TopTenREVIEWS presents the music career and reviews of Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
1.9849
Tangerine Dream Album Rankings
1
Phaedrais one of the most important, artistic, and exciting works in the history of electronic music, a brilliant and compelling summation of Tangerine Dream's early avant-space direction balanced wit
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Although Tangerine Dream is usually associated with synthesizers and the ambient movement that followed over a decade after such albums asPhaedra,Stratosfear, andRubyconwere recorded,Force Majeureshow
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Stratosfear, the last Tangerine Dream album by the greatBaumann/Franke/Froesethreesome, shows the group's desire to advance past their stellar recent material and stake out a new musical direction whi
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4
Edgar Froese's Berlin electronica franchise got into gear with this 1972 double, Tangerine Dream's third album, the reissue of which highlights their decisive move away from Baader-Meinhof guitars and
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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 ofChris Fr
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Atemis more melodic and less dissonant than Tangerine Dream's other early works. The lineup ofEdgar Froese,Christopher Franke, andSteve Schroyderputs a nice topspin on the old prog rock sound.
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7
There's a case to be made for Tangerine Dream as being among the most historically important experimental German bands from the early 70s.
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9
Electronic trio Tangerine Dream embrace their equipment and take their audience on an actual journey through this especially good, two-part showcase recorded live in France and Britain.
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11
Optical Race is one of Tangerine Dream's most accessible releases. The melodies and hooks are as strong as on any Dream production, and are complemented by the electronic washes of sound.
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12
Tangram is the beginning of a new musical direction: closer to straightahead, melodic new age music and more tied to their soundtrack material.
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13
Tangerine Dream has had an illustrious career as space rock pioneers.
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14
Tangerine Dream returned to the American Southwest as the setting for another soundtrack, Oasis.
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15
The Dream Roots Collection is a five-disc retrospective of Tangerine Dream's career, including one disc of previously unreleased material.
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17
Underwater Sunlight was the first album Paul Haslinger recorded with Tangerine Dream and his presence is immediately felt.
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18
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
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21
Tangerine Dream has been a dominant force in e-music for over 30 years. Their influence has spread to rock & roll, space music, ambient, and even new age.
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22
Valentine Wheels: The Shepherds Bush Empire Concert, London 1997 is a "vintage set" of Tangerine Dream classics.
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23
Tyger sees Tangerine Dream set the poetry of William Blake to music.
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24
Tangerine Dream recorded four works for Peter Baumann's Private Music label between the years 1988 and 1990.
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29
Live Miles contains only two tracks, and they were both recorded live.
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34
Tangerine Dream had debuted on record the same year of the original Moon launch, and 30 years down the road, Edgar Froese and co.
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38
Rockoon is one of Tangerine Dream's Miramar CDs and one of their Grammy-nominated albums. It features their signature Berlin school electronica with rock & roll textures.
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39
The greatest aspect of a soundtrack by this legendary German electronic new age ensemble is that you don't need the visuals to fully appreciate the music.
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Tournado is a set of Tangerine Dream classics from the Edgar Froese/Jerome Froese era. It is a live disc, recorded during the second set of a concert on April 23, 1997, in Zabeze, Poland.
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54
1987's Collection was revamped with new artwork and reissued by Castle in 1998.
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