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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Around the world in under 40 minutes!,
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This review is from: Le Parc (Audio CD)
The theme of this album is, as the title suggests, park spaces around the world. At first glance, the concept appears unassuming and hardly feels the topic for great musical expression. Bear in mind, though, that Tangerine Dream are masters of musical landscape and this topic certainly has given them scope aplenty to demonstrate this mastery. The hallmark Tangerine Dream electronic textures have been enhanced on several tracks by the inclusion of appropriate environmental recordings (of children playing, traffic passing and gulls crying over the sound of the sea) all of which add to the sense of actually being there.Thus we can't help but feel the bustle and vibrancy of 'Le Parc (L.A. Streethawk)', enjoy the expansive views from 'The Cliffs of Sydney (Sydney)' and become involved in the daring of the skateboarders of 'Central Park (New York)'. Every inch of this musical journey is a delight, from the well-ordered lawns of 'Tiergarten (Berlin)' and the impressive but civilised beauty of 'Gaudi Park (Guell Garden, Barcelona)' to the vast imposing grandeur of 'Yellowstone Park (Rocky Mountains)'. This latter comes complete with haunting Amerindian tonalities and Clare Torry's wordless evocation of an ancient and almost forgotten spirit-world. Particularly beautiful too are the synthesised oriental flutes, strings and drums that portray the mystical peace of 'Zen Garden (Ryoanji Temple, Kyoto)' and which provide a perfect setting for Katja Brauneis' exquisite wordless vocals. My only complaint about this disc is that there is simply not enough of it! Just less than 40 minutes in duration, it is decidedly slim fare by today's CD standards. You should be aware too, that the 5-CD set "Dream Roots Collection" contains 7 of the 9 tracks from this album (the missing ones are 'Hyde Park (London)' and 'The Cliffs of Sydney') so, if you are currently without this disc, and also "Tyger" and "Underwater Sunlight", you might want to consider buying the box set instead of the single CDs. The box set versions are slightly different, but are in no way inferior to these originals. It would be a shame not to have the Sydney track, though...
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Around the world in under 40 minutes,
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This review is from: Le Parc (Audio CD)
The theme of this album is, as the title suggests, park spaces around the world. At first glance, the concept appears unassuming and hardly feels the topic for great musical expression. Bear in mind, though, that Tangerine Dream are masters of musical landscape and this topic certainly has given them scope aplenty to demonstrate this mastery. The hallmark Tangerine Dream electronic textures have been enhanced on several tracks by the inclusion of appropriate environmental recordings (of children playing, traffic passing and gulls crying over the sound of the sea) all of which add to the sense of actually being there.Thus we can't help but feel the bustle and vibrancy of 'Le Parc (L.A. Streethawk)', enjoy the expansive views from 'The Cliffs of Sydney (Sydney)' and become involved in the daring of the skateboarders of 'Central Park (New York)'. Every inch of this musical journey is a delight, from the well-ordered lawns of 'Tiergarten (Berlin)' and the impressive but civilised beauty of 'Gaudi Park (Guell Garden, Barcelona)' to the vast imposing grandeur of 'Yellowstone Park (Rocky Mountains)'. This latter comes complete with haunting Amerindian tonalities and Clare Torry's wordless evocation of an ancient and almost forgotten spirit-world. Particularly beautiful too are the synthesised oriental flutes, strings and drums that portray the mystical peace of 'Zen Garden (Ryoanji Temple, Kyoto)' and which provide a perfect setting for Katja Brauneis' exquisite wordless vocals. My only complaint about this disc is that there is simply not enough of it! Just less than 40 minutes in duration, it is decidedly slim fare by today's CD standards. You should be aware too, that the 5-CD set "The Dream Roots Collection" contains 7 of the 9 tracks from this album (the missing ones are 'Hyde Park (London)' and 'The Cliffs of Sydney') so, if you are currently without this disc, and also "Tyger" and "Underwater Sunlight", you might want to consider buying the box set instead of the single CDs. The box set versions are slightly different, but are in no way inferior to these originals. It would be a shame not to have the Sydney track, though...
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of TD's best albums.,
By p-baer@acm.org (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Le Parc (Audio CD)
This was a watershed album for TD, introducing the more energetic, structured style that dominated subsequent works. The strongest tracks, "Bois de Boulogne" and "Le Parc," are also the ones that exemplify this transition most thoroughly. The album is capped by "Yellowstone Park," a beautiful, haunting symbiosis of the ethereal moods of TD's early years and the irresistible rythmic energy that defines modern Tangerine Dream.
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