The

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group

Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese the only constant member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup of the grou ...

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

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label. The Ohr logo was a pink ear, thus fans refer to this era as the ''Pink Years''; this covers ''

Electronic Meditation ''Electronic Meditation'' is the debut album by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. It was released in June 1970 by record label Ohr. Recording and release The album was recorded in a rented factory in Berlin in October 1969, using ...

'' (1970) to '' Atem'' (1973). In 1974, the band switched to

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with the release of ''

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'', thus the ''Virgin Years''. The switch to the

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label with their blue logo was the start of the ''Blue Years'' beginning with ''

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'' in 1984. The ''Melrose Years'' started when Tangerine Dream switched to Peter Baumann's

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label, located on

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; the first release was ''

Optical Race ''Optical Race'' is the thirty-fifth major release and eighteenth studio album by Tangerine Dream. ''Optical Race'' is the inaugural album of the Melrose Years era, as it is the first appearance of the band on the Private Music Private Music ...

'' (1988). This was a period of rapid line-up changes, beginning with the departure of

Christopher Franke Christopher Franke (born 6 April 1953) is a German musician and composer. From 1971 to 1987, he was a member of the electronic group Tangerine Dream. Initially a drummer with The Agitation, later renamed Agitation Free, his primary focus eventua ...

, and ending with the departure of

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and the introduction of

Jerome Froese Jerome Froese (born 24 November 1970 in Schöneberg, West Berlin, West Germany) is a German musician who, in 1990, officially joined his father Edgar Froese in the band Tangerine Dream. He remained a member until 2006. Prior to his direct involv ...

and

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. A switch to the Miramar label in

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gave the name ''Seattle Years'' with the release of ''

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'' (1992). Tangerine Dream moved to the Castle label in 1996 briefly before

Edgar Froese Edgar Willmar Froese (; 6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015) was a German musical artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream in 1967. Froese was the only continuous member of the gro ...

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

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into sound, thus the ''Quantum Years'' and the release of '' Mala Kunia''.

Series

The Dream Mixes series is a project initiated by

. 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 ''

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''. 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 Tangerine Tree was a fan project operating from 2002 through 2006 with the goal of collecting, preserving and distributing unreleased concerts and other audio material by the band Tangerine Dream. The creators of the Tangerine Tree project received ...

project.

Live and studio albums

Charted studio albums

Charted live albums

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.

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s and
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Singles

Soundtracks

Videos

Sampler albums

Tangerine Dream tracks have appeared on a number of

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s. These particular samplers are unique in that they contain tracks that never appeared on any other official Tangerine Dream release, although some have been released on the