- both fans and critics calling it their best LP in a decade. Tyger, released in 1987, featured more vocals than any previous Tangerine Dream LP, and many of the groups fans were quite dispirited in their disfavor. Schmoelling left in 1988, to be replaced by the classically trained Paul Haslinger and (for a brief time) Ralf Wadephul. Optical Race, released in 1988, was the first Tangerine Dream album to appear on old bandmate Peter Baumanns Private Music label. Several more albums followed for the label, after which Haslinger left to work on composing film scores in Los Angeles. His replacement, and the only other permanent member of Tangerine Dream in the years to follow, was Edgars son Jerome Froese (whose photo had graced the cover of several TD albums in the past). Another record label change, to Miramar, preceded the release of 1992s Rockoon, which earned Tangerine Dream one of their seven total Grammy nominations. The duo continued to record and release live albums, remix albums, studio albums, and soundtracks at the rate of about two releases per year into the late 90s. Meanwhile, the influence of Tangerine Dreams 70s releases upon a generation of electronica and dance artists became increasingly evident, from the Orbs indebted ambient techno to DJ Shadows sampling of Stratosfears "Invisible Limits," heard on "Changeling," from 1996s Endtroducing.... During the early 2000s, new material surfaced at a slightly slower rate. In addition to a handful of studio albums -- including 2005s Jeanne dArc, for which Froese was first joined by Thorsten Quaeschning, a musician who would figure in several subsequent TD releases -- and a couple soundtracks (Great Wall of China, Mota Atma), there was "the Dante trilogy" (Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, released from 2002 through 2006) and the five-part "atomic seasons" (with titles like Springtime in Nagasaki and Winter in Hiroshima, created for a Japanese man who survived the bombings of both cities). During these years, keeping tabs on archival releases, both live and studio, was more challenging than ever; most prominently, there was The Bootmoon Series, comprising audience and soundboard recordings of performances dating back to 1977, as well as reissues of the first four albums and several anthologies. Despite so much focus on the past, epitomized by 40th anniversary concerts that took place in 2007, Tangerine Dream remained equally connected to the present. Sadly, however, the groups long journey under the continued creative guidance of Edgar Froese came to an end when Froese died suddenly of a pulmonary embolism in Vienna in January 2015 at the age of 70. The groups remaining lineup at the time, consisting of Quaeschning along with notable electronic musician Ulrich Schnauss and cellist/violinist Hoshiko Yamane, continued performing and recording as Tangerine Dream. Their first performance as a trio was released as the double-CD Live at the Philharmony Szczesin-Poland 2016. This was followed later in the year by the double-EP Particles, which included the groups interpretation of the theme to the popular sci-fi/horror series Stranger Things. Quantum Gate, Tangerine Dreams first studio full-length without Froese (but largely based on his ideas and sketches), was released by Kscope in September of 2017. The group also released live recordings The Sessions I and II. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 48 Title: Electronic Meditation Released: 1970-06 Tracks: 5 Duration: 36:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Genesis (05:56) 2 Journey Through a Burning Brain (12:27) 3 Cold Smoke (10:49) 4 Ashes to Ashes (03:59) 5 Resurrection (03:26) |
| Electronic Meditation : Allmusic album Review : Electronic Meditation, Tangerine Dreams debut album, features the lineup of Edgar Froese, Conrad Schnitzler, and Klaus Schulze (his only album with Tangerine Dream). The album is not without its flaws, but its strong in many ways and shows abundant promise. Wildly experimental timbres, passages, and textures dominate this sound world. Bringing a rock & roll effort to a decidedly avant-garde sound, the album manages to be very accessible and hard to dislike. Of those who were working at the same time, Electronic Meditation is most similar to the music of Pink Floyd and Amon Düül. | ||
 | Album: 2 of 48 Title: Alpha Centauri Released: 1971-03 Tracks: 4 Duration: 43:14 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Sunrise in the Third System (04:22) 2 Fly and Collision of Comas Sola (13:23) 3 Alpha Centauri (22:07) 4 Ultima Thule, Part One (03:22) |
| Alpha Centauri : Allmusic album Review : As if the sound is breaking through your speakers, Alpha Centauri begins its journey. Crackling and swirling synthesizers seize control of your stereo. Like a call to psychedelic arms, the first track "Sunrise in the Third System" marches on with its organ. The mixing of the three tracks found on Alpha Centauri leaves something to be desired, in that the tracks are not mixed the way they would be today with each track endlessly flowing into the next like a stream. Nonetheless, when one is not paying too close attention to such details, the album seems to flow quite smoothly. The sound is not of the highest standards either, as should be expected, this being a 1971 release of "space music." Tangerine Dreams style of "space music" had not yet been refined and revolutionized as it was a couple of releases later with Phaedra and Rubycon. Regardless, for those interested in a wilder and more reckless ride on the "space music" autobahn, Alpha Centauri should satisfy the need. | ||
 | Album: 3 of 48 Title: Zeit Released: 1972-08 Tracks: 4 Duration: 1:12:00 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Birth of Liquid Plejades (19:56) 2 Nebulous Dawn (17:53) 3 Origin of Supernatural Probabilities (19:34) 4 Zeit (14:35) |
| Zeit : Allmusic album Review : TDs purest expression of "space music," this double album ebbs and flows effortlessly from one tone cluster to another. Almost classical in construction, the music is structured so as to evolve in sections as one theme literally melts into the next. Florian Fricke (of Popol Vuh) played the big Moog on this album and the overall texture of the electronics is warm and shimmering. | ||
