Oasis

Tangerine Dream | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 28, 1997)
• Original Release Date: October 28, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Miramar
• ASIN: B000003IQC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,792 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Flashflood

2. Zion

3. Reflections

4. Cliff Dwellers

5. Waterborne

6. Cedar Breaks

7. Summer Storm

8. Hopi Mesa Heart

9. Chia Maroon (Bonus Track)

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered reissue of Tangerine Dream's soundtrackto the multi-award winning 1997 video, plus 'Chia Maroon'added as an unmarked bonus track. Nine tracks total. 1998TDI Music release. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More pretty pictures for the mind!, February 17, 2000

By 

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

This album dates from 1996, and is a copy (with additional bonuses) of the complete soundtrack from the video release of the same name, which celebrates the natural wonders of the American Southwest. The music works much better away from its mixed media setting-largely because when free of the visual distraction that that supplies, the real beauty of this soundtrack can be more fully appreciated.

Stylistically, the music of this album is very similar to much of TD's earlier album, "Goblins Club". It provides plenty of variety and the mood is always very upbeat, with the sound being clear as well as big and punchy. In addition to the 7 tracks featured on the video, the CD contains another 11 minutes or so of very fine music and is a much better bet than the DVD if you don't want to buy both. This has to be one of Tangerine Dream's best releases of the late 1990s.

(For a fuller review, see this CD's entry on the amazon.co.uk site; I have also written a review of the video from which this soundtrack is taken in the DVD section of amazon.com)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Emotional Oasis, July 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Oasis (Audio CD)

Your preference for TD's various "era's" come into play here, and if you prefer the hypnotic earlier material from pre-1980, you may find this one a bit too logical. That being said, I must agree with some of the other reviewers that this is indeed one of TD's finest soundtracks. Apart from the non-rhythmic jangling of "sleigh bells" (?) on "Hopi Mesa Heart", this is a first class listen from start to finish. My own TD favorites are ones which have several changes of pace in a compositional style, yet retain melody and rhythym throughout. Favorite all-time tracks of TD's are "Voxel Ux" (Quinoa), "Yellowstone" (Le Parc), "Beauty of the Blast" (Architecture in Motion), and "Waterborne" from this CD. To REALLY enjoy "Waterborne", listen to it on a system with a wide freq. response, and studio monitor style speakers that can really push air. There's a lot of lo-frequency stuff here that "bookshelf" speakers conceal. As has been said, the tracks "Summer Storm" and "Chia Maroon" also lend considerable weight to the value of this CD. This is more than just pretty tunes, there's a lot of depth and composition here that make this one a CD you can really melt into.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Flashflood of impressions, January 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Oasis (Audio CD)

The year 1995 brought us only one proper release from the Froese family, but what release! I might say that "Oasis", a soundtrack to the environmental motion picture, is hands-down the best new-material album we got from the Froeses in the 90s. Funny - some tracks were good enough to replay them during concert tours. Yes, I mean replay, since the Froeses do not innovate on stage like Tangerine Dream used to in the days of old.

The first track, 'Flashflood', is the example of a good tune which sounds better onstage than on the studio album. Mind you, this music is not terribly sophisticated, quite to the contrary, but Oasis definitely possesses something which other albums of the decade lack - concept and atmosphere. The second composition, 'Zion', is much like the cheesy tracks from "Miracle Mile", and I suspect Edgar Froese reheated some old samples, and rerecorded them, adding new stuff. What he added makes all the difference, for 'Zion' actually features an oscillating shadow of an arpeggio, something I didn't hear from Froeses Dream in about 11 years. The next track, 'Reflections' is a simplistic, but good enough tune in the New Age tradition. It definitely sounds like a soundtrack, which cannot be said about "Zoning" or "Destination Berlin", the recent entrees from Froese cutting board. 'Cliff Dwellers' brings us back to "Shy People" - although that is a distant recollection. Very likeable, it is not as obnoxious as their recent albums. Then, we are treated to a real pearl, 'Waterborne', a beautiful synthesizer ballad I didn't suspect them of being able to conceive. It's certainly the best composition recorded since 1988, or indeed ever after. One cannot demand too much, though, as we learn when 'Waterborne' ends, and 'Cedar Breaks' begins. Completely forgettable track, which reminds me of "The Seven Letters from Tibet". Fortunately, the album is long from being over, and we simply cannot believe our ears, when we hear 'Summer Storm'. Another brilliant ballad. The last track of the proper soundtrack, 'Hopi Mesa Heart', is strange, with sampled sounds bristling and whistling. Nothing special, but at least there is no sign of drums anywhere. My edition of the CD features a bonus track, 'Chia Maroon', which is too happy-go-merry to really appreciate it. As an aside note, it hints at the next studio album - "Goblins Club".

All in all, "Oasis" is the most interesting entry from the Froeses in years. My advice would be the following. If you are not too fond of their music of the 90s, but want to go for the best, buy one good compilation, and one good album. I think that's it's a reasonable idea to have "Oasis" in your collection.