Best Tangerine Dream Album (1970-1979)

The atypical Electronic Meditation gets my vote. Real-life drums make that and Alpha Centauri my favourites of the 7 or 8 TDs I've owned over the years. A reference point demonstrating the difference between orbiting the earth and merely floating motionless.

(I too wish the Sorcerer soundtrack was here.)

last hour or so of voting. Just incase anyones missed it.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

A runaway win for Phaedra then. I thought ILM would've seen a win for one of the 1st 4.

Tom D: no, I did own Stuntman and Pinnacles, though. I recall the latter being quite pretty - I may still have the odd track on tape somewhere.

"Epsilon" is great - it was recorded halfway between "Phaedra" and "Rubycon", so how could it not be? First half of title track is a floaty mellotron piece that is really beautiful.

It's great.

i really should get some more of their stuff. i had a bad experience with one of their eighties albums when i was 16 and it's made me very wary.

anyone heard the new one? (judging by the responses i got, it seems not.)

oh rats' fucking cocks.

that link, working this time

Found the "Epsilon" LP v. cheap a few years ago - great. Great cover, too. Haven't heard much TD apart from Phaedra though.

xpost: or not.

third time lucky

hurrah. goddamn nu-ILX :)

I hope Grimly bought himself some TD with his xmas money!

this is exactly the thread I want to see right now. Phaedra is incredible so I need to know what to investigate next. The answer is Zeit, it seems.

I really like Encore actually.

But, yeah, Phaedra ftw. Followed by Force Majeure.

Yeah! and if you like Force Majeure you gotta get Stratosfear too

You can't really go wrong with any of the albums on the poll though.

I'm not going to bother with TD 80s poll as I don't know anything about them. Feel free to start one someone or recommend one to check. I don't like new age stuff though.

Not that I'd have voted for it, but where's Green Desert?

Did anyone ever do an 80s poll?

rubycon definitely wasn't as impressive as phaedra
zeit, you have to be in the mood

those are the only 3 I have purchased

encore deserved a vote but I'm glad I voted Force Majeure, don't think I'll ever tire of that album. Lindstrom/Alex Moulton/Zombi fans need to check it out.

i am going to honour this poll right now by, err, downloading the winner. (hope it's a bit like the Risky Business OST)

And I decided on my 1st poll of 2009
Best Track on Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure?

Is this any good?
http://www.tangerinedream-music.com/disco_images/pink5.jpg
Green Desert (rec. in 1973)

Castle EMS 349 - This recording was supposed to be released instead of Phaedra in 73. It then disappeared into TD's safe until it was discovered again and released in 1986.

Track Listing:

01. Green Desert
02. White Clouds
03. Astral Voyager
04. Indian Summer

Would like to read these articles
http://www.rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=238
http://www.rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=9287

anyone have access to that site?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/apr/22/features.musicmonthly7

ilxor should check this poll

Herman--yes. As I mentioned above, Green Desert is entirely worthy.

I seem to be missing only the box set and Force Majeure. I plan to correct that soon!

ok i'll check it out. It's not on Spotify though so im checking out Cyclone instead.

Im not sure about those vocals on Cyclone.

ilxor should check this poll

Thanks, I saw it!

These are the ones I have so far:

1974 Phaedra 11
1972 Zeit 6
1979 Force Majeure 5
1976 Stratosfear 5
1975 Rubycon 3

I've heard Electronic Meditation is good and saw that one at the local shop, so probably getting that one next.

That one may be too rockist for you (sounds like early Pink Floyd)

it's great. Very different to anything else they ever done. Also check out Atem.

Which I am going to listen to right now. Been ages since I listened to the spacey stuff.

I cant find Green Desert online anywhere on any blogs.

Herman, hit me up off line for a YSE.

Awesome,I'll send you a webmail with my email, thanks!

Or I would if the webmail thing worked... gmail me at pfunkboy@

oh and Nate check out Best Track on Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure?

I just picked up a $3 copy of Phaedra today cuz of this thread, the only other one I have is Electronic Meditation so it's nice to know where to start.

It's totally different to that album. Like the 1st 2 Kraftwerk albums and their later material, the difference is astounding. Still really like EM and the 1st 2 Kraftwerk though.

Yeah I wouldn't say EM is much of a primer for anything they did afterwards. Same with the first Van Der Graaf Generator or the first couple Pink Floyds. Just a whole different beast really.

But still enjoyable! I listen to the 1st VDGG album a lot and the 1st Pink Floyd is by far my favourite.

I'd hardly place the 1st Pink Floyd album in the same category as the first VDGG album! Or the 1st TD album, for that matter!

I don't think that's what Nate meant, he just means that it's totally different to what came later, like with these other bands.

fopp are currently doing most of the tg virgin albs for 3 quid a pop. i bought rubycon (a winner) and ricochet (v gd 2nd side, not so wowed by the gtr and vox on the first track.) looking at this poll, will prob go back for stratosfear and maybe force majeure - i did have a copy of encore on cd and wasn't that thrilled by it, so had p much written off everything post-phaedra, may have to revise that opinion in the light of rubycon.

Rubycon is probably my just-about favourite

the virgin years 1974-1978 can be found for under $15 in several online stores.

force majeure is awesome but that and stratosfear do have spacerock guitar on it (which makes them awesome but you might not agree)

you're allowed to use every trick in the book, if you wrote the book.

I think vocals are only on one side of Cylone? But yeah, the non-vocal stuff on there rules

re:sequencer arpeggios n stuff....ehhh but I just don’t like the sound of it for the most part, sorry

if there were secret Patrick Crowley remixes of 70s Virgin TD, I’d be all in

re:sequencer arpeggios n stuff....ehhh but I just don’t like the sound of it for the most part, sorry

Is there another band called Tangerine Dream out there I've not heard yet?

https://img.discogs.com/56vOaoxFJ9-WnL2-pXWKiLAf7-M=/fit-in/494x480/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1029642-1185955842.jpeg.jpg

is there much sequencer stuff on the first four albums? I mean, I used to dig all the Virgin stuff but people change. they did a lot of cool stuff besides arpeggios

I think "Phaedra" is the first one with sequencers but it is pretty much their signature sound, or definitely the most recognisable.

I mean, "That sounds like Tangerine Dream", doesn't usually refer to guitar playing that reminds you of Edgar Froese, for instance.

right because all tangerine dreams before force Majeure only had sequencers, no other instruments or synthesized sounds

anyway yeah I know I’m a clod, whatever

just a bit of fun, Tom d, I’m not mad or anything

Sorry to everyone else for shitting up to thread

lol any excuse to bullshit about TD

OTM