Jean-Michel Jarre discography
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Jean-Michel André Jarre (born 24 August 1948) is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, synthpop, ambient and new-age genres, and an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.
Studio albums22
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums11
Compilation albums16
| Jean-Michel Jarre discography | |
|---|---|
Jarre in 2016 | |
| Studio albums | 22 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 11 |
| Compilation albums | 16 |
| Singles | 47 |
| Video albums | 21 |
| Music videos | 34 |
| Remix and cover albums | 3 |
| Books | 11 |
Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and grandparents, and trained on the piano. From an early age he was introduced to a variety of art forms, including those of street performers, jazz musicians, and the artist Pierre Soulages. He played guitar in a band, but his musical style was perhaps most heavily influenced by Pierre Schaeffer, a pioneer of musique concrète at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales.
His first mainstream success was the 1976 album Oxygène. Recorded in a makeshift studio at his home, the album sold an estimated 12 million copies. Oxygène was followed in 1978 by Equinoxe, and in 1979 Jarre performed to a record-breaking audience of more than a million people at the Place de la Concorde, a record he has since broken three times. More albums were to follow, but his 1979 concert served as a blueprint for his future performances around the world. Several of his albums have been released to coincide with large-scale outdoor events, and he is now perhaps as well known for these performances as his albums.
Jarre has sold an estimated 80 million albums and singles.[1] He was the first Western musician to be allowed to perform in the People's Republic of China, and holds the world record for the largest-ever audience at an outdoor event.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
FIN [5] |
GER [6] |
NL [7] |
NOR [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] |
UK [11] |
US [12] |
NZ [13] | |||
| 1972 | Deserted Palace
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1976 | Oxygène
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1 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 85 | 2 | 78 | 3 | |
| 1978 | Equinoxe
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1 | 48 | 14 | — | 22 | 3 | — | — | — | 11 | 126 | 36 | |
| 1981 | Les Chants Magnétiques (Magnetic Fields)
|
1 | 76 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 22 | — | 6 | 98 | 22 | |
| 1983 | Musique pour Supermarché (Music for Supermarkets)
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1984 | Zoolook
|
— | 69 | 28 | — | 24 | 27 | — | 21 | 30 | 47 | — | 35 |
|
| 1986 | Rendez-Vous
|
1 | 58 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 12 | — | 8 | 24 | 9 | 52 | 26 | |
| 1988 | Revolutions
|
6 | 91 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | — | — | |
| 1990 | En attendant Cousteau (Waiting for Cousteau)
|
2 | — | 19 | 12 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 14 | — | — |
|
| 1993 | Chronologie
|
2 | — | 32 | 10 | 50 | 56 | — | 25 | 21 | 11 | — | — | |
| 1997 | Oxygène 7–13
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6 | 89 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 11 | — | 20 | |
| 2000 | Métamorphoses
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7 | — | 28 | 7 | 17 | 42 | 19 | 30 | 32 | 37 | — | — | |
| 2002 | Sessions 2000
|
140 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | Geometry of Love
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2007 | Téo & Téa
|
8 | — | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | 43 | 103 | — | — | |
| 2007 | Oxygène: New Master Recording
|
40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 140 | — | — | |
| 2015 | Electronica 1: The Time Machine
|
3 | — | 12 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 8 | — | 37 | |
| 2016 | Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
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9 | — | 22 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 8 | — | — | |
| 2016 | Oxygène 3
|
50 | — | 47 | 23 | 34 | 20 | — | 46 | 14 | 41 | — | — | |
| 2018 | Equinoxe Infinity
|
29 | — | 31 | 17 | 11 | 26 | — | — | 15 | 33 | — | — | |
| 2021 | Amazônia
|
34 [23] |
— | 13 | — | 5 | 24 | — | — | 4 | 21 | — | — | |
| 2022 | Oxymore
|
20 | — | 17 | — | 14 | 21 | — | — | 11 | 41 | — | — | |
Soundtrack albums
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1973 | Les Granges Brûlées
|
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
FIN [5] |
GER [6] |
NL [7] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] |
UK [11] |
NZ [13] | |||
| 1982 | Les Concerts en Chine (The Concerts in China)
|
5 | 76 | — | — | 35 | 9 | — | — | 6 | 46 |
|
| 1987 | En Concert Houston/Lyon (In Concert Houston/Lyon)
|
2 | 94 | 19 | — | 31 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 18 | — | |
| 1989 | Jarre Live
|
