THREE O'CLOCK HIGH (OST)

Tangerine Dream

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Progressive Electronic

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Studio Album, released in 1987

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. It's Jerry's Day Today (0:44)
2. 46-32-15 (0:47)
3. No Detention (1:01)
4. Any School Bully Will Do (0:33)
5. Go To The Head Of The Class (3:10)
6. Sit (0:47)
7. The Fight (2:35)
8. Jerry's Decision (4:28)
9. The Fight Is On (4:39)
10. Paper (1:28)
11. Big, Bright Brass Knuckles (1:18)
12. Buying Paper Like It's Going Out Of Style (1:35)
13. Dangerous Trend (0:54)
14. Who's Chasing Who (0:59)
15. Bonding By Candlelight (1:35)
16. You'll Never Believe It (2:19)
17. Starting The Day Off Right (1:16)
18. Weak At The Knees (2:34)
19. Kill Him (The Football Dummy) (1:04)
20. Not So Quiet In The Library/Get Lost In A Crowd (1:34)
21. Something To Remember Me By (4:12)
22. Arrival (2:10)

Total Time 41:42

Line-up / Musicians

- Tangerine Dream (1-5,11-20)
- Sylvester Levay (6-10)
- Jim Walker / vocals & guitar (21)
- Rick Morotta / drums (22)
- David Tickle (22)

Note: The actual instrumentation is not available at this moment

Releases information

Soundtrack for the 1987 motion picture directed by Phil Joanou.
Additional music was provided by Sylvester Levay and others.

LP Var�se Sarabande ‎- STV 81339 (1987, US)

CD Var�se Sarabande ‎- VCD 47307 (1987, US)

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TANGERINE DREAM Three O'Clock High (OST) ratings distribution

1.65
(38 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(0%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(8%)
Good, but non-essential (29%)
Collectors/fans only (32%)
Poor. Only for completionists (32%)

TANGERINE DREAM Three O'Clock High (OST) reviews

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Collaborators/Experts Reviews

Review by octopus-4
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams

I can imagine a director looking for a soundtrack for his new movie. He asks Tangerine Dream that in this period are making almost only soundtracks. I can imagine Edgar Froese digging into a closet and finding a tape with some spare recordings, incomplete ideas, the kind of things that an artist puts somewhere to be reused.

This is probably how an unusual number of 1 minute long instrumentals finished to be recorded on this album. The director added some of his own so it's neither a full Tangerine Dream recording and the only reason to own it is only because it's a rarity: The album was just a patchwork of short ideas and for what I know the movie itself was a "flop".

There's one good reason to have it. It has sold so few copies that today it's a rarity, a collector item.

The music inside is not too bad. You can put it in the background while you are cooking. You won't be disturbed, but there is nothing to put your attention on, also because there's no sense in putting the attention on a 30 seconds track.

As collector item it would deserve 2 stars, but the patchwork characteristic and the inclusion of forgettable non-TD tracks makes it less interesting even for a collector.

1 star

Latest members reviews

1 stars "Go To The Head Of The Class" is a nice little tune and that's all as far as the charms of this album goes. This is vying for the top spot for the "honour" of being the worst cd to bear the Tangerine Dream name and is one of those soundtracks Edgar Froese fought to stop being released,that sho ... (read more)

Report this review (#69536) | Posted by Pixel Pirate | Thursday, February 16, 2006 | Review Permanlink

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