Jean Michel Jarre discography

Jean Michel Jarre discography

Jarre in Milan, 2008
Releases
↙Studio albums	18
↙Live albums	8
↙Compilation albums	28
↙Singles	41
↙Video albums	19
↙Music videos	31
↙Remix and cover albums	4
↙Books	11

Jean-Michel André Jarre (born 24 August 1948) is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, synthpop, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.

Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and grandparents, and trained on the piano. From an early age he was introduced to a variety of art forms, including those of street performers, jazz musicians, and the artist Pierre Soulages. He played guitar in a band, but his musical style was perhaps most heavily influenced by Pierre Schaeffer, a pioneer of musique concrète at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales.

His first mainstream success was the 1976 album Oxygène. Recorded in a makeshift studio at his home, the album sold an estimated 12 million copies. Oxygène was followed in 1978 by Équinoxe, and in 1979 Jarre performed to a record-breaking audience of more than a million people at the Place de la Concorde, a record he has since broken three times. More albums were to follow, but his 1979 concert served as a blueprint for his future performances around the world. Several of his albums have been released to coincide with large-scale outdoor events, and he is now perhaps as well known as a performer as a musician.

Jarre has sold an estimated 80 million albums and singles.^[1] He was the first Western musician to be allowed to perform in the People's Republic of China, and holds the world record for the largest-ever audience at an outdoor event.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		FRA [2]	AUT [3]	FIN [4]	GER [5]	NL [6]	NOR [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	UK [10]	US [11]
1972	Deserted Palace Released: 1972 Format: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1973	Les Granges Brûlées Released: May 30, 1973 Format: LP, CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1976	Oxygène Released: December 1976 (France) July 1977 (international) Format: LP, CS, CD	1	10	12	8	4	9	3	—	2	78
1978	Équinoxe Released: December 1978 Format: LP, MC, CD	1	14	—	22	3	—	—	—	11	126
1981	Magnetic Fields / Les Chants Magnétiques Released: May 1981 Format: LP, MC, CD	1	4	20	9	5	20	22	—	6	98
1983	Music for Supermarkets Released: July 6, 1983 Format: LP (one single copy)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	Zoolook Released: November 1984 Format: LP, MC, CD	—	28	—	24	27	—	21	30	47	—
1986	Rendez-Vous Released: April 1986 Format: LP, MC, CD	1	15	6	20	12	—	8	24	9	52
1988	Revolutions Released: August 1988 Format: CD, MC, LP	6	13	9	28	13	4	13	13	2	—
1990	Waiting for Cousteau / En Attendant Cousteau Released: June 1990 Format: CD, MC, LP	2	19	11	27	27	11	22	21	14	—
1993	Chronologie Released: May 1993 Format: CD, MC, LP	2	32	10	50	56	—	25	21	11	—
1997	Oxygène 7–13 Released: May 20, 1997 Format: CD, MC, LP	6	2	11	19	10	4	16	24	11	—
2000	Métamorphoses Released: 2000 Format: CD, CS	7	28	7	17	42	19	30	32	37	—
2001	Interior Music Released: 2001 Format: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Sessions 2000 Released: October 2002 Format: CD	140	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Geometry of Love Released: October 2003 Format: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Téo & Téa Released: March 26, 2007 Format: CD, DVD	8	—	—	—	46	—	—	43	103	—
2007	Oxygène: New Master Recording Released: 2007 Format: CD, CD/DVD	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	140	—

