Force Majeure (Tangerine Dream album)

Force Majeure
Studio album by Tangerine Dream
Released February 1979
Recorded August–September 1978 at Hansa Studios, Berlin
Genre Electronic music
Length 40:14
Label Virgin
Producer Chris Franke, Edgar Froese
Tangerine Dream chronology
Cyclone
(1978)		 Force Majeure
(1979)		 Tangram
(1980)
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Allmusic [1]

Force Majeure is a 1979 electronic music album released by the German group Tangerine Dream, originally issued on transparent vinyl.[2] Following Stratosfear, the album developed Tangerine Dream's further evolution toward the more melodic sound they would adopt in the 1980s. For example, "Cloudburst Flight", is more of the tradition of progressive rock than the band's 1970s output of Berlin School.

The distortion of the bass sequence on "Thru Metamorphic Rocks" was the result of a burnt-out transistor in the mixing desk. When the band heard the result, they decided to keep it.

A remixed excerpt of "Force Majeure" titled "Lana" was used on the film soundtrack Risky Business and a remixed excerpt of "Thru Metamorphic Rocks" titled "Igneous" was used on that to Thief. A heavily remixed version was played live in 2003, and later released as "Meta Morph Magic" on the DM 4 album. In 1991, Chris Franke played "Cloudburst Flight" as part of his solo London Concert.

Force Majeure is Tangerine Dream's fourth biggest selling album, reaching No. 26 in the UK and spending 7 weeks on the chart.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Force Majeure"   18:17
2. "Cloudburst Flight"   7:27
3. "Thru Metamorphic Rocks"   14:30

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Berling, Michael. "Force Majeure". Voices in the Net. http://www.voices-in-the-net.de/forcemaj.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-16. 

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