Tangerine Dream discography

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Tangerine Dream has released over one hundred albums (not counting singles, compilations and fan releases) over the last four decades.

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[edit] Live and studio albums

The border between Tangerine Dream's studio and live albums is quite a blurred one. Albums billed as "live" commonly include overdubs and original material added in studio; at its worst, less than a third of Live Miles comes from actual live material. Given the fact that the band's live albums often consist of original music not available on any studio album, the distinction between studio and live albums is less useful with Tangerine Dream than with most bands. The group has only somewhat recently (1997 onwards) started releasing "normal" live albums, that is, recordings in which the band primarily performs pieces from previous studio albums. These are listed below in the "Collections" section.

The major original albums (excluding soundtracks) released by the group are:

[edit] The Pink Years

Electronic Meditation (1970)
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Electronic Meditation (1970)

Tangerine Dream's first releases were on the Ohr label. The Ohr logo was a pink ear, thus fans refer to this era as "The Pink Years".

Released Album Singles
1970 Electronic Meditation
1971 Alpha Centauri
  • "Ultima Thule"
1972 Zeit
1973 Atem

[edit] The Virgin Years

Phaedra (1974)
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Phaedra (1974)
Stratosfear (1976)
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Stratosfear (1976)
Tangram (1980)
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Tangram (1980)

In 1974, the band switched to Virgin Records, thus "The Virgin Years".

Released Album Singles
1974 Phaedra
1975 Rubycon
1975 Ricochet
  • "Ricochet (Part I)" – "Ricochet (Part II)"
  • "Excerpt From Ricochet"
1976 Stratosfear
  • "Stratosfear" – "The Big Sleep In Search Of Hades"
1977 Encore
  • "Encore" – "Hobo March"
1978 Cyclone
1979 Force Majeure
1980 Quichotte
Re-released in 1986 as Pergamon.
1980 Tangram
1981 Exit
  • "Choronzon" – "Network 23"
1982 White Eagle
1982 Logos Live
1983 Hyperborea

[edit] The Blue Years

The switch to the Jive Records label with their blue logo was the start of "The Blue Years".

Released Album Singles
1984 Poland
  • "Warsaw In The Sun"
1985 Le Parc
  • "Streethawk"
1986 Green Desert
(recorded 1973, re-mixed 1984)
1986 Underwater Sunlight
  • "Dolphin Dance"
1987 Tyger
  • "Tyger" – "21st Century Common Man"
1988 Livemiles
Re-released in 1996 as Live Miles.

[edit] The Melrose Years

"The Melrose Years" started when Tangerine Dream switched to Peter Baumann's Private Music label, located on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California.

Released Album Singles
1988 Optical Race
1989 Lily On The Beach
1990 Melrose

[edit] The Seattle Years

A switch to the Miramar label in Seattle, Washington gave the name "The Seattle Years".

Released Album Singles
1992 Rockoon
  • "Rockoon Special Edition"
1992 Quinoa
Originally a limited fanclub release of 1000 copies. An unlimited version came out in 1997.
1993 220 Volt
  • "Dreamtime"
1994 Turn of the Tides
1995 Tyranny of Beauty

[edit] The Millennium Years

Tangerine Dream moved to the Castle label in 1996 briefly before Edgar Froese created his own TDI label.

Released Album Singles
1996 Goblins Club
  • "Towards The Evening Star"
1997 Ambient Monkeys
1998 The Hollywood Years vol.1
1998 The Hollywood Years vol.2
1999 Mars Polaris
2000 The Seven Letters From Tibet
2002 Inferno
2004 Purgatorio
2005 Jeanne D'Arc
2005 Phaedra 2005
2006 Paradiso

[edit] The Dream Mixes

A side-project initiated by Jerome Froese, the series has a dance music slant and primarily consists of remixes of other TD material.