 | Album: 4 of 48 Title: Atem Released: 1973-03 Tracks: 4 Duration: 41:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Atem (20:28) 2 Fauni-Gena (10:48) 3 Circulation of Events (05:52) 4 Wahn (04:31) |
| Atem : Allmusic album Review : Atem is more melodic and less dissonant than Tangerine Dreams other early works. The lineup of Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke, and Peter Baumann puts a nice topspin on the old prog rock sound. They take it to the edge -- as in cutting -- and beyond. While it is still very common to see TD listed as progressive rock and art rock, this album is pure space music. It goes beyond the confines of rock & roll. | ||
 | Album: 5 of 48 Title: Phaedra Released: 1974 Tracks: 4 Duration: 37:47 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Phaedra (16:47) 2 Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares (10:45) 3 Movements of a Visionary (07:58) 4 Sequent C’ (02:17) |
| Phaedra : Allmusic album Review : Phaedra is one of the most important, artistic, and exciting works in the history of electronic music, a brilliant and compelling summation of Tangerine Dreams early avant-space direction balanced with the synthesizer/sequencer technology just beginning to gain a foothold in nonacademic circles. The result is best heard on the 15-minute title track, unparalleled before or since for its depth of sound and vision. Given focus by the arpeggiated trance that drifts in and out of the mix, the track progresses through several passages including a few surprisingly melodic keyboard lines and an assortment of eerie Moog and Mellotron effects, gaseous explosions, and windy sirens. Despite the impending chaos, the track sounds more like a carefully composed classical work than an unrestrained piece of noise. While the title track takes the cake, there are three other excellent tracks on Phaedra. "Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares" is a solo Edgar Froese song that uses some surprisingly emotive and affecting synthesizer washes, and "Movements of a Visionary" is a more experimental piece, using treated voices and whispers to drive its hypnotic arpeggios. Perhaps even more powerful as a musical landmark now than when it was first recorded, Phaedra has proven the test of time. | ||
 | Album: 6 of 48 Title: Rubycon Released: 1975-03 Tracks: 2 Duration: 34:51 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Rubycon, Part One (17:17) 2 Rubycon, Part Two (17:34) |
| Rubycon : Allmusic album Review : The members of Tangerine Dream continued to hone their craft as pioneers of the early days of electronica, and the mid-70s proved to be a time of prosperity and musical growth for the trio of Chris Franke, early member Peter Baumann, and permanent frontman Edgar Froese. The three of them had been delivering mysterious space records on a regular basis, and their growing confidence with early synthesizers (the best that money could buy at the time) made them virtuosos of the genre, even as they kept things organic and unpredictable with gongs, prepared piano, and electric guitar. Rubycon has aged gracefully for the most part, making it a solid companion (and follow-up) to their 1974 album, Phaedra. The somewhat dated palette of sounds here never overshadow the mood: eerie psychedelia without the paisleys -- Pink Floyd without the rock. "Rubycon, Pt. 1" ebbs and flows through tense washes of echo and Mellotron choirs, as primitive sequencer lines bubble to the surface. "Pt. 2" opens in a wonderfully haunted way, like air-raid sirens at the lowest possible pitch, joined in unison by several male voices (someone in the band must have heard György Ligetis work for 2001). Rising out of the murkiness, the synthesizer arpeggios return to drive things along, and Froese weaves his backwards-recorded guitar through the web without really calling too much attention to himself. The piece evolves through varying degrees of tension, takes a pit stop on the shoreline of some faraway beach, then ever so gradually unravels a cluster of free-form strings and flutes. The rest are vapors, your ears are sweating under your headphones, and the smoke has cleared from your bedroom. This is a satisfying ambient record from the pre-ambient era, too dark for meditation, and too good to be forgotten. | ||
 | Album: 7 of 48 Title: Stratosfear Released: 1976-10 Tracks: 4 Duration: 35:24 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Stratosfear (10:36) 2 The Big Sleep in Search of Hades (04:31) 3 3 A.M. at the Border of the Marsh From Okefenokee (08:49) 4 Invisible Limits (11:27) |
| Stratosfear : Allmusic album Review : Stratosfear, the last Tangerine Dream album by the great Baumann/Franke/Froese threesome, shows the groups desire to advance past their stellar recent material and stake out a new musical direction while others were still attempting to come to grips with Phaedra and Rubycon. The album accomplishes its mission with the addition of guitar (six- and 12-string), grand piano, harpsichord, and mouth organ to the usual battery of moogs, Mellotrons, and e-pianos. The organic instruments take more of a textural role, embellishing the effects instead of working their own melodic conventions. Stratosfear is also the beginning of a more evocative approach for Tangerine Dream. Check the faraway harmonica sounds and assortment of synth-bubbles on "3 AM at the Border of the Marsh From Okefenokee" or the somber chords and choral presence of "The Big Sleep in Search of Hades." The title track opener is the highlight though, beginning with a statuesque synthesizer progression before unveiling an increasingly hypnotic line of trance. | ||
 | Album: 8 of 48 Title: Cyclone Released: 1978-02 Tracks: 3 Duration: 38:33 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Bent Cold Sidewalk (13:04) 2 Rising Runner Missed by Endless Sender (05:00) 3 Madrigal Meridian (20:28) |
| Cyclone : Allmusic album Review : A welcome reissue and one that marks an interesting transition in Tangerine Dreams existence -- this was the first TD album to incorporate lyrics and vocals (from Steve Jolliffe, who also contributed wind instruments and keyboards). By this point, the nucleus of the band was down to Edgar Froese and Christopher Franke, with the sound centering more on shifting arpeggiation over percussive rhythm structures, with "Madrigal Meridian" being an impressive example of this. Jolliffes vocal contributions on "Bent Cold Sidewalk" and "Rising Runner Missed by Endless Sender" provide an aggressive edge that effectively catapults the listener from the hypnotic pulse that Tangerine Dream are best known for -- still, its by no means a failed experiment, though it does make Cyclone one of the least useful TD albums for working up a good meditative state. | ||
