Raum (album)

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Raum
Tangerine Dream - Raum.png
Studio album by
Tangerine Dream
Released25 February 2022 (2022-02-25)
Recorded2021
Studio
  • Raum Studio, Berlin, Germany
  • The Shoppe Studio, Berlin, Germany
Genre Electronic
Length68:35
Label Kscope
Tangerine Dream chronology
Quantum Gate
(2017)		Raum
(2022)

Raum is a studio album by Tangerine Dream, released on Kscope on 25 February 2022. [1] It is the group's second studio album since the death of founding member Edgar Froese in 2015. [1] It was created by Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane, and Paul Frick, using Froese's archives from 1977 to 2013, with access to his Cubase arrangements and tape recordings. [2] It topped the UK Dance Albums Chart. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 6.7/10 [6]
PopMatters 7/10 [7]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Raum received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 from 7 critic scores. [4]

Paul Simpson of AllMusic commented that "As Tangerine Dream's influence seemed more prominent throughout electronic music during the 2010s than it had since the group's heyday, the existing lineup produced the band's most inspired work in ages." [5] He added, "Raum feels a little bit more like a transitional work than the unexpectedly solid Quantum Gate , but that album seemed like more of an overt revisit of the band's classic sound, while Raum finds them taking more chances and exploring fresh ideas." [5] Parker Desautell of PopMatters stated that Raum is "every bit as spacey and floaty as you'd expect a Tangerine Dream album to be, but it doesn't fall into the wallpaper-music trappings that a lot of their work falls into." [7] Ben Cardew of Pitchfork wrote, "Its unashamed drift and scale pay a tribute to a world where music is huge, omnipresent, and never ending." [6]

Track listing

Raum track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Continuum"
7:08
2."Portico"
6:44
3."In 256 Zeichen"
  • Quaeschning
  • Yamane
  • Frick
19:10
4."You're Always On Time"
  • Quaeschning
  • Yamane
  • Frick
8:08
5."Along the Canal"
  • Quaeschning
  • Yamane
  • Frick
5:29
6."What You Should Know About Endings"
  • Froese
  • Quaeschning
  • Yamane
  • Frick
6:55
7."Raum"
  • Froese
  • Quaeschning
  • Yamane
  • Frick
14:54
Total length:68:35

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [8]

Charts

Chart performance for Raum
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [9] 19
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [3] 1
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [10] 6

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References

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  2. ↑ Kenneally, Cerys (15 December 2021). "Tangerine Dream announce new album with title-track "Raum"". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
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