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Psychedelic Paul
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Phaedra was a princess of Crete in Greek mythology, and that's where we begin our journey as we cross the Rubycon with the music of Tangerine Dream. This legendary German electronica band have been with us seemingly forever, and their wonderful music reverberates and resonates through the years like a Ricochet bouncing endlessly off the walls through eternity. Tangerine Dream are best-known for their classic 1970's albums on the Virgin label and they really soared to the heights of the Stratosfear and beyond with the success of their fourth Virgin album in 1976. The trio of Tangerine Dream were led by the electronic Sorcerer of the keys Edgar Froese (1944-2015) with Chris Franke and Peter Baumann completing the line-up in the early years, until Johannes Schmoelling replaced Peter Baumann in 1979. The band had a very successful concert tour of the USA in 1977 where they were often asked to perform an Encore and they stormed from coast to coast across the United States with all the power of a Cyclone in an unstoppable Force Majeure of energy and strength. The music of Tangerine Dream has all the colour and versatility of a Tangram puzzle, and can often be as grand and imposing as the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Tangerine Dream are well-known for their soundtrack albums too, most notably with the score to the James Cann movie Thief in 1981. It's in their stunning concert performances where Tangerine Dream really excel though, and fans are always guaranteed a long concert set before the band finally Exit the stage. The magnificent music of Tangerine Dream soars with the grace and beauty of a White Eagle and their music is just as distinctive as the Logos on their album covers. In fact, Tangerine Dream are almost as legendary as the mystical land of Hyperborea in ancient Greek folklore.
The sequencer albums of Tangerine Dream all Highlighted in sequence. ================================================================== Here's your chance to name your Top 7 Tangerine Dream albums. Simply list your Top 7 albums in order of preference and then I'll assign points to your listings as follows:-
1st album - 12 points 2nd album - 8 points 3rd album - 6 points 4th album - 4 points 5th album - 3 points 6th album - 2 points 7th album - 1 point Here's my Top 7 to get the poll underway:- 1. Stratosfear (12 points) 2. Force Majeure (8 points) 3. Encore (6 points) 4. Logos (4 points) 5. White Eagle (3 points) 6. Tangram (2 points) 7. Ricochet (1 point) Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 08 2020 at 14:04 |
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1. Force Majeure (12 points) 2. White Eagle (8 points) 3. Tangram (6 points) 4. Ricochet (4 points) 5. Stratosfear (3 points) 6. Rubycon (2 points) 7. Phaedra (1 points) |
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Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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verslibre
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I love that you have Stratosfear at #1 instead of Phaedra (the go-to for most casual fans). It's an incredible statement.
I've been a fan of TD for a long, long time (both joyous and painful to say, lol). Here's my list. 1. Force Majeure 2. Stratosfear 3. Exit 4. Thief (OST) 5. Poland – The Warsaw Concert 6. Firestarter (OST) 7. The complete 1980 Palast der Republik concert from The Official Bootlet Series Volume Two 8. Rubycon 9. Underwater Sunlight 10. Miracle Mile (OST)
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Psychedelic Paul
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^ Phaedra didn't even make it into my Top 7 and I guessed you might be a Tangerine Dream fan from your "Stuntman" album cover avatar.
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1 Rubycon 2 Zeit 3 Tangram 4 Cyclone 5 Phaedra 6 Exit 7 Atem
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I don't know all of them so, with that in mind, and allowing live albums since they are essentially all originale
1. Force Majeure 2. Exit 3. Stratosfear 4. Underwater Sunlight 5. Cyclone 6. Ricochet 7. Tangram
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Stratosfear
Force Majeure Tangram Cyclone Phaedra Alpha Centauri Underwater Sunlight |
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Right on.
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I've always preferred Rubycon to Phaedra.
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Phaedra
Rubicon Ricochet Stratosphere Force Majeure Encore Poland |
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1. Ricochet
2. Rubycon 3. Cyclone 4. Stratosfear 5. Sorcerer 6. Phaedra 7. Alpha Centauri |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Me too.
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This is how the Top 7 is shaping up so far after the first eight rounds of voting:-
1. Force Majeure (55 points) 2. Stratosfear (49 points) 3. Rubycon (30 points) 4. Ricochet (25 points) 5. Phaedra (21 points) 5. Tangram (21 points) 7. Cyclone (17 points) 8. Exit (16 points)
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This is tough enough when a band has 20 albums. TD has over 100. Here goes:
1-Phaedra 3-Rubycon 3-Force Majeure 4-Zeit 5-Tangram 6-Underwater Sunlight 7-Le Parc Edited by tdfloyd - August 16 2020 at 03:40 |
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Ricochet Alpha Centauri Force Majeure Zeit Electronics Meditations Stratosfear Atem bubbling under: Encore Rubycon Phaedra Cyclone |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Top 7 update with TDFloyd & Sean Trane's votes added:-
1. Force Majeure (67 points) 2. Stratosfear (51 points) 3. Rubycon (38 points) 4. Ricochet (37 points) 5. Phaedra (33 points) 6. Tangram (24 points) 7. Cyclone (17 points) 8. Exit (16 points) 8. Zeit (16 points) |
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Wow, surprised at the lack of love for the first four albums - by far my favorite era of the band:
1. Zeit 2. Atem 3. Stratosphere 4. Alpha Centauri 5. Electronic Meditation 6. Ricochet 7. Rubycon |
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Psychedelic Paul
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^ You've evened up the score for the first four albums. Here's how the Top 7 looks now with your votes added:-
1. Force Majeure (67 points) 2. Stratosfear (57 points) 3. Rubycon (39 points) 3. Ricochet (39 points) 5. Phaedra (33 points) 6. Zeit (28 points) 7. Tangram (24 points) 8. Cyclone (17 points) 9. Exit (16 points) 10. Alpha Centauri (15 points) |
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Well, this thread doesn't seem to be a popular one. I know we've more TD fans than it looks...
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Hi all, newbie here The difficulty when rating albums is to separate the memories of when the music was first encountered from the music itself... 1. Stratosfear 2. Phaedra3. Rubycon 4. Ricochet 5. Force Majeure 6. Tangram 7. Logos |
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