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Les Chants Magnétiques

January 01, 1970

Les Chants Magnétiques (English title: Magnetic Fields) is the fifth studio album by French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, released on Disques Dreyfus on 20 May 1981.[3] The album reached number six in the United Kingdom, number 98 in the United States and number 76 in Australia.

Les Chants Magnétiques
Studio album by
Jean-Michel Jarre
Released20 May 1981 (1981-05-20)
StudioCroissy Studio, France
Genre
Length35:53
LabelDisques Dreyfus
ProducerJean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Équinoxe
(1978) 		Les Chants Magnétiques
(1981) 		Les Concerts en Chine
(1982)
Singles from Les Chants Magnétiques
  1. "Les Chants Magnétiques Part 2"
    Released: June 1981[2]
  2. "Les Chants Magnétiques Part 4 (Remix)"
    Released: November 1981
  3. "The Last Rumba"
    Released: 1981

Title edit

The title of the album is a play on words in the French language. The literal English translation of the French title, "Les Chants Magnétiques", is "Magnetic Songs". However, 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.)

The English title, "Magnetic Fields", is a literal translation of "les champs magnétiques" rather than "les chants magnétiques", and the pun in the original French title is lost in translation.

Composition and recording edit

The album is one of the first to use sounds from the Fairlight CMI.[4] Its digital technology allowed Jarre to continue his earlier sonic experimentation in new ways.[5] He also used instruments from the EMS company, among them the Synthi AKS, the VCS 3 and the Vocoder 1000.[6]

"Les Chants Magnétiques (Part 1)" is divided into three different movements, "kicking off with an exhibitionist, cocksure first movement that seems to keep reaching to the sky for yet more key changes, followed by the swishy human samples and surreality of the second, and the mechanical chuntering and sonic lack of constraint of the third".[4]

In minimalist piece "Les Chants Magnétiques (Part 3)" employs sounds from a toy box,[1][7] and Jarre's collaborator Michel Geiss recorded the sounds produced by trains that would be used in the album.[8] Les Chants Magnétiques was recorded and mixed by Jean-Pierre Janiaud assisted by Patrick Foulon at Croissy studio, the cover was designed by Remy Magron.[9]

Release edit

Les Chants Magnétiques was released on 20 May 1981 in Europe and on 15 June 1981 in the USA. It sold a reported 200,000 units in France alone by the beginning of July.[3] In that same year, the British Embassy gave Radio Beijing copies of his albums, which became the first pieces of foreign music to be played on Chinese national radio in decades.[10] China invited Jarre to become the first western musician to play there since the death of Mao Zedong.[11]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [12]
Record Mirror     [13]
Smash Hits7/10[14]

Contemporary reception of the album was generally positive. Cashbox wrote that Magnetic Fields "is Jarre's most subtle work yet, being a bit busier than Oxygene and more textural than Equinoxe".[15] In Smash Hits, Johnny Black stated that the album "proves more energetic than either of its two mega-selling predecessors. It is, arguably, wallpaper music, but his creative use of Latin and African rhythms ... moves it all up a notch."[14]

Simon Tebbutt of Record Mirror described the album as "nullifying, stultifying and ultimately BORING".[13] In an AllMusic retrospective review, writer John Bush commented that: "It's often just as melodic and inventive as Oxygene, though not as consistently creative."[12]

Track listing edit

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Les Chants Magnétiques Part 1"17:50
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Les Chants Magnétiques Part 2"3:59
2."Les Chants Magnétiques Part 3"4:15
3."Les Chants Magnétiques Part 4"6:18
4."Les Chants Magnétiques Part 5 – La Dernière Rumba" (The Last Rumba)3:30
Total length:35:52