16 | — | — | 19 | — | 57 | 45 | — | 16 | — |
|
| 1994 | Hong Kong
|
21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1998 | Paris Live "Electronic Night" Featuring Tetsuya "TK" Komuro
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | Jarre in China
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | Live from Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni)
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2006 | Live Printemps de Bourges 2002
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2021 | Welcome to the Other Side: Concert from Virtual Notre-Dame
|
41 [26] |
— | 73 | — | 8 | 39 | — | 33 | 63 | — | |
| 2024 | Versailles 400 Live | — | — | — | — | 59 | 84 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2025 | Live in Bratislava
|
76 [28] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
FIN [5] |
GER [6] |
NL [7] |
SWI [10] |
UK [11] | |||
| 1982 | Synthesis
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1983 | Musik aus Zeit und Raum
|
— | — | 5 | — | 3 | — | — | — | |
The Essential Jean-Michel Jarre
|
— | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | ||
| 1985 | The Essential 1976–1986
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | Les Années Laser
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre
|
2 | — | — | 15 | 20 | 85 | 23 | 14 | |
| 1997 | Complete Oxygène
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | The Essential
|
23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
AERO
|
2 | — | 60 | — | 37 | 33 | 61 | 14 | ||
| 2006 | Sublime Mix
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2007 | The Complete Oxygène
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | Essentials & Rarities
|
70 | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | |
Rarities
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015 | Essential Recollection
|
137 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | Oxygène Trilogy
|
— | — | 68 | — | 25 | 58 | 34 | 78 | |
| 2018 | Planet Jarre: 50 Years of Music
|
39 | — | 22 | 45 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 21 | |
Remix albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [2] |
NL [7] |
UK [11] | ||
| 1994 | Chronologie Part 6 (Remixes)
|
— | — | 60 |
| 1995 | Jarremix
|
24 | — | — |
| 1998 | Odyssey Through O2
|
10 | 92 | 50 |
| 2015 | Remix EP (I)
|
— | — | — |
| 2023 | Oxymoreworks
|
— | — | — |
Non-album tracks
In addition to the catalogue of songs featured on his studio albums, Jarre has also recorded (or recordings exist of) over 30 songs not included on the original editions of the studio albums. These include new songs featured on compilation albums, soundtracks, live albums, single B-sides, stand-alone singles, songs featured on special edition releases of studio albums and songs performed live on TV. The songs featured in the table below have either been released officially, and/or have high quality recordings (video or audio) of them accessible on public access sites such as YouTube.
| Title | First Appearance | Year | Other Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Souvenir of China | The Concerts in China | 1981 | Various Concert Videos, Broadcasts and Live CD's, AERO (2004 Version) |
| Arpegiator (Live) | Musik aus Zeit und Raum, Soundtrack to 9½ Weeks | ||
| Orient Express (Live) | Musik aus Zeit und Raum, Images (Studio) | ||
| Laser Harp (Live) | |||
| Fishing Junks at Sunset (Live) | Hong Kong Live CD | ||
| Night in Shanghai (Live) | |||
| Moon Machine | Images | 1991 | |
| Globe Trotter | |||
| Eldorado | Concert for Tolerance Laser Disk and Unofficial CD, The Twelve Dreams of the Sun | ||
| Paris La Défense (Live Intro) | Paris La Défense Video and Unofficial CD | ||
| Digi Sequencer (Live) | Europe in Concert Video | 1993 | Hong Kong Live CD, Concert for Tolerance Laser Disk and Unofficial CD |
| Vivaldi Tribute (Live) (feat Patrick Rondat) | Concert for Tolerance Laser Disk and Unofficial CD | 1995 | Amphibia (Patrick Rondat), Jarre in China |
| Rave-Oulton (Live) | Oxygène in Moscow Video | 1997 | Oxygène Tour Unofficial CD’s, Nuit Electronic Video |
| Together Now (with Tetsuya Komuro) | Together Now Single (Theme for France 1998 FIFA World Cup) | 1998 | Nuit Electronic Video (Live) |
| Paris Underground (Live) (with Tetsuya Komuro) | Nuit Electronic Video | ||
| Oxygène in the Ghetto (Live) (with Tetsuya Komuro) | |||
| Salma Ya Salama (Live) | The Twelve Dreams of the Sun TV Broadcast and Unofficial CD | 2000 | |
| The Sun (Live) | |||
| Akropolis (Live) | Hymn to the Akropolis TV Broadcast and Unofficial CD | 2001 | Live from Gdansk DVD (as Tribute to John Paul II) |
| Alive in Bourges (Live) | Live Printemps de Bourges 2002 | 2002 | Reworked as Aero 2002 with Safri Duo at Aero TV Broadcast and Unofficial CD |
| Aerozone | AERO | 2004 | Jarre in China |
| Aerology | |||
| Aero (2004) | |||
| Forbidden City (Live) | Jarre in China | ||
| Theremin Memories (Live) | Live from Gdansk DVD | ||
| La Foule (Tribute to Edith Piaf) (Live) | |||
| Tian’anmen (Live) |
Singles
This list does not include downloads or promotional singles.
