Ricochet Vs. Stratosfear (TD Album Duel Part 3)

Of all the polls Ive made for this mini series of tangerine dream album duels, this is the hardest vote for me. I absolutely adore both of these albums. From start to finish, each of these albums tell an intriguing and wonderful story. After much thought, I must choose Ricochet. To me, the heavier, more rock oriented sound of the band on Ricochet is just that much more satisfying than the sound on Stratosfear, not to discredit that album by any stretch of the imagination.

Edited by Scorpius - January 06 2017 at 16:28

You could edit your poll questions (and poll question), but you'll still be left with three choice. I'd replace "neither are good" with an album.

For those that they think both are equally good or bad they would still have the third option. For other choices, people could always mention it in a post.

If you really want those choices you can make a new one and I'll lock this.

Scorpius wrote: Of all the polls Ive made for this mini series of tangerine dream album duels, this is the hardest vote for me. I absolutely adore both of these albums.

ditto... so no vote...

^^^No problem, Scorpius. I was tempted to vote for both equally good as there are times when I could go for either, but I do choose Ricochet. It's an excellent album.

Ricochet, for sure.

Stratosfear isn't bad, but one can feel the "normalisation" of TD's music at this period of their career. Ricochet is more... hypnotic and more interesting, even if it suffers from the comparison with the previous albums (ah, Phaedra...!)

I have come to appreciate the more "commercial" and melodic sounding Stratosfear over time, but I have always loved Ricochet. TD live during the 70s is damn near unbeatable to these ears - the recent official bootleg box set series very brilliantly proves that. Oh my word...vol 1 currently ranks as my fave TD release ever.

Stratosfear