 | Album: 9 of 48 Title: Force Majeure Released: 1979 Tracks: 3 Duration: 40:20 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Force Majeure (18:24) 2 Cloudburst Flight (07:26) 3 Thru Metamorphic Rocks (14:30) |
| Force Majeure : Allmusic album Review : Although Tangerine Dream is usually associated with synthesizers and the ambient movement that followed over a decade after such albums as Phaedra, Stratosfear, and Rubycon were recorded, Force Majeure shows the band displaying its roots in space rock. This time around, guitar and drums (played by Klaus Krieger) are as prominent as the keyboards. As the name would appear to indicate, the music on the album doesnt seem played so much as propelled forward, the overall pace rarely slackening for long. The title track is a suite that incorporates several distinct themes that segue into a cohesive whole via musical bridges. "Cloudburst Flight" is really an excuse for Edgar Froese to display his virtuosity on the electric six-string, which he does with amazing intensity. "Thru Metamorphic Rocks" begins with what sounds to be an album-ending theme, but then cross-fades into a hypnotic piece that builds upon a constant bed of pulsating sequencers and processed drums with various sound effects and still more keyboards until it fades out completely some 14 minutes later. An absolute necessity to those who might be at all curious about the band, or even successful experiments within the rock genre. Sections of the album would later appear in slightly altered versions on the soundtracks to the movies Risky Business and Thief. | ||
 | Album: 10 of 48 Title: Tangram Released: 1980-05 Tracks: 2 Duration: 40:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Tangram, Set I (19:52) 2 Tangram, Set II (20:29) |
| Tangram : Allmusic album Review : Tangram marked the beginning of a new musical direction for Tangerine Dream. Its closer to straight-ahead, melodic new age music and more tied to their soundtrack material. The first of the two side-long pieces progresses through several different passages that use gently brushed acoustic guitars as well as the requisite synthesizers. For new age fans, this is the first glimmering of Tangerine Dreams eventual direction during the 80s. | ||
 | Album: 11 of 48 Title: Exit Released: 1981-09 Tracks: 6 Duration: 36:45 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Kiew Mission (09:20) 2 Pilots of Purple Twilight (04:21) 3 Choronzon (04:09) 4 Exit (05:35) 5 Network 23 (04:57) 6 Remote Viewing (08:21) |
| Exit : Allmusic album Review : Exit marks the beginning of a new phase in Tangerine Dreams music: Gone were the side-long, sequencer-led journeys, replaced by topical pieces that were more self-contained in scope, more contemporary in sound. Johannes Schmoellings influence is really felt for the first time here; Tangram, for all its crispness and melody, was simply a refinement of Force Majeures principles, and the soundtrack to Thief not an album proper. On Exit, listeners are introduced to electronic musics next generation, notably on "Choronzon" and "Network 23," which brought the sound of the dancefloor into the mix (it hasnt left since). Thats not to suggest that Tangerine Dream has stopped creating eerie, evocative music; both "Pilots of Purple Twilight" and the stately "Exit" will feel familiar to fans, and the opening "Kiew Mission" is a captivating commentary on nuclear war that includes vocals after a sort (a womans voice reading locations in Russian). Exit ends on a surprisingly dark note, the alien and foreboding "Remote Viewing." Its on this track more than any other that Tangerine Dream returns to its past, invoking Phaedra and the sequencer-driven works that followed, as if to tell fans that Exits changes werent the result of a new band, just a new direction. With one foot in the excesses of the past and one clearly on the road to a more concise sound, Exit is a transitional work. As Schmoelling and, later, Paul Haslinger exerted their influence on Tangerine Dreams music, the emphasis shifted from dark and moody commentary to more positive subjects. Its worth noting that Edgar Froeses social conscience fuels much of Exit -- copies of the record were made available to a cross-section of Russian citizens free of charge to promote an open exchange of ideas at a time when nuclear annihilation was taken seriously. Future albums channeled Froeses activism to environmental concerns, which dovetailed with the bands by-then new age sensibilities. Both here and on White Eagle, Tangerine Dream ushers in the promise and the peril of a new world where reality has caught up with science fiction. Perhaps with such a message, the medium needed to be simpler and more direct. (A note to collectors: Different cover art appears on the Virgin and Elektra releases.) | ||
 | Album: 12 of 48 Title: White Eagle Released: 1982-04 Tracks: 4 Duration: 38:20 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Mojave Plan (20:08) 2 Midnight in Tula (04:00) 3 Convention of the 24 (09:37) 4 White Eagle (04:33) |
| White Eagle : Allmusic album Review : Tangerine Dream experiments with an ever-widening lexicon of sound on White Eagle, though the arrangements tend to suffer for it. The albums principle work is "Mojave Plan," a four-movement, 20-minute song that represents some of the darkest music theyve recorded in a while. Perhaps it was Edgar Froeses fear of nuclear annihilation that fueled this bleak view of the future, but the pieces effectiveness is undermined by the decision to continually dabble with different sounds. Where earlier extended pieces tended to move the listener from point A to point B, "Mojave Plan" doesnt flow so much as fuse disjointed sections together. The remaining songs are more cohesive, though Christopher Frankes sequencer patterns, while initially intoxicating, remain static here. Thats not a problem on the brief "Midnight in Tula"; four minutes of contagious dance music that turns corners as tight as a Polyrock tune is a welcome respite at this point in the album. "Convention of the 24" clocks in at under ten minutes, and is arguably