| Cyclone | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Tangerine Dream |
| Cover: | Tangerine Dream - Cyclone.jpg |
| Released: | March 1978 |
| Recorded: | January 1978 at the Audio Studios, Berlin, Germany |
| Genre: | Electronic, progressive rock |
| Length: | 38:33 |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | Tangerine Dream |
| Prev Title: | Encore |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | Force Majeure |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
Cyclone is the eighth studio album by Tangerine Dream and the first in their canon to feature proper vocals and lyrics.[1] The cover is a painting by band leader Edgar Froese.
Other Tangerine Dream albums to later include vocals are Tyger (1987), Madcap's Flaming Duty (2007) and Under Cover – Chapter One (2010).
Cyclone reached number 37 on the UK album charts.[2]
Oberheim Electronics 8 Voice polyphonic synth, twin keyboard Mellotron Mark V, Birotron B90, ARP Instruments Digital Soloist synth, Moog synthesizer & Projekt Electronic Time Control System, Gibson Les Paul custom guitars, Korg PS 3100 polyphonic synth, Roland Corporation GS 500 guitar & GR 500 controller, ARP Solina string Ensemble, Ovation Acoustic guitar, Project Electronic sequencer, Computerstudio digital sequencer, loop Mellotron, ARP Soloist synth, Generalmusic Elka string synth, Oberheim music synthesizer OB-1 one, Hohner clavinet, Grand piano, Fender Rhodes, Roland System-100 synth, bass clarinet, cor anglais, tenor & soprano horns, C-flute, lyricon by Computone, Polyester custom-built drums with multi-trigger unit, electronic drum, Paiste cymbals, bubims, Burma gong set.
| Chart (1978) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 95 | |
| UK Albums Chart | 17 |