Exit is the sixteenth major release and eleventh studio album by the German group Tangerine Dream.[2] The first track features an uncredited Berlin actress[3] chanting, in Russian, the names of the continents of the world and pleading to end the threat of "limited" nuclear war,[4][5] which was a potential danger facing the world during the late Cold War era in which the album was released. Exit reached № 43 in the UK, spending five weeks on the chart.
| Exit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.png) North American cover | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 1981 | |||
| Recorded | June–July 1981 | |||
| Venue | Berlin | |||
| Genre | Electronic music | |||
| Length | 36:32 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke | |||
| Tangerine Dream chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Use in other media edit
The track "Choronzon" is used as the title theme for the Hungarian political TV show, Panoráma. "Network 23" was used in the early 1980s by the TVA network in Montreal (Canada) to promote their news service. The title track is featured in the sixth episode "The Monster" of the Netflix series Stranger Things.[6]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kiew Mission" | 9:18 |
| 2. | "Pilots of Purple Twilight" | 4:19 |
| 3. | "Choronzon" | 4:07 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Exit" | 5:33 |
| 2. | "Network 23" | 4:55 |
| 3. | "Remote Viewing" | 8:20 |
Personnel edit
- Edgar Froese – composer, musician, producer
- Christopher Franke – composer, musician, producer
- Johannes Schmoelling – composer, musician
- Monica Froese – album cover
Singles edit
- "Choronzon / Network 23"
References edit
- ^ Connolly, Dave. Tangerine Dream - Exit (1981) album review, credits & releases at AllMusic
- ^ Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Exit". Voices in the Net.
- ^ Beecher, Mike (1982). "Tangerine Dream: An interview with Edgar Froese and Chris Franke during their recent UK tour". Electronics & Music Maker: 52.
- ^ Beecher, Mike (1982). "Tangerine Dream: An interview with Edgar Froese and Chris Franke during their recent UK tour". Electronics & Music Maker: 47–50.
- ^ "Kiew Mission lyrics". LyricsTranslate.
- ^ Kreps, Daniel (12 September 2016). "Hear Tangerine Dream's Spooky Cover of 'Stranger Things' Theme". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 May 2017.