Live From Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni)

Infobox Album | Name = Live From Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni)
Type = Live album
Artist = Jean Michel Jarre


Released = October 27, 2005
Recorded = August 26, 2005 in Gdańsk Shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland
Genre = Electronic
Length = 48:03
Label = Warner Music Poland
Producer = Jean Michel Jarre
Reviews =
Last album = "Jarre in China"
(2005)
This album = "Live From Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni)"
(2005)
Next album = "Live Printemps de Bourges 2002"
(2006)|

Live From Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni) (pol. "Shipyard Concert", reffering to Gdańsk Shipyard) is a live album by Jean Michel Jarre, released in 2005, exclusively in Poland. It contains selected songs performed during Jarre's "Space of Freedom" concert in Gdańsk, Poland, on August 26, 2005, commemoraiting twenty-five years of the Solidarity movement [Source: pl icon [http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/jean-michel-jarre-live-from-gdansk-koncert-w-stoczni,12740 Live From Gdansk (Koncert w Stoczni)] - URL accessed on January 23, 2007] .

Jean Michel Jarre performed together with Polish Baltic Philharmonic and Gdańsk University Choir.

Apart from his own works, the album also features Jarre's electronic-style interpretation of Polish protest song "Mury", written by Jacek Kaczmarski in 1978, to the melody of "L'estaca" by Lluís Llach.

Cover art

Cover art features shipyard cranes in the foreground, then a photograph of Gdańsk Shipyard workers, and wooden tablets of 21 demands of MKS in the background.

Critical reception

Fans complained about the length of the album, which contains only nine out of twenty-four songs performed during the event. In their review, Polish magazine "Teraz Rock" described this release as "undoubtedly too short" [Source: pl icon [http://muzyka.onet.pl/0,67022,0,recenzje.html review by "Teraz Rock" magazine] - URL accessed on January 23, 2007] .

Track listing

Note: Jean Michel Jarre has a long practice of changing the names of his songs when performing them live (see the list of Jean Michel Jarre compositions with multiple titles for details). In such case, original name is indicated below the new one.

# "Shipyard Overture" – 4:59
#* original title: "Industrial Revolution: Overture"
# "Oxygene 4" – 4:21
# "Mury" – 5:49
# "Space of Freedom" – 5:01
#* original title: "March 23"
# "Oxygene 8" – 4:45
# "Light My Sky" – 4:51
#* original title: "Tout Est Bleu"
# "Tribute to John Paul II" – 6:24
#* original title: "Akropolis"
# "Rendez-vous 4" – 6:20
# "Aerology Remix" – 5:15

Personnel

* Jean Michel Jarre: keyboards, mixing desk, laser harp, theremin, vocals
* Francis Rimbert: keyboards, electronic percussions
* Claude Samard: keyboards, guitars, musical coordinator
* Polish Baltic Philharmonic
* Gdańsk University Choir

References