Equipment edit

Charts edit

Certifications and sales edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
France — 200,000[3]
Japan — 20,000[28]
Netherlands (NVPI)[29] Gold 50,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[30] Gold 50,000^
Sweden — 10,000[28]
United Kingdom (BPI)[31] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Michel-Jarre, Jean (18 June 2015). "The essential Jean-Michel Jarre in 10 tracks". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 428. ISBN 9780862415419.
  3. ^ a b c Way, Michael (11 July 1981). "Jarre off to China to Map Autumn Tour". Billboard. pp. 4 & 59. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Jean-Michel Jarre – 10 of the best". The Guardian. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  5. ^ Remilleux 1988, p. 35
  6. ^ Holmes, Thom (9 March 2020). Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-75843-0. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  7. ^ "LES CHANTS MAGNETIQUES (MAGNETIC FIELDS)". www.connollyco.com. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  8. ^ Black, Johnny (15 April 2020). "Vinyl Icons: Jean-Michel Jarre Equinoxe". Hi-Fi News & Record Review. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  9. ^ Les Chants Magnétiques (booket). Disques Dreyfus. 1987. 824 748-2/DCO 2001.
  10. ^ "A Guide to Jean-Michel Jarre's Biggest Live Performances". Red Bull Music Academy Daily. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Biography". Jean-Michel Jarre. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  12. ^ a b Bush, John. Les Chants Magnétiques at AllMusic
  13. ^ a b Tebbutt, Simon (13 June 1981). "Jean-Michel Jarre: Magnetic Fields" (PDF). Record Mirror. p. 17. Retrieved 25 August 2022 – via World Radio History.
  14. ^ a b Black, Johnny (11–24 June 1981). "Jean-Michel Jarre: Magnetic Fields" (PDF). Smash Hits. p. 29. Retrieved 25 August 2022 – via World Radio History.
  15. ^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Cashbox. 4 July 1981. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  16. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 153. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  17. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Jean Michel Jarre – Les chants magnétiques" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jean Michel Jarre – Les chants magnétiques" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  19. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (4 July 1981). "Hits Of The World". Billboard. p. 75. Retrieved 24 September 2022. {{cite magazine}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  20. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 168. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  21. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jean Michel Jarre – Les chants magnétiques" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  22. ^ "Charts.nz – Jean Michel Jarre – Les chants magnétiques". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  23. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Les chants magnétiques". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  24. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Les chants magnétiques". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  25. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  26. ^ "Jean Michel Jarre Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  27. ^ (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1981. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  28. ^ a b "Jarre Around the World". Billboard. 13 March 1982. p. 32. Retrieved 23 September 2022 – via Google Books.
  29. ^ "Dutch album certifications – Jean-Michel Jarre – Magnetic Fields" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 20 September 2019. Enter Magnetic Fields in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1982 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
  30. ^ Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990 (in Spanish). Iberautor Promociones Culturales. 2005. ISBN 8480486392.
  31. ^ "British album certifications – Jean-Michel Jarre – Magnetic Fields". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 20 September 2019.

Bibliography edit

  • Remilleux, Jean-Louis (1988), Jean-Michel Jarre (English ed.), Futura Publications Ltd., ISBN 0-7088-4263-1

