Revolutions (Jean-Michel Jarre album)

Revolutions is the ninth studio album by electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, first released in September 1988. The album reached number 2 in the UK charts, Jarre's best chart position since Oxygène. The Destination Docklands concert in London coincided with the release of the album.

Revolutions
Studio album by Jean-Michel Jarre
Released	26 September 1988[1]
Recorded	1987–1988
Studio	Croissy studio
Length	44:21
Label	Disques Dreyfus
Producer	Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Rendez-Vous (1986) Revolutions (1988) Jarre Live (Destination Docklands) (1989)
Singles from Revolutions
"Revolutions" Released: September 1988[2] "London Kid" Released: December 1988[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

Composition and recording

The album was recorded and mixed at Croissy studio.^[5] The song "London Kid" was a collaboration with Shadows guitarist Hank Marvin.^[6] The title track contains reworked samples of an unpublished composition by Turk Kudsi Erguner, which Jarre had acquired from ethnologist Xavier Bellenger. Erguner took his case to court and won a modest indemnity.^[7] Jarre removed the flute part—the Ney—from new releases of the record and from live performances, the track was later retitled as "Revolution, Revolutions".^{[citation needed]} The title track also featured vocoder by Jarre and Michel Geiss. The track "September" is dedicated to South African ANC activist Dulcie September, who was assassinated in Paris on 29 March 1988.^[5]

Track listing

1988 vinyl edition

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Révolution industrielle" (Industrial Revolution)	16:51
2.	"London Kid"	4:27

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Révolutions" (Revolutions)	4:57
2.	"Tokyo Kid"	5:21
3.	"Computer Weekend (recorded and released in 1987)"	4:42
4.	"September"	3:53
5.	"L'Emigrant" (The Emigrant)	4:10
Total length:		44:21

1988 CD edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Industrial Revolution Overture"	5:11
2.	"Industrial Revolution Part 1"	5:10
3.	"Industrial Revolution Part 2"	2:17
4.	"Industrial Revolution Part 3"	4:13
5.	"London Kid"	4:27
6.	"Revolutions"	4:57
7.	"Tokyo Kid"	5:21
8.	"Computer Weekend"	4:42
9.	"September"	3:53
10.	"L'Emigrant" (The Emigrant)	4:10
Total length:		44:21

1991 remaster

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Industrial Revolution Overture"	5:11
2.	"Industrial Revolution Part 1"	5:10
3.	"Industrial Revolution Part 2"	2:17
4.	"Industrial Revolution Part 3"	4:13
5.	"London Kid"	4:27
6.	"Revolution, Revolutions"	4:55
7.	"Tokyo Kid"	5:21
8.	"Computer Weekend"	4:42
9.	"September"	3:53
10.	"L'Emigrant" (The Emigrant)	4:10
Total length:		44:19

Personnel

Personnel listed in album liner notes:^[5]

• Jean-Michel Jarre – Roland D-50, Korg DSS-1, Korg DSM-1, Fairlight CMI, Synthex, EMS Synthi AKS, OSC OSCar, EMS Vocoder, Dynacord Add-one, Cristal Baschet, Akai MPC60, drum programming, percussions
• Dominique Perrier – E-mu Emulator, Fairlight CMI, Ensoniq ESQ-1, Roland D-50, Elka Synthex, OSC Oscar, Akai MPC 60 programming
• Michel Geiss – ARP 2600, Kawai K5, Matrisequencer, Cavagnolo MIDY 20, Elka AMK 800.
• Henri Loustau – sound engineer
• Philippe Cusset – assistant
• Joe Hammer – Drums, Simmons, SDX, Dynacord Add-one
• Guy Delacroix – Bass guitar
• Sylvain Durand – Fairlight CMI on "London Kid"
• Hank Marvin – Guitar on "London Kid"
• Jun Miyake – Trumpet and Megaphone on "Tokyo Kid"
• Kudsi Erguner – Turkish flute
• Patrice Tison – Guitar
• Mireille Pombo – Vocal chorus on "September"
• Francis Rimbert – Additional synthesizer programming
• The Bruno Rossignol Choir, directed by Bruno Rossignol – choir on "Industrial Revolution", "London Kid" and "The Emigrant"
• Female choir from Mali, directed by Sori Bamba – choir on "September"

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8]	13
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	28
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10]	17
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11]	4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12]	13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	13
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	2

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[15]	2× Gold	200,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[16]	Gold	100,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

Notes

1. "BPI".
2. "French charts".
3. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 34.
4. Revolutions at AllMusic
5. Revolutions (liner notes). Disques Dreyfus. 1988. 837 098-2.
6. Larkin, Colin (1995). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Glebb, Lloyd-Lincoln, Abbey. Guinness Pub. p. 2137. ISBN 978-1-56159-176-3. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
7. Aubert, Seeger & Ribeiro 2007, p. 61
8. "Austriancharts.at – Jean Michel Jarre – Revolutions" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
9. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Jean Michel Jarre – Revolutions" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
11. "Norwegiancharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Revolutions". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
12. "Swedishcharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Revolutions". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
13. "Swisscharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Revolutions". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
14. "Jean Michel Jarre | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
15. "French album certifications – J-Michel JARRE – Revolutions" (in French). InfoDisc. Select J-MICHEL JARRE and click OK. 
16. "British album certifications – Jean Michel Jarre – Revolutions". British Phonographic Industry.

Bibliography

• Aubert, Laurent; Seeger, Anthony; Ribeiro, Carla (2007), The music of the other: new challenges for ethnomusicology in a global age, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ISBN 978-0-7546-5343-1

External links

• Revolutions at Discogs