Tangerine Dream / Discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the group Tangerine Dream . The band has recorded and released a large number of albums over the past four decades. According to sources and record awards, it has sold more than 380,000 records to date. Tangerine Dream's most successful releases are the Phaedra album and the Canyon Dreams video album , each with over 100,000 units sold.
The beginnings
| year | album | title |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Electronic meditation | |
| 1971 | Alpha Centauri | Ultima Thule |
| 1972 | time | |
| 1973 | breath |
The Virgin Years
| year | album | title |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Phaedra | |
| 1975 | Rubycon | |
| Ricochet | Ricochet (Part I) - Ricochet (Part II) , extract from Ricochet | |
| 1976 | Stratosfear | Stratosfear - The Big Sleep In Search Of Hades |
| 1977 | Encore | Encore - Hobo March |
| 1978 | Cyclone | |
| 1979 | Force majeure | |
| 1980 | Quixote (republished in 1986 as Pergamon) | |
| Tangram | ||
| 1981 | Exit | Choronzon - Network 23 |
| 1982 | White Eagle | |
| Logos Live | ||
| 1983 | Hyperborea |
The jive electro years
| year | album | title |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Poland | Warsaw In The Sun |
| 1985 | Le Parc | Streethawk |
| 1986 | Green Desert (recorded 1973, remixed 1984) | |
| Underwater Sunlight | Dolphin Dance | |
| 1987 | Tyger | Tyger - 21st Century Common Man |
| 1988 | Livemiles (re-released in 1996 as Live Miles) |
The Melrose Years
| year | album | title |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Optical Race | |
| 1989 | Lily On The Beach | |
| 1990 | Melrose |
The Seattle years
| year | album | title |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Rockoon | Rockoon Special Edition |
| Quinoa (originally a limited fan club edition of 1000 copies), an unlimited version was released in 1997 | ||
| 1993 | 220 volts | Dreamtime |
| 1994 | Turn of the tides | |
| 1995 | Tyranny of Beauty |
The millennium years
| year | album | title |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Goblins Club | Towards The Evening Star |
| 1997 | Ambient monkeys | |
| 1998 | The Hollywood Years vol. 1 | |
| The Hollywood Years vol. 2 | ||
| 1999 | Mars Polaris | |
| 2000 | The Seven Letters From Tibet | |
| 2002 | inferno | |
| 2004 | Purgatorio | |
| 2005 | Joan of Arc | |
| Phaedra 2005 | ||
| 2006 | Paradiso | |
| 2007 | Springtime in Nagasaki | |
| Summer in Nagasaki | ||
| 2008 | Autumn in Hiroshima | |
| 2009 | Winter in Hiroshima | |
| 2017 | Quantum Gate |
The Dream Mixes
| year | album | title |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Dream Mixes | |
| 1997 | Dream Mixes II: TimeSquare | |
| 2001 | Dream Mixes III: The Past Hundred Moons | Meng Tian, Stereolight, Astrophobia |
| 2004 | Dream Mixes IV | DM 4 bonus CD |
Soundtracks
| year | Recording date | Soundtrack |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1976 | Sorcerer ( breathless with fear ) |
| 1981 | 1980 | Thief ( The Loner ) |
| 1982 | The girl on the stairs - Katja ( Tatort ), Der Söldner / The Soldier | |
| 1983 | Daydream - Moorland ( crime scene ) | |
| 1984 | 1983 | Risky Business ( loose business ) |
| 1984 | Wavelength | |
| Firestarter ( The Fire Devil ) | ||
| Flashpoint | ||
| 1985 | Heartbreakers | |
| Legend ( legend ) | ||
| 1987 | Three O'Clock High | |
| Near Dark ( Near Dark - The Night Has Its Price ) | ||
| Shy people | ||
| 1989 | Miracle Mile | |
| Destination Berlin | ||
| 1991 | 1987 | Canyon Dreams |
| 1991 | 1989 | Dead Solid Perfect |
| 1991 | 1985 | The Park is Mine ( The Ruler of Central Park ) |
| 1992 | Rumpelstiltskin (radio play) | |
| 1992 | 1989 | L'Affaire Wallraff |
| 1992 | 1987 | Deadly Care |
| 1994 | 1989 | Catch Me If You Can |
| 1996 | 1987 | Zoning |
| 1997 | 1996 | Oasis |
| 1997 | 1983 | The Keep ( The Keep ) |
| 1997 | The Meteor (radio play) | |
