''Purgatorio'' is a studio album and the seventy-eighth release overall by German electronic band Tangerine Dream. It was released in October 2004. A pre-release version was only available via internet at the Tangerine Dream's website in March 2004. The album includes a studio version of a live performance at the

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, in London, on March 6, 2004. The show was the opening night of the Ether Electronic Music Festival followed by the world premiere of a restored version of the Italian silent movie “ Purgatorio” from 1911 by Giuseppe de Liguoro's, based on the second part of Dante Alighieri’s “'' Divine Comedy''”

Album trilogy

Purgatorio is the second album of a trilogy consisting of the following albums all inspired by Dante's work: *'' Inferno'' (2002) *''Purgatorio'' (2004) *'' Paradiso'' (2006)

Track listing

Disc one

# "Above The Great Dry Land" – 6:19 # "Chasing The Bad Seed" – 8:48 # "Slave To The Gods" – 6:31 # "Hope And Glory" – 6:44 # "Sun Son's Seal (Part One)" – 8:21 # "Beyond All Suns" – 6:34 # "Sisiphus" – 4:37 # "All The Steps To Heaven" – 13:12 # "Mountain Of Destiny" – 10:51

Disc two

# "The Glowing Zodiac Wheel" – 6:08 # "Modern Cave Men" – 5:02 # "Death Of Medusa" – 7:23 # "Blinded By The World's Desire" – 6:22 # "Sun Son's Seal (Part Two)" – 8:27 # "Soulgate" – 7:59 # "Till The End Of Silence" – 5:17 # "Prison And Paradise" – 5:39 # "Spirit Spiral" – 7:33

Sources

2004 albums Tangerine Dream albums Music based on works by Dante Alighieri Works based on Purgatorio {{2000s-electronic-album-stub