the closest in effect to Tangram et al. The album closes on a pleasant note with "White Eagle," a mesmerizing song that spins on a slightly off-kilter axis while delivering a lovely little melody in the bargain, in some ways suggesting a meeting of Tangerine Dreams sequencer-led journeys and Clusters playful side. While its ultimately an uneven work, White Eagle is clearly the sum of its parts, and readily identifiable as the work of Tangerine Dream. Perhaps Froese had relinquished too much of the music to Johannes Schmoelling, whose curiosity for new sounds often comes across as restlessness. Most likely, though, TD wanted to move its music into the modern age. People werent as likely to sit in a lotus position for 40 minutes as they were in the 70s -- a point that Exit acknowledged. Conceptually, the band members fall back on familiar ways with White Eagle, but musically their minds are operating on a more contemporary level. Its not an ideal amalgam, suggesting the band was at a stylistic crossroads. | ||
 | Album: 13 of 48 Title: Hyperborea Released: 1983-09 Tracks: 5 Duration: 41:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 No Man’s Land (09:43) 2 Hyperborea, Part One (04:07) 3 Hyperborea, Part Two (04:48) 4 Cinnamon Road (03:51) 5 Sphinx Lightning (19:10) |
| Hyperborea : Allmusic album Review : Tangerine Dream set the stage for the style of "artsy" soundtrack music that dominated the 80s. Although Hyperborea is not a soundtrack, it was clearly influential on some of the work the group was hired to do for Risky Business, Flashpoint, Dreamscape, Firestarter, Legend, and close to 20 others. There have been at least a dozen members in this trio over the years, but the assembly of Chris Franke, Edgar Froese, and Johannes Schmoelling proved to be one of the most prolific and influential. Hyperborea was a turning point for the band -- a distinctive departure from the free-form psychedelica-and-moog prog rock improvisations, it was an album of crispness, structure, and a little bravery too -- a showcase for artists with enough chops to adjust to the new technology without getting lost in it. Getting its hands on the popular new keyboards of the mid-80s, the band found wonderful textures, richly overlapping sequences, and on some level a chance to reinvent themselves, and with great results. Recorded in Berlin in 1983, it was the shape of things to come for the remainder of the decade. | ||
 | Album: 14 of 48 Title: Le Parc Released: 1985-05 Tracks: 9 Duration: 41:48 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Bois de Boulogne (Paris) (05:22) 2 Central Park (New York) (03:42) 3 Gaudi Park (Guell Garden Barcelona) (05:17) 4 Tiergarten (Berlin) (03:18) 5 Zen Garden (Ryoanji Temple Kyoto) (04:49) 6 Le Parc (L.A. - Streethawk) (03:23) 7 Hyde Park (London) (04:00) 8 The Cliffs of Sydney (Sydney) (05:43) 9 Yellowstone Park (Rocky Mountains) (06:12) |
| Le Parc : Allmusic album Review : Featuring shorter compositions and an increasingly lyrical lexicon of electronic sounds, Le Parc has more in common with the burgeoning new age movement than Tangerine Dreams earlier, eerier work. The songs are essentially musical postcards from great parks around the world, though the focus is on the mood generated by these places rather than a literal translation of geographic qualities. Thus, "Yellowstone Park" is rendered with an American Indian spirituality, "Zen Garden" is peaceful and mysterious, "Central Park" highly stylized and danceable. Tangerine Dreams music in recent years had shifted toward more accessible and melodic arrangements, so coming from the vantage point of a Phaedra or Stratosfear, the music on Le Parc could be viewed as a considerable "dumbing down" of their artistic origins. Part of Tangerine Dreams earlier appeal was their ability to evoke images in a language alien to the average listener; by adopting contemporary and relatively common sounds for these arrangements, some of their appeal is lost. The band is still capable of delivering engaging electronic music, but Le Parc operates on a more immediate level that values quick gratification over introspective study. Thats not to suggest that listeners wont enjoy this record -- the warmly remembered "Tiergarten" is well worth hearing, for example -- but it operates on a superficial level that longtime fans may find slightly distasteful. | ||
 | Album: 15 of 48 Title: Green Desert Released: 1986-01 Tracks: 4 Duration: 38:43 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Green Desert (19:33) 2 White Clouds (05:06) 3 Astral Voyager (07:08) 4 Indian Summer (06:55) |
| Green Desert : Allmusic album Review : Originally recorded in 1973, Green Desert did not see the light of day until it was remixed and released as part of the In the Beginning box set in 1986, then as its own album later the same year. It is difficult to ascertain how radical this release is from the original recording, but as it stands, it is a logical step between the rawer-produced Atem to the ambient/sequencer-driven style of Phaedra. A key element of this is attributable to Edgar Froeses guitar playing on the title track, an unhurried solo that lasts only about five minutes in the nearly 20-minute piece, yet is easily the most memorable part of the entire song. None of the three shorter songs are as dynamic as the first, each containing a keyboard melody played over synthesized noises and the rhythms of drums, sequencers, or a series of chords. While it is historically vital to the progress of the band, and will definitely be of interest to its fans and those interested in the roots of modern ambient music, it probably will not be as necessary to those outside the genre. | ||
 | Album: 16 of 48 Title: Underwater Sunlight Released: 1986-08 Tracks: 6 Duration: 40:10 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Song of the Whale, Part One: From Dawn… (08:23) 2 Song of the Whale, Part II: ...To Dusk (10:52) 3 Dolphin Dance (05:06) 4 Ride on the Ray (05:34) 5 Scuba Scuba (04:22) 6 Underwater Twilight (05:51) |
| Underwater Sunlight : Allmusic album Review : Underwater Sunlight was the first album Paul Haslinger recorded with Tangerine Dream and his presence is immediately felt. With Haslinger, the group relied more heavily on strict structures and jarring compositional flourishes, which is only appropriate, since he came directly from a classical background. The group hadnt quite figured out how to fully incorporate these techniques into their music, but the results on Underwater are nevertheless fascinating. | ||
