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Shortcut Code: [m13719]
Data Quality Rating: Correct
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Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Abstract, Experimental, Ambient
Year:
1971

Tracklist

Sunrise In The Third System 4:20 X
Fly And Collision Of Comas Sola 13:05 X
Alpha Centauri 22:00 X

Versions

Title, FormatLabelCat#CountryYear
Alpha Centauri (LP) Ohr OMM 556 012 Germany 1971
Alpha Centauri (LP) Polydor 2383 314 UK 1973
Alpha Centauri (LP) Ohr 940 509 Germany 1975
Alpha Centauri (CD, Album, RE) Jive Electro C TANG 5 UK 1986
Alpha Centauri (CD, Album) Relativity 88561-8069-2 US 1987
Alpha Centauri (LP) Relativity 88561-8069-1 US 1987
Alpha Centauri (CD, Album) Sequel Records SEQUEL 1033-2 US 1996
Alpha Centauri (CD, RM) Essential ESM CD 346 UK 1996
Alpha Centauri (CD) Castle Music CMACD 553 US 1999
Alpha Centauri (LP) Castle Music ESMLP 346 UK 1999
Alpha Centauri (CD, Album) Castle Music 06076 81241-2 US 2002
Alpha Centauri (CD, Album, RM, RE) Castle Music CMRCD566 UK 2002
Alpha Centauri (LP, RE, 180) Earmark 42031 Germany 2002
Alpha Centauri + Ultima Thule (CD + CD, Mini) Arcàngelo ARC-7046/47 Japan 2004
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Rated 5/5
Review by Soundscan Oct 06, 2008

referencing Alpha Centauri, CD, Album, RM, RE, CMRCD566

This one became instantly one of my favorite "cosmic" records. Read the track titles and you know what you can expect: Intergalactic music for tripping away, even when you are not taking drugs.
The music is not really complicated, but the atmosphere it creates is just incredible.
"Sunrise In The Sird System" begins very slowly and maintains a steady tension with more and more strings and pulsating synth sounds. The only negative point about this track is, that it is too short.
According to the title "Fly And Collision Of Coma Sola" is divided in several parts. There's an ambient part at the beginning (the flight?) that is followed by a synthesizer transition and then the last part, containing of really moving drums (the collison?).
"Alpha Cebtauri" is even more incredible like the two other tracks, a beautiful, very long ambient track with some german voices as a climax, speaking about god, the cosmos and mankind.
This edition of the record also contains "Ultima Thule pt.1" as a bonus track. This song doesn't really fit to the other tracks, but anyway, it's a great piece of music too, and not such easy to get as other Tangerine Dream material.
It's not hard to find this record, so if you are a fan of spacey music, get it or you miss something!