What's your favourite TD album?
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Topic: What's your favourite TD album?
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Subject: What's your favourite TD album?
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 16:17
Well, I've got only four so far: Phaedra, Rubycon, Ricochet, and now also Hyperborea. And my favourite is undeniably Ricochet! 
------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 17:43
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It's either Phaedra or Rubycon, probably Rubycon. I should listen to them more.
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Posted By: Cheesecakemouse
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 19:27
| I only own and really know Phaedra, I've heard some of Rubycon and Stratosphere, they both sound really good but like I said my knowledge is really just Phaedra; but from that I consider them to be A list prog. |
Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 12:42
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Virgin Years - Ricochet Edgar + Jerome years - Goblin's Club
Special mention for Tyger and Tournado
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 12:54
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I really like Alpha Centauri, Phaedra, Rubycon, Stratosphere, Poland and Madcap's Flaming Duty... but am torn between Ricochet and Force Majeure as ultimate all time favourite ------------- What? |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 14:02
My favourites are these:
 http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=149597 - TANGERINE DREAM - Electronic Meditation  http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=149600 - TANGERINE DREAM - Ultima Thule http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=149601 - TANGERINE DREAM - Zeit 'Largo In 4 Movements' http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=149603 - TANGERINE DREAM - Atem http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=32476 - TANGERINE DREAM - Phaedra http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=32487 - TANGERINE DREAM - Rubycon |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 14:08
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I have Phaedra, hard to swallow thouh, need to listen to it a bit more. ------------- 
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 20:47
Force Majeure is my overall fave -- see my review if you want to know just why. 
http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=32522 - http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=32522
Of those you listed, it would perhaps be a tie between Phaedra and Rubycon.
Ricochet is very good too -- TD have loads of great albums, especially during the classic Virgin years.  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 20:53
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if you ever need a definition of underrated: Edgar Froese, Guitar Hero  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 21:04
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Ricochet above all, then Rubycon, followed by Force Majeure, Phaedra and Stratosphere. ------------- To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica) |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 00:28
ooohhhh.. I love this album.... highly recommended... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 05:07
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Tangram
2 excellent 20 minutes symphonic/ electronic tracks.
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 09:46
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I can't choose. I think either Tangram or Force Majeure.
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 09:54
Don't worry, Stonesy -- I'll choose for you then. Force Majeure it is!
 (More gee-tar, real drums.)
(deploys hypno-ray):  Tangram is good, but you really like FM better. (Hear me now, believe me later!) ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
stonebeard wrote:Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 09:55
I'll go for a neutral option, then. Phaedra 2005 it is!   ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 10:05
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I like pretty much everything of theirs up until the mid 80s. The 3 I listen to most are Zeit, Force Majeure and Poland. Edgar Froese solo deserves a mention as well, especially Aqua and Epsilon in Malaysian Pale. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: amygdala
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 10:57
Yes, Tangram is a masterpiece. Although I love their earlier stuff, Tangram is on the top for me. It's got a very nice structure and flow. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 11:01
| I like Rubycon. It was my first venture into TD. |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: December 03 2007 at 10:36
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My favourites are: Zeit, Atem, Phaedra, Rubycon, Ricochet, Stratosfear, Sorcerer, Encore, Logos, Poland. I can't pick one overall favourite, they're all superb albums (and very different from each other).
Second division: Electronic Meditation, Alpha Centauri, Green Desert, Force Majeure, Tangram, Thief, Exit. I don't rate these as highly but I'll listen to them occasionally.
Don't like: Cyclone, White Eagle, Hyperborea, anything after Poland. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: December 04 2007 at 21:15
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1-logos
2-tangram
3-pergamon
in other words, the schmoelling albums! ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: nightlamp
Date Posted: December 17 2007 at 19:32
| I prefer the pre-sequencer Ohr albums, especially Alpha Centauri and Atem. |
Posted By: Thandrus
Date Posted: December 17 2007 at 20:02
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Hard to choose a fave album... Phaedra, Ricochet, Stratosfear, Force Majeure, Tangram... later live albums are also great... Maybe Force Majeure, but I'm not sure... can't really compare such heights! But the fave track is an easy pick:
Mysterious Semblance At The Strand Of Nightmares  |
Posted By: Nucleus
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 17:29
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I started my TD journey with Phaedra, then got Rubycon, Alpha Centauri, Stratosphere, Ricochet, and Atem in that order.
Rubycon is probably my favorite. I might say that Phaedra is tied for first, or is a close second. It's changed over time.
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Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 17:41
I hope this is not humour  It's exactly the one I would like to recommend with Alpha Centauri: the ultimate visceral electronic ceremony with long droning sequences and fantastic trance-like effects...pure electronic abstractions & atmospheres with no sequencers and no rythmical patterns. Music for the BRAIN!------------- 
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