Tangerine Dream

Force Majeure

- Studio, released 1979 -

Covers

CD release Europe 1995 Painting & Design: Monika Froese	CD release UK 1984 Painting: Monika Froese
CD release USA 1995

Tracks


		[a]
1.	Force Majeure	18:18
2.	Cloudburst Flight	7:21
3.	Thru Metamorphic Rocks	14:15
Total running time		39:54

Details


Recording date	August - September 1978
Recording site(s)	Hansa Studios (Berlin)
Recording engineer(s)	Eduard Meyer
Composer(s)	Edgar Froese, Chris Franke
Musician(s)	Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Klaus Krüger, Eduard Meyer
Producer(s)	Edgar Froese, Chris Franke

Notes

After Steve Jolliffe had left the group, Edgar Froese and Chris Franke recorded the album Force Majeure on their own in Berlin. Klaus Krüger played drums again before changing to the band of Iggy Pop. Force Majeure was critically acclaimed and went Top 30 in the UK. Up to now this album is one of the most famous among Tangerine Dream fans.

Backtracking with Tangerine Dream

Chris Franke: "There's one piece, Cloudburst Flight, which I still enjoy playing. Sometimes doing something again and again, it loses its power, but this still means a lot to me. It's hard to say what you try to achieve when you make music. Different words come to mind like...room, landscape, painting, A combination of all the things that make up life."

(Interview with Johnny Black, thisBEAT, issue 17, April 1986)

In 1995 Virgin re-released the album on CD in the so-called "Definitive Edition" series, featuring the original front cover artwork. The sound quality of this release, using the Super Bit Mapping technology, is probably the best up to now.

In the same year, like Cyclone, the album was re-released in the USA on CD with a completely different artwork.

In 2012 the original album was re-released as part of the compilation box The Virgin Years 1977-1983.

Releases


Australia	1979: Virgin/CBS Promo-LP: V 2111; white promo labels, gsc LP: V 2111; red/green labels 1979: Virgin/Festival Promo-LP: L 36641; red/green labels with sticker LP: L 36641; red/green labels
Benelux	1979: Virgin/Ariola LP: 200 347; picture labels LP: 200 347; picture labels; mispressing with side A being Dutch songs by unknown artist and side B being Tangerine Dream
Canada	1979: Virgin/Polydor LP: V 2111; picture labels 1984: Virgin Promo-LP: V 2111; red labels with white stripes, gsc LP: V 2111; red labels with white stripes 1995: Virgin/EMI CD: 840 259-2
Europe	1995: Virgin CD: 840 259-2; identical to UK version from 1995
Finland	1979: Virgin/Polarvox LP: V 2111; picture labels
France	1979: Virgin/Polydor LP: 2473 764; red/silver labels LP: 2473 764; black/silver labels 1981: Virgin LP: 200 347; red/green labels 1983: Virgin LP: 70 003; red/green labels 1984: Virgin CD: CDV 2111; identical to UK version 1985: Wake Music CD: 330 252
Germany	1979: Virgin/Ariola LP: 200 347; picture labels, cover with textured surface LP: 200 347; picture labels, regular cover 1984: Virgin/Ariola LP: 200 347; picture labels CD: 610 371; identical to UK version from 1984 with the German order number on a sticker fixed on the jewel case 1993: Virgin CD: 786 094-2
Greece	19??: Virgin/Polygram LP: 2473 764; picture labels
Israel	1979: Virgin/General Music LP: BAN 2111; red/green labels; covers with incorrect colours exist LP: BAN 2111; two green of the red/green labels; covers with incorrect colours exist
Italy	1979: Virgin/Dischi LP: VIL 12111; picture labels 1985: Virgin/Dischi LP: OVED 111; red/green labels LP: OVED 111; white/gray labels
Japan	1979: Virgin/Victor Promo-LP: VIP-6932; picture promo labels LP: VIP-6932; picture labels 1990: Virgin CD: VJCP-2518 Promo-CD: VJCP-2518; same as regular release, but with additional red promo sticker 2009: EMI CD: VJCP-68919; cardboard sleeve, obi
New Zealand	1979: Virgin/RTC LP: V 2111; picture labels
Portugal	1979: Virgin/VADECA LP: VV-33008-V; red/brown vinyl, blue/red labels LP: VV-33008-V; blue/red labels LP: VV-33008-V; red/green labels
Russia	1997: CD Media/Spurk Counterfeit-CD: 426797; white/black/blue disc
Spain	1979: Virgin/Ariola LP: 200 347-I; picture labels, cover with textured surface LP: 200 347-I; picture labels, regular cover 1980: Virgin/Ariola LP: 200 347-I; picture labels 1987: Virgin LP: E 200 347; red/green labels
Sweden	1979: Virgin LP: V 2111; picture labels
UK	1979: Virgin LP: V 2111; picture labels, cover with textured surface LP: V 2111; picture labels, regular cover LP: V 2111; clear vinyl, picture labels, cover with textured surface LP: V 2111; clear vinyl, picture labels, regular cover 1984: Virgin CD: CDV 2111 1985: Virgin LP: OVED 111; red/green labels LP: OVED 111; white/gray labels 1995: Virgin CD: TAND 10
USA	1981: Virgin/JEM Promo-LP: VI 2111; skin-coloured promo labels LP: VI 2111; skin-coloured labels 1988: Virgin LP: 790 012-1; black labels with blue triangle CD: 790 012-2 1993: Virgin CD: V21Y 86 094-2 1995: Virgin/CEMA/Griffin CD: GCD-350-2
Yugoslavia	1979: Virgin LP: LSVIRG-70898; red/green labels
Force Majeure was also released as part of the set (3).