Optical Race

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Optical Race
Optical Race cover
1988 LP album cover
Studio album by Tangerine Dream
Released August, 1988
Recorded April-May, 1988, in Berlin and Vienna
Genre Electronic music
Length 52:39
Label Private Music
Producer Paul Haslinger, Edgar Froese
Professional reviews
Tangerine Dream chronology
Livemiles
(1988)
Optical Race
(1988)
Miracle Mile
(1989)

Optical Race is an album by electronic artists Tangerine Dream, which was released in 1988. Optical Race marked the first appearance of the band on Private Music, a label founded by former Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann.[1]

The sleeve of the 12" release and the first release on CD features a die-cut outer sleeve with a multicolored inner sleeve.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Marakesh" – 8:17
  2. "Atlas Eyes" – 4:04
  3. "Mothers Of Rain" – 5:13
  4. "Twin Soul Tribe" – 4:28
  5. "Optical Race" – 3:13
  6. "Cat Scan" – 5:35
  7. "Sun Gate" – 4:44
  8. "Turning Off The Wheel" – 6:11
  9. "The Midnight Trail" – 5:54
  10. "Ghazal (Love Song)" – 5:00

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Equipment

The album was produced using Steinberg/Jones software on an Atari ST computer.

[edit] Trivia

  • "Atlas Eyes" is in 5/4 time.
  • "Mothers of Rain" first appeared two years before the album's release, during the band's 1986 European tour.
  • "Turning Off The Wheel" was re-released on the Transsiberia album in 1998 under the title "The Golden Horn".

[edit] References

  1. ^ Berling, Michael. Optical Race. Voices in the Net. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.

[edit] See also