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    Posted: March 09 2014 at 13:12
Just a quick question, which is your favourite Tangerine Dream album from the 70s? Comment below if you can to say why - really getting into them at the moment and I want to know if there are any I should listen to in particular. I listened to them all ages ago, and practically just in the background, but I don't know which one's to listen to again. At the moment, I adore Zeit so much more than Phaedra and Rubycon, and it has stuck in my head since ages ago, so it gets my vote. But anyway!

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They were the bee's knees during the 70s and released a string of masterpieces imho. My fave though has always been Alpha Centauri. TD doing "Krautrock" and transporting you to the edge of the solar system in the process. Sometimes it feels like oozing marmalade of sound - other times like a big breathing black hole drawing you in. It never fails to relegate it's beauty to meHeart
One of those special albums that really does sound like the cover art.
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Rubycon has always been one of my favorites.  It has the sequencer-drenched sound they are so known for but it also has a melodiousness not often found on their recordings.  From this list, I would say Phaedra is second.
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First four are my favourites, voted Zeit
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Too hard. I can't choose
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Ricochet! Well not exactly,. My favourites are Ricochet and Zeit depending on what mood I'm in.

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Zeit

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So far I like Alpha Centauri the most from the Ohr era's outer space drone ambient style and Rubycon from the sequencer-based Virgin Records era where they had more of a Egyptian/Greek/Roman ancient civilization atmosphere to them. Thing is that I haven't heard Zeit in its entirety yet, and I actually like Ricochet more than any of the studio albums from that period. Hence I might abstain from voting altogether.
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Ahh come on Simon - it's all in good funTongue
Which one is your current fave? 
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Guess I'll vote for Rubycon then.
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Nice choiceThumbs Up 
On any given day I think I could vote for Alpha Centauri, Atem, Rubycon and Force Majeure. Love those records to pieces. Force Majeure was my first exploration into TD and it's still very close to my heart. 
The way you described Rubycon as having some kind of ancient civilisation vibe to it has really stuck with me.  


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Impossible to choose a favorite
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I only have 6 or 7 of these, but my perennial favorite has always been Phaedra.
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Phaedra but it's really a 3 way tie with Ricochet and Rubycon with Zeit just behind
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Love all of them but my fave is Zeit
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Points: 29607 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 09 2014 at 17:33
Force Majeure although Ricochet is probably their best album from the seventies.
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Phaedra!
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Alpha Centuri
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Probably Phaedra. Or that one with all the singing.
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Originally posted by bloodnarfer bloodnarfer wrote:

Impossible to choose a favorite
Either this, or Stratosfear. Can't really say why, it just 'does it' for me.......
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