Le Parc
Artist: Tangerine Dream
Community Score: 5.70

Featuring shorter compositions and an increasingly lyrical lexicon of electronic sounds, Le Parc has more in common with the burgeoning new age movement than Tangerine Dream's earlier, eerier work. The songs are essentially musical postcards from great parks around the world, though the focus is on the mood generated by these places rather than... Read More

The Best of Collage
Artist: Michel Bayan

Sound researcher Michel Bayan combines his love for music with scientific research into the properties of sound on the human body. He has a series of five Collage albums for the purpose of relaxation (Collage III is not available) and Collage VI: Uplifters for a shot of energy. Best of Collage samples from the relaxation albums. Included are... Read More

Collage I
Artist: Michel Bayan

Sound researcher Michel Bayan has researched not only the effects of certain sounds on our body and emotions, but the effects of musical pieces, instruments, phrasing, and nature sounds. With this knowledge, Bayan carefully selected pieces and searched the world for just the right soloists--with just the right sound. The resulting collage of... Read More

Rastakraut Pasta/Material
Artist: Moebius & Plank

This two-fer combines a pair of albums recorded by Moebius & Plank: 1979's Rastakraut Pasta and 1981's Material. On the former, languid drum machines frame several interesting exercises in alien pop, from the vocoder experimentation on "News" and "Missi Cacadou" to the title track's hilarious fusion of reggae and Krautrock. (Can's Holger Czukay... Read More

Tangents: 1973-1983
Artist: Tangerine Dream

When it comes to compiling retrospective overviews of any long-standing performer or group, it's difficult to know what to include and what to leave out, what to polish up and what to leave in the raw. Even if the choices are narrowed to a segment of the artist's career (as here), there are problems galore. Providing the best possible... Read More

70/90
Artist: Tangerine Dream
Collection
Artist: Tangerine Dream

1987's Collection was revamped with new artwork and reissued by Castle in 1998. It's a solid single-disc overview of Tangerine Dream's early years, before the move to Virgin which produced their most seminal work; since this wasn't Tangerine Dream's most creatively fertile period, it's a nice alternative to the two-disc Analogue Years '69-'73,... Read More

Risky Business
Artist: Tangerine Dream
Community Score: 2.00

A fairly good cross-section of the soundtrack music for this film (starring Tom Cruise in a breakout performance), with TD's pulsating cues on five tracks balanced well against a selection of rock, blues and funk numbers (by Bob Seger, Jeff Beck, Prince and Muddy Waters, among others). The standout cut is "Love on a Real Train." ~ Steven... Read More

Dream Sequence
Artist: Tangerine Dream
Community Score: 8.00

Dream Sequence is an electronic wandering through this German band's most familiar instrumental endeavors. The two discs are made up of tracks stemming from such monumental albums as 1974's Phaedra and 1976's Stratosfear, merging right into some of their finest material from the early '80s. Fans of full-length Tangerine Dream tracks should take... Read More

Tangram
Artist: Tangerine Dream
Community Score: 8.40

Tangram is the beginning of a new musical direction: closer to straightahead, melodic new age music and more tied to their soundtrack material. The first of the two side-long pieces progresses through several different passages that use gently brushed acoustic guitars as well as the requisite synthesizers. For new age fans, this is the first... Read More

Atem
Artist: Tangerine Dream
Community Score: 6.67

Atem is more melodic and less dissonant than Tangerine Dream's other early works. The lineup of Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke, and Steve Schroyder puts a nice topspin on the old prog rock sound. They take it to the edge -- as in cutting -- and beyond. While it is still very common to see TD listed as progressive rock and art rock, this album... Read More

Canyon Dreams
Artist: Tangerine Dream
Community Score: 7.00

TD received its first Grammy nomination with this album. The music was originally composed for a scenic video on the Grand Canyon, released under the same title. The style is a rather ingenious combination of the group's progressive style and current commercial leanings, and, as such, is Tangerine Dream's finest album of recent years. ~ Linda... Read More

Analogue Space Years 1969-1973
Artist: Tangerine Dream
Community Score: 9.00

The Analogue Space Years '69-'73 is a definitive overview of Tangerine Dream's early, formative years, collecting highlights from the group's first four albums (Electronic Meditation, Alpha Centauri, Zeit, and Atem). Though this wasn't their most consistent or effective period, and their mid- to late-'70s work is far more essential, it's a handy... Read More