| 1998 | Transsiberia | |
| 1999 | What a blast | |
| Great Wall of China | ||
| 2003 | Mota Atma | |
Live albums
| year | album |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Sohoman (Live in Sydney 1982) (remixed) |
| 2000 | Antique Dreams (rarities collection) |
| Soundmill Navigator (Live at the Philharmonics 1976) (remixed) | |
| 2003 | The Bootleg Box Set Vol. 1 |
| Rockface (live in Berkeley 1988) | |
| 2004 | The Bootleg Box Set Vol. 2 |
| The Bootmoon Series: Montreal – April 9th 1977 | |
| The Bootmoon Series: Aachen – January 21st 1981 | |
| The Bootmoon Series: Paris – February 2nd 1981 | |
| The Bootmoon Series: Sydney – February 22nd 1982 | |
| The Bootmoon Series: Ottawa – June 20th 1986 | |
| East (live in Berlin 1990) | |
| Arizona Live (Scottsdale 1992) | |
| 2005 | Vault IV; Also released as two volumes: The Bootmoon Series: Brighton - March 25th 1986, The Bootmoon Series: Cleveland - June 24th 1986 |
| Kyoto (reworked 1983 studio tapes of Froese & Schmölling) | |
| Rocking Mars (Live at Klangart Festival 1999 in Osnabrück) | |
| 2006 | Blue Dawn (reworked 1988 studio tapes of Froese & Ralf Wadephul) |
| The Bootmoon Series: Detroit - March 31st 1977 | |
| The Bootmoon Series: Preston - November 5th 1980 | |
| The Bootmoon Series: Cologne - November 25th 1972 (announced) | |
| 2007 | Tangerine Dream Plays Tangerine Dream |
Sampler
Some of Tangerine Dream's tracks have also been released on a large number of samplers . These samplers are characterized by the fact that some of the titles published on them were never published on an official Tangerine Dream record, but some of them were published by the Tangerine Tree fan project .
| year | album | Tangerine Dream title |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Ossiach Live | Oscillator Planet Concert (published on Tangerine Tree 59: Essen 1968) |
| 1975 | V | Overture (published on Tangerine Tree 41: Space Is The Place) |
| 1986 | Anniversary cassette | Horns Of Doom |
| 1989 | Electronic Muziek 1989 | Lost Tale |
Compilations
| year | album | Eras | New material |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | '70 -'80 (on vinyl only ) | Pink / Virgin | Monolight (Single Version), Baryll Blue, Chimes And Chains, Haunted Heights |
| 1985 | Dream Sequence | Virgin | none |
| 1987 | The Collection | pink | none |
| 1989 | The Best Of Tangerine Dream | Pink / Blue | none |
| 1991 | From Dawn 'til Dusk | Pink / Blue | none |
| 1992 | The Private Music Of Tangerine Dream | Melrose | Beaver Town, Roaring Of The Bliss |
| 1993 | Dream Music | Soundtracks | none |
| The Story Of Tangerine Dream | Pink / Blue | none | |
| 1994 | Tangents | Virgin | The Jogger, Silver Scale, Jamaican Monk , Edgar Froese solo tracks, remixes |
| 1995 | Atmospherics | Pink / Blue | none |
| Dream Music 2 | Soundtracks | none | |
| Book of Dreams | Pink / Blue | Remixes | |
| 1996 | Tangerine Dream | Virgin | none |
| The Dream Roots Collection | Pink / Blue | Valley Of The Sun, Beach Bay Bunker, Vanishing Blue, Red Morpho , Remixes | |
| 1997 | Tournado (Live in Europe) | Seattle / Millennium | Intro, 220 Volt (Big Volt Version) |
| 1998 | Luminous visions | Seattle | none |
| The Analogue Space Years | pink | none | |
| The Pink Years | pink | none | |
| Atlantic Bridges | Melrose / Seattle | none | |
| Atlantic Walls | Melrose / Seattle | none | |
| Dream Encores | Melrose / Seattle | Order Of The Ginger Guild, Eleanor Rigby, Oriental Haze (Single version), Thief Yang And The Tangram Seal, Purple Haze (Single version), Dominion (1986 version) | |
| Valentine Wheels (The Shepherds Bush Empire Concert London 1997) | Virgin / Blue / Seattle | Silver Scale , remixes | |
| The Blue Years | Blue | none | |
| 1999 | Tangerine Dream | Virgin | none |
| 2000 | Tang-go | Melrose / Seattle / Millennium | Ça Va – Ça Marche – Ça Ira Encore, Tutankhama |
