Téo & Téa
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| Studio album by Jean Michel Jarre | ||||
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Publication |
2007 |
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| Label (s) | Warner Music | |||
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running time |
50 min 30 s |
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Téo & Téa is the 16th studio album by French musician Jean Michel Jarre . It was published by Warner Music .
Specialty
The album was released both on CD and in a “Deluxe Edition”, which was also accompanied by a DVD . On this, the titles were in 5.1 surround sound . The DVD also contained the music video for the single of the same name that had been extracted from the album. The album was criticized for the extensive use of preset sounds from the Roland MC-808 Groovebox . These were created by Tim Hüfken , who was listed as an artistic collaborator.
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criticism
Alexander Cordas wrote on Laut.de:
"JJR does not produce really sparkling ideas [...] These are easy to consume, seldom weird or unusual, are fun for a short time, but fail when it comes to making the album exciting in the long term."
Jarre's own assessment
In a 2010 interview with the French magazine Trax , Jarre retrospectively called the album a mistake:
«C'etait une erhur cet album, une connerie. Sur un plan personnel, j'avais plein de galères et je me suis amusé à jouer avec des samples, comme une récréation. Et on l'a sorti comme album. Mais quand je le réécoute aujourd'hui ... Je l'assume, hein, il faut bien assumer ce qu'on fait, mais je ne le referais pas. »
“This album was a mistake, a stupid thing. I was having a lot of personal problems at the time, and playing around with the samples amused me. And then they were released as an album. But if I listen to it today ... well, I think you should stand by your own works, but I really wouldn't do it again. "
Track list
- Written and arranged by Jean-Michel Jarre
- Fresh News - 2:42
- Téo & Téa - 3:37
- Beautiful Agony - 4:38
- Touch to Remember - 6:07
- OK, Do It Fast - 3:23
- Partners in Crime 1 - 3:38
- Partners in Crime 2 - 3:33
- Chatterbox - 2:14
- In the Mood for You - 4:18
- Gossip - 2:09
- Vintage - 3:04
- Melancholic Rodeo - 3:46
- Téo & Téa 4:00 AM - 7:06
occupation
- Jean Michel Jarre - keyboards , synthesizers , drum computer programming
- Claude Samard - programming, guitars
- Francis Rimbert - keyboards and synthesizers
- Tim Hüfken - programming and artistic collaboration
- Bertrand Lajaudie - programming
- Anne Parillaud - vocals on Beautiful Agony
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ allmusic.com Album Review "Téo & Téa" , accessed December 11, 2016
- ^ Criticism at Laut.de
- ↑ Jean-Michel Jarre: Le Vraivisage du Roi de L'electro , published in Trax Magazine on March 1, 2010, from page 44