Released Album Singles
1995 Dream Mixes
1997 Dream Mixes II: TimeSquare
2001 Dream Mixes III: The Past Hundred Moons
  • "Meng Tian"
  • "Stereolight"
  • "Astrophobia"
2004 Dream Mixes IV
  • "DM 4 Bonus CD"

[edit] Soundtrack albums

Legend (1985)
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Legend (1985)
The Keep (1997)
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The Keep (1997)

Tangerine Dream has provided soundtracks to more than sixty-five films and videos, one play and two audio novels. Around thirty soundtrack albums have been released, including:

Released Recorded Soundtrack
1977 1976 Sorcerer
1981 1980 Thief
1982 Das Mädchen auf der Treppe
1983 Daydream — Moorland
1984 1983 Risky Business
1984 Wavelength
Firestarter
Flashpoint
1985 Heartbreakers
Legend
1987 Three O'Clock High
Near Dark
Shy People
1989 Miracle Mile
Destination Berlin
1991 1987 Canyon Dreams
1991 1989 Dead Solid Perfect
1991 1985 The Park Is Mine
1992 Rumpelstiltskin (audio novel)
1992 1989 L'Affaire Wallraff
1992 1987 Deadly Care
1994 1989 Catch Me If You Can
1996 1987 Zoning
1997 1996 Oasis
1997 1983 The Keep
1997 Der Meteor (audio novel)
1998 Transsiberia
1999 What a Blast
Great Wall of China
2003 Mota Atma

[edit] Archive releases

Tangerine Dream have in the recent years released much old archive material, mostly of live concerts. The Bootleg Boxes and The Bootmoon Series are official releases based on the fan project "Tangerine Tree", consisting of fan-made recordings. Exceptions are London 1975 from the former set (which was recorded by BBC), and Brighton and Cleveland from the latter (which come from the band's own archives).

Released Album
1999 Sohoman (Live in Sydney 1982) (remixed)
2000 Antique Dreams (rarities collection)
2000 Soundmill Navigator (Live at the Philharmonics 1976) (remixed)
2003 The Bootleg Box Set Vol. 1
2003 Rockface (live in Berkeley 1988)
2004 The Bootleg Box Set Vol. 2
2004 The Bootmoon Series: Montreal– April 9th 1977
2004 The Bootmoon Series: Aachen– January 21st 1981
2004 The Bootmoon Series: Paris– February 2nd 1981
2004 The Bootmoon Series: Sydney– February 22nd 1982
2004 The Bootmoon Series: Ottawa– June 20th 1986
2004 East (live in Berlin 1990)
2004 Arizona Live (Scottsdale 1992)
2005 Vault IV; also released as two volumes:
  • The Bootmoon Series: Brighton– March 25th 1986
  • The Bootmoon Series: Cleveland– June 24th 1986
2005 Kyoto (reworked 1983 studio tapes of Froese & Schmölling)
2005 Rocking Mars (Live at Klangart Festival 1999 in Osnabrück)
2006 Blue Dawn (reworked 1988 studio tapes of Froese & Ralf Wadephul)
2006 The Bootmoon Series: Detroit– March 31st 1977 (announced)
2006 The Bootmoon Series: Cologne– November 25th 1972 (announced)
2006 The Bootmoon Series: Preston– November 5th 1980 (announced)

[edit] Samplers

Tangerine Dream tracks have appeared on a number of samplers. These particular samplers are unique in that they contain tracks that never appeared on any other official Tangerine Dream release, although some have been released on the Tangerine Tree fan project:

Released Album Tangerine Dream Tracks
1971 Ossiach Live
  • "'Oszillator Planet Concert"
    (released on Tangerine Tree 59: Essen 1968)
1975 V
  • "Overture"
    (released on Tangerine Tree 41: Space is the Place)
1986 Jubileumcassette
  • "Horns of Doom"
1986 Electronische Muziek 1989
  • "Lost Tale"

[edit] Compilations

There have been more than two dozen compilations of Tangerine Dream's music; most of these had a short market lifespan and covered either the Pink Years, the Blue Years, or both. From the Virgin Years, the collection Dream Sequence (released 1985) remains still in print.

There have also been three "major" compilations. Tangents from 1994 (covering the Virgin Years) and The Dream Roots Collection from 1996 (covering the Pink & Blue Years) are both five CD sets remixed by Edgar Froese himself; also, the fifth CD of both consists of previously unreleased material. The third similar compilation is i-Box (1970-1990), a six CD set released on the band's own TDI label in 2000. It is heavily based on the previous two sets, but also covers the Melrose Years, and has different bonus material. Also, many of the remixes on the D.R.C. were earlier released on a 2CD collection titled Book of Dreams.

