Going Off on One

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Going Off on One
The Tangent Going Off On One.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedJune 26, 2007
RecordedNovember 4, 2004 – September 2006
Genre Progressive rock
Length142:56
Label Inside Out
Producer Andy Tillison
The Tangent chronology
A Place in the Queue
(2006)
Going Off on One
(2007)
Not as Good as the Book
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
DPRP(8.5/10) [1]

Going Off on One is the second live album released by the international progressive rock group The Tangent. It was released as a double CD/single DVD format (available separately), but also as a limited special edition, containing both CDs and the DVD, plus a deluxe digipack cover with enhanced artwork and extended booklet.

Contents

Track listing

Songs that appear on the DVD were recorded live at Club Riga, England, in September 2006. Tracks 10-13 (disc two's first four tracks) were recorded on May 1, 2005 at RoSfest, at The Colonial Theater, Phoenixville, PA. "America" is the "missing piece" from the show recorded and released as Pyramids and Stars.

Disc one

No.TitleLength
1."GPS Culture"10:23
2."The Winning Game"11:34
3."In Earnest"22:08
4."Forsaken Cathedrals"6:01
5."The Music That Died Alone"10:53
6."Lost in London"8:46
Total length:69:45

Disc two

No.TitleLength
7."In Darkest Dreams Part 1"16:16
8."After Rubycon"4:30
9."In Darkest Dreams Part 2"6:32
10."The World We Drive Through"13:26
11."Skipping the Distance"8:43
12."Fun with the Audience"3:20
13."21st Century Schizoid Man (King Crimson cover)"11:25
14."America (arr. by Emerlist Davjack)"8:59
Total length:73:11

The DVD contains extras featuring a 1981 concert by Andy's band "A New Opera" (with Lindsay Frost, David Million, David Albone, and Simon Albone). There is also Tangent rehearsal footage show on a single video camera at Mushroom Studios in Rayleigh, Essex.

DVD version

  1. "GPS Culture"
  2. "The Winning Game"
  3. "In Earnest"
  4. "Forsaken Cathedrals"
  5. "The Music That Died Alone"
  6. "Lost in London"
  7. "In Darkest Dreams Part 1"
  8. "After Rubycon"
  9. "In Darkest Dreams Part 2"

Personnel

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References

  1. "DPRP : CD & DVD REVIEWS". www.dprp.net. Retrieved 24 October 2009.