Cyclone (Tangerine Dream album)

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
Encore (1977) Cyclone (1978) Force Majeure (1979)

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

1. McDonald, Steven. Cyclone - Tangerine Dream at AllMusic
2. Fatali, Liberi. "Tangerine Dream: Cyclone". Sputnikmusic.
3. Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Cyclone". Voices in the Net.
4. Cyclone UK Album Chart History. Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 February 2020
5. 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.