Live albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		FRA [2]	AUT [3]	FIN [4]	GER [5]	NL [6]	NOR [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	UK [10]	US [11]
1982	The Concerts in China / Les Concerts en Chine Released: 1982 Format: LP, CD	5	—	—	35	9	—	—	—	6	—
1987	En Concert Houston-Lyon / In Concert Houston-Lyon / Cities In Concert Houston-Lyon Released: 1987 Format: LP, CD,	2	19	—	31	14	—	11	10	18	—
1989	Jarre Live / Destination Docklands Released: 1989 Re-released 1996 with new title Format: CD, LP	16	—	22	—	57	—	45	—	16	—
1994	Hong Kong Released: 1994 Format: CD	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	Paris Live "Electronic Night" Featuring Tetsuya "TK" Komuro Released: 1998 included in the TK 1998 box set with Paris Live "Rendez-Vous '98 Electronic Night" VHS Format: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	Jarre in China Released: 2004 Format: CD/DVD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Live From Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni) Released: 2005 Format: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	Live Printemps de Bourges 2002 Released: 2006 iTunes-only release Format: Digital Download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		FRA [2]	AUT [3]	FIN [4]	GER [5]	NL [6]	NOR [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	UK [10]	US [11]
1982	Synthesis Released: 1983 Italian-only release Format: LP, CS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	Musik aus Zeit und Raum Released: 1983 Central European-release only Format: LP, MC, CD	—	5	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—
	The Essential Jean Michel Jarre Released: 1983 Format: LP, MC, CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	—
1985	The Essential 1976-1986 Released: 1985 Format: LP, MC, CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	65	—
1989	Les Années Laser Released: 1989 Format: 10-CD (Box Set)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	Images - The Best of Jean Michel Jarre Released: 1991 Format: CD, LP	2	—	15	20	85	—	—	23	14	—
1997	Complete Oxygene Released: 1997 Limited edition Format: 2CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	The Essential Released: 2004 Format: CD	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	AERO Released: 2004 Format: CD	2	60	—	37	33	—	—	61	14	—
2006	Sublime Mix Released: 2006 Limited edition for Jaguar France Format: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	The Complete Oxygene Released: 2007 Format: 3CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	Essentials & Rarities Released: 2011 Format: 2CD	70	—	—	—	89	—	—	—	—	—
	Rarities Released: 2011 Format: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Other Compilation albums

• 10th Anniversary (Limited Edition Compact Disc Set) (1987)
• Jean Michel Jarre Collection (1990)
• Razormaid (1990)
• Oxygene - The Magic Of Jean Michel Jarre (1991)
• Détente / Unwind (1991)
• Razormaid - The Customize Series (1992)
• L'Intégrale (1992, 10-CD box)
• Le Monde Musicale De Jean Michel Jarre (1993)
• The Music Of Jean Michel Jarre (1997)
• Unique JMJ (1997)
• Jean Michel Jarre - Platinum (1997)
• Greatest Hits (2000)
• Golden Collection (2000)

Remix albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		FRA [2]	AUT [3]	FIN [4]	GER [5]	NL [6]	NOR [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	UK [10]	US [11]
1994	Chronologie Part 6 (Remixes) EP Released: May 1994 Format: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60	—
1995	Jarremix Released: 1995 Format: CD	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	Odyssey Through O2 Released: 1998 Format: CD	10	—	—	—	92	—	—	—	50	—

Singles

Below are the main singles, produced by Jean Michel Jarre for himself. Jarre also composed many songs for other various artists, in late '60s and early '70s, which were released as singles (Jean Michel Jarre is credited on each one).

• "Freedom Day (With Samuel Hobo)" (1970)
• "La Cage/Erosmachine" (1971)
• "Pop Corn/Black Bird (as Jammie Jefferson and the Popcorn Orchestra)" (1972)
• "La Chanson des granges brûlées" (1973)
• "Cartolina/Hertza" (1973)
• "Zig Zag" (1974)
• "Slag (as Jeremiah Johnson)" (1974)
• "Hypnose (With french magician Dominique Webb)" (1974)

