Dream Mixes Vol.2 (Timesquare) - Tangerine Dream

Advantages: One of the best 'electronic' albums ever
Disadvantages: It is somewhat short

...After the success of their 1974 release "Phaedra", Tangerine Dream released their last organic sounding masterpiece "Rubycon", before becoming a more conventional sounding electronic band. To try and describe the purely instrumental music on this album is difficult. Most people regard electronic music as pings, beeps and other more farty sounds, but here the early synthesisers and manipulated sounds create a wash of noise somewhat like the aural equivalent of a watercolour. The first piece (Rubycon Part One) sounds like a life-cycle of some alien sound creature. The beginning with its gong like sounds conjuring up something stirring in a dark damp cave before bursting into life in the sunshine with eerie bird-like calling. A pulsing sequencer sound builds up to carry our creature onwards through layers of sounds forming, swirling... Read review

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Advantages: Unreleased tracks
Disadvantages: Price, some 're-mixing'

...As you may have already guessed, this is a ‘best of’ album. As Tangerine Dream have been around for the past 40 years, you don’t need to be a fan to know there are lots of these compilation albums around – some good, some so bad you feel embarrassed to look at the cover let alone play it. ‘Tangents’ is certainly one of the best. The tracks are from a wide range of studio and sound track albums; some classic ones like Ricochet, White Eagle and Exit, to some quite rare and difficult to find tracks (Wavelength and Flashpoint). Disk 5 contains a lot of previously unreleased tracks, which makes a very useful added bonus, and makes the price worthwhile. Many of the tracks are just excerpts of long single track albums like Ricochet, but some are re-mixed, or "tangenized", as some fans call it. Some of them are quite different to... Read review

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Advantages: Easy listening and unique
Disadvantages: Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

....31), 2* *07, Playin' in Her Hair (3.15), 3* *08, Purple Kisses (5.14), 2* The-Dream must have purposefully planned for all his tracks to slighty run-in to one another, because if you do not keep a watch it is likely you can miss the track change. 'Falsetto' was the second single released off the album, peaking at #30 on the Billboard. Sadly, the track sounds like everything else that has been average on the project up to this point. You only gain a reputation like Ne-Yo if you constantly sing about love and women, luckily that is one of The-Dream's favourite past-times. Considering there is such a large amount of competition in this market, you wonder if we really need another artist that is going to try and wow the market with a few mixed-up ballads. It would be unfair to completly dismiss 'In Her Hair' but it's not one of the best... Read review

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