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [31] |
AUS [3][32] |
BEL [33] |
NL [34] |
SPA [35] |
UK [36] |
NZ [13] |
US Dance [37] | |||
| 1971 | "La Cage" [F] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album |
| 1973 | "La Chanson Des Granges Brûlées" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Les Granges Brûlées |
| 1977 | "Oxygène 4" | 3 | 26 | 3 | 3 | — | 4 | 6 | — | Oxygène |
| "Oxygène 2" | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978 | "Equinoxe 5" | 5 | — | 16 | 10 | — | 45 | — | — | Equinoxe |
| 1979 | "Equinoxe 4" (single remix) | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1980 | "Equinoxe 7" (At the Concorde - live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album |
| 1981 | "Magnetic Fields 2" | 2 | — | 40 | 33 | — | — | — | — | Les Chants Magnétiques |
| "Magnetic Fields 4" (single remix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Last Rumba" [N] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982 | "Orient Express" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Les Concerts en Chine |
| "Souvenir De Chine" | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984 | "Zoolook" | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Zoolook |
| 1985 | "Zoolookologie" (single remix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1986 | "Rendez-Vous 4" | 13 | 79 | — | — | — | 65 | — | 41 | Rendez-Vous |
| 1987 | "Rendez-Vous 2" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | En Concert Houston/Lyon |
| "Rendez-Vous 4" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988 | "Revolutions" | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | — | Revolutions |
| "London Kid" | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | "Oxygène 4" (remix) | — | — | — | — | — | 65 | — | — | non-album |
| 1990 | "Calypso" | 34 | 149 | — | — | — | 91 | — | — | En attendant Cousteau |
| 1993 | "Chronologie 4" | 10 | — | — | — | — | 55 | — | 45 | Chronologie |
| "Chronologie 6" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Chronologie 2" [F] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Chronologie 8" [F] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994 | "Chronologie 6" (live) [F] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hong Kong |
| 1997 | "Oxygène 8" | — | — | — | 53 | — | 17 | — | 17 | Oxygène 7–13 |
| "Oxygène 10" | 42 | — | — | 76 | — | 21 | — | — | ||
| "Oxygène 7" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998 | "Rendez-Vous 98" (with Apollo 440) | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole! |
| "Together Now" (with Tetsuya Komuro) [J] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999 | "C'est la vie" (with Natacha Atlas) | 95 | — | — | 60 | 4 | 40 | — | — | Métamorphoses |
| 2000 | "Tout est bleu" | — | — | — | — | — | 79 | — | — | |
| 2007 | "Téo & Téa" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Téo & Téa |
| 2015 | "Conquistador" (with Gesaffelstein) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Electronica 1: The Time Machine |
| "Glory" (with M83) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Zero Gravity" (with Tangerine Dream) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Watching You" (with 3D) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Stardust" (with Armin van Buuren) | 180 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "If..!" (with Little Boots) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016 | "The Heart of Noise" (with Rone) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise |
| "What You Want" (with Peaches) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "As One" (with Primal Scream) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Oxygène 17" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Oxygène 3 | |
| 2018 | "Infinity (Movement 6)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Equinoxe Infinity |
| 2022 | "Brutalism" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Oxymore |
