Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri (Album Review) @TheWonkyAngle

Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

For Tangerine Dream's second album, they build off their experimental Krautrock roots into some more psychedelic and ambient-centric territory that might get a little more cosmic in scope (if maybe not yet as cosmic as subsequent efforts...)
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/TheWonkyAngle

More Tangerine Dream reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9VloxGOomL62wkZ7KWDK54GVsEKGHhGN
Listen: open.spotify.com/album/4r0Rkjd3C9czpc3NbDDdCK

Favorite Tracks: Fly and Collision of Comas Sola, Alpha Centauri
Least Favorite Track: Sunrise In The Third System
Overall Rating: 7.0/10

All ratings based purely off of personal enjoyment at the time of this video's upload and either end in .0, .3, .5, or .7. Take nothing I say too seriously.

Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri (Album Review)

Some Stuff I Missed, Vol. 16 (Seefeel, Zedd, Casino Versus Japan, Kaytranada, Speedy J & Surgeon...)

Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea (Album Review)

$Tangerine Dream - Odds & Ends (Albums After 1986, Live Albums, Soundtracks, Edgar Froese Solo...) So... Tangerine Dream have released a lot of music. Not to worry though, Im only going to talk about a small fraction of it. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheWonkyAngle More Tangerine Dream reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9VloxGOomL62wkZ7KWDK54GVsEKGHhGN Covered in this video: 0:00 Intro - - - - Studio Output After 1986 - - - - 2:46 Tyger (1987) 8:39 Optical Race (1988) 11:52 Lily On The Beach (1989) 14:39 Melrose (1990) 16:40 Rockoon (1992) 19:53 Turn of the Tides (1994) 24:18 Mars Polaris (1999) 28:55 Jeanne dArc (2005) 33:05 Booster (compilation, 2007) 37:47 Under Cover - Chapter One (2010) - - - - Live Albums - - - - 44:32 Ricochet (1975) 49:38 Encore (1977) 54:39 Quichotte / Pergamon (1981) 57:01 Logos Live (1982) 1:02:26 Poland (1984) 1:10:29 brief acknowledgement that Livemiles (1988) exists - - - - Soundtrack Albums - - - - 1:11:11 Sorcerer (1977) 1:16:30 Thief (1981) 1:18:42 Wavelength (1983) 1:20:33 Risky Business (1984) 1:24:26 Firestarter (1984) 1:26:00 Flashpoint (1984) 1:27:33 Heartbreakers (1985) 1:29:45 Legend (1986) 1:32:52 The Music of Grand Theft Auto V (with Woody Jackson, The Alchemist & Oh No) [2013] - - - - Edgar Froeses Solo Albums - - - - 1:36:54 Aqua (1974) 1:41:29 Epsilon In Malaysian Pale (1975) 1:44:30 Macula Transfer (1976) 1:47:49 Ages (1978) 1:53:38 Stuntman (1979) 1:57:50 Pinnacles (1983) 2:00:24 Dalinetopia (2005) - - - - The Quantum Years - - - - 2:03:48 Quantum Gate (2017) 2:18:47 Raum (2022) All ratings based purely off of personal enjoyment at the time of this videos upload and either end in .0, .3, .5, or .7. Take nothing I say too seriously.$

Oneohtrix Point Never - Again (Album Review)

µ-Ziq - Odds & Ends (Side Projects, EPs, Comps, Collabs & Other Reviews)

The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die (Album Review)

Julien-K - California Noir - Chapter Two: Nightlife In Neon (Album Review) [Patreon Request]

Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (Album Review)

The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation (Album Review)