''Goblins' Club'' is the fifty-fourth release and twenty-fourth main studio album by
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese having been the only constant member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup ...
. Although sonically a counterweight to The Dream Mixes, it is usually considered the first album in the Millennium/TDI Years era due to the switch from Miramar, despite TDI not yet being the band's label. An Australian version lacked the track "Elf June and the Midnight Patrol," co-written by Linda Spa, replacing it with "Fort Worth Runway One" by Edgar Froese. A 2004 re-release included both, but edited the final two tracks to fit on the disc. ''Goblins' Club'' marks the final appearance of
Linda Spa
Linda Spa (aka Mag. Gerlinde Spazierer, born 4 September 1968, in Vienna) is an Austrian composer.
Originally she learned fashion design in Vienna, but soon started with her musical training. She studied flute, clarinet, saxophone and compos ...
as a regular group member until returning for ''
Jeanne d'Arc
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'' (2005).
Track listing
Personnel
; Tangerine Dream
*
Edgar Froese
Edgar Willmar Froese (; 6 June 1944 â 20 January 2015) was a German musical artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream in 1967. Froese was the only continuous member of the group ...
*
Jerome Froese
Jerome Froese (born 24 November 1970 in Berlin, Germany) is a German musician who, in 1990, officially joined his father Edgar Froese in the band Tangerine Dream. He remained a member until 2006. Prior to his direct involvement in Tangerine Drea ...
*
Linda Spa
Linda Spa (aka Mag. Gerlinde Spazierer, born 4 September 1968, in Vienna) is an Austrian composer.
Originally she learned fashion design in Vienna, but soon started with her musical training. She studied flute, clarinet, saxophone and compos ...
;Guest musicians
* Gerald Gradwohl
* Mark Hornby
Single
"Towards The Evening Star" was released as a promo CD.
Remix
"Towards The Evening Star" was released in 1997 as a two track CD with a remix by
The Orb
The Orb are an English electronic music group founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and Jimmy Cauty. Known for their psychedelic sound, the Orb developed a cult following among clubbers "coming down" from drug-induced highs. Their influential 19 ...
.
References
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1996 albums
Sequel Records albums
Tangerine Dream albums