Stratosfear
| Stratosfear | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1976 LP album cover | ||||
| Studio album by Tangerine Dream | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Genre | Electronic music, Ambient | |||
| Length | 35:39 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Tangerine Dream | |||
| Tangerine Dream chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Piero Scaruffi | (6/10)[2] |
Stratosfear is an electronic music album released in 1976 by the German group Tangerine Dream.[3] It marks the beginning of the band's development away from their uncompromising early 1970s synthesizer experiments toward a recognizably more melodic sound, a trend they would pick up again in 1979's Force Majeure. The title track "Stratosfear" has been played live many times and has been released in a re-mixed form on a number of other albums.
Stratosfear combines Tangerine Dream's acoustic and electronic influences more tightly than before. For instance, at the end of the last track, "Invisible Limits", the deep piano/flute tune reveals the album's romantic flavour even after the earlier predominantly synthetic compositions (tracks #1 to last part of track #4).
The LP reached No.39 in the UK, in a 4-week chart run, and eventually reached silver status for selling an excess of 60,000 copies.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stratosfear" | 10:04 | |
| 2. | "The Big Sleep in Search of Hades" | 4:45 | |
| 3. | "3 A.M. at the Border of the Marsh From Okefenokee" | 8:10 | |
| 4. | "Invisible Limits" | 11:40 |
Personnel
- Edgar Froese – Moog synthesizer, Mellotron, guitars, 12-string guitar, grand piano, bass guitar, mouth organ
- Peter Baumann – Moog synthesizer, Mellotron, Project Electronic Rhythm Computer, Fender electric piano
- Christopher Franke – Moog synthesizer, Birotron, organ, percussion, harpsichord
Singles
- "Stratosfear" – "The Big Sleep In Search Of Hades"
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Scaruffi, Piero (1999). "Tangerine Dream". pieroscaruffi.com. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
- ↑ Berling, Michael. "Stratosfear". Voices in the Net. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
- ↑ "Certified Awards". BPI. Archived from the original on 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2008-07-11.