Released February 1979 Force Majeure
(1979) Tangram
(1980) Release date February 1979 | Length 40:14 Artist Tangerine Dream Label Virgin Records | |
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Recorded August–September 1978 at Hansa Studios in Berlin Genres Progressive rock, Electronic music, Space rock Producers Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese Similar Tangerine Dream albums, Electronic music albums | ||
Force Majeure is the twelfth album by the German group Tangerine Dream, originally issued on transparent vinyl. Following Stratosfear, the album developed Tangerine Dream's further evolution toward the more melodic sound they would adopt in the 1980s, with a heavier presence of guitars, drums and distinct musical suites in the tradition of progressive rock, rather than the band's 1970s output of Berlin School.
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The distortion of the bass sequence on "Thru Metamorphic Rocks" was the result of a burnt-out transistor in the mixing desk. When the band heard the result, they decided to keep it.
Remixed excerpts of "Force Majeure" titled "Lana" and "Cloudburst Flight" titled "Guido The Killer Pimp" were used on the film soundtrack of Risky Business while a remixed excerpt of "Thru Metamorphic Rocks" titled "Igneous" was used on the film Thief. A heavily remixed version was played live in 2003, and later released as "Meta Morph Magic" on the DM 4 album. In 1991, Chris Franke played "Cloudburst Flight" as part of his solo London Concert.
Force Majeure is Tangerine Dream's fourth-biggest-selling album in the UK, reaching No. 26 and spending 7 weeks on the chart.
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Songs
1Force Majeure18:24
2Cloudburst Flight7:26
3Thru Metamorphic Rocks14:30