 | Album: 17 of 48 Title: Tyger Released: 1987 Tracks: 5 Duration: 47:29 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Tyger (05:48) 2 London (14:24) 3 Alchemy of the Heart (12:17) 4 Smile (06:10) 5 21st Century Common Man, Parts 1 & 2 (08:49) |
| Tyger : Allmusic album Review : Tyger sees Tangerine Dream set the poetry of William Blake to music. While the combination of styles will inevitably be off-putting to some -- particularly stuffy Blake fans -- the results are surprisingly evocative and listenable. Tyger might not be one of the most accessible albums within Tangerine Dreams catalog, but for those wishing to explore the groups more adventurous side, its a worthwhile listen. | ||
 | Album: 18 of 48 Title: Optical Race Released: 1988-08 Tracks: 11 Duration: 57:36 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Atlas Eyes (04:09) 2 Cat Scan (05:31) 3 Mothers of Rain (05:05) 4 The Midnight Trail (05:49) 5 Twin Soul Tribe (04:41) 6 Turning Off the Wheel (06:08) 7 Optical Race (03:29) 8 Ghazal (Love Song) (04:52) 9 Marakesh (08:19) 10 Sun Gate (04:42) 11 Ivory Town (04:46) |
| Optical Race : Allmusic album Review : Optical Race is one of Tangerine Dreams most accessible releases. The melodies and hooks are as strong as on any Dream production, and are complemented by the electronic washes of sound. Pared down to the duo of founder and visionary Edward Froese and fellow synth wizard Paul Haslinger, the music is complete yet questioning, the hallmark of all the best Tangerine Dream recordings. Stylistically it straddles the ground between the preceding Underwater Sunlight and the earlier Tangram. Optical Race also marked a reunion of sorts with former Dreamer Peter Baumann, then head of the Private Music label, which for a time became known for its edgy, electronic music by the likes of Yanni, Azuma, Eddie Jobson, and Tangerine Dream. (Following its purchase by fellow new age label Windham Hill, Private was reborn as a blues label.) The title cut, with its insistent electronic percussion pushing the beat, is a highlight. | ||
 | Album: 19 of 48 Title: Lily on the Beach Released: 1989-10 Tracks: 13 Duration: 56:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Too Hot for My Chinchilla (03:47) 2 Lily on the Beach (04:15) 3 Alaskan Summer (03:36) 4 Desert Drive (03:50) 5 Mount Shasta (04:26) 6 Crystal Curfew (05:02) 7 Paradise Cove (03:50) 8 Twenty-Nine Palms (03:22) 9 Valley of the Kings (05:10) 10 Radio City (04:08) 11 Blue Mango Cafe (04:13) 12 Gecko (03:34) 13 Long Island Sunset (07:02) |
| Lily on the Beach : Allmusic album Review : Tangerine Dream has had an illustrious career as space rock pioneers. Through the personnel changes over their twenty-year-plus history of recordings, we are left with only founding member Edgar Froese and recent bandmate Paul Haslinger. Lily on the Beach solidifies their place in contemporary music, finding a slight return to more non-synthesized sounds, such as drums and guitars. While occasionally resorting to a choppy or mechanical approach, most of the tracks are inventive and rhythmically compelling, offering a mixture of slower, melodic pieces with several downright rock-oriented ravers. This is the third Private Music release for this German group, and they now seem content and established as this premier label brings their sound fully into the 90s. | ||
 | Album: 20 of 48 Title: Melrose Released: 1990-10 Tracks: 9 Duration: 59:23 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Melrose (05:46) 2 Three Bikes in the Sky (06:01) 3 Dolls in the Shadow (05:13) 4 Yucatan (05:18) 5 Electric Lion (08:15) 6 Rolling Down Cahuenga (06:45) 7 Art of Vision (05:33) 8 Desert Train (10:19) 9 Cool at Heart (06:09) |
| Melrose : Allmusic album Review : Electronic music seems to have been all the rage, even back in the early 90s, but the Dream (aka Citrus Slumber) has been the innovative force behind much of the John Tesh like synth patterns played on new age stations during that time. You might think the band (comprised of keyboardist-guitarist Edgar Froese, his son Jerome Froese, and keyboardist Paul Haslinger) would choose to rest on its many laurels after so many years, but Melrose rocks as hard as synth created music can, picking up where their previous, very engaging disc, Lily on the Beach, left off. Los Angeles imagery abounds here, as on the rhythmic title cut (the only one to feature sax) and the hypnotic "Rolling Down Cahuenga." Once again, the happy upbeat sequences are more than offset by more reflective ballads like "Electric Lion." While some of the tracks tend to carry on a bit too long, the textures are generally interesting enough to keep things entertaining. If there were more sax, TDs music could be considered an offshoot of smooth jazz. But its great as it is -- smart, hip machine oriented sounds from masterful players and producers. | ||
 | Album: 21 of 48 Title: Rockoon Released: 1992 Tracks: 11 Duration: 57:41 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Big City Dwarves (06:05) 2 Red Roadster (08:13) 3 Touchwood (04:28) 4 Graffiti Street (04:48) 5 Funky Atlanta (04:07) 6 Spanish Love (05:40) 7 Lifted Veil (03:36) 8 Penguin Reference (04:48) 9 Body Corporate (03:48) 10 Rockoon (07:19) 11 Girls on Broadway (04:43) |
| Rockoon : Allmusic album Review : Rockoon is one of Tangerine Dreams Miramar CDs and one of their Grammy-nominated albums. It features their signature Berlin school electronica with rock & roll textures. It is rhythmic but not techno. There are heavy sequences and some excellent atmospheric passages, but the excellence does not last. It seems like Tangerine Dream just mailed this one in. | ||
 | Album: 22 of 48 Title: Quinoa Released: 1992 Tracks: 3 Duration: 50:18 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Voxel Ux (12:01) 2 Quinoa (28:27) 3 Lhasa (09:49) |
| Quinoa : Allmusic album Review : Quinoa is a set of rare and previously unreleased material from Tangerine Dream. "Voxel Ux" was composed for a website competition in 1996. "Quinoa" was available to fan-club members only. It was a limited-edition (1,000 copies) release in 1992. "Lhasa" is the first of seven movements in Tangerine Dreams Tibetan cycle. This CD is the classic Tangerine Dream sound with heavy sequences and dense atmospheres. Saxophone riffs are an added bonus. Tangerine Dream fans and e-music lovers will like this disc a lot. | ||