| i-Box | Pink / Virgin / Blue / Melrose | Longing for Cashba, Unicorn Saga, Akash Deep, Iguana , Edgar Froese solo tracks, remixes | |
| 2002 | Journey Through A Burning Brain | Pink / Blue | none |
| 2004 | An Introduction To .... | Pink / Blue | none |
| 2012 | Booster V | Eastgate | none |
| 2015 | Booster VII | Eastgate | none |
Box sets
| year | album | content |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Alpha Centauri / breath | Alpha Centauri, breath |
| 1986 | In The Beginning | Electronic meditation, Alpha Centauri, time, breath, Green Desert |
| 1990 | Synthesizer | Phaedra, Rubycon, Ricochet |
| 1992 | (3) | Encore, Cyclone, Force Majeure |
| 1994 | Collection | Poland, Tyger, The Best Of Tangerine Dream |
| 1995 | Rubycon-Ricochet | Rubycon, Ricochet |
| 1997 | The Grammy Nominated Albums | Canyon Dreams, Rockoon, 220 Volt Live, Turn Of The Tides, Tyranny Of Beauty |
| 1998 | Dream Dice | Ambient Monkeys, Atlantic Bridges, Atlantic Walls, Dream Encores, The Dream Mixes, TimeSquare, The Hollywood Years Vol. 1, The Hollywood Years Vol. 2, Oasis, Quinoa, Tournado, Transsiberia, Ça Va – Ça Marche – Ça Ira Encore |
| Three Classic Albums | Electronic meditation, Alpha Centauri, time | |
| 2004 | Lamb With Radar Eyes | Valentine Wheels, Tournado |
| High voltage | Atlantic Walls, Atlantic Bridges, Valentine Wheels, Tournado | |
| 2006 | Nebulous Dawn | The Ones (1967 - single), Electronic Meditation, Alpha Centauri, Zeit, Atem, Ultima Thule (Single) |
Tangerine Tree
The Tangerine Tree project is a profit-free CD-R collection for fans dedicated to the sonically best unreleased Tangerine Dream concerts that have existed from 1968 to the present day. The sound quality was subsequently improved. These CD-Rs are available at cost price, the project is known to the musicians and authorized by them. In 2006 the project was discontinued.
Chart placements
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 UK
|
 US
|
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| 1974 | Phaedra | - |
UK15th  (15 weeks)UK |
- | |
| 1975 | Rubycon | - |
UK10  (14 weeks)UK |
- | |
| Ricochet | - |
UK40 (4 weeks)UK |
- | ||
| 1976 | Stratosfear | - |
UK39 (4 weeks)UK |
US158 (7 weeks) US |
|
| 1977 | Sorcerer | - |
UK25 (7 weeks) UK |
US153 (6 weeks) US |
|
| Encore | - |
UK55 (1 week) UK |
US178 (2 weeks) US |
||
| 1978 | Cyclone | - |
UK37 (4 weeks) UK |
- | |
| 1979 | Force majeure | - |
UK26 (7 weeks) UK |
- | |
| 1980 | Tangram | - |
UK36 (5 weeks) UK |
- | |
| 1981 | Thief | - |
UK43 (3 weeks) UK |
US115 (10 weeks) US |
Soundtrack
|
| Exit | - |
UK43 (5 weeks) UK |
US195 (2 weeks) US |
||
| 1982 | White Eagle |
DE42 (7 weeks) DE |
UK57 (5 weeks) UK |
- | |
| 1983 | Hyperborea |
DE64 (2 weeks) DE |
UK45 (2 weeks) UK |
- | |
| 1984 | Poland | - |
UK90 (1 week) UK |
- | |
| 1986 | Underwater Sunlight | - |
UK97 (1 week) UK |
- | |
| 1987 | Tyger | - |
UK88 (1 week) UK |
- | |
| 2019 | In Search of Hades - The Virgin Recordings 1973–1979 |
DE40 (1 week) DE |
- | - | |
Singles
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
|
UK
|
US
|
|||
| 1982 | The girl on the stairs |
DE15 (13 weeks) DE |
- | - | |
| 1984 | Warsaw in the Sun | - |
UK96 (1 week) UK |
- | |
| 1997 | Towards the Evening Star | - |
UK95 (1 week) UK |
- | |
Awards for music sales
|
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
silver |
gold |
 platinum
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
|||||
|
United States (RIAA)
|
- | - |
platinum1
|
100,000 | riaa.com |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
3 × silver3
|
gold1
|
- | 280,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
3 × silver3
|
gold1
|
platinum1
|
||
swell
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↑ a b chart sources:
- Tangerine Dream in the German Charts on OfficialCharts.de
- Tangerine Dream in the Official UK Charts (English)
- Tangerine Dream American US in the Billboard -charts Billboard 200