Exit (Tangerine Dream album)
Exit is the sixteenth major release and eleventh studio album by the German group Tangerine Dream.[2] The first track features an uncredited Berlin actress[3] chanting, in Russian, the names of the continents of the world and pleading to end the threat of "limited" nuclear war,[4][5] which was a potential danger facing the world during the late Cold War era in which the album was released. Exit reached № 43 in the UK, spending five weeks on the chart.
Exit | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 1981 | |||
Recorded | June–July 1981 | |||
Venue | Berlin | |||
Genre | Electronic music | |||
Length | 36:32 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke | |||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Use in other media
The track "Choronzon" is used as the title theme for the Hungarian political TV show, Panoráma. "Network 23" was used in the early 1980s by the TVA network in Montreal (Canada) to promote their news service. "Remote Viewing" appears in the 2008 video game, Grand Theft Auto IV, featured on the ambient radio station The Journey. The title track is featured in the sixth episode "The Monster" of the Netflix series Stranger Things,[6] and a remixed excerpt, entitled "No Future (Get Off the Babysitter)" was featured on the 1984 soundtrack album for the film Risky Business.
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Kiew Mission" | 9:18 |
2. | "Pilots of Purple Twilight" | 4:19 |
3. | "Choronzon" | 4:07 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Exit" | 5:33 |
2. | "Network 23" | 4:55 |
3. | "Remote Viewing" | 8:20 |
Personnel
- Edgar Froese – composer, musician, producer
- Christopher Franke – composer, musician, producer
- Johannes Schmoelling – composer, musician
- Monica Froese – album cover
Singles
- "Choronzon / Network 23"
References
- Connolly, Dave. Tangerine Dream - Exit (1981) album review, credits & releases at AllMusic
- Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Exit". Voices in the Net.
- Beecher, Mike (1982). "Tangerine Dream: An interview with Edgar Froese and Chris Franke during their recent UK tour". Electronics & Music Maker: 52.
- Beecher, Mike (1982). "Tangerine Dream: An interview with Edgar Froese and Chris Franke during their recent UK tour". Electronics & Music Maker: 47–50.
- "Kiew Mission lyrics". LyricsTranslate.
- Kreps, Daniel (12 September 2016). "Hear Tangerine Dream's Spooky Cover of 'Stranger Things' Theme". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 May 2017.