Cyclone (Tangerine Dream album)

Cyclone
Cyclone
Studio album by Tangerine Dream
Released	March 1978
Recorded	January 1978 at the Audio Studios, Berlin, Germany
Genre	Electronic, progressive rock
Length	38:33
Label	Virgin
Producer	Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Sputnikmusic	3/5^[2]

Cyclone is the eighth studio album by Tangerine Dream and the first in their canon to feature proper vocals and lyrics.^[3] The cover is a painting by band leader Edgar Froese.

Other Tangerine Dream albums to later include vocals are Tyger (1987), Madcap's Flaming Duty (2007) and Under Cover – Chapter One (2010).

Cyclone reached number 37 on the UK album charts.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chris Franke, Edgar Froese, Steve Jolliffe

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bent Cold Sidewalk"	13:05
2.	"Rising Runner Missed by Endless Sender"	5:00

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Madrigal Meridian"	20:28

Personnel

Edgar Froese – synthesizers, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, electric guitars, acoustic guitar
Christopher Franke – Moog, music sequencer, mellotron, synthesizers, electronic drum
Steve Jolliffe – vocals, flute, piccolo, cor anglais, bass clarinet, Hohner clavinet, synthesizers, grand piano, Fender Rhodes, electric violin, tenor horns, soprano horns, lyricon
Klaus Krüger – polyester custom-built drums with multi-trigger unit, electronic drum, Paiste cymbals, bubims, Burma gong set

Equipment

Oberheim Electronics 8 Voice polyphonic synth, twin keyboard Mellotron Mark V, Birotron B90, ARP Instruments Digital Soloist synth, Moog synthesizer & Projekt Electronic Time Control System, Gibson Les Paul custom guitars, Korg PS 3100 polyphonic synth, Roland Corporation GS 500 guitar & GR 500 controller, ARP Solina string Ensemble, Ovation Acoustic guitar, Project Electronic sequencer, Computerstudio digital sequencer, loop Mellotron, ARP Soloist synth, Generalmusic Elka string synth, Oberheim music synthesizer OB-1 one, Hohner clavinet, Grand piano, Fender Rhodes, Roland System-100 synth, bass clarinet, cor anglais, tenor & soprano horns, C-flute, lyricon by Computone, Polyester custom-built drums with multi-trigger unit, electronic drum, Paiste cymbals, bubims, Burma gong set.^{[citation needed]}

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[5]	95
UK Albums Chart	17

References

^ McDonald, Steven. Cyclone - Tangerine Dream at AllMusic
^ Fatali, Liberi. "Tangerine Dream: Cyclone". Sputnikmusic.
^ Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Cyclone". Voices in the Net.
^ Cyclone UK Album Chart History. Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 February 2020
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 304. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.