 | Album: 23 of 48 Title: Turn of the Tides Released: 1994-01-24 Tracks: 9 Duration: 57:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Pictures at an Exhibition (03:00) 2 Firetongues (06:35) 3 Galley Slaves Horizon (07:50) 4 Death of a Nightingale (05:32) 5 Twilight Brigade (09:48) 6 Jungle Journey (06:36) 7 Midwinter Night (04:40) 8 Turn of the Tides (07:40) 9 Story of the Brave (05:19) |
| Turn of the Tides : Allmusic album Review : Turn of the Tides is a concept CD by Tangerine Dream. It is based on an excerpt from The Coachmans Tales by Edgar Froese. The disc opens with a beautiful synopsis of Mussorgskys "Pictures at an Exhibition," one of Tangerine Dreams strongest tracks ever. The samples are timely and the arrangement is flawless. This Tangerine Dream lineup has Edgar Froese and Jerome Froese on keyboards, synths, sound design, guitars, and programming; Linda Spa on saxophones and sound design; and Zlatko Perica on lead, acoustic, and rhythm guitars. The opening track sets the stage as the refrains from "Promenade" lead into the story as the journey begins. Tangerine Dream paints the pictures as this soundtrack to no movie unfolds. (The liner notes do, however, have a recap of the story.) This is a great CD. It will appeal to fans of Ron Boots, Ian Boddy, Klaus Schulze, and Kevin Braheny. | ||
 | Album: 24 of 48 Title: Tyranny of Beauty Released: 1995 Tracks: 10 Duration: 1:01:13 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Catwalk (07:19) 2 Birdwatchers Dream (06:52) 3 Little Blonde in the Park of Attractions (06:57) 4 Living in a Fountain Pen (06:59) 5 Stratosfear 1995 (05:08) 6 Bride in Cold Tears (04:53) 7 Haze of Fame (08:30) 8 Tyranny of Beauty (06:35) 9 Largo (04:12) 10 Quasar (03:44) |
| Tyranny of Beauty : Allmusic album Review : Tyranny of Beauty is one of Tangerine Dreams best CDs of the early and mid-90s. Thats not saying a lot. The groups albums from that period -- and even back into the late 80s -- are relatively weak. And, to be sure, this disc has its weaknesses. However, they are overshadowed by its strengths, and the disc earns high praise. The TD lineup for this CD is Edgar Froese, Linda Spa, and Jerome Froese. Mark Horn and Gerald Gradwohl contribute various guitar performances. Those performances are the keys to this discs merit. Gradwohls lead guitar spots play off and to Edgar Froeses lead guitar. The sparring adds clout to the atmospheres. The atmospheres, in turn, build upon each other and create a grand soundscape. The strongest track is "Stratosfear 1995," a redesign of the Virgin era standard. This CD is a return to the basics with polish and tact. It is essential Berlin school electronica. | ||
 | Album: 25 of 48 Title: Goblins’ Club Released: 1996-09 Tracks: 8 Duration: 55:52 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Towards the Evening Star (06:18) 2 At Darwin’s Motel (07:25) 3 On Cranes’ Passage (04:31) 4 Rising Haul in Silence (07:36) 5 United Goblins Parade (05:47) 6 Lamb With Radar Eyes (08:42) 7 Elf June and the Midnight Patrol (04:41) 8 Sad Merlin’s Sunday (10:52) |
 | Album: 26 of 48 Title: Ambient Monkeys Released: 1997-11 Tracks: 12 Duration: 45:36 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Token From Birdland (05:59) 2 Symphony in A-Minor (J.S. Bach) (03:26) 3 The Seventh Propeller of Silence (03:51) 4 Calyx Calamander (04:41) 5 Riddle of the Monkey Tribe (03:42) 6 Moon Marble (03:32) 7 Concerto in A-Major (Adagio) (01:46) 8 Lemon Vendor Khaly (03:37) 9 Campera de Mon Glyan (04:47) 10 Virtue Is Its Own Reward (03:10) 11 Pantha Rhei (03:15) 12 Myopia World (03:46) |
| Ambient Monkeys : Allmusic album Review : Ambient Monkeys began its life as pre-concert music for Tangerine Dreams 1997 European tour, and was later released on their TDI label at the request of their fans. The album is aptly named, as the compositions fade in and out over a constant bed of prominent sound effects (which, aside from the aforementioned monkeys, also includes surf and trains). It is also ambient in the Brian Eno sense of the word, meant to be listened to as much passively as actively. Indeed, the repetitive sounds actually discourage intense listening. The music itself includes themes from a couple classical works, altered songs from albums such as Optical Race and Green Desert and some original pieces, most of which dont linger long enough to make much of an impression. Because of these features, it probably served its original purpose quite well. As an album, however, it is more of a curio. | ||
 | Album: 27 of 48 Title: The Hollywood Years, Volume 1 Released: 1998 Tracks: 15 Duration: 1:08:44 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Q-Time (05:10) 2 Cat and Snowman (03:52) 3 Goldhunter (04:52) 4 Law Paradiso (05:02) 5 La petite rue noire (04:06) 6 Propeller Beach (05:31) 7 Autumn in Sonoma (03:15) 8 Chamber of Hope (04:38) 9 The Quiet Gambler (04:12) 10 The Principle Source (05:20) 11 Labeo (05:18) 12 Escape From Shadowland (04:23) 13 Chronos Mile (05:57) 14 J.S. Bach Sonata (02:53) 15 Fairfax (04:09) |
 | Album: 28 of 48 Title: The Hollywood Years, Volume 2 Released: 1998 Tracks: 15 Duration: 1:13:48 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 South Camora (04:05) 2 Velvet Sun (06:09) 3 Midas Touch (06:10) 4 City Monk (04:28) 5 Lava Levin (04:31) 6 Cool Ma Bell (05:06) 7 Dare to Change (04:17) 8 Hall of Mirrors (03:46) 9 Token From Birdland (08:09) 10 In the Distant Shore (04:15) 11 3rd Angels Gate (02:57) 12 Silver Moon Lake (03:38) 13 Riding the Lizard Overland (03:42) 14 Walking With a Mandarin (07:24) 15 Rose of Babylon (05:02) |
 | Album: 29 of 48 Title: Mars Polaris Released: 1999 Tracks: 10 Duration: 1:10:56 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Comet’s Figure Head (10:02) 2 Rim of Schiaparelli (06:15) 3 Pilots of the Ether Belt (10:15) 4 Deep Space Cruiser (04:42) 5 Outland (The Colony) (09:15) 6 Spiral Star Date (Level ♇) (06:13) 7 Mars Mission Counter (05:44) 8 Astrophobia (09:57) 9 Tharsis Maneuver (04:31) 10 Dies Martis (TransMercury) (03:59) |
