Images - The Best of Jean Michel Jarre
| Images - The Best Of Jean Michel Jarre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compilation album by Jean Michel Jarre | ||||
|
Publication |
1991 |
|||
| Label (s) | Disques Dreyfus | |||
|
running time |
62 min or 73 min |
|||
|
||||
Images - The Best Of Jean Michel Jarre is a compilation by the French musician Jean Michel Jarre and contains titles from several previous works as well as new compositions. It can also be seen as a form of the concept album , as Jarre shortened some well-known tracks, revised them and re-edited them together with the new tracks as a continuous audio experience. It is Jarre's thirteenth music album, which was released in two versions in 1991 and in a third version in 1997.
Versions
The album was already offered in two versions when it was released. One version that was distributed in France and another for Europe and the rest of the world, the difference being just one title. While the French edition features zoo ecology for title 8 , the European version chose the London Kid . In 1997 a remastered edition followed and now both songs as well as the pieces Wooloomooloo and Blah Blah Café were on the album.
Pieces of music not yet released on an album include Eldorado and Globe Trotter . They are compositions that Jarre wanted to play at a concert near the pyramids of Teotihuacán in Mexico for the solar eclipse of July 11, 1991 . Unfortunately, this concert could not take place because a ship that transported important parts of the stage sank in the ocean. The title Moon Machine was played in Lyon in 1986 at the mega concert in honor of the Pope's visit .
Title list in comparison
| 1991 France | 1991 Europe | 1997 remastered | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygene 4 | 3:09 | Oxygene 4 | 3:09 | Oxygene 4 | 3:09 |
| Equinoxe 5 | 3:22 | Equinoxe 5 | 3:22 | Equinoxe 5 | 3:22 |
| Chants Magnetiques 2 | 3:57 | Magnetic Fields 2 | 3:57 | Magnetic Fields 2 | 3:57 |
| Oxygene 2 | 3:12 | Oxygene 2 | 3:12 | Oxygene 2 | 3:12 |
| Computer Weekend | 3:37 | Computer Weekend | 3:37 | Computer Weekend | 3:34 |
| Equinox 4 | 3:13 | Equinox 4 | 3:13 | Equinox 4 | 3:12 |
| Ethnicolor | 3:43 | Ethnicolor | 3:43 | Ethnicolor | 3:42 |
| Zoo ecology | 3:42 | London kid | 3:42 | ||
| L'Orchestre sous la pluie | 1:29 | Band in the Rain | 1:29 | Band in the Rain | 1:26 |
| Orient express | 3:26 | Orient express | 3:26 | Orient express | 3:20 |
| Calypso 1 | 2:59 | Calypso 1 | 2:59 | Calypso 1 | 3:06 |
| Calypso 3 (Fin de Siecle) | 3:43 | Calypso 3 (Fin de Siecle) | 3:43 | Calypso 3 (Fin de Siecle) | 3:43 |
| Rendez-vous 4 | 3:23 | Rendez-vous 4 | 3:23 | Rendez-vous 4 | 3:23 |
| Moon machine | 3:00 | Moon machine | 3:00 | Moon machine | 3:00 |
| Eldorado | 3:40 | Eldorado | 3:40 | Eldorado | 3:40 |
| Globe trotter | 3:30 | Globe trotter | 3:30 | Globe trotter | 3:30 |
| Wooloomooloo | 3:17 | ||||
| Blah Blah Cafe | 3:17 | ||||
| London kid | 3:48 | ||||
| Zoo ecology | 3:48 | ||||
| Rendez-vous 2 | 8:48 | Rendez-vous 2 | 8:48 | Rendez-vous 2 | 8:48 |
Output on VHS
A VHS version with music videos was also released.
| Track list | Director |
|---|---|
| Oxygene 4 | Francis Dreyfus, Jean Michel Jarre |
| Equinox 4 | Gilles Amado |
| Magnetic Fields 2 | Julien Temple |
| Orient express | Andrew Piddington |
| Souvenir Of China | Andrew Piddington |
| Zoolook | Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro |
| Zoo ecology | Frank Coppola |
| Rendez-vous 4 | Bob Giraldi |
| Revolutions | Mike Mansfield |
| London Kid (Live In Docklands) | Mike Mansfield |
| Oxygene 4 (Penguin Version) | Jean Michel Jarre |
| Calypso 1 (animation version) | Andy Goff |
| Calypso 1 (Live In Paris) | Mike Mansfield |
Major versions
| year | output | medium | country | Label | Catalog number | version | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | original | CD | France | Disques Dreyfus | 191 031-2 | 17 tracks | incl. zoo ecology excl . London Kid |
| 1991 | original | CD | Europe | Polydor | 511 306-2 | 17 tracks | incl. London Kid excl . zoo ecology |
| 1991 | Remastered * | CD | France | Disques Dreyfus | 191 031-2 | 17 tracks | Digitally Remastered series |
| 1997 | Remastered | CD | France, Germany | Disques Dreyfus, EPIC | FDM 36151 2, EPC 487378 2 | 20 tracks | 96 kHz / 24bit technology by Scott Hull |
* Published at the same time as the original edition under the same catalog number. Cover designed to match the Digitally Remastered series . It is unlikely that the content will deviate from the original version and represent a new mastering.