Lily on the Beach

Tangerine Dream | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Private Music
• ASIN: B0000000JI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,216 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lily on the Beach

2. Crystal Curfew

3. Desert Drive

4. Mount Shasta

5. Valley of the Kings

6. Radio City

7. Alaskan Summer

8. Blue Mango Cafe

9. Paradise Cove

10. Too Hot for My Chinchilla

11. Twentynine Palms

12. Pearl River [Bonus] [*]

13. Gecko

14. Long Island Sunset

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Energetic and inventive!, December 31, 2003

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Brianna Neal (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lily on the Beach (Audio CD)

This album is probably more intense overall than its predecessor, "Optical Race", but with a slightly lighter mood and more variety toward the end. Paul Haslinger and Edgar Froese continue to show off their wizardry here on electronic keyboards, guitars and drums, and again the emphasis is on progressive, driving compositions that are never boring because they don't just stick to one pattern or texture, but morph and grow with each phrase. This music is undeniably cool and a great motivator for workouts or physical tasks. Standout numbers on "Lily on the Beach" include "Desert Drive", "Crystal Curfew", "Valley of the Kings" and the opening track, "Too Hot for My Chinchilla" (no kidding, that's the title and no, I don't have the slightest idea what it means!). The closing track, "Long Island Sunset", is nice too, with varying tempos and intensities, and accoustic saxophone and flute provided by guest artist Hubert Waldner. If you like "Lily on the Beach", you're sure to like two other Tangerine Dream releases too--"Optical Race" and "Melrose".

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lightly Enjoyable Lily, April 27, 2003

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Fishin & Grinnin (Nova Scotia, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lily on the Beach (Audio CD)

This album, one of the three Melrose companions featuring Paul Haslinger (also "Melrose" and "Optical Race") is a continuation of TD's experimentation with shorter tracks, the longest being 7 minutes. In doing this, there's no room to have changes of pace or texture within a single track, and those who like TD for their musical-journey type experiences may be disappointed. One other "disappointment" which annoys me personally is the use of aggressive electric guitar on several tracks - to me, this seems like "Eddie Van Halen crashed our party!", not TD. Enough of the bad points.

Most of the tracks have a catchy melody that is memorable, and makes for great driving music. The title track ("Lily on the Beach") has a very interesting tune, and moves along seamlessly. Another notable is "Mount Shasta", which has some very large, open, majestic tones to it, as well as an unusual stop-and-go bass rhythym behind the theme. "Twenty-Nine Palms" (can't imagine where this title came from?) has a beautiful melody for piano as the main theme, but would probably sound much better on a full-bodied grand piano, than on the somewhat spikey sounding electric. The final track "Long Island Sunset" is magnificent. Featuring one Hubert Waldner on sax and flute, the piece builds serenely to a fast, raucous flute section in the middle (reminiscent of Ian Anderson), stepping down with sax to the dreamy, sunset-like closing minutes. The sax addition must have gained immediate approval, as we have the almost regular addition of Linda Spa on many subsequent TD discs "blowing her own horn" with admirable skill and contribution.

For fun music, with melodies to hum, and rhythyms to tap your feet to (or gas pedal!), the three Melrose discs are very satisfying, and somehow keep being listened to over and over again.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it, July 29, 2003

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Stephen (Daytona, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lily on the Beach (Audio CD)

Lily on the Beach was the very first TD album I listened to and love it. I like TD style in this Album. As far as other TD albums this album is very different from what I have noticed. TD is pritty cool. I love it, this is very quick pace and yet not annoying. You feel like your going on a Rollercoaster with imagination. Great Job TD!