The electronic music group Tangerine Dream has released more than three hundred albums, singles, EPs and compilations since the group was formed in 1967.
Eras Tangerine Dream's releases have been divided into several eras based on the record label of the time. Tangerine Dream's first releases were on the Ohr label. The Ohr logo was a pink ear, thus fans refer to this era as the Pink Years; this covers Electronic Meditation (1970) to Atem (1973). In 1974, the band switched to Virgin Records with the release of Phaedra, thus the Virgin Years. The switch to the Jive Records label with their blue logo was the start of the Blue Years beginning with Poland in 1984.
The Melrose Years started when Tangerine Dream switched to Peter Baumann's Private Music label, located on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles; the first release was Optical Race (1988). This was a period of rapid line-up changes, beginning with the departure of Christopher Franke, and ending with the departure of Paul Haslinger and the introduction of Jerome Froese and Linda Spa. A switch to the Miramar label in Seattle gave the name Seattle Years with the release of Rockoon (1992).
Tangerine Dream moved to the Castle label in 1996 briefly before Edgar Froese created his own TDI label, thus this era is the TDI Years or sometimes the Millennium Years. In late 2005 the label was renamed Eastgate, giving rise to the Eastgate Years. In late 2014 Edgar Froese conceived of translating the current knowledge of quantum mechanics into sound, thus the Quantum Years and the release of Mala Kunia.
Series The Dream Mixes series is a project initiated by Jerome Froese. The series has a dance music slant and primarily consists of remixes of other TD material. The Dante Trilogy is a musical interpretation of Dante's Divine Comedy. The Five Atomic Seasons series was commissioned by a Japanese businessman who survived the atomic bombings of both Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The Bootleg Box sets, the Bootmoon series and the Vault series are live concerts sourced from recordings; many were first released as part of the Tangerine Tree project.
Live and studio albums Charted studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications GER Type "Tangerine Dream" on the search parameter and click to see the results. AUS UK US The Virgin Years Phaedra Released: 20 February 1974 Label: Virgin 96 13 15 196 BPI: Gold Type "Tangerine Dream" on the search parameter and press "Apply" to see the results. Rubycon Released: 21 March 1975 Label: Virgin ― 95 10 ― BPI: Silver Stratosfear Released: October 1976 Label: Virgin ― ― 39 158 BPI: Silver Cyclone Released: 10 March 1978 Label: Virgin ― 98 37 ― Force Majeure Released: 2 February 1979 Label: Virgin ― 100 26 ― Tangram Released: 30 May 1980 Label: Virgin ― ― 36 ― Exit Released: 11 September 1981 Label: Virgin ― ― 43 195 White Eagle Released: 2 April 1982 Label: Virgin 42 ― 57 ― Hyperborea Released: 30 August 1983 Label: Virgin 64 ― 45 ― The Blue Years Underwater Sunlight Released: 30 June 1986 Label: Jive ― ― 97 ― Tyger Released: 15 June 1987 Label: Jive ― ― 88 ― "―" denotes a release that did not chart.
Charted live albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UK US The Virgin Years Ricochet Released: December 1975 Label: Virgin 40 ― BPI: Silver Encore Released: October 1977 Label: Virgin 55 178 The Blue Years Poland Released: 29 October 1984 Label: Jive 90 ― "―" denotes a release that did not chart.
Other albums Albums billed as live commonly include overdubs and original material added in studio. The extreme case is Live Miles, of which less than a third had been performed live at the time of its release. Given the fact that the band's live albums often consist of original music not available on any studio album, the distinction between studio and live albums is less useful with Tangerine Dream than with most bands.
Recorded Released Type Album Notes The Pink Years 1969 1970 studio Electronic Meditation 1971 1971 studio Alpha Centauri 1972 1972 studio Zeit 1972 1973 studio Atem The Virgin Years 1980 1981 live Quichotte Re-released in 1986 as Pergamon 1982 1982 live Logos Live The Blue Years 1985 1985 studio Le Parc 1973–1984 1986 studio Green Desert Remixed from a 1973 recording 1988 Livemiles Re-released in 1996 as Live Miles The Melrose Years 1988 1988 studio Optical Race 1989 1989 studio Lily on the Beach 1990 1990 studio Melrose The Seattle Years 1992–1997 1998 studio Quinoa 1991–1992 1992 studio Rockoon 1992 1993 live 220 Volt Live 1993–1994 1994 studio Turn of the Tides 1994 1995 studio Tyranny of Beauty 1995 1995 studio The Dream Mixes Series: Dream Mixes The Millennium/TDI Years 1996 1996 studio Goblins' Club 1997 1997 live Tournado 1997 1997 studio TimeSquare – Dream Mixes II Series: Dream Mixes 1997 1997 live Ambient Monkeys 1997 1998 live Valentine Wheels 1982 1999 live Sohoman Series: Tangerine