January 01, 1970
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Les Chants Magnetiques English title Magnetic Fields is the fifth studio album by French electronic musician and composer Jean Michel Jarre released on Disques Dreyfus on 20 May 1981 3 The album reached number six in the United Kingdom number 98 in the United States and number 76 in Australia Les Chants MagnetiquesStudio album by Jean Michel JarreReleased20 May 1981 1981 05 20 StudioCroissy Studio FranceGenreElectronicSynth pop 1 Length35 53LabelDisques DreyfusProducerJean Michel JarreJean Michel Jarre chronologyEquinoxe 1978 Les Chants Magnetiques 1981 Les Concerts en Chine 1982 Singles from Les Chants Magnetiques Les Chants Magnetiques Part 2 Released June 1981 2 Les Chants Magnetiques Part 4 Remix Released November 1981 The Last Rumba Released 1981 Contents 1 Title 2 Composition and recording 3 Release 4 Critical reception 5 Track listing 6 Equipment 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Certifications and sales 9 References 10 BibliographyTitle editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message The title of the album is a play on words in the French language The literal English translation of the French title Les Chants Magnetiques is Magnetic Songs However 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 magnetiques was a surrealist book published in 1920 The English title Magnetic Fields is a literal translation of les champs magnetiques rather than les chants magnetiques and the pun in the original French title is lost in translation Composition and recording editThe album is one of the first to use sounds from the Fairlight CMI 4 Its digital technology allowed Jarre to continue his earlier sonic experimentation in new ways 5 He also used instruments from the EMS company among them the Synthi AKS the VCS 3 and the Vocoder 1000 6 Les Chants Magnetiques Part 1 is divided into three different movements kicking off with an exhibitionist cocksure first movement that seems to keep reaching to the sky for yet more key changes followed by the swishy human samples and surreality of the second and the mechanical chuntering and sonic lack of constraint of the third 4 In minimalist piece Les Chants Magnetiques Part 3 employs sounds from a toy box 1 7 and Jarre s collaborator Michel Geiss recorded the sounds produced by trains that would be used in the album 8 Les Chants Magnetiques was recorded and mixed by Jean Pierre Janiaud assisted by Patrick Foulon at Croissy studio the cover was designed by Remy Magron 9 Release editLes Chants Magnetiques was released on 20 May 1981 in Europe and on 15 June 1981 in the USA It sold a reported 200 000 units in France alone by the beginning of July 3 In that same year the British Embassy gave Radio Beijing copies of his albums which became the first pieces of foreign music to be played on Chinese national radio in decades 10 China invited Jarre to become the first western musician to play there since the death of Mao Zedong 11 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 Record Mirror nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 13 Smash Hits7 10 14 Contemporary reception of the album was generally positive Cashbox wrote that Magnetic Fields is Jarre s most subtle work yet being a bit busier than Oxygene and more textural than Equinoxe 15 In Smash Hits Johnny Black stated that the album proves more energetic than either of its two mega selling predecessors It is arguably wallpaper music but his creative use of Latin and African rhythms moves it all up a notch 14 Simon Tebbutt of Record Mirror described the album as nullifying stultifying and ultimately BORING 13 In an AllMusic retrospective review writer John Bush commented that It s often just as melodic and inventive as Oxygene though not as consistently creative 12 Track listing editSide oneNo TitleLength1 Les Chants Magnetiques Part 1 17 50 Side twoNo TitleLength1 Les Chants Magnetiques Part 2 3 592 Les Chants Magnetiques Part 3 4 153 Les Chants Magnetiques Part 4 6 184 Les Chants Magnetiques Part 5 La Derniere Rumba The Last Rumba 3 30Total length 35 52Equipment editMDB Polysequencer RSF Kobol Oberheim OB X ARP 2600 Fairlight CMI EMS Synthi AKS EMS Synthi VCS3 Korg KR 55 Elka 707 Eminent 310U Moog Taurus Pedal Synthesizer Electronic Music Studios EMS Vocoder 1000 Korg VC 10 Electro Harmonix EchoflangerCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1981 Peakposition Australian Albums Kent Music Report 16 76 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 17 4 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 18 5 French Albums SNEP 19 4 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 20 20 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 21 9 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 22 22 Norwegian Albums VG lista 23 20 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 24 22 UK Albums OCC 25 6 US Billboard 200 26 98 Year end charts edit Chart 1981 Position German Albums Offizielle Top 100 27 32Certifications and sales editRegion Certification Certified units sales France 200 000 3 Japan 20 000 28 Netherlands NVPI 29 Gold 50 000 Spain PROMUSICAE 30 Gold 50 000 Sweden 10 000 28 United Kingdom BPI 31 Gold 100 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit a b Michel Jarre Jean 18 June 2015 The essential Jean Michel Jarre in 10 tracks The Vinyl Factory Retrieved 5 September 2022 Strong Martin Charles 1995 The Great Rock Discography p 428 ISBN 9780862415419 a b c Way Michael 11 July 1981 Jarre off to China to Map Autumn Tour Billboard pp 4 amp 59 Retrieved 23 June 2009 a b Jean Michel Jarre 10 of the best The Guardian 5 October 2016 Retrieved 24 August 2022 Remilleux 1988 p 35 Holmes Thom 9 March 2020 Electronic and Experimental Music Technology Music and Culture Routledge ISBN 978 0 429 75843 0 Retrieved 29 August 2022 LES CHANTS MAGNETIQUES MAGNETIC FIELDS www connollyco com Retrieved 24 August 2022 Black Johnny 15 April 2020 Vinyl Icons Jean Michel Jarre Equinoxe Hi Fi News amp Record Review Retrieved 26 December 2021 Les Chants Magnetiques booket Disques Dreyfus 1987 824 748 2 DCO 2001 A Guide to Jean Michel Jarre s Biggest Live Performances Red Bull Music Academy Daily Retrieved 24 August 2022 Biography Jean Michel Jarre Retrieved 9 October 2019 a b Bush John Les Chants Magnetiques at AllMusic a b Tebbutt Simon 13 June 1981 Jean Michel Jarre Magnetic Fields PDF Record Mirror p 17 Retrieved 25 August 2022 via World Radio History a b Black Johnny 11 24 June 1981 Jean Michel Jarre Magnetic Fields PDF Smash Hits p 29 Retrieved 25 August 2022 via World Radio History Album Reviews PDF Cashbox 4 July 1981 Retrieved 3 April 2022 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 153 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Austriancharts at Jean Michel Jarre Les chants magnetiques in German Hung Medien Retrieved 3 April 2022 Dutchcharts nl Jean Michel Jarre Les chants magnetiques in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 3 April 2022 Inc Nielsen Business Media 4 July 1981 Hits Of The World Billboard p 75 Retrieved 24 September 2022 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a last1 has generic name help Pennanen Timo 2006 Sisaltaa hitin levyt ja esittajat Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 in Finnish 1st ed Helsinki Kustannusosakeyhtio Otava p 168 ISBN 978 951 1 21053 5 Offiziellecharts de Jean Michel Jarre Les chants magnetiques in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved 3 April 2022 Charts nz Jean Michel Jarre Les chants magnetiques Hung Medien Retrieved 3 April 2022 Norwegiancharts com Jean Michel Jarre Les chants magnetiques Hung Medien Retrieved 3 April 2022 Swedishcharts com Jean Michel Jarre Les chants magnetiques Hung Medien Retrieved 3 April 2022 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 3 April 2022 Jean Michel Jarre Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved 3 April 2022 Top 100 Album Jahrescharts in German GfK Entertainment Charts 1981 Archived from the original on 19 October 2021 Retrieved 3 April 2022 a b Jarre Around the World Billboard 13 March 1982 p 32 Retrieved 23 September 2022 via Google Books Dutch album certifications Jean Michel Jarre Magnetic Fields in Dutch Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld en geluidsdragers Retrieved 20 September 2019 EnterMagnetic Fields in the Artiest of titel box Select 1982 in the drop down menu saying Alle jaargangen Solo Exitos 1959 2002 Ano A Ano Certificados 1979 1990 in Spanish Iberautor Promociones Culturales 2005 ISBN 8480486392 British album certifications Jean Michel Jarre Magnetic Fields British Phonographic Industry Retrieved 20 September 2019 Bibliography editRemilleux Jean Louis 1988 Jean Michel Jarre English ed Futura Publications Ltd ISBN 0 7088 4263 1 Retrieved from https en 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