Stratosfear

Infobox Album |
Name = Stratosfear


Caption = 1976 LP album cover
Type = Album
Artist = Tangerine Dream
Released = 1976
Recorded = 1976
Genre = (Berlin School of) Electronic music
Length = 34:39
Label = Virgin
Producer = Tangerine Dream
Reviews =
* Allmusic: Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:r69gs38ya3pg link]
Last album = "Ricochet" (1975)
This album = "Stratosfear" (1976)
Next album = "Sorcerer" (1977)

"Stratosfear" is an electronic music album released in 1976 by the German group Tangerine Dream. It marks the beginning of the band's evolution away from their uncompromising early 1970s synthesizer experiments toward a recognizably more melodic sound, a trend they would pick up again in 1979's "Force Majeure". The title track "Stratosfear" has been played live many times and has been released in a re-mixed form on a number of other albums.

"Stratosfear" combines Tangerine Dream's acoustic and electronic influences tighter than before. For instance, at the end of the last track, "Invisible Limits", the deep piano-cum-flute tune reveals the album's romantic flavour even after the earlier predominantly synthetic compositions (tracks #1 to last part of track #4).

The LP reached No.39 in the UK, in a 4-week chart run, and eventually reached silver status for selling an excess of 60,000 copies. [cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinum.html|title= CERTIFIED AWARDS|publisher= [http://www.bpi.co.uk THE BPI] |accessdate= 2008-07-11]

Track listing

# "Stratosfear" – 10:38
# "The Big Sleep in Search Of Hades" – 4:34
# "3 A.M. at the Border of the Marsh From Okefenokee" – 8:51
# "Invisible Limits" – 11:36

Personnel

*Christopher Franke – Moog synthesizer, Organ, percussion, Loop Mellotron, Harpsichord
*Edgar Froese – Mellotron, Moog Synthesizer, 12 & 6-string guitars, Grand Piano, Bass Guitar, Mouth Organ
*Peter Baumann – Moog Synthesizer, Project Electronic Rhythm Computer, Fender E-Piano, Mellotron

ingles

*"Stratosfear" – "The Big Sleep In Search Of Hades"

References

*cite web |last=Berling |first=Michael |url=http://www.vitn.homepage.t-online.de/stratosf.htm |title=Stratosfear|work=Voices in the Net |accessdate=2008-02-15

ee also

*Tangerine Dream discography