Dream Classics Edition 1999 1999 studio Mars Polaris 1976 2000 Soundmill Navigator Series: Tangerine Dream Classics Edition; live portion originally recorded in 1976 1971–1988 2000 Antique Dreams Series: Tangerine Dream Classics Edition 1998–2000 2000 studio The Seven Letters from Tibet 1977–2001 2001 studio The Past Hundred Moons Series: Dream Mixes 2001–2002 2002 Inferno Series: Dante 2002 2002 The Melrose Years Albums: Unique tracks: 1974, 1975, 1976 2003 live The Bootleg Box Set Vol. 1 1972–2003 2003 studio DM 4 Series: Dream Mixes 1988 2003 live Rockface Series: Vault 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983 2004 live The Bootleg Box Set Vol. 2 2003–2004 2004 studio Purgatorio Series: Dante 1981 2004 live Aachen–January 21st 1981 Series: Bootmoon 1977 2004 live Montreal–April 9th 1977 Series: Bootmoon 1981 2004 live Paris–February 2nd 1981 Series: Bootmoon 1982 2004 live Sydney–February 22nd 1982 Series: Bootmoon 1986 2004 live Ottawa–June 20th 1986 Series: Bootmoon 1990 2004 live East Series: Vault 1992 2004 live Arizona Live Series: Vault 1986 2005 live Cleveland–June 24th 1986 Series: Bootmoon, Vault 1986 2005 live Brighton–March 25th 1986 Series: Bootmoon, Vault 1983–2005 2005 studio Kyoto 2005 2005 studio Jeanne d'Arc 1999 2005 live Rocking Mars Series: Vault The Eastgate Years 2005 2005 studio Phaedra 2005 2006 studio Blue Dawn 2005 2006 Paradiso Series: Dante 2007 2007 studio Springtime In Nagasaki Series: Five Atomic Seasons 2006 2007 studio Madcap's Flaming Duty 2007 2007 studio Summer In Nagasaki Series: Five Atomic Seasons 2007 2007 studio One Times One 1977 2006 live Detroit–March 31st 1977 Series: Bootmoon 1980 2008 studio Preston- November 5th 1980 Series: Bootmoon 1982–2006 2006 studio Tangerine Dream Plays Tangerine Dream Unique tracks: 2008 2008 studio Purple Diluvial 2008 2008 studio Views from a Red Train 2008 2008 studio The Anthology Decades 2008 2008 studio Tangram 2008 2008 2008 studio Hyperborea 2008 2008 2008 studio Autumn in Hiroshima Series: Five Atomic Seasons 2008–2009 2009 studio Flame 2008–2009 2009 studio Chandra - The Phantom Ferry Part I 2009 2009 live Live @ Dussmann Berlin 2009 2009 studio Winter in Hiroshima Series: Five Atomic Seasons 1975–2010 2010 studio DM V Series: Dream Mixes 2010 2010 live Zeitgeist Concert 2010 2010 studio Under Cover – Chapter One 2010 2010 studio The Endless Season Series: Five Atomic Seasons 2011 2011 studio The Island of the Fay Series: Eastgate's Sonic Poems 2011 2011 studio The Angel of the West Window Series: Eastgate's Sonic Poems 2011 2011 live The Gate of Saturn— Tangerine Dream Live at the Lowry Manchester 2011 2011 2011 studio Finnegans Wake Series: Eastgate's Sonic Poems 2011 2011 live Knights of Asheville 2012 2012 live Live at Admiralspalast Berlin 2013 2013 live Cruise to Destiny 2011 2013 live Starmus — Sonic Universe with Brian May 2013 2013 studio Lost in Strings — Volume I 2013 2013 studio Franz Kafka — The Castle Series: Eastgate's Sonic Poems 2014 2014 studio Chandra - The Phantom Ferry Part II 2014 2014 live Sorcerer 2014 2014 2014 live Phaedra Farewell Tour 2014 The Quantum Years 2014 2015 live Supernormal 2016 2016 live Live at the Philharmony Szczecin-Poland 2014-2016 2017 studio Quantum Gate First studio album after Edgar Froese's death 2016 2019 live Live at Augusta Raurica Switzerland 2016 2020-2021 2022 studio Raum 1975 2022 live Live in Reims Cinema Opera - September 23rd, 1975 Live performance of what eventually became the Ricochet album, released for Record Store Day 2022 2022 2025 live From Virgin To Quantum Years (Coventry Cathedral 22) 2024 2025 live Todays Festival Session 2024 Turin
Mini-albums and EPs Recorded Released Type Album Notes 1997 studio Das Mädchen auf der Treppe Remixed tracks from: Das Mädchen auf der Treppe (1982) 2006 2006 studio 40 Years Roadmap to Music 2006 2006 studio Metaphor First studio release following the departure of Jerome Froese 2007 2007 studio Sleeping Watches Snoring in Silence 2007 2007 studio One Night in Space 2008 2008 studio Choice 2008 2008 studio Das Romantische Opfer 2011 2011 studio The Gate of Saturn 2011 2011 studio Mona Da Vinci 2004–2005 2012 studio Machu Picchu 2014 2014 studio Josephine the Mouse Singer 2014 2014 studio Mala Kunia First studio release featuring Ulrich Schnauss 2014 2015 studio Zero Gravity with Jean-Michel Jarre 2014-2015 2015 studio Quantum Key First studio release after Edgar Froese's death 2016 2016 Particles 2017 2017 live The Sessions I 2008 2018 studio Run To Vegas / Leviathan 12" single for Record Store Day 2018 2017 2018 live The Sessions II 2017-2018 2018 live The Sessions III 2018 2018 live The Sessions IV 2017-2018 2019 live The Sessions V 2018 2020 live The Sessions VI 2019 2021 live The Sessions VII 2021? 2021 studio Probe 6-8 2021 2023 live The Sessions VIII 2025 2025 live Katowice Session 2025
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