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Joined: December 06 2006
Location: New England
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Points: 8844
Posted: October 12 2016 at 08:09
Rising Runner is nothing less than a masterpiece IMO, while Tyger is a nice song. Of course Tyger has the more traditional and better vocals. I prefer the closing track on the Tyger album which is lovely.
Joined: April 06 2008
Location: USA
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Points: 966
Posted: October 12 2016 at 13:23
Never a big fan of Rising Runner, now if it was Bent Cold Sidewalk instead...
This is the version of Tyger that I have. The cd has 3 extra tracks and the song Tyger has some more percussion and the vocals are treated. I like this one better.
Joined: March 12 2005
Location: Neurotica
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Points: 166178
Posted: October 12 2016 at 14:17
Cyclone's track
Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
Another no-brainer after the GG poll. Rising Runner Missed by Endless Sender is pretty good (though I prefer Bent Cold Sidewalk by a fair margin). Tyger fails to distinguish itself from other randomly picked 1980's garbage, though the vocals are ok.
I found it very refreshing to listen to Rising Runner (yes, this is Tangerine Dream) after Tyger (is this Tangerine Dream?). Yet I was shocked when I heard Cyclone for the first time back in 1978 because of the vocals.
I used to read that Cyclone was supposed to be a "not good" album. Wonder how and why? The reviews were spectacularly uninformative and seriously contributed to me not buying that rubbish (magazines not T Dream!) ever again.
Tremendous atmosphere on that album. So yes, voted Rising Runner.
Joined: December 03 2011
Location: England
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Points: 705
Posted: October 15 2016 at 07:08
Rising Runner. The Cyclone album was a bit of a shock but I got used to it and like it now, it reminds me of the new wave of electronic music that started a year or so later, particularly Visage, but very quickly turned into dull synth pop and New Romantic. I wouldn't have identified Tyger as a TD track if you hadn't said, as my collection ends in 1986. I have no idea what the lyrics are about but for some reason they remind me of this .
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