Tangerine Dream - Cyclone (Definitive Edition) -Remastered- (c) 1995 Virgin
Artist....: Tangerine Dream
Album.....: Cyclone-Definitive Edition
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 03
Genre.....: Electronic
Label.....: Virgin
Catalogue#: TAND 9 / 7243 8 40251 2 0
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.discogs.com/release/357304
Tracklist:
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01 Bent Cold Sidewalk 13:09
02 Rising Runner Missed By Endless Sender 05:02
03 Madrigal Meridian 20:29
Total:51,3 MB / 38:40 min
Release Notes:
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High definition digital remastering at Chop 'Em Out, London. Recorded
January 1978 at Audio Studios Berlin.
The Definitive Edition Series is considered to be the very best sound
quality of any of the Tangerine Dream releases because of Super Bit
Mapping technology.
A welcome reissue and one that marks an interesting transition in
Tangerine Dream's existence -- this was the first TD album to
incorporate lyrics and vocals (from Steve Jolliffe, who also
contributed wind instruments and keyboards). By this point, the nucleus
of the band was down to Edgar Froese and Christopher Franke, with the
sound centering more on shifting arpeggiation over percussive rhythm
structures, with "Madrigal Meridian" being an impressive example of
this. Jolliffe's vocal contributions on "Bent Cold Sidewalk" and
"Rising Runner Missed by Endless Sender" provide an aggressive edge
that effectively catapults the listener from the hypnotic pulse that
Tangerine Dream are best known for -- still, it's by no means a failed
experiment, though it does make Cyclone one of the least useful TD
albums for working up a good meditative state.