It is worth noting that on these collections, the remixed material is presented instead of, rather than alongside the original versions, and without any explicit mention about the pieces being remixed. This practice is known as "tangentizing" among Tangerine Dream fans; the name may also refer to Froese's distinctive remixing style, which relies heavily on overdubbing.

This section also lists those live albums which are not original albums nor archive releases.

Released Album Eras New material
1980 '70-'80 (vinyl only) Pink / Virgin
  • "Monolight (Single Version)"
  • "Baryll Blue"
  • "Chimes and Chains"
  • "Haunted Heights"
1985 Dream Sequence Virgin none
1987 The Collection Pink none
1989 The Best of Tangerine Dream Pink / Blue none
1991 From Dawn 'til Dusk Pink / Blue none
1992 The Private Music of Tangerine Dream Melrose
  • "Beaver Town"
  • "Roaring of the Bliss"
1993 Dream Music Soundtracks none
1993 The Story of Tangerine Dream Pink / Blue none
1994 Tangents Virgin
  • "The Jogger"
  • "Silver Scale"
  • "Jamaican Monk"
  • Edgar Froese solo tracks
  • Remixes
1995 Atmospherics Pink / Blue none
1995 Dream Music 2 Soundtracks none
1995 Book of Dreams Pink / Blue
  • Remixes
1996 Tangerine Dream Virgin none
1996 The Dream Roots Collection Pink / Blue
  • "Valley of the Sun"
  • "Beach Bay Bunker"
  • "Vanishing Blue"
  • "Red Morpho"
  • Remixes
1997 Tournado (Live in Europe) Seattle
/ Millenium
  • "Intro"
  • "220 Volt (Big Volt Version)"
1998 Luminous Visions Seattle none
1998 The Analogue Space Years Pink none
1998 The Pink Years Pink none
1998 Atlantic Bridges Melrose / Seattle none
1998 Atlantic Walls Melrose / Seattle none
1998 Dream Encores Melrose / Seattle
  • "Order of The Ginger Guild"
  • "Eleanor Rigby"
  • "Oriental Haze (Single version)"
  • "Thief Yang and the Tangram Seal"
  • "Purple Haze (Single version)"
  • "Dominion (1986 version)"
1998 Valentine Wheels
(The Shepherds Bush Empire
Concert London 1997)		 Virgin / Blue
/ Seattle
  • "Silver Scale"
  • Remixes
1998 The Blue Years Blue none
1999 Tangerine Dream Virgin none
2000 Tang-go Melrose / Seattle
/ Millenium
  • "Ça Va–Ça Marche–Ça Ira Encore"
  • "Tutankhama"
2000 i-Box Pink / Virgin
/ Blue / Melrose
  • "Longing for Cashba"
  • "Unicorn Saga"
  • "Akash Deep"
  • "Iguana"
  • Edgar Froese solo tracks
  • Remixes
2002 Journey Through a Burning Brain Pink / Blue none
2004 An Introduction to.... Pink / Blue none

[edit] Sets

Released Album Contents
1976 Alpha Centauri/Atem Alpha Centauri, Atem
1986 In The Beginning Electronic Meditation, Alpha Centauri, Zeit, Atem, Green Desert
1990 Synthetiseur Phaedra, Rubycon, Ricochet
1992 (3) Encore, Cyclone, Force Majeure
1994 Collection Poland, Tyger, The Best of Tangerine Dream
1995 Rubycon–Ricochet Rubycon, Ricochet
1997 The Grammy Nominated Albums Canyon Dreams, Rockoon, 220 Volt Live, Turn of the Tides, Tyranny of Beauty
1998 Dream Dice Ambient Monkeys, Atlantic Bridges, Atlantic Walls, Dream Encores, The Dream Mixes, TimeSquare, The Hollywood Years Vol. 1, The Hollywood Years Vol. 2, Oasis, Quinoa, Tournado, Transsiberia, Ça Va–Ça Marche–Ça Ira Encore
1998 Three Classic Albums Electronic Meditation, Alpha Centauri, Zeit
2004 Lamb With Radar Eyes Valentine Wheels, Tournado
2004 High Voltage Atlantic Walls, Atlantic Bridges, Valentine Wheels, Tournado
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