• "Oxygène 4" / "Oxygene 6" (1976)
• "Oxygène 2" / "Oxygene 6" (1977)
• "Equinoxe 5" / "Equinoxe 1" (1978)
• "Oxygène 4" / "Equinoxe 5" (Germany 1978)
• "Equinoxe 4" / "Equinoxe 3" (1979)
• "Equinoxe 4" / "Equinoxe 5" (1979)
• "Magnetic Fields 2" / "Magnetic Fields 1" (excerpt) (1981)
• "Magnetic Fields 4" / "Magnetic Fields 1" (excerpt) (1981)
• "The Last Rumba" (1981)
• "Orient Express"' / "Equinoxe 4" (1982)
• "Orient Express"' / "Fishing Junks at Sunset" (UK 1982)
• "Souvenir of China" / "Fishing Junks at Sunset" (1982)
• "Zoolook" / "Wooloomoolo" (1984)
• "Zoolook" / "Wooloomoolo" / "Zoolook" (Extended) (1984)
• "Zoolookologie" (single mix) / "Ethnicolor 2" (1985)
• "Zoolookologie" (Extended) / "Zoolookologie" (single mix) / "Ethnicolor 2" (1985)
• "Fourth Rendez-Vous" / "First Rendez-Vous" (1986)
• "Fourth Rendez-Vous" (special remix) / "Fourth Rendez-Vous" (original) / "Moon Machine"
• "Second Rendez-Vous Houston / Lyon Live" (1987)
• "Souvenir of China" / "Rendez-vous Lyon" (1987)
• '"Revolutions" / "Industrial Revolution: part 2" (1988)
• '"Revolutions" (Extended remix) / "Revolutions" (original) / "Industrial Revolution: part 2" (1988)
• "London Kid" / "Industrial Revolution: part 3" (1988)
• "London Kid" / "Industrial Revolution: part 3" / "Revolutions" (Remix) (1988)
• "Oxygene 4" / "Industrial Revolution: Overture" / "Oxygene 4" (Live) / "September" (1989)
• "Calypso" / "Calypso 2" (1990)
• "Calypso" (Extended) / "Calypso" / "Calypso 2" (1990)
• "Eldorado" / "Oxygene 4" (1991)
• "Zoolookologie" (Transform Mix) / "Oxygene 4" (Open minded Mix) (Germany 1991)
• "Chronologie 4" (Remixes) (1993)
• "Chronologie 2" (Remixes) (1993)
• "Chronologie 6" (Remixes) (1993)
• "Chronologie 8" (Remixes) (1993)
• "Chronologie 6 (Live in Hong-Kong)" (1994)
• "Oxygène 8" (Remixes) (1997)
• "Oxygène 10" (Remixes) (1997)
• "Oxygène 7" (Remixes) (1997)
• "Rendez-Vous '98" (ft. Apollo Four Forty) (1998)
• "Together Now" (1998)
• "C'est la vie" (2000)
• "Tout est bleu" (2000)
• "Aerology" (2004)
• "Téo & Téa" (2007)
• "Vintage" (2007, released in download format only)

Video albums

• Place De La Concorde (1980, VHS PAL-G & SECAM)
• The China Concerts (1989, VHS PAL-G)
• Rendez-vous Houston: A City in Concert (1989, VHS PAL-G)
• Rendez-vous Lyon (1989, VHS PAL-G)
• Destination Docklands (1989, VHS PAL-G)
• Images – The Best of Jean Michel Jarre (1991, VHS NTSC)
• Paris la Defense (1992, VHS SECAM/VHS PAL-G)
• Europe in Concert (1994, VHS NTSC)
• Concert pour la Tolerance (1995, Laserdisc SECAM)
• Oxygen in Moscow (1997, DVD NTSC/VHS PAL-G, released on the USA and Brazil)
• Paris Live: Rendez-vous 98 Electronic Night (1998, VHS NTSC, released on Japan as part of Tetsuya "TK" Komuro's "TK 1998" boxset)
• Aero DVD (2004)
• Live in Beijing (2004, DVD PAL, 1-disc release in France only)
• Jarre in China (2005, DVD PAL, 2-disc European re-release of the above with extra features)
• Jean-Michel Jarre: Solidarnosc Live (2005, DVD NTSC; released in 1-disc and 2-disc DVD/CD versions)
• Teo & Tea DVD (2007, DVD 5.1 with the "Teo & Tea" video in high definition HD, included in the "De Luxe Edition CD")
• Oxygene in Moscow DVD (2007, including "Oxygene in Moscow 1997 concert" + bonus "The Making of Oxygene in Moscow")
• Oxygene 2D DVD (2007, available with the special edition Oxygene 2007 album)
• Oxygene 3D DVD (2007, limited edition box set which also includes 2 pairs of 3D glasses)

