Images: Best of Jean Michel Jarre

Jarre, Jean Michel

Jarre, Jean Michel / Images: Best of Jean Michel Jarre
Format: CD Album
Released: Tue 18 Aug 1998
Catalogue Number: 36151

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Putting together Jarre's best tracks over 12 albums, Images is a superb collection of his greatest electronic feats and atmospheric pieces, displaying his supreme instrumental prowess. With 20 tracks spanning the same number of years, this compilation serves as an enjoyable guide through electronic transition. Beginning with the keyboard gurgling of "Oxygene" and "Equinoxe," Jarre delves into three different eras; the '70s, '80s and '90s, showcasing how electronics, instrumentation, and Jarre himself has changed by way of modernization. Each of the tracks on this compilation reflect a certain mood and concept sketched splendidly from numerous synthesizers, sequencers, and computerized instruments. For example, "Moon Machine" captivates the chill of deep space with its icy synth layering, while "Orient Express" uses electric string imitations to transform the listener into the mystique of the Far East. Surprisingly, the tracks do not lose any resilience by being taken out of their conceptual domain and hold their own wonderfully as contributing pieces to the set. The most astounding factor to the album is the beautiful sound of this disc, digitally remastered in 24-bit technology, making every cut of synthesizer sound even sharper. Jarre helped change the feel and the image of new age music, which is firmly proven on this amazing compilation. ~ Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide

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  • Discs: 1

Track Listing:

1.  Oxygene (Part 4)
2.  Equinoxe (Part 5)
3.  Chants Magnetiques (Part 2)
4.  Oxygene (Part 2)
5.  Computer Week End
6.  Equinoxe (Part 4)
7.  Ethnicolor 1
8.  Zoolookologie
9.  L'orchestre Sous La Pluie/Band In The Rain
10.  Orient Express
11.  Calypso 1
12.  Calypso 3 (Fin De Siecle)
13.  Fourth Rendez-Vous
14.  Moon Machine
15.  Eldorado
16.  Globetrotter
17.  Rendez-Vous

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