| Mars Polaris : Allmusic album Review : Tangerine Dream had debuted on record the same year of the original Moon launch, and 30 years down the road, Edgar Froese and co. decided to dedicate a recording to the next step, the eventual landing of a man on Mars. The result, Mars Polaris, is what sounds like a surprisingly accurate rendering of the unmanned Mars Polar Landers visit to the Red Planet (destined to arrive late in 1999), though the evocative atmospheres and gaseous effects are helped along by the equally descriptive titles "Mars Mission Counter," "Tharsis Maneuver," "The Silent Rock" and "Spiral Star Date." | ||
 | Album: 30 of 48 Title: The Seven Letters From Tibet Released: 2000-09-04 Tracks: 7 Duration: 48:32 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 The Red Blood Connection (04:49) 2 The Orange Breath (06:15) 3 The Golden Head (04:45) 4 The Green Land (07:28) 5 The Blue Pearl (14:08) 6 The Indigo Clouds (07:07) 7 The Purple of All Curtains (03:58) |
| The Seven Letters From Tibet : Allmusic album Review : The Seven Letters From Tibet bears this disclaimer: "This recording is not supporting any kind of political party or idea. It is also not the composers intention to support or criticise any kind of dialectical spiritual movement." That being said, this is one of Tangerine Dreams most powerful CDs ever. It is about a universal doctrine based on seven and the degrees of seven. The doctrine builds exponentially on seven until it fills the universe. The seven letters are also the colors of the rainbow -- the entire spectrum of light. This deeply atmospheric recording is somber and respectful without crossing over to the dark side. The atmospheres are dense and foggy and the imagery is vivid and clear. Edgar Froese and Jerome Froese are putting these paradoxes out there for listeners to interpret themselves. It is a magnificent meditation experience and essential e-music. | ||
 | Album: 31 of 48 Title: Inferno Released: 2002-09-02 Tracks: 18 Duration: 1:19:10 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Before the Closing of the Day (04:50) 2 The Spirit of Virgil (02:41) 3 Minotaurae Hunt at Dawn (03:24) 4 Those Once Broke the First Word (03:38) 5 Dante in Despair (03:25) 6 Io non mor (05:46) 7 Vidi tre facce (04:41) 8 At the Deepest Point in Space (02:38) 9 L’omperador del doloroso regno (04:45) 10 Voices in a Starless Night (04:14) 11 Fear and Longing (03:06) 12 Fallen for Death (04:38) 13 Where All Light Went Silent (03:39) 14 Charon, il barchere (03:59) 15 La grey de los almas perdidas (07:28) 16 Justice of the Karma Law (03:02) 17 As the Sun Moves Towards Heaven (07:57) 18 Beatrice, l’âme infinie (05:10) |
| Inferno : Allmusic album Review : Arguably, Tangerine Dreams Edgar Froese is to rock what Gunther Schuller is to jazz -- the German innovator who has fought to take his genre out of the streets and the smoky bars and move it to prestigious concert halls that usually host classical orchestras. Or, as a hip-hopper would say, Froese took rock out of the hood just as Schuller took jazz out of the hood. Tangerine Dream is essentially rock -- as in art rock and progressive rock -- but the classical-influenced, very European-sounding group certainly never pretended to be rock & roll. And Froeses outfit is as ambitious as ever on Inferno, a highly conceptual CD that is based on poet Dante Alighieris Divina Commedia (Dantes Inferno). Recorded live in a European church on October 7, 2001 -- 34 years after Tangerine Dreams formation -- Inferno finds Froese leading a lineup that includes his son, Jerome Froese, on keyboards and sequencers and Iris Kulterer on percussion and kettle drums. In addition to appearing on Inferno as a musician, Kulterer is heard as part of a seven-member female vocal choir. Together, the participants provide an enriching blend of art rock, electronica, classical, and European church music. Those who have in the past accused Tangerine Dream of being pretentious will most likely call Inferno pretentious; those who have been praising Froeses artistry will most likely assert that he should be proud to add Inferno to his resumé. Its all a matter of perspective -- what is ambitious, risk-taking, and visionary to one person is pretentious and bloated to another. Inferno is unlikely to win over anyone who isnt already a believer, but those who have admired Tangerine Dreams work over the years will, more than likely, find Inferno to be a welcome addition to the groups catalog. | ||
 | Album: 32 of 48 Title: Purgatorio Released: 2004-05-03 Tracks: 18 Duration: 2:11:53 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Above the Great Dry Land (06:19) 2 Chasing the Bad Seed (08:48) 3 Slave to the Gods (06:31) 4 Hope and Glory (06:44) 5 Sun Sons Seal, Part I (08:21) 6 Beyond All Suns (06:34) 7 Sisyphus (04:36) 8 All the Steps to Heaven (13:12) 9 Mountain of Destiny (10:45) 1 The Glowing Zodiac Wheel (06:08) 2 Modern Cave Men (05:02) 3 Death of Medusa (07:23) 4 Blinded by the Worlds Desire (06:22) 5 Sun Sons Seal, Part II (08:27) 6 Soulgate (07:59) 7 Till the End of Silence (05:17) 8 Prison and Paradise (05:44) 9 Spirit Spiral (07:33) |
 | Album: 33 of 48 Title: Kyoto Released: 2005-05 Tracks: 11 Duration: 1:05:27 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Streets of Kyoto (07:26) 2 Industrial Life (05:54) 3 Chilly Moons (08:55) 4 Lizard Lounge (04:42) 5 Cherry Blossom Road (05:59) 6 Tamago Yaki (07:48) 7 Craving for Silence (06:13) 8 Mad Sumo Yamoto (03:19) 9 Kyoto Sunrise (04:00) 10 Last Train to Osaka (03:42) 11 Shoguns Prayer (07:25) |
 | Album: 34 of 48 Title: Jeanne d’Arc Released: 2005-12-02 Tracks: 9 Duration: 1:19:19 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 La vision (12:19) 2 La joie (05:16) 3 La force du courage (08:37) 4 La solitude dans l’espoir (07:32) 5 La marche (08:36) 6 La sagesse du destin (07:58) 7 Le combat du sang (10:17) 8 Le combat des épées (14:02) 9 La libération (04:39) |
 | Album: 35 of 48 Title: Tangerine Dream Plays Tangerine Dream Released: 2006 Tracks: 14 Duration: 1:12:27 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Southpole Crossing (04:10) 2 Logos Blue (06:00) 3 Alchemy of the Heart II (04:29) 4 Beach Theme (03:36) 5 Phaedra 2005 (05:49) 6 Desert T. Dream (03:59) 7 Convention of the 24 (09:25) 8 The Blue Bridge (03:28) 9 Ride on a Ray (08:44) 10 Logos Velvet (05:09) 11 Challengers Arrival (04:07) 12 Sphinx Red Lightning (04:56) 13 Pergamon Sphere (05:00) 14 Loved by the Sun (03:35) |
