Rockoon (Tangerine Dream album)

Rockoon
Studio album by Tangerine Dream
Released 1992
Recorded 1991 - 1992
Length 57:48
Label Miramar
Producer Edgar Froese
Tangerine Dream chronology

Canyon Dreams
(1991)		 Rockoon
(1992)		 Quinoa
(1992)
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AllMusic [1]

Rockoon is an album by electronic artist Tangerine Dream, which was released in 1992. The album was started in March 1991 and completed January 1992, making it the longest production ever in the band's history. The album was nominated in the USA for the "Best New Age Album 1992" Grammy and reached the Top Ten in Billboard New Age charts and the Top Twenty in Billboard Jazz charts.[2]

The album was re-released in 1999 on Tangerine Dream's own TDI label with new cover artwork by Edgar Froese.[3]

1999 re-release artwork

"Big City Dwarves" was used as a promo single. Penguin Reference was also used on the promo. There were about 200 to 300 copies of this single.[4]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Big City Dwarves"  Jerome Froese 6:00
2. "Red Roadster"  Jerome Froese 8:30
3. "Touchwood"  Jerome Froese 4:34
4. "Graffiti Street"  Jerome Froese 5:04
5. "Funky Atlanta"  Edgar Froese 4:00
6. "Spanish Love"  Edgar Froese 5:40
7. "Lifted Veil"  Jerome Froese 3:30
8. "Penguin Reference"  Jerome Froese 4:45
9. "Body Corporate"  Edgar Froese 3:40
10. "Rockoon"  Jerome Froese 7:21
11. "Girls On Broadway"  Jerome Froese 4:44

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Brenholts, Jim. Rockoon - Tangerine Dream at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Berling, Michael (3 August 2014). "Rockoon". Voices in the Net.
  3. ↑ "TDI Music". Discogs. 2014.
  4. ↑ Berling, Michael (3 August 2014). "Big City Dwarves". Voices in the Net.