Tangerine Dream Album: «East»

- Title:East
- Release date:2005-03-29
- Type:Audio CD
- Label:Tangerine Dream Intl
- UPC:663474557625
- 1Marakesh8:23
- 2 Atlas Eyesimg 4:05
- 3Gaudi Park
- 4Cat Scan
- 5Teetering Scales
- 6 Lily on the Beachimg 3:48
- 7Nomad's Scale
- 8Daybreak on the River Spree
- 9 Longing for Cashbaimg 7:41
- 10Mount Shasta
- 11Alaskan Summer
- 12Wall Street
- 13Hitchhiker's Point
- 14 Long Island Sunsetimg 6:51
- 15Berlin Summer Nights (Encore)
If you already owh OPTICAL RACE and LILY, you don't need this one - in fact, this "live" album from 1990 borrows so exactly from the aforementioned studio releases you'll never know the difference; EAST sounds to me like a cheat: exact replays of the studio tracks with a few applause mixovers to cover their tracks, so to speak.
There are a few pieces with new names, but there's nothing new musically. Worst of all is track 12, "wall street" - so plinky-plinky lame it's embarassing - what happened to this once great group? To the man who studied with Dali? To the ones who carved great paths?
Maybe I should check out INFERNO again...
And if you don't own them already, this jaded reviewer recommends you buy at least the BEST of TD, starting with:
1. POLAND
2. ENCORE
3. LOGOS
4. FORCE MAJEURE
5. RICOCHET
6. STRATOSFEAR
[/end guilt-laden plug for old favorite group]