 | Album: 36 of 48 Title: Blue Dawn Released: 2006-05 Tracks: 10 Duration: 1:01:48 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Where Dreams Are Large and Airy (06:21) 2 Riding the Wind (04:37) 3 Thunderheads (07:27) 4 Eagles Crest (05:37) 5 Food for the Gods (08:24) 6 Without a Bad Conscience (06:02) 7 Cardamom Route (05:02) 8 A World Away From Gagaland (07:00) 9 Native Companions (04:14) 10 Blue Dawn (07:00) |
 | Album: 37 of 48 Title: Paradiso Released: 2006-09 Tracks: 15 Duration: 2:23:33 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 La grande spirale (10:08) 2 Beyond Sodom and Gomorrha (10:14) 3 La ley de la Montana (07:38) 4 A cielo della luna (12:50) 5 Mercury Sphere (06:15) 6 L’era della venere (11:51) 7 Invisible Sun (09:25) 1 Jupiter Lightning (08:12) 2 La forza del Saturno (18:18) 3 Stars on Distance Glow (07:43) 4 No More Birth, No More Death (08:37) 5 Transformazione (10:46) 6 Truth Beyond Thoughts (06:08) 7 L’ultima tromba d’oro (08:20) 8 Leaving (07:01) |
| Paradiso : Allmusic album Review : This late-career live album captures an amazing live performance of Tangerine Dreams epic, PARADISO (based on the Dante poem of the same name). They appear here with the Brandenburg Symphonic Orchestra, as well as guest vocalists, at the Hans-Otto Theatre in Potsdam. This spine-tingling prog-opera, in all its heraldic glory, harks back to the bands earliest and best-loved work. | ||
 | Album: 38 of 48 Title: Mars Mission Counter Released: 2007 Tracks: 11 Duration: 59:24 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Deep Space Cruiser (04:42) 2 Elysium Basin (04:32) 3 Mars Mission Counter (05:44) 4 Marte Vallis (06:13) 5 Rim of Schiaparelli (06:15) 6 The Red Gate (04:12) 7 The Silent Rock (07:22) 8 Tharsis Maneuver (04:31) 9 Spiral Star Date (Level ♇) (06:13) 10 Dies Martis (TransMercury) (03:59) 11 Helium County (05:41) |
 | Album: 39 of 48 Title: Springtime in Nagasaki Released: 2007-03-23 Tracks: 6 Duration: 53:58 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Navel of Light, Part One (08:03) 2 Navel of Light, Part Two (14:44) 3 Navel of Light, Part Three (07:42) 4 Persistence of Memory, Part Four (06:32) 5 Persistence of Memory, Part Five (13:07) 6 Persistence of Memory, Part Six (03:50) |
 | Album: 40 of 48 Title: Madcaps Flaming Duty Released: 2007-04-02 Tracks: 13 Duration: 1:18:50 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Astrophel and Stella (07:21) 2 Shape My Sin (04:49) 3 The Blessed Damozel (05:15) 4 The Divorce (04:46) 5 A Dream of Death (07:44) 6 Hear the Voice (05:08) 7 Lake of Pontchartrain (07:21) 8 Mad Song (05:07) 9 One Hour of Madness (08:27) 10 Man (04:47) 11 Hymn to Intellectual Beauty (06:21) 12 Solution of All Problems (06:10) 13 Burning Babes Reality Song (05:33) |
| Madcap's Flaming Duty : Allmusic album Review : The late Syd Barrett still inspires reverence and awe in fans and former peers alike. This late-career album by electronic music stalwarts Tangerine Dream celebrates the man and his mad genius in a set of quietly regal songs that borrow their lyrics from classic English and American poetry. To hear a Walt Whitman ode set to Edgar Froeses melodic inventions is a thing of rare, twisted beauty indeed--like Syd Barrett himself. | ||
 | Album: 41 of 48 Title: Summer in Nagasaki Released: 2007-07-02 Tracks: 7 Duration: 56:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Climbing Mount Inasa (10:56) 2 In the Cherry Blossom Hills (05:15) 3 Mystery of Life and Death (13:32) 4 Dreaming in a Kyoto Train (07:00) 5 Ayumis Butterflies (04:59) 6 Presentiment (04:04) 7 11:02 AM (10:51) |
 | Album: 42 of 48 Title: One Times One Released: 2007-12 Tracks: 6 Duration: 39:21 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Sadness of Echnaton Losing the World Child (06:25) 2 Man (instrumental) (04:53) 3 Modesty and Greed (07:03) 4 Loved by the Sun (03:38) 5 Gleeful Poets Crying Softly (08:21) 6 Daughters of Time (09:01) |
 | Album: 43 of 48 Title: Purple Diluvial Released: 2008-04-13 Tracks: 3 Duration: 39:58 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Armageddon in the Rose Garden, Part Two (07:13) 2 Purple Diluvial (19:21) 3 Babylon the Great Has Fallen (13:24) |
 | Album: 44 of 48 Title: The Anthology Decades Released: 2008-04-21 Tracks: 12 Duration: 1:18:26 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Boat to China (07:29) 2 Landing on 51 (07:57) 3 Exit to Heaven (04:45) 4 Silver Pendulum (04:57) 5 Shy Shila (05:24) 6 Sunset in the Fifth System (06:40) 7 Borealis (04:48) 8 Run to Vegas (10:11) 9 The Seventh Folder (07:40) 10 Pink Ashes (04:11) 11 The Burning Hole (03:38) 12 Huckebee’s Dream (10:46) |
 | Album: 45 of 48 Title: Views From a Red Train Released: 2008-04-27 Tracks: 10 Duration: 1:14:08 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Carmel Calif (07:30) 2 Passing All Signs (06:13) 3 Leviathan (06:59) 4 Hunter Shot by a Yellow Rabbit (06:32) 5 Nutshell Awakening (06:37) 6 One Night in Space (06:56) 7 Serpent Magique (09:20) 8 Lord of the Ants (09:40) 9 Fire on the Mountain (07:39) 10 Sound of a Shell (06:41) |
 | Album: 46 of 48 Title: Autumn in Hiroshima Released: 2008-10-06 Tracks: 14 Duration: 56:54 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Trauma (09:26) 2 Reset (03:59) 3 Awareness (1st Teaching) (04:57) 4 Novice (2nd Teaching) (04:46) 5 Strange Voices (01:09) 6 Fathom (3rd Teaching) (04:10) 7 Oracular World (4th Teaching) (02:48) 8 Remembering Ayumi (02:43) 9 Mellow Submersion (5th Teaching) (02:27) 10 Answers (6th Teaching) (05:38) 11 Touching Truth (01:21) 12 Insight (7th Teaching) (05:22) 13 Omniscience (8th Teaching) (05:57) 14 Nothing and All (02:11) |
 | Album: 47 of 48 Title: Flame Released: 2009-03-17 Tracks: 8 Duration: 42:56 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Synth Affection (04:26) 2 Pier 54 (05:41) 3 Lord Nelson (05:08) 4 Ça va – ça marche – ça ira encore (orchestral) (05:01) 5 Timeless (04:06) 6 Ride on the Ray (Atlantic Ocean version) (06:18) 7 Peddington at Five (07:15) 8 Morning Star (05:01) |
 | Album: 48 of 48 Title: Chandra: The Phantom Ferry, Part I Released: 2009-06-23 Tracks: 9 Duration: 58:32 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Approaching Greenland at 7 PM (07:48) 2 The Moondog Connection (03:58) 3 Screaming of the Dreamless Sleeper (06:56) 4 The Unknown Is the Truth (07:30) 5 The Dance Without Dancers (05:39) 6 Child Lost in Wilderness (07:06) 7 Sailor of the Lost Arch (07:53) 8 Verses of a Sisong (07:37) 9 Silence on a Crawler Lane (04:05) |