TYGER

This record belongs to the Haslinger-era. After the excellent Underwater Sunlight, Haslinger, Froese and Frank come back with this amazing album. We have a very rare Tangerine Dream record with lead vocals here: the woman has a very good voice, but the problem is that it kills the magic moments of the fresh keyboards textures, because she sings too loud. Thanks God she only sings less than 50% of the time. The 2 epic tracks, lasting more than 12 minutes, are REALLY good! On Alchemy of the heart, there are tons of crystal clean percussive keyboards, which are PLAYED, not sequenced; the second part of this track contains awesome, very rich floating textures of keyboards: it is probably the most emotional track of Tangerine Dream! Unbelievable! On London, the rythm changes are numerous: the track is very progressive, and it ends with Froese's sharp guitar: I think he gets his best sound ever right here! VERY impressive. There are also some excellent piano parts. The 2 other tracks Smile and Tyger last only 5 minutes, and, despite they sound really cute and crystal clean, the presence of the lead vocals partly ruin the overall sound.