Album

Les Chants Magnétiques

Jarre

1981 · Electronic

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Les Chants Magnétiques by Jarre

Les Chants Magnétiques is an Electronic album by Jarre, originally released in 1981. On Gatefold: 295 pressings tracked, owned by 26 collectors.

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Though Jean-Michel Jarre's first album of the ’80s is composed of a single electronic suite, it’s both more urgent and features greater rhythmic momentum than any of the epic synthesizer journeys he’d taken before. Seemingly informed by the early ’80s synth-pop explosion—for which Jarre’s earlier albums helped lay the groundwork—<i>Les Chants Magnétiques</i> is the sound of a concept coming full circle. Upbeat, percolating rhythms and perky snatches of melody tickle the ear along the way, as the extended piece evolves.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Magnetic Fields, Pt. 117:58
  2. 2Magnetic Fields, Pt. 23:58
  3. 3Magnetic Fields, Pt. 34:10
  4. 4Magnetic Fields, Pt. 46:25
  5. 5Magnetic Fields, Pt. 53:29

Sound DNA

  • Electronic
  • Ambient & Downtempo
  • synthetic
  • meditative
  • spacey

Album notes

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The title of the album is a play on words. The literal English translation of the French title "Les Chants Magnétiques" is "Magnetic Songs". But for Jean-Michel Jarre's album, 'The Magnetic Chants' is the best and most frequently used translation. The French word for 'fields' (champs) is a homophone of the French word for 'songs' (chants), so in French, if the title is spoken out loud, it can be interpreted as either magnetic fields or as magnetic songs. "Les Champs magnétiques" was a surrealist book published in 1920.
Catalog # of commercial releases:
LP:
France: FDM 18108, DLP 2001, 824 748-1, FDM 46050 36142 1
Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong/Singapore/Malaysia, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, Uruguay: 2311 075
Austria, Eastern Germany, Germany, Israel, Kenya, Turkey: 2344 166
Argentina: 6004; Canada: PD-1-6325, JAR3; Ireland; POLS 1033; Japan: 28MM 0044; Mexico: LPR 16392, LPE 1204; Peru: Y-POL-2311075.9; South Africa: POLY 5531; Spain: 800 024-1; Switzerland: FDM 18108; UK: POLS 1033, POLD 5159; US: PD-1-6325, 422-829 457-1 Y-1; Yugoslavia: 2220806
Europe: 88843024701
Cassette:
France: FDM 40 18108, DMC 2001, 824 748-4, FDM 36142-4
Australia, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong/Singapore/Malaysia, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Spain, Thailand: 3100 598
Argentina: 7966; Canada: PD4-1-6325, JAR4 3, FDM-36142-4; Chile: 185084; Japan: 28CM0025; Mexico: MCR 16392, MCE 1204; Spain: 800 024-4; UK: POLSC 1033, POLDC 5159; US: CT-1-6325, 829 457-4 Y-1; Yugoslavia: 5720508
CD:
France: FDM CD-18108, DCO 2001, 824 748-2, FDM 36142-2
Brazil: 800 024-2; Canada: FDM 36142-2; Germany: 800 024-2; India: 88843024702; Japan: P33P50024, P28P 20169 Russia: 88843089352; US: FDM 36142-2
Europe: 488138 2, 88843024702
Related singles:
Les Chants Magnétiques (Part 2) (opens in a new tab)
Les Chants Magnétiques (Part 4)
The Last Rumba

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