Dream Sequence: Best of [Import]

Tangerine Dream | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 20, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00004SRK9
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,682 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

1. Dream Is Always The Same

2. Phaedra

3. Rubycon (Part 1)

4. Stratosfear

5. Choronzon

6. Cherekee

7. Cinnamon Road

8. Kiew Mission

9. Ricochet (Part 2)

10. Cloudburst Flight

11. Force Majeure

12. Tangram (Part 1)

13. Beach Scene

14. Logos (Part 1a)

15. Logos (Part 1b)

16. Logos (Part 2)

17. Dominion

18. White Eagle

19. Love On A Real Train

Editorial Reviews

2 CD retrospective featuring tracks from 13 albums recorded for Virgin Records. 19 remastered tracks including 'The Dream Is Always The Same' and 'Phaedra'. 2000 release. Slimline double jewel case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Tangerine Dream, July 27, 2004

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Paul Allaer (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dream Sequence: Best of (Audio CD)

Originally issued in '85 as a triple album, this essential and ultimate Tangerine Dream collection fits nicely onto 2 CDs (19 tracks, 133 min.). This particular release is the 2002 reissue of the 1985 compilation (exact same tracks), albeit with a new cover.

This collection was originally issued shortly after TD enjoyed true broad commercial success for the last time with the soundtrack for the movie "Risky Business" (starting and ending the compilation on tracks 1 and 19). All other tracks inbetween are the highlights of the Virgin Records era of TD (thankfully leaving out pre-1973 experiments like Zeit and Alpha), starting with excerpts (too short, in my opinion) of "Phaedra" and "Rubycon". The tracks move along pretty much chronologically, ending with "White Eagle" from 1982.

The set includes 2 side-long tracks, "Ricochet Part II" and "Tangram Part I". The "Ricochet" track shows TD at its peak, a 20 minute oddisey of throbbing sequencers and soaring guitar solos. "Ricochet" stems from '75 but hasn't aged a day. And to think that the "Ricochet" and "Tangram" albums actually made serious dents in the UK album charts in the mid-70s! Those were the days! If you're gonna to buy just one Tangerine Dream CD, this is the one . . .

If you're looking for more "essential" Tangerine Dream, check out last year's "Bootleg 1", which brings 5 live concerts from the 70s.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good value sampler, September 24, 2002

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Steve Benner "Stonegnome" (Lancaster, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dream Sequence: Best of (Audio CD)

This 2 CD set contains a fair representation of almost all of the Tangerine Dream albums recorded in the period 1973 to 1983 (the only ones missing are "Sorcerer", "Pergamon" and "Cyclone"). While it is not always the best track from each album that makes it into this set, and some are presented in bleeding chunk form only, these discs do give the listener a good overview of each album, making this a good sampler set from which to set out on an exploration of the music of Tangerine Dream's so-called Virgin Years. I don't usually approve of 'best of' collections, and usually rate them accordingly, but I'm prepared to make an exception in this case because of its completeness, variety of programming and the great value for money that this release represents. This release will be of little interest to established collectors of TD's music of this period but beginners could do a lot worse than start here.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting 1977-1983 overview, July 4, 2004

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"mythologue" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dream Sequence: Best of (Audio CD)

As strange as it may initially seem, this is an ideal compilation for fans of Tangerine Dream's early period: very few tracks are taken from pre-1976 albums (causing few overlaps for those who already own the 1970-1975 recordings), and its 1977-1983 overview is interesting in its own right, but not quite impressive enough to warrant the purchase of the individual 1977-1983 albums themselves. In other words, both its strengths and weaknesses make it a solid stand-alone double album. The music on this compilation bears the mark of Tangerine Dream's post-Rubycon (1975) aesthetic, as they gradually leaned away from the vast, evocative and free soundscapes of their early work towards a more structured, mainstream and altogether predictable approach. If you are new to Tangerine Dream, I'd suggest getting the early albums first (Phaedra [1974] being arguably the best entry point); this compilation can then cover their later, somewhat less memorable period.