''Tides'' is the second

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by German

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producer

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, released on 1 June 2000 by

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Critical reception

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'' placed ''Tides'' at number 99 on its list of the 100 best albums of the 2000s; in an accompanying write-up, critic Todd Burns dubbed the album "a small masterpiece of

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that seemed to have nary a

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patch in sight." In 2017, ''Tides'' was ranked at number 44 on ''

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''s list of the 50 best IDM albums of all time.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. * Uwe Zahn –

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* Bettina Hovgaard-Petersen – cover artwork *

Christian Kleine Christian Kleine (born 8 December 1974, in Lindau) is a German musician. Career Kleine grew up at the Bodensee and with 10 years age started to study classical trumpet.

– guitar * Oliver Schulze – cover artwork

References

External links

* 2000 albums Arovane albums {{2000s-electronic-album-stub