Stratosfear (1976) than an edit of the title track. From White Eagle, only its title track, even if the album seems muchīetter than the more covered ones, Exit or Hyperborea. Logos is represented by three shortish cuts, two of them quite fine and one Of course one should know all the albums totally in order to really evaluate this compilation,Īnd I admit I haven't listened to, for example, the live album Logos (1982), nor White Eagle (1982) One of the most prog-rocking moments in TD's catalogue. The Force MajeureĮxcerpt is 6'20 long, but hardly succeeds in capturing the glory of the whole magnum opus - which is Unsuccesful to me, more strikingly so as it is the only take from the album. Especially the 1½ minute cut from Phaedra seems quite But inevitably there are many cruelly edited excerpts, someįunctioning better than some others. Unlike several other TDĬompilations, it even includes UNabridged long tracks of the length of an LP side. Musically speaking, this compilation is a great starting point into TD. Hyperborea, and including fantastic albums such as Ricochet (1975) and Force Majeure (1979). Listeners including certainly me, as the TD's best era. This is a 2CD covering TD's years in Virgin, ie. Social review comments | Review Posted Wednesday, Aug| Review this album | Report (Review #179516) If you are not familiar with Tangerine Dream or electronic prog, this 2-CD compilation is a good One A/B and Part Two), a modern live electronic prog sound with lush synthesizers. Remarkable is the final part in the long and alternating Tangram Part One that subtly blends The Who music into the Tangerine Dream sound, nice idea! My highlight on CD-2 is the serie of Logos tracks (Part Howling electric guitar) to the synthi-pop in Cinnamon Road, Dominion and Beach Scene, the modern andĪccessible sounding Cloudbirst Flight (splendid fiery electric guitar) and the digital sound samples in Kiew Heaven in Ricochet Part Two (warm Grand piano, wonderful flute-Mellotron, pulsating sequencers and ![]() Often mindblowing electronic prog like the Mellotron drenched Phaedra, the great sequencing andĬompelling string-ensemble and Mellotrons in Cherokee Lane (live version) and the Electronic Prog You can analyse Tangerine Dream as a musical chameleon, to be noticed on both CD's: from wonderful, Polished sound in the Nineties (featuring Edgar his son Jerome and saxophone player Linda Spa). So no music from the moreĮxperimental period (not my cup of tea) like Electronic Meditation (1970) and Atem (1973) and the more Prog scene is small but vivid delivering some good specialized labels and annual concerts.īut back to Tangerine Dream their music, a few months ago I bought this comprehensive 2-CDĬompilation (for only a few euros), spanning the era between 19. Here in The Netherlands we appreciate their music very much because the electronic 3), Gert Emmens & Ruud Heij (Return To The Origin) and Navigator Inspired new bands, from known formations like Red Shift, Radio Massacre International, Airsculpture andįree System Project to lesser known bands and artists like Peter Dekker (Comatosis), Rudy Adrian The last ten years I enjoy cascades of 74-77 Tangerine Dream In the late Seventies I became an electronic prog fan after buying the double live LP Encore(1977)īy Tangerine Dream, it's still my favorite album in that category and how pivotal it turned out to be for Social review comments | Review Posted Tuesday, Ap| Review this album | Report (Review #168992) ![]() This is a very good way to find out if you need this sort of music in your life. More from 'Hyperborea', perhaps, but this is nit-picking. Even the few selections from soundtrack albums sound surprisingly better when Getting 'Ricochet Part 2', 'Cloudburst Flight', 'Tangram Set 1' and parts of 'Logos' is itselfĮnough to justify this purchase for those who have a hole in their collection where TANGERINE DREAM Whole first ten powerful minutes of 'Phaedra' and not the pathetic edit we get, but with Of course, they ought to have included the Tracks is almost impeccable and the edits judicious. Have changed the feel of this compilation (as well as being contractually impossible). ![]() Sadly, there's also none of the excellent early 'Pink years' but their inclusion would 'Dream Sequence' samples all the albums from their Virgin years, with none of the dross thatįollowed. If you want to find out what TANGERINE DREAM were like at their most popular, this is the place to
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