When a band has been around as long as Tangerine Dream (over 30 years), record companies will often reissue the group's older material in different formats in hopes of catching new fans and hooking a few extra dollars. Three Classic Albums: Electronic Meditation/Alpha Centauri/Zeit is a package of TD's first three releases, and it is a superb collection. Back in the early '70s, Tangerine Dream was still very much a rock & roll band. Granted, they were right on the cutting edge and many considered them to be avant-garde. Electronic Meditation is one of the most auspicious, audacious, suspicious, and bodacious debuts of all time. Using feedback, echoes, and loops, the trio (Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze, and Conrad Schnitzler) created dense atmospheres and wild soundscapes. In the truest progressive mode, this album was way ahead of its time. For its cutting-edge technology alone, this is a great disc. It is still an enjoyable listen some 30 years later in the new millennium. Alpha Centauri is a true Krautrock classic. It is Christopher Franke's first album with Tangerine Dream (replacing Schulze on drums) and Steve Schroyder replaced Schnitzler. Froese was still using organs with loops, feedback, and echoes along with a synth and a flute. This is more polished than their debut and still edgy and verbose. It is a real kick to listen to this alongside the other great space rockers like Pink Floyd and the Soft Machine. It also fits nicely with Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention and Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band. Zeit was issued as a double album in 1972. It is the third Tangerine Dream set and, in many ways, the band's most rock-oriented. It has all the trappings of full-blown progressive rock and of the avant-garde. The lineup features Froese, Franke, and Peter Baumann with guest appearances by Schroyder, Florian Fricke, and the Cologne Cello Quartet. TD was incorporating many styles and influences. This disc, while firmly at TD's roots, is one of the group's most progressive. These three classics, each a stellar effort unto itself, make a dominant package. It is a great "three-fer." ~ Jim Brenholts, All Music Guide

When a band has been around as long as Tangerine Dream (over 30 years), record companies will often reissue the group's older material in different formats in hopes of catching new fans and hooking a few extra dollars. Three Classic Albums: Electronic Meditation/Alpha Centauri/Zeit is a package of TD's first three releases, and it is a superb collection. Back in the early '70s, Tangerine Dream was still very much a rock & roll band. Granted, they were right on the cutting edge and many considered them to be avant-garde. Electronic Meditation is one of the most auspicious, audacious, suspicious, and bodacious debuts of all time. Using feedback, echoes, and loops, the trio (Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze, and Conrad Schnitzler) created dense atmospheres and wild soundscapes. In the truest progressive mode, this album was way ahead of its time. For its cutting-edge technology alone, this is a great disc. It is still an enjoyable listen some 30 years later in the new millennium. Alpha Centauri is a true Krautrock classic. It is Christopher Franke's first album with Tangerine Dream (replacing Schulze on drums) and Steve Schroyder replaced Schnitzler. Froese was still using organs with loops, feedback, and echoes along with a synth and a flute. This is more polished than their debut and still edgy and verbose. It is a real kick to listen to this alongside the other great space rockers like Pink Floyd and the Soft Machine. It also fits nicely with Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention and Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band. Zeit was issued as a double album in 1972. It is the third Tangerine Dream set and, in many ways, the band's most rock-oriented. It has all the trappings of full-blown progressive rock and of the avant-garde. The lineup features Froese, Franke, and Peter Baumann with guest appearances by Schroyder, Florian Fricke, and the Cologne Cello Quartet. TD was incorporating many styles and influences. This disc, while firmly at TD's roots, is one of the group's most progressive. These three classics, each a stellar effort unto itself, make a dominant package. It is a great "three-fer." ~ Jim Brenholts, All Music Guide