| 2024 | "Epica Oxygène" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Versailles 400 Live |
Notes:
Videography
Video albums
- Place de la Concorde (1980, VHS PAL-G & SECAM)
- The China Concerts (1989, VHS PAL-G)
- Rendez-vous Houston: A City in Concert (1989, VHS PAL-G)
- Rendez-vous Lyon: Concert for the Pope (1989, VHS PAL-G)
- Destination Docklands (1989, VHS PAL-G)
- Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre (1991, VHS NTSC)
- Paris La Défense (1992, VHS SECAM/VHS PAL-G)
- Europe in Concert (1994, VHS NTSC)
- Concert pour la Tolerance (1995, Laserdisc PAL)
- Oxygen in Moscow (1997, DVD NTSC/VHS PAL-G, released on the US and Brazil)
- Paris Live: Rendez-vous 98 Electronic Night (1998, VHS NTSC, released on Japan as part of Tetsuya "TK" Komuro's "TK 1998" boxset)
- Aero DVD (2004)
- Live in Beijing (2004, DVD PAL, 1-disc release in France only)
- Jarre in China (2005, DVD PAL, 2-disc European re-release of the above with extra features)
- Jean-Michel Jarre: Solidarnosc Live (2005, DVD NTSC; released in 1-disc and 2-disc DVD/CD versions)
- Teo & Tea DVD (2007, DVD 5.1 with the "Teo & Tea" video in high definition HD, included in the "De Luxe Edition CD")
- Oxygène in Moscow DVD (2007, including "Oxygène in Moscow 1997 concert" + bonus "The Making of Oxygène in Moscow")
- Oxygène 2D DVD (2007, available with the special edition Oxygène 2007 album)
- Oxygène 3D DVD (2007, limited edition box set which also includes 2 pairs of 3D glasses)
- Welcome to the Other Side - Live in Notre Dame VR (2021, Blu-ray, limited edition box set which also includes masterclass, forum des images, making of, behind the scenes and album 5.0 Mix)
- Live in Bratislava (2025, 2xBlu-ray, collector's edition box set)
Music videos
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | "Oxygène (Part 4)" | Oxygène |
| 1978 | "Equinoxe (Part 4)" | Equinoxe |
| 1979 | "Equinoxe (Part 5)" | |
| 1981 | "Magnetic Fields (Part 2)" | Les Chants Magnétiques |
| 1982 | "Orient Express" | The Concerts in China |
| "Souvenir of China" | ||
| 1984 | "Zoolook" | Zoolook |
| 1985 | "Zoolookologie" | |
| 1986 | "Fourth Rendez-Vous" | Rendez-Vous |
| 1988 | "Revolutions" | Revolutions |
| 1989 | "Oxygène (Part 4)" | Jarre Live |
| 1990 | "Calypso" | En attendant Cousteau |
| 1993 | "Chronologie (Part 4)" | Chronologie |
| "Chronologie (Part 2)" | ||
| "Chronologie (Part 8)" | ||
| 1997 | "Oxygène (Part 8)" | Oxygène 7-13 |
| "Oxygène (Part 8)" (animated video) | ||
| "Oxygène (Part 8)" (remix) | non-album | |
| "Oxygène (Part 10)" (Sash! Remix) | ||
| 1998 | "Rendez-Vous '98" (with Apollo 440) | Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole! |
| "Together Now" (with Tetsuya Komuro) | ||
| 2000 | "C'est la Vie" (feat. Natacha Atlas) | Métamorphoses |
| "Tout Est Bleu" | ||
| 2004 | "Aerology" | AERO |
| 2007 | "Téo & Téa" | Téo & Téa |
| "Vintage" | ||
| "Oxygène (Part 4)" (penguins) | Oxygène: New Master Recording | |
| 2015 | "Glory" (feat. M83) | Electronica 1: The Time Machine |
| "If..!" (feat. Little Boots) | ||
| 2016 | "Exit" (feat. Edward Snowden) | Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise |
| "Oxygène (Part 17)" | Oxygène 3 | |
| 2018 | "Robots, Don't Cry (movement 3)" | Equinoxe Infinity |
| 2021 | "Brutalism" | Oxymore |
| "Epica" |
Cover version albums
- Oxygène - The Magic of Jean-Michel Jarre (performed by Ed Starink) (1991)
- The Symphonic Jean-Michel Jarre (performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) (2006)
- Re-Oxygène (2007)
Books
- Jean-Michel Jarre (1987)
- Concert d'Images (1989)
- Paris La Défense – Une Ville en Concert (1990)
- Europe in Concert (1994)
- Concert pour la Tolérance - Paris Tour Eiffel (1996)
- The Millennium Concert - At The Grand Pyramids of Egypt (2000)
- Akropolis - Elpida (2001)
- Aero - Aalborg, Denmark (2002)
- Jean-Michel Jarre à Pékin (2004)
- Photo book - Live in Gdansk (2006)
- The Making of Water for Life (Hardback book, published by idesine)[38] (2007)