Ricochet...again

24db · Post by **24db** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:07 pm

I know it's been done (probably to death) but I justed wanted to start a thread on what I consider to be TD's finest moments (ok, make that one of their finest moments) Ricochet. For me it's the ultimate sequencer album, covering almost everything I found (and still find) amazing about the group. Polyrhythmic sequences, emotional Mellotron and piano, very odd Tron effects, some even weirder melodies, and some nice guitar and drums from messrs Froese and Franke.

I still miss the clapping from the beginning of side two (for some reason this was edited out when Virgin remastered the album on CD....the fools, it adds a perfect atmosphere for the piano intro on part 2)

I'll add some vintage reviews of this album later in the week...

Echosnare · Post by **Echosnare** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:17 pm

Carlsberg don't do EM, but if they did........

epsilon75 · Post by **epsilon75** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:18 pm

They would do Rubycon

24db · Post by **24db** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:21 pm

epsilon75 wrote:They would do Rubycon

Colin, I wouldn't expect you to even think for a second that Ricochet is better than Rubycon, but...it's a damned fine record...(they both are!)

epsilon75 · Post by **epsilon75** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:22 pm

24db wrote:
epsilon75 wrote:They would do Rubycon
Colin, I wouldn't expect you to even think for a second that Ricochet is better than Rubycon, but...it's a damned fine record...(they both are!)

I could not agree more AK................Ricochet is a classic mate

Desert_Voyager · Post by **Desert_Voyager** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:29 pm

Echosnare wrote:Carlsberg don't do EM, but if they did........

they would do Encore.

Hyperboreauk · Post by **Hyperboreauk** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:01 pm

Ricochet awesome easily the best of the 70's IMO.

epsilon75 · Post by **epsilon75** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:03 pm

Hyperboreauk wrote:Ricochet awesome easily the best of the 70's IMO.

Easily...................thats cruel GJ

Hyperboreauk · Post by **Hyperboreauk** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:04 pm

epsilon75 wrote:
Hyperboreauk wrote:Ricochet awesome easily the best of the 70's IMO.

Easily...................thats cruel GJ

I know

Desert_Voyager · Post by **Desert_Voyager** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:09 pm

Hyperboreauk wrote:Ricochet awesome easily the best of the 70's IMO.

I'm glad we're all different.

Echosnare · Post by **Echosnare** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:45 pm

Tennents don't do EM..... but if they did, it'd be called Destination Berlin.....

Desert_Voyager · Post by **Desert_Voyager** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:49 pm

Echosnare wrote:Tennents don't do EM..... but if they did, it'd be called Destination Berlin.....

Don't you even like Berlin Summer Nights?

24db · Post by **24db** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:50 pm

...and there's me thinking this was a Ricochet thread

Happy new year!

Echosnare · Post by **Echosnare** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:53 pm

I've always said one of things that drew (& still draws) me to Ricochet is the sleeve photography.

When I first heard the album, I couldn't believe that these guys did this stuff live. (OK, before anyone decides to remind me, I KNOW it is culled from "Horrible forty or fifty hours of music", but as the bootleg box & TT issues show us, a lot of it is basically just cleaned up!)

For most of us old timers, it was probably our introduction to TD live, and is still a great place to return to. (As is "Encore" of course, DV.)

I'm off to time travel back to the 70's, to a time when I had hair to rival Chris Franke, & to a time when the only woman who told me I couldn't go to a TD gig was my mother....

My time machine? Ricochet......

Rico · Post by **Rico** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:21 pm

best TD album, my soul stream music for ever. what can I say more, I'm wearing the nick of it.

Tangerine Dream

Ricochet...again

Ricochet...again