Music videos

• 1976: Oxygène 4 (from Oxygène)
• 1978: Equinoxe 4 (from Equinoxe)
• 1979: Equinoxe 5 (from Equinoxe)
• 1981: Magnetic Fields 2 (from Magnetic Fields)
• 1982: Orient Express (from The Concerts in China)
• 1982: Souvenir Of China (from The Concerts in China)
• 1984: Zoolook (from Zoolook)
• 1985: Zoolookologie (from Zoolook)
• 1986: Rendez-Vous 4 (from Rendez-Vous)
• 1988: Revolutions (from Revolutions)
• 1988: London Kid (with Hank Marvin) (from Revolutions)
• 1989: Oxygene 4 (penguin video) (from Jarre Live)
• 1990: Calypso (from Waiting for Cousteau)
• 1990: Calypso (Paris la Defense) (from Waiting for Cousteau)
• 1993: Chronologie 4 (from Chronologie)
• 1993: Chronologie 4 (astronaut video) (from Chronologie)
• 1993: Chronologie 2 (from Chronologie)
• 1993: Chronologie 8 (from Chronologie)
• 1997: Oxygene 8 (from Oxygene 7-13)
• 1997: Oxygene 8 (animated video) (from Oxygene 7-13)
• 1997: Oxygene 8 (remix) (from Oxygene 7-13)
• 1997: Oxygene 10 (Sash! Remix) (from Oxygene 7-13)
• 1998: Rendez-Vous '98 (feat. Apollo Four Forty)
• 1998: Together Now (feat. Tetsuya Komuro)
• 2000: C'est La Vie (from Métamorphoses)
• 2000: Tout Est Bleu (from Métamorphoses)
• 2004: Aerology (from AERO)
• 2005: Live from Gdańsk (from Solidarność Live)
• 2007: Téo & Téa (from Téo & Téa)
• 2007: Oxygene 4 (The Penguins Return) (from Oxygene: New Master Recording)
• 2007: Oxygene 4 (from Oxygene: New Master Recording)

Remix and cover albums

• The Symphonic Jean Michel Jarre (performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) (2006)
• Re-Oxygene (2007)

Books

• Jean-Michel Jarre (1987)
• Concert D'Images (1989)
• Paris La Defense - Une Ville En Concert (1990)
• Europe in Concert (1994)
• Concert Pour La Tolerance - Paris Tour Eiffel (1996)
• The Millennium Concert - At The Grand Pyramids of Egypt (2000)
• Akropolis - Elpida (2001)
• Aero - Aalborg, Denmark (2002)
• Jean Michel Jarre a Pekin (2004)
• Photo book - Live in Gdansk (2006)
• The Making of Water for Life (Hardback book, published by idesine)^[12] (2007)

References

1. ^ Dreyfus Records – News – The Jean Michel Jarre Collection, dreyfusrecords.com, 2004-02-17, http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/news_article_ns.php?l=0&n=18, retrieved 2009-05-26 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} French Album Charts:
   • before June 1996 "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > J - J-Michel Jarre". InfoDisc.fr. http://infodisc.fr/Album_J.php. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
   • after June 1996 "lescharts.com - Discographie Jean Michel Jarre". lescharts.com / Hung Medien. http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "Discographie Jean Michel Jarre - austriancharts.at". Hubg Medien. http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Finnish charts:
   • Pennanen, Timo (2006) (in Finnish). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 168. ISBN 13-978-951-1-21053-5. 
   • "finnishcharts.com – Discography Jean Michel Jarre". Hung Medien. http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
5. ^ ^{a b c d} German Album Charts
   • "Chartverfolgung summary — Jean Michel Jarre". musicline. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Jarre%2CJean-Michel?sort=entry&type=longplay. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
   • "charts.de – suche > Jean Michel Jarre »» Mehr Treffer anzeigen" (in German). charts.de. media control. http://www.charts.de/search.asp?search=jean+michel+jarre&x=6&y=4&cat=a&country=de. Retrieved 2011-03-23. 
6. ^ ^{a b c d} "Discografie Jean Michel Jarre - dutchcharts.nl". Hubg Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
7. ^ ^{a b c d} "Discography Jean Michel Jarre - norwegiancharts.com". Hubg Medien. http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
8. ^ ^{a b c d} "Discography Jean Michel Jarre - swedishcharts.com". Hubg Medien. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
9. ^ ^{a b c d} "Discographie Jean Michel Jarre - hitparade.ch". Hubg Medien. http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
10. ^ ^{a b c d} UK Charts:
    • "Chart Stats - Jean Michel Jarre". ChartStats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=326. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
    • "Chart Log UK 1994–2010: Jessie J – JX". zobbel.de. http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_J.HTM. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
11. ^ ^{a b c d} "Billboard charts". Billboard. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p2619/charts-awards. Retrieved 2008-02-14. 
12. ^ Publisher idesine

External links

Jarre.ch - Complete discography