Magnetic Fields (Album)
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| Studio album by Jean Michel Jarre | ||||
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Publication |
May 22, 1981 |
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| Label (s) | Disques Dreyfus or Polydor | |||
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running time |
35 min 53 s |
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Magnetic Fields (in France Les Chants Magnétiques , a play on words with chant (French for song) and champ (French for field).) Is the fifth music album by French musician and producer Jean Michel Jarre . Released in 1981 Magnetic Fields was one of the first albums worldwide to use digital samples. This technique was in contrast to his previous albums Oxygène and Équinoxe and was in the eyes of some critics a break in style . The album is rated as similarly melodic as Oxygéne, but not as creative.
Track list
- Written and arranged by Jean-Michel Jarre.
- Magnetic Fields / Les Chants Magnétiques Part 1 - 17:50
- Magnetic Fields / Les Chants Magnétiques Part 2 - 3:59
- Magnetic Fields / Les Chants Magnétiques Part 3 - 4:15
- Magnetic Fields / Les Chants Magnétiques Part 4 - 6:18
- Magnetic Fields / Les Chants Magnétiques Part 5 - 3:30
Note: The only difference between the French titles and the English or international titles is the name.
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| Allmusic |
 
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Charts
album
| year | title | Chart positions | |||||||||
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| 1981 | Magnetic Fields | 9 | 4th | 1 | 6th | 98 | |||||
occupation
- Jean Michel Jarre - MDB Poly Sequencer, RSF Kobol, Oberheim OB-X , ARP 2600 , Fairlight CMI , EMS Synthi AKS , EMS Synthi VCS3 , Korg KR 55, Elka 707, Eminent 310 Unique , Moog Taurus , EMS Vocoder 1000, Korg VC -10 and Electro-Harmonix Echoflanger.
production
- produced by Jean-Michel Jarre
- Sound engineering and mixing: Jean-Pierre Janiaud
- Assistant technicians: Patrick Foulon and Pierre Mourey